The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-28
PERSONAL

GLADSTONE delivered his first speech on june
8, 1851
Gov. TooIE OF Montana is only 80 years old
and is one of the most distinguished looking
men in the state.
CHARLES BRILL of Hazleton, Pa, although
worth 500. 900 in his own name, draws pension
| OF Sl2 per month.
EVERY well-known man is said TO have his
double. That of Grover Cleveland is Col.
Graves of Connecticut.
BANKER EUGENE KELLY, who is worth s., COO. :
COO earned his passage to this country by driv-
ing jaunting car in his native place, County
Tyrone, Ireland.
Ex-Gov. JOHN LEE CARROLL and Mrs. Carroll
OF Maryland and Mrs George B. Mcclellan were
passengers by the steamer Lain from Bremen,
| which recently arrived in New York.
Rev. W. j. REID of the Monongahela presby-
terry OF Pirtsburg has been sentenced to a pub
lie rebuke for the ofense OF uniting the Rev R.
b. Ewing ir marriage to the latter's deceased
wife's sister.
GEN. A. 3. WEBB of New York is mourning
the loss OF highly valued walking stick, made
out of part Of the flag staff which the most ad-
Vanced regiment OF Picketts line carried at
Gettysburg.
FoRTUSE played many prank with Louis
Prang, the famous chrome manufacturer, be-
fore she bestowed on him the smiles that have
made him rich. At one time he sold out his
entire business for S25
TIE CAR, as if to emulate the magnificent
charity of the czarina, has ordered that there
shall be no state balls this year, and that the
money usually devoted to such festivities shall
DC gwen 60 the famine fund.
Two volumes of poems written by John Rus
Kin at various times when he was between the
Qcrac ~ AID M
London They are interesting mainly evil
uence or the precocious genius of the author.
VINCENT VELA, the distinguished Italian
sculptor, who died recently at the age of 70
years, began life as laoorer in stone quarry.
twenty-five years ago one of his group in the
Paris salon won him the decoration OF the
Legion of Honor.
The shortest will on record is that of Sarah
K. Miner of Luzerne county. Pa. 1t contains
six words, as follows Emily S. Miner is my
helr The signature makes nine words. The
VIII was written with lead pencil, and its
author was blind.
The LUNCHEON given to Mrs. g. Fl. Gilbert on
her 10th birthday was one of the grandest at
fairs ever seen in London. Among those pres
ent were the venerable Mrs. Kelley and Mrs
Mellon. who, as Miss Woogar, fascinated
generation OF Englshmen now mostly dead.
The song Nellie Gray" was written in 1855.
and was the maiden effort of Benjamin Handy.
who was then a student at the United Brethren
University at WeSterville. Ohio. The song was
an inspiration of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves
Uncle Toms Cabin" Mr. Handy afterward
became a minister and died in 1865
PROF ELIHU THOMSON. the electrician, is only
about feet inches high. His figure is even
boyishly slight and his face is young in ap-
pearance. He is few years short of 40, aud
was professor OF chemistry before he was 80
he ought to be worth hundreds Of thousands of
dollars to-day, but he is comparatively poor.
Psof. Houston. the man whose name ia Joined
with his in the title OF company, is Flooding
professor OF physics in Philadelphia