The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-11
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LEOPOLD Il, king of the Belgians, prides him
self on being workingman. He rises at and
does two hours work before breakfast
Mr.. DREw. the late bank examiner, is a
Maine man graduate of Bowdoin, and was
classmate in college Of Chief Justice Fuller.
Fx-sEyA7oR MCDONALD was a great reader Of
fiction Taken all IN all Scott was his fa7orite
but he always Insisted that "N anity Fair was
the greatest Of novels.
DrRING the past year 22,Ol7 persons visited
the birthplace Of Shakespeare, as compared
with u so 10 1873 Financially, the year shows
balance OF over $500 to the credit OF the
birthplace
"OLD HUTCH" is in doubt whether 10 settle
down in New York or not There are too
many loafers there" says Mr. Hutchinson. II
thought W. had plenty of them in Chicago, but
there are three to one here
JEAN JACQUES WEISS had an ohservant eye
and sarcastic smile which made Napoleon Ill
uneasy when they were together. The emperor.
however probably suspected that he was an OBJ
Ject OF contempt TO the eminent journal {.
Hon OSCAR S. SrRAUs. our ex-minister to
Turkey, who is a literary man as well as a di-
plomat, is soon to publish the life Of Roger
Williams, the founder OF religious liberty, upon
which be has been engaged fer some years.
Miss NJ G. McCLELLAND, the Virg mia novel
ist, is of middie-age. tall and slender with iron
gray hair that she wears parted over her fore
head. She is genuine southern woman.
cordial and kindly of manner, and rapid and
prolific writer.
Coz. J. c. BUNDY. the spiritualist editor tells
the women of Chicago that as a class they are
the " orst enemies that woman suffrage has.
They are swayed too easily by emotion and
mised By sentiment, and to advance the cause
should cultivate courage ami Dackb)ue
MAJ. T. " Mcconnell who succeeds Judge
Key, deceased, az chancellor Of the Chatta-
nooza division of Tennessee, is a Tennesseean
by birth and 40 years old. He was in the con-
fedeTate army and had his right arm perma-
nentIf crippled at Winchester, Va in 1864.
PROBABLY no bank president in New York
receives more social calls in business hours
than DOES Hon. Thomas L. James. president OF
the Lincoln National Bank. This is chiefly due
70 the fact that the Lincoln bank has a great
many depositols who are personal friends Of
the well-known president
If the little King of Spain be excepted. the
Emperor OF China is the shortest of the male
monarchs, standing. as he does only 3 feet in
hight. He must. however, in point Of stature
take second place to Queen Victoria, whose
stature is feet 10 inches. The house of Hohen-
zo.lern boasts the greatest number of men OF
big stature.
PROF. ". X. BROOKS of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, who has just published a monograph
on the oyster, probably knows more about this
favorite bivalve and its habits than any one else
in this country. He has made 6 special study
Of his subject in five different states. and has
spent much time in wadng about in the Chesa-
peake to form more intimate acquaintance
with tie shell-hsh.
JOHN HAMILTON BROWN, the inventor of the
segmsntal wire-bound cannon that bears his
name, for the trial of which congress has lately
appropriated $4,000. lives in Greenville, n. J /.
whers he is constantly busy in his shops over
his Inventions. Capt. Brown will be remem-
bered BY the public as the long range rifle shot,
who, with his own standard military rife, made
the best score at 1000 yards at Wimbledon with
the American team In England 10 1883.
SAYS San Francisco specialize the New YorE
Tribune; The death of Doaa Bsndine at Los
Angeles rem ores one of the last survivors OF q
Distinguished native California family. at her
house In old San Diego a generous hospitality
dispensed in the cary days, aDd it was a
ball at this mansion Of which R chard u. Dana
wrote so graphic description in his Two
Years Before the Mast She also entertained
Fremont aud Sherman and Commodore Stock
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