Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ONE of the queerest army corps IN the world
is that OF the Norwegian skaters. They are
armed with rifles which they can use with
great precision while skating.
DIR. ALEXANDER WARNER reported to the
California Dental Society, lately in session in
San Francisco, the filing of the tooth of
child twelve months old, the youngest patient
of the kind on record.
NJ. WHOM DIES LAURIERs is with the thirty
families of French silk growers at the new
colony near Keysers, in Moore county, North
Carolina. The colonists propose to plant zUO.-
600 mulberry trees this year.
THE suicide mania at Vienna eliminated on
June in a most horrible scene in the beauti-
full Stadt Park of that city. An unfortunate
wretch had deliberately concealed himself,
and. having stuffed all his clothes and pockets
with paper soaked in petroleum, set himself
on fire. When discovered he was abiaze from
head to foot. He was taken to the hospital,
where death speedily put him out OF MS mis-
cry. The body was, OF course, utterly unre-
cogniZable, and has not yet been ldentlhed.
The two DAYS holiday recently held in Vienna
h as ADDED ten more to the list Of Vienna sui
cides among them being a widow Of 81, sew
eral girls and boys, and one policeman.
PHILADELPHIA is happy in the possession
Of the handsOmest squad OF policemen in the
world. They are stationed on Chestnut
street. and are described as being models of
human loneliness, Their uniforms dazzle
with brass buttons, aud in place OF the leaps
there are helmets. The ugly club has gone,
and each officer swings in his white gloyed
hand a polished walnut cane. They wear
buttOnhOle bouquets and perfume their seven
dollar silk handkerchiefs with the nnest CO.
logne Their dainty feet are incased in
patent leather shoes with French heels, ana
they pose on the street corners. Ihey are
learning to wear their hair long and to smoke
cigarettes.
The New London Comm DAY relates the fol-
lowing incident: "a narrow escape and
heroic rescue occurred on the Northern Rail-
road bridge this side of Montville last Tues
dav night, As the train swept around the
curve the engineer saw man and woman on
the bridge directly in his track. Thefe was
no chance to use the brakes. and he expected
TO have a frightful accident 10 report just
as he was about to close his eyes to shut out
the tragedy. the man caught up the woman,
threw her over the rail INTO the water below
and vaulted over himself aud rescued the
woman from drowning. Those who witnessed
this episode say they never saw a drawer or
cooler act in their lives"
THE Cooper Union, New York, has just pre-
sented its twenty fifth annual report. us
revenue for the past year amounted 70 S95,-
ISL 81 and expenditures to $53,9S4 81. The
trustees have no doubt of the propriety or
necessity of enlarging the work OF the lnstltu-
ton, and il the portion OF the Duluihg now
rented could all be appropriated for purposes OF
instruction it would double existing facilities,
but they add that the annual expenditure IN
yolved in such enlargement would require an
endowment Of ST. 900, 600 in addition to the prees
ent funds Of the institution. The children OF
Mr.. CoopeF have already notified the trustees
that in accordance with what they UNDER
stood to be Mr.. COopeF's final wishes they viii
contribute the sum of 100000 IN aoditlon 70
the bequest OF 500, 900 contained in his will.
Jusr as the public was beginning to forget
Marie Ferral (the young woman who was
tried in Paris three months ago for lodging