The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-08
PERSONAL.


OsMAN PASTA, grand marshal of the Turkish
army whose heroism at Plevna was one of the
grandeSt incidents OF the Russo-Turkish war
has written French poem for the journal pub
hshed in New York by Tello d Apery, a II year
old boy.
The czARowlTz has been appointed com
mander of squadron of the imperial guard.
the Grand Duke Paul. brother of the car To
command OF a regiment of huSsars and the
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicoaevitch, cousin of
the car, to the command of a brigade of ar
tillery.
TIE Queen Regent of Spain shows the result,
OF her recent excitement at the bedside of her
sick son. Her pale complexion is whittier thar
ever. The queen regent is a very intellectual
woman. She can converse in Spanish. French
German and English. She is very fond of musi,
and literature
IT is SAID that the memoirs of NJ Hyrvoix the
chief of the private police of Napoleon III, will
soon be published, unless his executors are pre-
vailed upon by members of the Bonaparte fam.
lily not to reveal the inner life of the Tulleries
during the lifetime of several of the people re.
ferred to in the memoirs.
GEN. BoULASaER is slowly recovering on the
Isle of Jersey from the injury his head recently
received from contact with chandelier Hi,
skull was not fractured, but an ugly scalr
wound resulted. and he was much pr0strated
by the sight of his own blood The brave gen,
eral is very sensitive as regards gore.
MANAGER ]. NJ HILL has concluded an ar
rangement with Nellie Bly, for a series of lee
lures on her recent record breaking tour round
the world. She will give three lectures in New
DIRK and will then be heard in Boston Phia.
de phla, Chicago, st. Louis. and other large
cities She wants to lecture in Pittsburg and
will probably arrange to do SO.
MISS DINAH UNLOCK (Mrs. Craik) the novelist
gave her literary pension of 81 900 per annum
for number of years to DR.. Westland Marston.
the father of the recently deceased blind poet
Philip BOurke Marston On her death the
pension lapsed, and it is said that Henry Irving
then volunteered to continue the allowance, and
did 50 until the death of the recipient a few
weeks ago.
AN INSTANCE of Brownings kindness of heart
is told IN the Atben0eunl. \ young girl was to
write an explanation Of "PrOspice." Not salts
fled with her essay. she yentured to send il ia
Mr. Browning, to whom she was an entire
stranger, and he took the trouble to make
sundry corrections and additions, winding up
with: There, my dear young lady, | have
done t1e little that was necessary, and hope il
may suffice. Affectionately yours, Robert
browning.
Mas LOUISE CHANDLER MoULToN never sends
out cards for her afternoons at home but sim.
ply announces through the daily papers that
she will be glad TO see her friends on such a day
A number of friends are asked to receive with
her, and they como in street dress and bonnets
Anybody comes who wishes, announces himself,
and has the liberty of toe house at once. There
are always dainty refreshments provided. but
no attempt is made TO have them served. They
stand on a table in the dining room, and each
guest goes out as he chooses to pour his own
chocolate or coffee.
PRINCE BISMARCK" says the London cor
respondent OF the Birmingham Gazette, "even
if he were not a stateman, would be a famous
mum, if only for the extent and variety of his
different businesses DiSti,ler, farmer and
paper-manufacturer, he has now added to his
occupations that of brick-maker, having lately
successfully established large brickyard by
which he hopes to make much money The
clay in the neghborhooi OF Lauenberg, where
it is situated, is said to be of the finest quality:
and as no expense has been spared in furnsl a
ing every requisite-iucluding a railroad--for
the successful working of the industry, there
seems every probability of the aged Chancellor
realizing in time the dream of mis- life-a for
tune aad an hereditary dukedom."