The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-16
PERSONAL.

SENATOR morrill, is proud Of a facial resem-
! blance 20 Charles Sumner.
dan" RICE, the once famous clown, has de-
cided 70 enter the ring again.
CHEF DRUNMoND Of the United States secret
service is short, stout, good natursd, and wears
gOld-bowed specs.
TIE President has appointed R. G. Kerns of
Missouri to be a member Of the international
railway commission, in place Of G. NJ. Pullman,
resigned.
MAJ. d. ?. HEATH Of the Engineer Corps, U.
5. A, is endeavoring to have Liberty's torch in
New York harbor famed with the colors Of the
flag of the country.
JAY GOULD gets his name from Chief Justice
Jay OF New York. Mr. Goulds father was a
country magistrate, whose admiration for the
chlet justice was unbounded-
NJ. De FREYcISET, the latest Frenchman TO be
elected to the academy, has been member of
nine cabinets. and the present ministry is the
fourth OF which he has been at the head.
MAJ. MCKINLEY is a rising star of after-dinner
speechmaking. and it is expected that he will
be able to take Mr.. Depew place II that gen
tleman should happen to be sent to jail.
GoToBED FEM is the name Of a farmer in
Dickinson county, Kansas The editor Of the
local newspaper wants Mr.. Fem to name his
flrst son "Riseup William so as to even up
things
lsIDoRE DI LARA is composing an oratorio on
Sir Edwin Arnolds Light of Asia, which will
be produced by Augustus Harris in June.
Maurei Will be "Bud1ha' and Miss Eames
"Yasodhama"
SENATOR ELECT BRtcE Of Ohio is very often
taken for Hebrew, but Gen. Ben lie Fevre,
his close friend. says that Mr. Brice comes of
stock. n Scotch
Presbyterian clergyman,
JAMES CUNNINGHAM BACHELOR, NJ. D., of New
Orleans, Lieutenant grand commander of the
grand consistory of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite in the southern jurisdiction, will
succeed the late Gen. Pike the highest digni-
Jary OF the order in this country.
DR. DAVID STARR JORDAN. president-elect of
the Leland Stanford university is an athlete
and sportsman, as well as a scholar and parson.
lie says of himself Six feet one and one-half
inches high, | weigh 215 pounds but I can
swim, play base bail and talk Norwegian" and
you cannot tell him much if anything. that he
does not already know, about trout rods and
reels
The late Miss Forrest of London was the
possessor of an interesting letter from Charles
Dickens, in which the novelist gave permission
for the dramatization of Barnaby Rudge, but
said that he only did so most reluctantly and
because of the condition of English law on the
subject at that time The letter concludes with
a request for a private box for himself aud
Mrs. Dickens, in order that they might have an
opportunity to see Miss Fortesque act
THE GRAND DUKE MICHAEL, who has, by mar
rying the woman he wanted, offended the car,
is 30 years of age. He was sent to England in
1897, with hope that he would fancy a daugh-
ter of the Prince of Wales and make match
AS soon as it was discovered in st. Petersburg
that he had no such intention he fell into dis
favor. The mother Of the bride was a Russian
woman, and before mOrganatically marrying
Duke Nicholas of Nassau secured a divorce
from her first husband