The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-16
PERSON AL

A J. NORTH of Atchison. Kan. has Just dis
covered IL Boise City q brother whom he had
not heard from for fifty years
LEWIS RALsroS, a Cherokee, is the first In
dian TO be granted citizenship under an act OF
congress approved Nay p, $50.
SwIYsURNE is the chief unmarried literary
man in England At the same time he is a
great admirer of handsome women
IT Is SAID that it is now the ambition Of the
London hostess TO be able to en- crave upon her
caras of invitation ITO Meet Mr.. stanley"
SIR JAMES MILLER. owner of Saenfoin, the
winner of the Derby, is but % years Of age. He
paid 800 guineas for his fieet-footed horse
Postmaster GENERAL WANAMAkER's life and
accident insurance now amounts TO sisO0. 600.
the largest insurance carried by any individual
in the world.
Ex-Gov. w. W. HOLDEN of Raleigh is prepar-
ing history of North Carolina during the re-
construction period which is to contain much
new information.
ALEXANDRA DUMAS was until recently the
owner of the sword of the Marquis de Pescaire,
the husband of Victoria Colonna and the hero
OF the battle OF Paris
WALT WHITMAN was at one time field nurse
in the federal army and after the close of the
war he.was appointed TO position as clerk in
one OF the Washington departments.
Miss Bessie G. ROBERTSON of Aurora, Ill, is
the champion census enumerator. Her average
has been 2o2 names per day. This means
that she has earned between 81 and IS day.
CAPT. G. A CATTERwELL of Jacksonville, H..
formerly soldier in the British army, and now
carpenter, has fallen heir to a millon-dollar
estate b. the death of his father in England.
IsaAsFtraAN, the inventor of photography,
is 7syears of age, and still presides over the
Phonhtics Institute at Bath. where she has re-
sided for half century lie is vegetarian
teetotaner and non-smoker
The MARRIAGE of Mr.. Stanley and Miss Doro-
thy Tenant is fixed definitely for July H.
Wedding presents flow in from all parts of Eng
land, often from people of wnom neither Miss
remnant nor MIR. Stanley has ever heard.
QUEEN VICTORIA, having completed the fifty
third year of her reign, has now reigned longer
tnan any English monarch, excepting Henry
III. George Ill. S sixty years on the throne
oeing Iett unconsldered as 1t was so interrupted
with regencies
THE MEMOIRS of the exEmpress Eugene will
be first published after her death and not in the
immediate future as has been stated recently
oy several Paris dailies. They will reach back
10 1852 The ex-empress works at them indus
trlously daily whenever her health allows her to
endure the exertion of writing.
PHILIP HANSON, planter living near Corinth,
Miss, is believed to enjoy the proud distinction
of having the longest beard in the world He is
feet inches in hight, and yet when he stands
erect his whiskers reach to the ground. When
the wind blows through them it must create
considerable of commotion.
IT IS REPORTED from London that Mai. Pond
yesterday signed contract with Henry NJ.
Stanley for fifty lectures to be delivered IN the
United States. For the entire course Stanley
Will receive $4,000, getting at the rate of 81 500
IN New York and other large cities, and 81 900
each In the smaller ones. The first lecture will
be given at the New York Metropolitan Opera
House, Nov. IL.