The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-02
PERSONAL.

| EDITH SESSIONS UPPER is writing a play for
W. J. Florence for his next years tour She
might appropriately call it the Mystery Of a
Trunk"
! SIR EDWARD MALET, the British ambassador
at Berlin, will shortly be raised to the peerage.
Rumor says that he will be known in the future
as Lord Woburn.
REV. EDWARD PAYsoS HAMMOND, the profess
sional revivalist, is supposed to have added
| 10000 members yearly to the church since he set
| forth upon his labors
EMPEROR WILLIAM Of Germany and his party
! are lying off Karsle. a small island on the
northwestern coast of Norway, where they are
preparing for a whale hunt
The REAL NAME of the conductor of the Marine
| Band is Giovanni Philipso, but when he entered
the government service he added L. S. A. to his
cognomen, and now he is called John Philip
| Sousa for short.
JOHN l. DAVENPORT, the well known republican
politician started in life as a Sunday school
teacher in Henry Ward Beecher's church. He
is OF light build, weighs less than 100 pounds and
| is an inveterate smoker.
MUNKAcsY, the Hungarian painter, is at work
on new picture representing Christ and his
| disciples. He hopes to exhibit it in Europe and
this country, after which it will become the
property OF the national gallery at Berlin,
DR. WIrHERsPooN of Louisville, who has been
elected to I'LL the chair of theology in Central
College, IN Kentucky, has had a remarkable
series OF successes since the time he became
the youngest doctor of divinity in the PreSby
terrain church.
IHE PRINCE OF WALES will meet the King of
Roumania at Blankenberg in August, to dis
Guss the question of the marriage Of Prince
Ferdinand, the heir presumptive to the Rou-
LuaIlldn throne, to the eldest daughter of the
Duke of Edinburgh.
Two MEMENToEs Of Theodore Parker the Bos-
ton radical. have been discovered by q travelling
journalist in rich and elegant Indian home
Ihey are his beadwork watchStan and the
marole-hand paper weight which held down the
pages OF his sermons
The ENGAGEMENT of Miss Mary Lincoln, eldest
daughter of Hon. Robert r. Lincoln, to Charles
lsham of New York. has been announced The
wedding will be solemnized IN London during
the coming season. Mr.. Isham was formerly
private secretary to Mr.. Lincoln.
TIE DEATH is announced in France of Nine.
Peyrol, the sister of Rosa Bonheur, aud herself
an artist of distinction. She was a frequent
contributor to the Paris exhibitions and her
WOrks nave often been seen in the French gal
lery, Fan Mall, and elsewhere in London. She
married NJ. A. Peyrol, the able painter.
HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT she historian of the
Pacific coast, commenced life as a clerk in a
book store. His attention was drawn to his
torical literature by being asked by his
employers to aid in the preparation of an
almanac OF the coast He has collected one of
the most valuable historical libraries in the
world.
HARRY c. DUvAL, private secretary to Chaun-
cey M. Depew, has developed literary talent
since he became q member of the Fellowcraft
Club. In an article on The Grand Central De
pot recently contributed by him to an Illus
trated paper he demonstrated his ability to
write about everyday matters in an entertain
ing way.