The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-24
PERSONAL.

z. B. SEARS of Boston has bought the famous
English st. Bernard dog, Sir Bedivero. paying
for it $500. Rather costly piece Of uncon-
SENATOR SPooSER is said to have declined an
offer OF $4,000 a year to make Chicago his
home and become solicitor general for the Chi
cago and Milwaukee railroad.
JULES SIMON does most Of his writing in bed.
Many other fellows do the same and nobody
would object il. when they got up, they used
what they had written to kindle fires with.
FATHER O'DoSNELL of Boston is being sued
BY Mrs. Kallberg for 5000 damages for hav-
ing denounced her from the altar because she
had taken her children from the parochial
school.
Mrs. ELLA F. BRAMAN Of New York. who has
just been appointed commissioner Of deeds
for the District Of Columbia. is already COM
missioner Tor forty states. Her husband is
lawyer and their Office IS kept open at all hours,
day and night
BENZ. II. CURRIER Of Boston, 81 years of age.
administered the obligation oath to the direct
ors of the sdassachusetts National Bank re-
Gently. This was tie sixtietb annual occasion
upon which he had oficiated in a similar legal
capacity.
Ex-STATE SENATOR STEPHEN GRIswoLD, of
Brooklyn, n. Y. has bouquet of pressed
flowers from the garden of Gethsemane, which
was presented TO Mrs. GrisWold by the late
Emperor Alexander OF Russia short time be-
fore his tragic death.
The YOUNG PRINCE OF NAPLES is the picture
OF a youthful English ude-snooth-faced,
with fair sprnkling of down on his upper lip,
an eyeglass and suit Of clothes cut in the
latest English style. But he is very clever,
speaking four languages fuently.
The DUKE OF EDINBURGH is a noted stamp
collector And he is penurious enough to take
care of the stamps He leaves his big brother
10 keep up the dignity of the family, and is only
interested in his own desire to get together
enough money to buy the British crown if it
ever rails into the market
IT is SAID Of David Jacks, the Monterey
county Call millionaire, that he can ride
twenty miles in a straight line on his own land.
de is a Scotchman, and in 1919 slowed himself
away IN barrel on vessel bound ior Callfor-
MIA. Now he has fortune of s., 100000. He is
deVout Presbyterian churchman.
THE new japanese minister to the United
States, G.. Tateno, who has just reached Wash
ington by way of San Francisco, is accom-
panied by his wife, 5-Year-old daughter, his
private secretary and a law student. The min
lister talks English fiuently, and his wife and
child are dressed in western garb.
NJ. EIFFEL, of tower celebrity, having achieved
high honors as an engineer, is now ambitious of
becoming a legislator and has issued an address
to the senatorial electors OF the department of
the Cote dor He declares that he will do all
he can to insure TO workmen, whether in city or
In country, proper return for the work they
produce. ~
IT Is UNDERSTOOD that the hereditary Prince
of Nassau is visiting England because his
parents are anxious that he should marry at
once and would be glad to see him choose a
bride from the British royal family. Being
man OF fine appearance and exemplary char
acter, and herto fs50,C00 year, he is one of
the greatest catches in Europe.
CHARLES JUSTIN JONES of New York. who has
been an editor on the New York Times staff
since 1876 stopped to see a doctor on his way
| down town Tuesday evening" and died in the
hallway of the doctors Office He had acute
congestion of the lungs. He leaves a widow.
| He was formerly half owner of the Richmond
| Wing. BE was SO years old.