The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-27
PERSONAL

| TIE ENGAGEMENT IS announced in London Of
Miss Isabel Scott, daughter Of exPresident
Scott of the Richmond and Danville road. and
Douglas GRAFT, son Of the late Beach Grant OF
New York.
DR.. s. WEIR Mitchell has been entertaining
Mr.. mud Mrs Joseph Chamberlain Of England,
at his Newport cottage He gave large enter
/ tainment in their honor at the Casino a few
| nights ago.
| ANTON RUBINsTEIS Is staying IN the Black
! Forest. and is so busy composing that he rarely
goes out except fer an hours stroll late in the
/ afternoon He is thought TO be at work on a
/ grand opera
Miss HARRIET HosxER has been commissioned
70 execute life sized statue of Queen Isabella
of CASTLE. for which a special pavilion will be
erected IN the wOmen's department of the Chi
cago fair Of 1898.
SARA JEANETTE DUNCAN is young Canadian
anthoress who has been gaining ma me for
herself by a book Of travels She Is quite a
pretty woman, of slight figure. with brown hair
and light blue eyes.
ToLsToI. at 81 is a rugged-looking man with
iron-gray hair and sunburned face set in a
frame of gray beard and mustache. His broad
brow Is deeply furrowed and his small eyes
CLEAN out from beneath busy brows
MACKENZIE, the chess player who went to
England against the advice of bis friends. to
take part in the International chess tournament
al Manchester-where ne won third prize-is
reported 10 be dying of consumption IN that
city.
AMELIE RIvEs CHANLER is studying art at
tontainebleau and doing no writing. She
goes but little into society. although the
French people admire her, and Mms. Carnot
the presidents wife, has taken great fancy to
her.
FERDINAND DE LEssEPs, who was a few years
ago regarded as one of the greatest men in
France. is now a broken old man, socially,
financially and physically. De Lesseps will be
50 years old on Nov. 10 should he survive till
then.
GEN. ELY S. PARKER, civil engineer, OF New
York, who served on Gen Grants staff during
the war, is a full-blooded Seneca Indian, and is
SAID TO have suggested the main features of
design that has been adopted for monument
TO hed jacket, the great Seneca chief.
HoN. HENRY W. billiard of Georgia has
nearly ready for the press volume of reminis-
cencss covering period of fully half century.
MIR. billiard was minister 10 Belgium when Mr..
WEBSTER was Secretary of State, was in con
| gress from 1913 TO 1851 and minister to Brazil
| from 1877 to 1881.
JAMES l. KING of Buffalo registered at the
| Bohemian spa at Carlsbad during the summer
and was announced in the local press as James
| l., King of Buffalo. This brought down upon
Hihi such rush OF Oesge1S, tuIt hunters ana
lee searchers that he had to get out of town.
| Some OF the natives even took him for Buffalo
| Bill.
| COL GEORGE P. DAVIS, who has been chosen
director general of the Chicago Columbian fair
| OF 1893, is native of Massachusetts, his mother
| being member of well known family of Con
| necJicut Q1akers, and his wife is southern
| woman. Col. Davis went to Chicago twenty
years ago with Gen. Sheridan, and soon after
ward resigned from the army. He ha' since
been active in the affairs of the Republican
| Party IN Chicago