The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-07
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! Napoleon, and with whom the Emr ress Eugene
resides when passing through Paris, is pleas
/ ing blue-stocNinR, friend to artists but not a
politician. She has been early initiated to the
| sorroWs OF life by her martyrdom- marriage,
/ till separated-with Prince Demidoh. Though
a true blue BOnapartist, the republicans have
never Lad to reprOach her vita any incorrect
ness. She is popular with the rich Of all classes
and the poor Of all degrees.
/ THIRTY YElRs AGO a citizen of London, Eng
land offered young lady his hand and heart,
/ both of which she declined with thanks. He re-
NAMED a bachelor, and she married another
/ man. few DAYS ago his rejected smtor died
leaving her 5000 and the thanas for giving him
I the mltten. AS a consequence - he said in b. S
/ codien, my days have been passed in peace,
/ and now requlte your goodness" In order 70
/ have fully manifested his gratitude he should
/ wave ma lie the other man his lesatee.
/ JAMES WHITCoMB RILEY, the Hoosier poet. is
now living quietly at Indianapolis devoting
only small portion of his time to literary pur-
suits. He has become a strict prohibitionist,
50 far as his personal habits 20. but he is suf-
| terer from BrlghtS disease and his condition is
such as TO give his friends considerable uneasi-
| ness He Is most erratic writer, and many OF
/ the most armiug poems from his pen have
Deen dashed on under the inspiration of the
moment. IL IS said that one of his later pro-
| auctions, at recently appeared in tde Century,
was originally written upon a cuff in a crowded
/ railway train.
OLIVER Ii. JEssUP one of the most prominent
citizens of Bridgewater, Conn, has gone insane
He was taken violently ill few days ago, but
refused to allowa doctor to come to the house
ana he relied solely on the faith-cure advocates
who surrounded his bed day and night Iessun
at length. conceived the idea that he was a
second Abraham, and that the Lord REQUIRED a
human sacrifice. On Thursday, being left alone
for few minutes, he prepared for the horrible
AFFAIR by constructing an altar out of his bed
room furniture around which he piled a heap
OF combustibles. Then he caught his little
grandchild, year Old and placed her on the
altar and prepared to ignite it, The child's
cries attracted member of the family ami the
old man was nearly killed in the struggle to re-
strain him.
MISS ANNIE JOHNSON, beautiful. prominent
and wealthy society belle of Chattanooga
Tenn, has created great sensation in that
city by running away with Jack Belts IL is
presumed they have been married somewhere.
Miss johnson was engaged to be married to
Walter Selman, Jr., of the firm Of Wright &
Selnan, wellknown grocery merchants, on
Market street. Invitations had been issued and
pubhshed for the ceremony to take place MAY
at the Episcopal church. She is daughter of
Col A. NJ. johnson, prominent capitalist and
cltlzen OF St. Elmo and a member of the county
court MISS johnson is ?! years of age, a blonde,
and has hosts of friends in the city She went
out to ia Ike walk Sunday afternoon, and that
was the last seen Of her. Belts is her old lover
but owing TO parental 90 jectlons the match was
broken off 1t is supposed that the couple have
gone TO Cincinnati ana will be married there
but nothing definite is known, they have covered
up their tracks so well.
WE were taken to the old palace, in the heart
of the city, to see the treasure room, writes a
correspondent from India. Two huge cheetahs.
carefully muzzled, used for hunting bucks.
were on the palace steps. The regalia of Baroda
is valued at t3 100000. We were first shown
the Jewels worn by the maharaiah on state occa-
slonS. IneSe consist OF gorgeous collar of 500
diamonds some of them as big as walnuts,
arranged in five rows, surrounded bv q ton and
bottom row of emeralds of the same size; the
pendant is famous diamond called the Star
or the Decean;' an atgrette to match is worn in
the turban; then followed strings of pearls of
perfect roundness, graduated from
the size of pea to that of a large
marble, wondrous rings, necklaces
clusters of sapphires, and rubies as big as
grapes. The greatest marvel of all is CARPET
about 1Ox6 feet, made entirely of strings Of
pure and colored pearls, with great central and
corner circles of diamonds. This Garnet took
three years to make and cost e3OOOJO This was
ono of kcande Raos mad freaks, and was in
tended to be sent Mecca TO please Mehometan
lady who bad fascinated him, but the scandal
OF such a thing being done by Hindoo prince
was too serious, anu it never left Baroia. We
were also taken to see two guns, Weighing $50
pounds each, of solid gold, with two compan-
ions of silver, the ammunition wagons bullock
harness and ramrods all being silver
The CONDITIONS upon which the city of Lon
don has at last consented to have its streets
lighted by the best illuminant that science has
so ar provided us with are interesting, saws the
New y ork EUentn0 Post. Had not the old leg
istation by parliament relative to electric light
ing been modified, even the present advance
would not have been made. AMI as IL is rho
terms must seem intoierabe TO some of the
American local lighting companies, Two cor
pOratlOnS obtained concessions, aud these have
already pooled their issues" so that the city
Is dealing with but one body The local
authorities have the right to &C
quire the plant for public lighting
at the end of tweuty-one years, and also for
rlvate lighting, on paying it's value as going
concern. They also can acquire it at the end Of
forty-two years, and at the end of any subse-
quent ten years. Hence the ultimate control bv
toe municipality is plainly in view. During the
first twenty one years, however, the city under
takes to grant concession to no other com
pany. The price of supply and the rate of divi-
dend are likewise subjected TO regulation, con
sumers being benefited by the re-
duction when the dividend exceeds
10 per cent. IF. for instance, the
company earns II per cent, the maximum
| current would be reduced cent. and so on.
Overhead wires are absolutely prohibited. and
all feeding conductors will therefore run under
ground TO the lamps. The stations of the COM
panies are TO be placed on the Thames bank
and their mains are so connect d tuat the fail
ure of supply from one source would at once call
the other source into service for the affected
district. These stations will have a CAPACITY
OF LOO arc lamps of 1000 candle power
each and 10000 incandesceut lamps of six
| candle power eacn. Of these about 4Oo
arcs and 600 incandescents are to be EMPLOYED
for the streets and lanes. The arcs will cost
$3.50 each per year, and the incandescents from
S25 to $50 The system will soon be In full onera-
| ton the lord mayor having placed in position
the foundation stone of the main junction box
and Punch having duly celebrated the occasion
with cockney verse the cost to the CITY will be
about 100000 year. and the commissioners
anticipate that for that sum they will get about
twenty times as much light as they now enjoy
from gas of an equal cost.
THE late Lord Granville seems to be mora
sincerely mourned in England than any aristo-
crat who has passed away in recent years in
spite of the fact that in front and opinion he
was eminently patrician. He STONED to no
vulgar arts to gain the favor of the common
people of England, but they loved the man for
his bengnant disposition, and the courteous old.
! school nance which he displayed on even the
sweetness of disposition, saws the PoH
Mall Budget, was the more to his credit
in that he was victim to the govt
! One OF the most admirable points in
his character was the way in which he rose su
peror to the trials caused by i'll health lie used
TO confess to an occasional fit OF govt, but in
pc mt of fact he was for nearly forty years sub
lect to very trying attacks of Illness such as
would have ruined a less perfect temper than
his Yet he was always cheerful, ALWAYS
equable, always kind to his dependents and
amiable to his friends. AS a talker, Lord Gran
vile possessed that elegant suavity of stvle
which is every year growing rarer among us
He had finish of manner which was more