The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-23
PERSONAL

EX-SENATOR INGALLS, remarks that flames @.
Blaine, like Henry Clay, is too great a man to
ever be President. b.
Rev. ARTHUR CROSBY. son of the late DR..
Howard Crosby, has been elected assistant
professor OF Greek in Princeton college.
CARDINAL GIBBONS Is in Detroit. but has made
no public appearance at any of the churches on
account Of the bad condition Of his health.
TENSYsoN celebrated his eighth second birth
day anniversary by publishing an appeal for
500 900 to build home for boys in memory Of
Chinese Gordon.
Gov. RUSSELL of Massachusetts, is expected at
Newport this week as the guest Of Samuel r.
Honey. the Rhode Island member of the demo
cratic national COMMITTEES. go ss7
r OLD JOHN CuILkRToS, head porter at the
Grand Pacific, Chicago. for the last twenty five
years, has retired at the age Of 70, with for
tune Of 100000. all made out Of tips.
THE CzkREwITcH of Russia during his recent
Indian te,r required no less thsn thirty tongas
or carts for his luggage and about 300 pairs of
ponies 70 draw the same irnpedtmenta.
MRs. L. H. STONE. Phi. D., who led in the fight
in Michigan to secure the admission OF women
to the university of that state ,.has now begun a
new campaign to have her sex represented in
the faculty
"@A-At-o AeNnss-lSl4 AONhifa was VA Tic IuTeo
honorary members Of the Fellowcraft Club and
one Of the eight honorary members of the
Authors Club. Aside from hi. membership in
these clubs he was not connected with any New
York CLUB. rl0+
A DINNER was given to Justice Field in San
Francisco last week at the Pacific Union Club,
by e. 5; Pillsbury. Among those present were
Chief Justice Beatty Of the state supreme
court, NJ. II. de Young, w. w. Morrow, Gen.
Dimond and ex-senator Fair.
GEORGE WAsHINGToNs nearest living kin is
Mrs Fanny Washington Finch of Washington,
d. G. great grandniece of the father of his
country She is tall, majestic woman and in
features resembles the portraits of her dis
tinguished relative. She is the youngest aad
the only survivor of twelve children.
Mrs. GRMwooD has had conferred upon her
by the queen the Royal Red Cross, in recog-
milton OF her devotion to the wounded at Mani
pur. The decoration, which has already been
bestowed on Miss Nightingale, consists Of a
crimson cross, edged with gold bearing the
words Faith, Hope, Charity" and is attached
to dark blue ribbon edged with red.
WILLIAM MORRIS, the English poet, artist and
socialist, affects a snguarly shabby and pict.
uresque attire. He may be seen on Oxford
street in London, wearing an old black SLOUGH
hat, an ancient sack coat, baggy trousers,
ana blue flannel shirt. The necktie is usually
missing, and sometimes he wears no collar.
buu MS moving white hair and beard make him
an object OF interest to every paSser by.
PELAe1c, the Servian anarchist, has travelled
between Belgrade and Sofia for the last three
months at the expense of the Servian and Bull
Rarian governments. Servia expelled him for
the publication of a revolutionary pamphlet,
and gave him ticket TO the Bulgarian caoital.
Bulgaria promptly gave him return ticket
and started him back. Tlis sort of thing has
been repeated ten times, and the end Of it is not
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