The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-11
PER SONAL.

Henry Labouehere's unknown tormentor,
who caused wagon loads of goods to be sent
to the editor Of Truth who had never ordered
them has now turned his attention to Mr..
came, another member of parliament, Tor
whom he has obligingly placed large orders
with carpet manufacturers, furniture dealers
ana jewelers.. The Joker has thus far eluded
the police, although his operations have ex-
tended over period Of nearly year.
Dolly Tester, who married that ornament
Of the British aristocracy, the Marquis Of
Sayernake, is making trouble for Lord Iveagh,
VINO wishes TO buy the Savernake estate. The
marquis Is anxious to sell. but Warehouses
Dolly refuses to release the estate from her
Claims 10 Jolnture In the event Of the marquis
death. As Dolly VIGOROUSLY has temper
and a will of her own, the saleis likely to fan
through as Lord IVeagh viii not buy ner out.
Col. Ingersoll is on the lookout for a spook.
CORTLAND Palmer, the late president of the
nineteenth Century Club was an intimate
friend OF the great infidel and promised that
ne would make every effort to return after
MS ueaJn ana thus convince lngerSou OF the
reality of future trip. Col Ingersoll de-
lares that he has been on the alert for any
manifestation of his dead friend presence,
ut has never had the least intimatOn of a
supernatural visitation.
Col. Edward Beck. Of the Idaho National
Guard who was said to be the youngest en-
listed person in the union army during the
drummerboy with the Fourteenth Kentucky
regiment when he was II years old. He was
in active service from the beginning of the
war till 1858 when he was wounded and sent
home, He afterward entered the regular
army and was a sergeant for twelve years, re-
firing in 1880.
The Empress of Germany had anarrow es-
cape from serious injury IN Coblentz few
lays ago She was standing in the park of
one OF the orphan asylums in that city. talk
!u8 TO the children, when large pane of glass
from an upper story fell to the ground almost
IN the spot on which her majesty stood.
PleceS OF the glass, in fact, fell on her Shout
Ter, but she was not cut The teachers and
omclals OF the institution were naturally
Greatly worried but the empress assured
them that she had not been even badly fright
med. She expressed her satisfaction that
none OF the children had been injured. One
u the inmates OF the institution had broken
the glass in leaning against it to see the en-
press In the garden below.
Joseph R. Davis, nephew of Jefferson
Davis writes to the New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat to contradict fanciful story which it
printed recently about Ben" Montgomery.
Mr.. Davis says that this educated and pro-
5resSlve negro was never a slave of Jefferson
Davis, or his private secretary and business
manager as stated in the al tcle, nor was an
)ther statement in it true, namely, that
through Monts omery's shrewdneSs the Mis-
s1Sslpp1 plantation belonging to the confeder-
ate president was saved from conhscation dur
ing or after the war. Mr. Davis says that
Montgomery belonged 40 Joseph 3. Davis. a
brother OF Jefferson, who took no part in the
var. After its close Joseph +. Davis sold his
own plantation and the Briarfeld plantation
the title deeds of which were in his name
although they belonged to the ex-president)
to Ben" Montgomery for $500, 900, taking
notes bearing 6 per cent interest. Montgom-
cry made disastrous failure. and the final
result was that the plantations were restored
to the two brothers.