The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-16
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THE EMPRESS FREDERICK has had her castle at
Cromburg put in telephone connection with
the opera house at Frankfort, so that she NAV
hear the music in her own home.
The DIFFERENT MEMBERS of the Vanderbilt
family, who are members of St. Bartholomew
parish, gave their rector, Rev. DR., Greer,
satisfactory sort of Christmas present in the
shape of d padup life insurance policy on the
endowment plan for $4,000.
KING HuMBERr has great prediction for
going out in wet weather. AS soon as the rain
appears he orders out his horse, ami off he sets
with one of his aides dec amp. The other dav
there was a perfect deluge so the queen.
thinking to do a kind action sent q close
carriage to meet her husband, but the king, as
soon as he perceived the carriage gave dis
dai iful look and spurred his horse on to the
quirinal to the astonshment of the poor
grooms, who had opened the carriage ready for
the king. Tn public who witnessed this scene
cheered King Humbert heartily.
REV. JOHN JASPER of Richmond, Va. has
delivered his celebrated sermon, de Sun Do
Move, - l75 times. He was born a slave in Vir-
ginia. In 1910 he began to preach. He soon
became famous, and his master received 81 a
day from those who engaged Jasper as a
preacher. At the end of the war Jasper owned
e cents, and was in debt S42. He is now worth
several thousand dollars. In 1867 he organized
his present church III a little wooden shanty in
Richmond. The congregation consisted of nine
coored men, two women, and a small boy The
church now has membership of 1000, and
me UullulnS.
NJ. EFFEL's SECOND DAUGHTER is going to
exchange her now world-famous name for that
of Picconi. Mile. Valentine has had exceo-
tonal chances of seeing the world, for when.
ever lady of distinction, royal or otherwise.
sgnified her intention of visiting the tower,
this young lady or her Marie sister was
always in attendance. Both sisters possess a
fine collection of autograph letters written to
their father by famous visitors of all nationali-
ties. NJ Pccioni, a COrSicau by birth is a
diDiOnar much anDrpciata1 OF h.
Elysee. In fact, Nine. Carnot is said to have
made the match.
MRS ESTHER GREELY CLEVELAND, the sister
of the late Horace Greedy, died on SATURDAY. of
pneumonia, that was brought on by an attack
of la grippe. She was little older than her
distinguished brother, and was married to John
+. Cleveland, who, after the Tribune was
started, became its financial editor and who
died about fifteen years ago. Mrs. Cleveland
took her two daughters the Misses Margaret
and Cecilia, to Munich to be educated there, and
while she was in Europe she joined the Roman
Catholic church. Miss Margaret died, and Miss
Cecilia was a tavorite pupil of List, the Ger
man musical composer After her husbands
death Mrs. Cleveland took up her residence at
the Coleman house. aud there she gave many
receptions, her tavorite guests being literary
men, artists aud musicians. Sac assisted many
young artists and musicians in their early
struggles.
A LUsIGNAN DESCENDANT of the kings of Jeru-
salem died miserably lately in a hospital in
Milan. marquis descendant from the Dogs
selling matches in the streets of Venice; in the
same city porter at one of the most splendid
palaces keeps the door of the house where he
ought to be master. At Naples, the Due dc
Lerma grandee of Spain, is a lawyers clerk
At Palermo the Due de Santa Croce goes about
the streets picking up cigar ends and anything
else to be found The Princess Pignatelli is a
singer in a cafe-chantant IN Berlin. At Buenos
Ayres there is a lovely flower girl about 20 who
when asked where she came from, replied that
she was a Lombard, but that her parents were
Romans of the name of Pecci The girl. whose
name was Leonilda Pecci, when asked if she
was relative of his holiness said she did not
know but in her family it was believed they
were nearly akin.