Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-12
ITEMS Of INTEREST.

a NEVADA mine called the Peayine has de-
veloped bonanza Of cobalt and nickel.
THE Navajo Indians, whose parti-colored
blankets are the admiration of two continents,
have clipped 100000 pounds Of wool this
year.
ENTHUSIASTS in cold water cure cite the al
legged fact of natural history that animals
with broken limb have frequently been
known to hold the member in running water
until it had healed.
LYMAN W. COE, in his lily pond at Torring
ton, Conn, has grown blue pond lily with
pinkish centre and heart Of gold four inches
across. from a bulb obtained last year among
the Litchfeld Hills.
TWENTY or thirty women, black and col
Ored, old and young, none of whom had ever
seen James J. Hannigan, gathered around
him with tears and sObs of sympathy when he
fell on the sidewalk and died from hemor-
rhage of the lungs in the streets Of New York.
AT wedding at Ekaterinoslav, Russia, re-
Gently, the bride was 81 and the groom 65.
Both bride and bridegroom had great-grand-
children by former marriages. The grOOm's
father, los years old, and the brides mother,
in her Goth year, were both present at the
wedding.
AssOUAN. the strategic point at which the
English propose in case of the Mahdi's con-
quest of the Nile Valley to make their south
ernmost stand, was Roman military post. \
Roman wall. still solid and strong in some
places. runs along the road from Assouan to
PhlU, for the protection OF the former point
THE volunteer artillery of Manchester were
at target practice with 32-pounder, when
suddenly the gun resolutely refused to Ego
off," 1t was discovered, after two hours Of
hard work, that some Handy Andy had ram
med home a shell before the powder, and
none of the ten men nor the officer working
the gun found out what was the matter until
- had haga M az
fire it.
FROM Dublin is reported an extraordinary
story Of a lioness eating her own tail. One
day she removed u inches of it, and, though
efforts were made to heal the bleeding stump,
the liOness continued to cat the tail until II
had almost entirely disappeared. One OF the
fore paws was then attacked, and 1t was be-
lieved that the operation would end IN self
destruction.
THE old tavern stand known for at least
three quarters of century as the "BulPs
Head" at 1925 and 1927 Market street, Phila-
delphia, is being torn down, and on the site
will be erected two fine business structures.
1t is not known how old the tavern stand Is,
but persons now upward OF ~ years OF age
have a vivid recollection of the place in their
early bOyhood days.
IN a collision Saturday on the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad near Mobile, and
which was caused by a 1lagman going to
sleep, the locomotive and tender, after jump
ing the track and knocking loaded fiat car
aside, ran along high embankment and SAFE
" crossed a trestle, the wheels hardly making
any impression upon the crOss-tles. Curl
Ously enough all this occurred on curve on
the road. No one was hurt.
ALL the children Of st. Michael and All
Souls, at WalthamstoWe, England, assembled
with the congregation at the laying of the
corner stone of a new church. The Rev. E.
rfnar~ npaf
and gave an address, and after the Apostles
Creed had been recited by all present, the
order was given to begin to Dig" when
scores OF little spades were plunged into the
sod and the work of building the church was
begun.
A CURIOUS historical procession will be
organized this month in Belgium during the
celebration concentrating the 1ftieth ami
versary Of the introduction of railways into
the country. The procession will present all
known means OF transport, from the ancient
Roman chariot to the modern electric rail-
wav and will include the locomotive and
coaches Of the first train which ran I'D Bel
GUM in 1884. manned by those othclals ana
wOrkmen engaged on the line VINO sun sur
ylye.
CREMATION is making great strides IN
France, where the Project of the Seine means
to establ ish Siemens furnaces in several of the
cemeteries in Paris, and proposes to cremate
all persons whose remains are not claimed by
their friends, If this experiment proves sue
cessfuI. the government viii probably intro
duce a general bill on cremation IN the Cham
Der. and the Council Of Health is now con-
sidering the different ways of detecting
traces of poison.
THERE is a peculiar species Of worm on the
banks OF Lake Mono, mysterious tarn high
up in the Rocky Mountains, which the Piute
Indians eat. and which they are now harvest
ing When caught and dried, the worms are
hacked in bags for winter use. when stewed,
the dried creatures taste like hashed salmon.
So abundant are the worms that the dead
beach into which one sinks to the boot tops,
and the stencil of which speaks to the nos
trils miles inland.
IL July Margaretta Freunscht, buxom
German girl, 10 years Of age, arrived IN New
York fresh from fatherland, and went to
Ellenville, where she was employed as do
nestle in family. She became acquainted
with David Gerathewell, laborer, aged 40.
It was a case of love at first sight, and they
were married on July IS. The honeymoon
was short. as on the second day following the
marriage the bride packed her clothes, took
sIOO Of her husbands money, skipped out and
has not since been heard from.
THE Board of Managers of the Sons Of the
Revolution has issued a circular setting forth
that the society was organized to perpetuate
the memories of the men who.S IN military,
naval. or civil service, helped to achieve
American independence, Any male descend-
ant above the age of 81 years, OF reVolu-
tionary soldier. sailor, or civic othcerls eligl-
bic to membership in the Sons OF the keVolu-
ton. Auxiliary branches o. the society may