The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-11
PERSONAL.

THE HARVARD CLUE Of Maryland is urging @.
J. Bon parte of Baltimore for an overseer at
Harvard.
POLICEMAN JAMES EGAS Of Chicago has been
dismissed from the force for winking at Lawyer
Kate Kane.
The WIDOW of Gen. Crook plans to visit Wash
ington hereafter several months In each year,
so as to be near her hush lnd's tomb at Airing
ton.
Miss JULIA MARLowE's managers are already
at work preparing ''Cymbeline," in which the
young artist is confidently expected to make
another triumph.
MAssENET has agreed to compose an opera
for Harris, who. in collaboration with Mazzuc-
alto, will write the libretto which is founded on
Kenilworth.
PRESIDENT HARRISON, with party of friends,
will go to Mount McGregor during the summer
for the purpose of visiting the cottage in which
Gen. Grant died.
SIR GEORGE STEPHEN is a lucky man. and his
peeraRe greatly pleases Canadians though he
when quite young. but began lifees a barefooted
lad in bis birthplace
MISS EAMEs, the American Prima donna, h d
the honor of singing in Marlborough house on
Sunday to large family party. Signor Maurel
also sang, ana SignOr Tosti accompanied them.
HERBERT SPENCER is not so greatly absorbed
in abstruse philosophy but that he can take an
interest in the humane and copcrete He has
Joined the British Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children
SENATOR CARLISLE, on receiving the sugges-
ton that his name had been mentioned as a DOS
sible one for the presidential nomination.
waved bis hand aloft deprecatorily and replied
that he had heard it before
WHEN ax-ffov ono opoa diSt,,rhad tba 10.
mony of the meeting over which he was pre-
siding by asking Miss Susan B. Anthony, who
was delivering an address, to speak louder"
ne was snapped up with the reply: II speak
louder than you do, governor"
SECRETARY PROCTOR has been enjoying car
riage ride through Vermont First he dined
with Senator Morrill, at STAFFORD, and spent a
day at st. Johnsbury and a night with Con
gresham Trout at his Kirby farm. Secretary
Proctor is en- route TO Brunswick Springs to
join his family.
ONE of the scientists selected by the Phila-
delpnla Academy of Science to accompany its
expedition to Greenland is DR.. W. H. Burk, as
soclate editor Of the Philadelphia Public LEDGER
and botanist OF wide renown. Dr. Burk's
physical abilities well qualify HIM for a trip to-
ward the north pole, and his researches in
behalf of the academy sure to prove valu-
able.
WILLIAM SHERER, the grand master elect of
the Masons. is assistant manager OF the New
York clearing house and a citizen of BROOKLYN
he Is native of Kentucky and is SO years old
he has been Mason for % years and was ipi-
tiated into the order in the Anglo-Saxon Lodge
OF Brooklyn, OF which he was three times grand
master. He was afterward elected district
deputy grand master of the third district and
has held several important positions in the
grand lodge of the state of New York.
TwENTY-sIx YEARS AGO there was born in Viz
ginia bright-eyed colored baby which was
christened R. II. Strange Recently he played
richard III. in the Academy of Music at Phila-
delphia Next month he intends to go abroad
to play Shakespeares tragedies in London and
Berlin, where he hopes to have his company of
white persons to support him. He also hopes
and before another year rolls around believes
he viii have an $50, 600 theater of his own in the
Quaker City.