The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24
PERSONAL.


BUIow gives up his plan TO conduct g spring
season OF concerts at Lisbon -dn account Of III
health"
MRS MARY CouasEx OF Wnkssbarre is a
widow for the sixth time, having married that
many crippled soldiers t-f0
SENATOR MORGAN Of Alabama is the guest of
Judge James Z. Lapsey of Admission. and is
said to be in excellent health.
REv. DIR. RICHARD H RcoURT, pastor of Grace
NJ Z. churchs Baltimore, spoke against capital
punishment as relic Of barbarism in his Sun
day evening sermon AZ
Albert BIERsTADT will paint for the worlds
fair picture OF Watllng's Island. which many
geographers believe to be The one on which Co
Iumous nrst landed after crossing the Atlantic.
PRoF. WILLIAM c. PoLASDl of Brown univers-
sity, who was chosen director of the American
scool at Athens, Greece for the year beginning
october. 1871 will probably sail the last Of
June for Europe 49,
HENRY PHILLIPS, an Alaskan boy. who came
to Carlisle Pa. some four years ago. will leav
for sitka in a few weeks to take charge of til
North Star, the paper published by the Sta
Indian training school
MARIE Witt, the famous retired prima donna
has been dismissed as completely cured fro
the private asylum at Feldoff near Prague an
the free disposition over her fortune OF 500OJJ
HORNS has been restored to her.
DR. R. F. MICHEL, whom Gov. Jones has ap.
pointed surgeon general of Alabama held the
same position under Gov. O'Neil He was
brigade surgeon during the late war, and
STANDS In the front rank Of his profession.
Princess LOUISE of Denmark, who is ex-
pected to marry Prince Eugene of Sweden, gets
Der name and some of her blood from the
queen Louise of Prussia the most beautiful
woman who has belonged TO the Perrin court.
b FEHsEMANN of San Francisco has started a
monthly magazine, the object Of which is TO al
vance the interest of the state at the worlds
Iair and publish the latest and fullest in
formation IN regard to the progress of the great
SHOW.
The OLDEST WOMAN PREACHER in this country
is the Rev. Lydia Sexton who was born in New
Jersey IN 1893, and who still breaches in various
parts of the west. She predicts that she will
live until 1900 thus extending her life into three
centuries.
OUIDA is growing old and her works of late
lack much of the eloquence that used to make
them SO attractive. She never was beauty.
thou N IN her prime she possessed her striking
points-her Gambler hair, of precisely the
snade which she used to describe in her earliest
novels, and pair of exquisite little feet.
EMPEROR WILLIAM will not 20 to his castle
near Metz. Metz is said to be too dangerous a
place for him now in conscience of the ex-
IRENE irritation caused py. the maintenance of
the rigorous passport measure. 1t is also re.
ported that his majesty has received several
threatening letters from different parts of AL
sace-Lorraine. Ht5tSt .s1
ONE by one the charming patriotic stories of
our childhood are proven to be myths. 1t is
now asserted that Frederick the Great did not
send Washington sword inscribed From the
Oldest generalin the world TO the greatest" or.
IN fact, any sword; and, further that there
avIda F1r half
Frederick was at all impressed with Washing.
toms greatness. 9y
KANTI-BEY, powerful Massewah chief, hav-
ing been convicted of high treason and finally
SAINT to Italy, was obliged to leave his harem be-
hind. Gen. Baldissera, governor of the colony,
according TO the Roman papers, converted the
harem. consisting of seven young women. into
seven lottery prizes, which were won by his
oincers.s But this lottery was unfortunate, and
all the ladiesran away from their new sultans.