The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-24
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IT Is SAID that Senator ingalls, has S3co. 900 or
more comfortably invested
TPPoo TrB is said to be preparing TO abandon
the wilds Of Africa for a season in England.
GRAHAM R. Toxsos, the English poet, is a
woman. and her name is Miss Frances Wynne
sESAToR-ELEcr KYLE Is an 'out-and-out free
trader = according to Representative Pickler Of
South Dakota.
SENATOR ELECT Villas is q good French and
German scholar and is fond OF Latin He reads
virgil IN the original for entertainment.
ACCORDING TO a Boston dentist, the California
railroad millionaire, Croker, has four large
diamonds set in the crown OF one of mis- teeth.
The dentist received 81, 500 for his WORK.
HENRIK IBsES was Little boorin his boyhood,
and even his brothers and sisters disIiked him.
In revenge for his msanness and unsocial ways
they used 70 pelt him with stones and snow
balls.
A GRASDDLUeHrER of Gen. Israel Putnam,
Mrs. Lille Putnam Norman, died ct North
Adams. Mass, Tuesday. She possessed the
sword he carried in the fight from the British
down the stone steps.
Mrs. STANLEY has been her husbands unfail-
ing companion during all his recent tour, and
has been present at his lectures until now. She
stayed in Chicago this week while he run up to
Milwaukee one evening.
LIEUT.. JOHN P. FINLEY, the we'll known tor
nado expert and lately in charge Of the signal
service work at San Francisco, has been as
signed to regular army duty in an infantry reg
iment at Fort Wayne. Ind.
COUNT DE LoRGuEs, an Italian nobleman, is
owner of an ancient wood engraving of Christie
pher Columbus which is believed to be a true
likeness. 1t will PROBABLY have place in the
coming American exposition.
SENATOR TELLER is among the latest DEM
cratic presidential possibilities to be discussed
in Washington. The Star of that city says that
some southern men declare that they would
prefer him 30 Mr.. Cleveland.
RUSSELL SAGE would rather risk 81 900 any
time on a margin for the posi- lie benefit of a
creditor than to dive into his pocket and hand
out 80 cents in cash. The habits OF his early
hfe remain stamped upon him.
WITH a combination Of judicial candor, unaf-
fected unodesty and diguified self-respect, the
Boston pugilist actor says: II know l am not a
Booth. a Barrett a McC ullough or Salvini,
and know, too, that they are not John L. Sui
livans.
CHAUNcEy NJ. DEPEw is strongly talked of as
Metropolitan candidate for governor OF New
York, and the sentiment in his favor appears to
be growing. In an indirect way Mr.. Depew has
been sounded on this question, but he is a states
man who keeps his own counsel until he be-
lieves the proper time has come to speak.
JEAN JOSEPH VERHULsT, one of the best
known musicians and composers of Holland,
died in The Hague on Jan. IL. He was born in
1916, and when mere boy attracted the atten-
ton of King William H.. who gave him an al
lowance to complete his studies abroad. He
became pupil of Mendelssohn. He returned
TO Holland in 1912, and remained in his native
country until his death.
Mrs. Salter, a demonstrating and timid
little woman, who bosses a big husband, looks
after six children, and does her own house work,
is the mayor of Argonia, Kan, and when any
one of the alderman get to be sassy obstruc-
tive she just walks up TO them ask if they con
slider themselves gentlemen, and threatens to
tell their wives about their Carvings on. She'd
like to see them attempt to override one Of her
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