Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Tom TUNES Bridgeport Conn., property
has been sold for Sl6,420.
TIE Europeans, er white men, in China
number fewer than 10000, or one to about
every $4,000 natives.
THB Newport real estate agents include
themselves among the sufferers by the Wall
street furry. for people who wanted cottages
: month ago do not want them now. It's an
i'll wind that blows nobody good
\ WONDERFUL mirage was seen recently
over Munjov. Ne People were surprised at
seeing. apparently, a brick house some six
stories high. the cOlored bricks. the windows
and all being plainly seen. floating IN the AR.
As result Of an electric flight wire cross
ing fire-signal wire in Louisville, KY, re-
Gently over three hundred alarm boxes were
wholly or partly destroyed. besides placing
the central Office in total darkness, the con-
necuOns having been melted.
Two BOYS. thirteen years of age, while fish
ing in slough near Eureka, Cal, the other
dav. were attacked by deer. They broke
his horns of with club. and after hard nght
succeeded in knocking him down, when they
cut his throat with pocket-knl1e.
AKANsAs GIRL was caught in male attire,
and. as she refused to pay fine Of sic, JUS
tice sent her TO prison for ten days. As there
was no worse intention IN her conduct than 10
play q prank. and the state has no law against
what She did. her rich father has sued for
damages.
CINCINSATI is superstitiously interested in
the case Of 4 woman who, falling asleep in
railroad train. dreamed wildly that her child
at home had been seriously hurt. She was so
deeply impressed by the vision that on arriy-
ing in the city she drove directly to physl-
clans Office and carried him hastily 10 her
residence, where the youngster was found 70
have been thrown from swing at precisely
the time that the mother had dreamed The
story.is told circumstantaly by the persons
concerned.
Tue Coco de Mer palm is found only IN the
Sevcheue Islands. It is from sixty to hun
dred feet high. and its trunk is a foot in
diameter all the way up to the top, where il
Is crowned with tuft OF huge leaves, some Of
them as much as twenty feet long The male
and female flowers are produced on dinerent
trees. The resulting nut Is about q 1oot long,
Of irregular shape. and. till the discovery IN
l74S Of the only spot IN the world where these
palms grew. was believed to be marine pro
duct. The Malay sailors used TO aIhrm tnat II
grew under water in placid bays; but II they
Owed for II 1t disappeared. The nuts were
highly priced when found floating about on
the Indian Ocean.
ONE day recently very singular accident
happened TO Joseph knight, who lives on
Brush creek, in Mcdonald county, four miles
south OF seven Star Springs and about seven
r,ilas from Washburn No He was blowing
yave awav and precipitated his valuable
span Of horses. valued at $500. into cave
some nteen or twenty feet deep belng , un-
able TO extrIcate them they died at O'Clock
that evening. The field had been IN cultlFa-
ton for twelve years and no one knew OF the
cave beneath il. Mr.. knight was ploWlng
with the lines over his neck and came very
near being dragged into the pit and losing his
life.
TIE welbeck tunnel, which the late Duke
OF Portland. the Invisible Prince created
for his workmen TO pass through on coming
to and returning from work, without disturb
ing the serene repOse he lOnged for. IS one Of
the wonders Of the world. During IRE uay IL
Is lighted by enormous plate-glas bulls-eyes,
superseded at night by hundreds OF gas jets.
The floor Is eXeenently asphalted, and the tun-
mel Is high enough and wide enough FOR car
riages TO pass along. stepping into Il during
the hot DAYS Of summer. one feels as II he had
walked into an ice house, and the whole
length OF its interior can be trayersed with
out catching the slightest glimpse OF the alb
bsy. or the beautiful park under which It
passes.
PHILADELPHIA has recently been honored
by the landing Of an emlssary Of the Greek
Church, who has come to this country not, he
saws, to make proselytes, but 70 gather into
congregations the scattered members Of the
Oriental Church ia America. This avowed
legate Is said by the Times TO present visit
ing card bearing the following words; 20
PrOtopresbyteros tou Patrlarchlkou Oecumen-
ikou Ihronou. very Rev. ;. q. Hatherly-'
He explains his name by saying that he Is an
Fnclishmau. but from sympathy allied him.
self with the Greek Church about fifteen years
ago Since then he has held various positions
Of trust under the Patriarch OF Constantine
pie. and is now allowed to come TO TINS ooun-
try with the mission OF organization already
stated. He also plans TO lecture.
THE dOwager Empress Of Austria, Mary
Anne, who died the other day, married, when
still young, the epIeptie Emperor Ferdinand
OF Austria soon after the death OF the En-
peror Francis, her father-in-law, there was
rumor that an heir in the direct line 70 the
crown might be expected. In alluding 10 "
the Empress said: 'God forbid that should
ever perpetuate the suffering of which l am
constant witness. What renders It so awful 4
Is that il degrades instead Of eXaltng. l am
unable to respect martvrdom OF TINS sort, al
though from my Utmost heart pity 1t.
should have been happier as poor, obscure
woman. with husband that could love and
ROSY children round me, than the wife OF
Kaiser who Is afflicted with disease that IN
hts him for all public and private duties
A RESIDENT Of Newport, No, has bottle
which. he claims. is as years old. 1t cannot
properlr be called square or round bottle, |
IS the corners and edges hardly approach /
either. Evidently the process Of blowing /
glass Al the time il was made was in its in /
Siniencv The bottom was doubtless intend /
ed 10 be fat, but the corners anu eugss aEe 1
not squarelv and smoothly turned, ana IN the /
cs,,trs ~ t6e bottle a daub Of molten glass /
seems to have been cut on to stop up the hole /
mar was left BY reason of the edges falling 70 /
come together and close in the bottom. Inls 4
bottle was brought from Germany IN 1910 Oy /
John Baker the German name would prooa- \
bly be spelled Becker, who settled IN Phla-
delphia When he died the bottle fell INTO 4
the hands Of his son, Fred. Baker, then into \
the hands OF Fred.'s son, Karl. and then INTO
the hands OF Karl's daughter, Rachel, who 4
married William Ramey and settled IN 81.
Louis county, No. in 1850
JUsr as Richelieu prided himself more on
his poetry than on his political skill. SO the
famous cook. Soyer, was especially proud OF
his capacities in quite another direction from
that in which he gained his repute. Thus, he l