The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-15
Personal.

Potter Palmerhas just purchased 800 Bibles
for his big hotel in Chicago.
In China when pupil is reciting his lesson
he turns hrs back to his teacher.
Manual Garcia. who taught Jenny Lind, is
still teaching, although he is in his Goth year.
}. J. Williams. Of the Grenada Miss Sen
final, has occupied the editorial chair since
lei7.
Miss Ada Rehan. it is said. has been named
as the sole heir in the will of one Of her Eng
lish admirers.
Richard Blackmore lives Just outside Of
London, and devotes all his spare time to
market gardening
Uncle Dave" Brewer. of Lebanon, Ore. is
81 years old and has living with him his %
year old motherin law
Another musical prodigy has been brought
out in Germany. It's gin viol'nist named
old.
Capt Charles Kings description Of the
cavalry fight at Gettysburg is. says Lord
Wolseley. Of England. the most perfect de-
scrlptlon OF battle in the English language.
The Rev. Dwight L. Moody is a Ioor man.
Although he has made thous ands Of dollars
he has saved none of it. The bulk OF his
earnings has teen used for the Summer
school
Wayback Laughter has applied to the
Michigan legislature to change his name,
which he declares to be ridiculous and prov
ocatlVe OF annoying ADJUSTMENTS among per
sons who hear it for the nrst time
Marco, is the name of queen Victoria's
favorite dog. His ancestry. it is said. can he
traced back to the Crusaders. He is what is
called in England, 'Pomeranian." 4 he
other two faYo1tes are Roy" collie, and
Spot fox terrier.
A bargains a bargain. william Kitson,
who died the other day at Iona, Mich. at the
age of rs, got one ten years a,o-a coffin that
he bought for trifie at sherIlfs sale Of
undertakers effects, and it came in quite
handy. He was buried in it.
Water from the river Jordan was used at
the recent christening of Lord and Lady
Dudleys infant child All the royal and i'm
perlal baptisms are made with water from
the same stream, and quantities of it are
Kept on hand at Berlin, Vienna, Windsor,
Edmund Yates cables to the New York
Tribune that it is expected that Lord Hamil-
ton Dalziell will shortly resign the ONCE OF
lord-in-waiting to the queen. Lord DalzieI
is under orders TO lie in waiting on her
majesty at Windsor during the first fort
night in May: but he will not be able 10 90 to
court. and it is understood that his duty is to
be taken by Lord Drumlanrig.
Father Don Unta, who persuaded his supe-
rior (of the Order of Salesian Fathers in
Turin 10 place him IN charge of a leper colony
at Aqua di Dios. in Colombia (SOuth Amer
lcal' Is reported to have caught the maladv.
When warned that he might become affected
with II, his reply was that, in such an event.
ne could the better mingle with, understand
ana relieve the wants Of his fellow patients.
Mr. Herman Oelrichs, the wealthy New
Yorker, has double. A gentleman an
swering his description arrived in New
port the other night On the trip he passed
swelis at the club waited for him. Tues
day parties interested in the Polo and Golf
clubs searched for him in vain in order to
secure job erecting their new buildings and
laying out their grounds. The bogus Mr.
OeIrlch therefore attracted more attention
tnan II the original had actually arrived.