The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-25
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MEs. CLEVELAND IS taking lessons on the
violin.
GEN HoEArIo c. KING. In addition to being q
hne soidier-is a clever a. ateur musician. When
! the organist OF Trinity church was taken III one
sunday, Gen King filed his place to the com,
/ plete satisfaction OF the choir.
PRoF. TYSDALI- whose critical illness Is re.
ported from London, is an Irishman by birth,
/ ana DIS early schooling was of the most unDre
tentious KIND. his parents being ia the humblest
/ age.
GEN SHERMAN effectualiy blocked New York's
usua monumental scheme in his behalf. When
talking on the subject he recently said: ''So
mausoleum for me. / want no such thing
ALL '----'
The SuLTAN lives in constant dread Of assassi
nation He never leaves the grounds of his
palace except to 20 once a week TO a neghbor-
| ing mnsque. Once year he pays visit TO
vance
TINoTHY VI. HEALY. the leader Of the anti
Parnellite faction of the Irish home rulers, is
stu young man. being only in mis- Goth year
lie was clerk in a country story at 49, and
Iater stenographer in the employ Of an En-
glish railway.
The KING OF ITALY has three magnificent
studs OF horses On a beautiful estate near Pisa
These studs now contain nearly 1000 horses
, whlch oeIong to the king personally, and also a
large herd Of camels, The ancestors of which
were imported into Italy from africa in the
time of the Medics.
FRED MADISON, a gripman on the San Diego
Sal cable road. Is % years old, stands seven
Ieet Two inches in hight, and has to remain in
STOPPING posture while reaching for the
oraAes he Is good -natured, good-looking
CURIOSITY Tor tourists. and enjoys their surprised
gaze as much as any one.
FRED GNETHER comes to the front With the
claim that the late DIR. Hendricks Of South
Bend, Ind, suggested to Gen. Sherman the
ian olS march to the sea, submitting maps of
Sne county ana plan OF campaign, nearly two
years before the general started on his tri.
uHlphal tour through the enemy's country.
GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON has record as a
pallbearer that is unparalleled. Beside acting
at the funerals OF number of famous confed-
crate chieftains he and Gen. Sherman rode side
by side at the funeral of Gen. Grant, and last
week ne saw his great antagonist aud Admiral
Porter lald at rest. Gen. Johnston is now 50
years old.
EDWARD BELLAMY, a distinguished English
surgeon and lecturer on surgery. has lately
Died and London paper, commenting on the
iacC mat ne had been accused of writing Look
ing backward" says gravely: There is no evi.
aence to show that his death was FASTENED by
the shock he experienced when the charge was
first brought against him."
ME1ssoNIER's FUNERAL was quite simple and
cheap. A subscription for a monument has
been started in Paris. and Lucy Hooper says of
IL: Il nope that in the United States Il will be
remembered how bitterly the dead PAINTER
mated America and the Americans and that the
Proverbiai, iberalty of our wealthy art col
lectofs VIII on this occasion prove lacking"
QUEEN VTcToRIA's soN-IN-LAw, the MARQUIS of
Lorne, is writing novel called From Shadow
to Sunlight" with an American girl whom he
once met for a heroine. The principal scenes
OF the work are laid in Scotland, and one of
the characters is a monk who falls in love with
the aforesaid American beauty but how the
good man could help doing so is probably
LETT to be explained in a foot note to the last
chapter. '''