The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-06
PERSONAL.

J. FRAScIs GAbroS has invented an apparatus
for measuring thought
AFTER the queen. the Duke Of Edinburgh 1.
the richest member of the royal family.
Mas GRANT has up to date received from the
scribners as her share in Gen. Grants book the
amount Of $4i4,ss5 2s.
GEoEGE FRANCIS Tam modestiy declines 70
talk OF mis- chances for q presidential nomina-
tion oy the third party at Omaha July4
VICE President MORTON is reported to be q
gives tens OF thousands OF dollars 70 the poor.
Mas. JOHN BLAKELT Of campbellford, Ont,
attended church Friday evening for the first
time in twenty years, and on the way home she
Tell down and broke her arm.
FREDERIcK SoawArKA, the traveller, once ex-
perienced Temperature Of re below zero In
the Arctic regions, near Burk's Great Fish
rlver, IL Is said to be the coolest ever endured
by civilized man.
PROB. TIzzoST, an Italian savant. has isolated
germs OF leckjaw and discovered in them q
poison that is declared to hAyo already cured
oy incubation, SIX persons actually suffering
from that usually fatal disease.
Rev. Dr.. DAVID II. GREER Of New York city
has accepted an invitation from President
Dreher OF Roanake College. Salem, Va, to
graduating class OF that institution on june 10.
THE King of wurtemberE is reported 70 be
greatly annoyed because the late king be-
aueathed the beautiful villa Of Tubenheim TO an
American, the engineer Of the Royal theater.
Every effort made by the king TO repurchase
the villa has failed
WHEN James Whitcomb Riley was yonth he
was in such poor health that the doctors pre-
scrioed travel This he could not afford. He
therefore Joined an itinerant show and thus
secured outdoor life for several months The
experience proved highly beneficial.
MISS MARY WILKINS. the writer. is a slender
little woman, with a fair skin. blue eyes, clean
cut features, and a nose that might be called
sharp but for the gentIeness and refinement OF
the race. She wears her hair in knot at the
nape or her neck, which is simply perfect To
emphasize this good point the bodices of her
evening dresses are invariably cut very much V
In the back.
BouRKE COCHRAN is one Of the most notable,
physically as well as intellectually, of the prom
lnent Talnmany leaders Particularly is he
remarkable for the size OF his head, which,
though set on pair of broad shoulders, is so
large as to attract immediate attention. Some
body once called MIN 'leonine" man, His
rise from an humble position In a dry goods
store TO his place at the bar is Interesting.
A DISCUSSION, says the Boston Herald, as to
the authorship Of the immortal poem. entitled
The Lone Fish Ball " has brought out the in-
terestlng fact that its author is George Martin
Lane, Pope professor Of Latin at Harvard Col
iege, The authority for this allegation is
based on the card catalogue of the Harvard
University library. which enjoys the personal
supervision OF Librarian Winsor.
GEN. PALMER, like many other big men, in
Guiding Congressman Springer, has little wife.
Mrs. Palmer is described as mite of a wo-
man, and it is said that one of the prettiest
pictures to be seen at the capitol restaurant in
Washington is that Of the stalwart Illinois
senator, Drumming over with health aud good
humor, taking luncheon with his devoted youu z
wife. MRS. Palmer is very popular in Washing
ton society.