The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-13
PERSONAL.

DAslEL ROBERTSON, the first white man who
settled in Knox county, Illinois, died last Sra-
day. aged IS years
TIE President and Mrs. Harrison gave their
third state dinner last Wednesday evening to
the justices of the supreme court.
SENATOR INGALLS, has completed his new resi-.
dence upon the site OF the family home at Atchi-
son, which was destroyed by fire last year.
HoN. CHARLES A. TuPPER. Canadian minister
OF fisheries is in Washington, and negotiations
in the Behriag sea matter will be re- umed this
week.
Miss WINNIE DAVIS. the Daughter Of the
Confederacy." is said to be engaged to Mr.. Al
fred Wilkinson. OF Syracuse, n. Y. So says the
New York Star.
HENRY GEORGE is having a cordial welcome
in Australia. He has teen entertained at q
grand banquet at Sidney, and his lectures on
the land question have been attended by crowded
audiences.
HENRY NJ STAyLE1 is now on his way 10 Brus-
sells. Emin Pasha is on his way back TO the
African interior. Thus soon both will be ex-
actiy where they started from, and no one is
caring much about IL.
MISS CONSTANCE MACKENZIE, director OF the
kindergartens connected with the Philadelphia
public schools, yesterday addressed the Provi-
dence. r. l.. Free kindergarten Association
speaking by invitation Of THE Philadelphia
kindergarteus."
IT IS NOT GESERAI.LY KNOWN that DIR. Mary
Walker has become a cripple for life. On
Decoration Day last she fell and broke her
right hip. She will never again be the man she
was. 1t is probable that Congress will now pass
her moss-covered claim for So 900 for services
rendered as nurse during the war.
JOSEPH r HoMAN is an old friend and next
70 Mr. n
and had greetings and gifts from hun on Tues
day. when he and his wife celebrated their
golden wedding. Three ola ladies, the only
sHrgiyors. with the bride and groom, who at
tended the ceremony halt century ago, were
among those who attended che reception.
The Empress Eugenie it is said, is as much
of q r cuse as though she we're nun. All day
long she sits in her sunny rarlor in little Lon
don house, with a tablet in her llp sketchine or
writing for memorial she is preparing for pub
LEGATION. The book will contain the letters Of
the late Emperor Napoleon and the Prince I'm
perial. the proceeds from which will 20 to the
fund for the relief of the widows of the war of
1870.
GEORGE W. CHILDs denies the recently revived
report that he had left the Episcopal church to
become Catholic. He says: This is not the
first time that such a report has been circu
lated. The reason for it, | suppose is that
nave number of warm Catholic friends. in
Guiding Mr. prexe AMI Archbishop Ryan. [
nave no idea OF joining the Catholic church. |
have warm friends who Jews. They might
as well say am going to become a jew"
NJ. TIszA, the great Hungarian statesman, has
the reputation of being "a little near" The
budget allows the prime minister 10000 forms
year for table money. but NJ Tisza gives one
Off ,ial banquet year and no other sort of en-
tertainment all the year round W. Tisza has
never kept private carriage, but hires cab
by the year, and, according to common report
he was for a long time driven by one OF the
most ill-conditioned jarvies in Buda- Pesth.
Mime. Tisza used often TO complain of the lout-
ish fellows incylity. but her husband would
answer: "Ah, well, poor Schneider. if it were
known that / hal dismissed him he could get
employment nowhere else" This little story
paints the man.