Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-10
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAL.


Two young ladies lorod the samo
gentleman in Dos Aquss, Valencia,
Spain, They fought duel, and one Of
them fell dead, shot through the right
lung.
"A lineman in Scranton, Pa, while
fuddled, climbed an electric light pole,
and actually fell asleep while sitting
on the cross-picce, trying to adjust the
carbon. A policeman rescued him from
his perilous position.
Mime. Bourininc, whom the grand
duke Nicholas married at Toula, was
born scrf, it is stated, as was her first
husband, who however, became one Of
the most extensive merchants IN Russia.
lie is to be known hereafter simply as
Prince Nicholas Romauoff, having
renounced his title of granl duke and
sundry other empty honors in order to
contract the marriage.
james Eddy, Troy, n. Y, makes
all the ink with which the government
paper money is printed. His father in
vented it, and just before his death let
his son into the secret of its manufact.
urea secret that he still keeps to him
self, as it is worth $50, 900 year to him.
The ink in question is said to be the
only kind that will print on the paper
now used for government notes.
Otis Kaler, who died in Maine the
other day, is chiefly remembered rs the
representative who, after storm in
Augusta, when the city authorities had
an order in the legislature providing
that the state furnish each member of
the house with snow shovel, in order
that that august body might make q
path for itself the following day,
Sir William and Lady Gordon
Cumming, who have taken up their res
idence ON the ancestral estate of the
Cummings, in Morayshirc, are exceed
ingly popular with their tena1try, and
the manner in which, at both AItyrc
and Gordonstown, they have personally
interested themselves in providing fetes
for the school children of the district
has occasioned universal feeling of
| good will towards them and their other
local work.
The late duke of Buckingham was,
in appearance and manner very much
like the average British engine driver
and capable of doing the work of one.
During the course of a strike on the
London & Northwestern, the road oil
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when no engineer was at hand to take
the northern mail train to Manchester
the duke got on the engine, his secre
tary acted as fireman, and together
they piloted the train to its destination
The run from the outskirts of the towr
into the station was especially hazard
Gus, for the strikers pclted them will
stones.
Mr. Gould's fancy for Horticulture
is well known, and the collection Of
rare plants and shrubbery at Lind
hurst, his country home on the Hudson
is said to be the finest in the worlC
owned by any private citizen. 1t i
surpassed, indeed, by but few of th
public gardens of Europe, which i
rivals in extent and variety. Th
palms alone are valued at $780, 900, ant
in the orchid conservatory are 1900
plants, Mr. Gould is said to be prcpar
ing to expcnd Sl0O,sO0 more in addi
tions to his greenhouses The care an,
direction of this vast floral estate de
solve on a chief gardener, who is pai
bank presidents salary for his ser
: vices, but the millionaire himself ha
long been an interested student o
botany, of which he now has an cxten
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