The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-23
PERSONAL.

oRDDrFFERTS, wk0 succeeds the late Earl Of
1 Lytbcu as Ambassador 70 PARIS, is said to have
been Aonnred with more dignities than any
Ensissts'.1en since ths Duke Of Wellington.
MARshAt.t rusfiss. the private secretary of
the Postmnstes General viii be married on
Christmas to Miss Isabel Mcbride Palmer. the
daughter of Judge J. R Palmer Of salt Lake
City.
W. n PErHrcK. recently appointed manag-
ing director OF the Chineser railways by Ii Hung
Chang, who Is running China at present for the
York "a NC"
S. J. PEEILz and @. W Fairbanks are TALKED
about in Indiana as possible candidates for the
governorship. They are both republicans, and
the latter Is spoken of as representing the
Gresham interest
MRS. CoEGREssMAS SPRING Err Is a model wife
for an ambitious public man. She is cordial
In manner, well informed, and thorough
democrat. Her hight is short, and she has
brilliant black eyes
BRET HARrE is in London, and will probably
never return to this country. His hair is snowy
white. but he still retains all his old fire. The
author OF ''The iHeathen Oainee" and The
Luck OF Roaring Camp" is only 80.
NUBAR PASTA, now at Cannes with his suite,
Is the only Christian holding the rank OF field
marshal of the Ottoman empire. He worked
ms way up from an humble position in the Rus
sian consulate at Smyrna to be prime minister
OF Egypt.
Miss WoLsELEY, Lord Wolseley's daughter, is
quite bibliophile enjoying not only the con
tents Of a book. but being an ardent collector
OF rare old bindings and even of exquisite book
plates from English and foreign presses, title
pages, advertisements and the like.
Mas. BENNETT II. YOUNG. wife of the former
president of the Louisville Southern, now one
OF the directors of the East Tennessee Virginia
and Georgia road, died at Louisville on Sunday
She was the daughter of the late Rev. Stualt
Robinson. OF the Presbyterian church south.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL seldom went to recep-
lions and other social gatherings in and near
Boston, but Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mr. How
els Thomas Bailey Aldrtch- Arlo Bates and
Charles Eliot Norton were for years familiar
ngIree In the drawing rooms Of the modern
Athens
HER royal highness Princess Helena Augusta
Victoria, third daughter of the queen and wife
of Prince Frederick Christian of Schleswig-
stein-Sonderburg-A ugustenburg, has con
sented to become he president of the English
committee on woman's work for the Chicago
exhibition.
THE Marquis Grimaldi di Torrisena, the
wealthy Italian nobeman who was captured by
bandits few weeks ago. has been set at liberty
Inc marquis was delivered into the hands of the
ROBBERS by two servants who had been in his
service for many years He was confined for
nine days in dark cave,
Mr. RocKHILL, who made a notable journey
in Thibet awhile ago. accuses the Indian gov
eminent OF pigeon-hollng the results Of the won
derful four years journey of the Pundit Krishna
when he crossed Thibet from north to south and
from east to west, making an excellent survey,
which he completed in 1882.
SENATOR STANFORD has acquired the reputa-
ton of giving some Of the finest dinners In
Washington. To grace his table on such occa-
sions he periodically imports everything he can
from California, including flowers and greens,
rare fruits, such as cherries In midwinter, aud
kegs of choice nuts. Most of the wines served
are Of bis own vintage