Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-19
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4lON - 81 ALiNG ID ngL ulbpALll nun III Ia
kota. Last week James Caugney, in Aurora
county, was absent a few days, and on his re-
turn found hi7 house gone. he traced 1t to an
other county, and had one james Mcclure ar
rested ana lined $50 and costs.
TEE steam lighter Howard, Of Newark, Is
being prepared for an experiment. A large
box and pumps are being built on her deck,
and when completed she will go to Charles
town haFbOr and make an experiment OF
dredging the sand from the bar by means of
the pumps. When the deck is loaded she Will
steam outside the harbor and dump 1t over
board. The experiment viii be watched with
considerable interest, as the success OF the
scheme is very much doubted.
ANEW kind of cruiser has been constructed
for the British navy, called the belted cruiser.
Each one is to be manned by crew Of from
$50 to $50 officers and men, for whom very
good accommodation IS found on the second
deck above the water line. All the usual re-
hnements of a cruiser have 60 be provided IN
their most modern form. When completed
these vessels Will be works OF modern enSln-
eellug second TO none. As vessels OF war they
cannot fail to be formidable. Their weak
point appears to be their speed, which Is not
10 be more than is knots.
A LITeHFIELD COUNTY, CONN, CoRRE-
sPoNDENT, writing Of manners and customs
III that region 50 years ago, says that com
mon people didn't own stoves then. They
rented them of the rich for % cents a month.
DR.. Catlln, Of LItchheld, had quite number
that he rented. We wei remember seeing
him staff around for miles to collect stove
rent. There were no clocks IN school houses.
The teachers had noon marks on the window
Sill. When The sun struck the marx II was
noon, If cloudy they guessed noon. There
were clocks in Dut few families in those days"
ONE DAY last fall small boy named Wash
lnSton Denison, who is learning to be bar
NO. or q rf- or
Y. had his ears filed with oats by some boys
with whom he was skylarking in a barn. The
boy scratched and cleaned out, as he thought,
all OF the hOrsc-fced and went home about
his business. About six weeks ago the boy
was taken with severe pain in his ear. His
head sweled UP and he was IN awful agony.
All remedies failed and his mother took him
to Dr. White. OF New y ork city, and he re-
moved two kernels Of oats which had sprouted
and taken root II the boys ear. He Is now
perfectly well.
LEWIS JOHNSON, of Norwalk, Conn, was a
volunteer with the ninety days men in the
war and re-enlisted in the Connecticut heavy
artillery and served till mustered out in 1865.
Through the error of the recruiting officer he
was set down as q raw recruit and did not get
ms $iO' additional bounty. Recently he made
efforts to secure this money and learned that
'$49 S3 arrears of pay and 500 bounty were
granted El'z1 l.. JOlnsOn as the widow Of
Lewis II. johnson. and paid her oct. 3. 1853
= lso that 500 additional bounty was allowed
said widow and paid Dec. 10, lo67." Mr.
johnson is said to greatly regret that the
knowledge Of his death has been SO long kept
from him
THE health officers Of New York city are 90
ing to attend to the people who keep and
slaughter chickens in tenements. These are
principally Hebrews on the east side. who
keep chickens because they wish to slaughter
them In the manner prescribed by the Levitt
cal law. Repeated attempts have been made
TO put stop to the practice, but they have
been half hearted because, on account Of the
religious question involved, they seemed to
SAVIOR OF persecution. But the practice has
so extended that after May it Is proposed to
arrest The offenders. The officers VIII recon-
mend TO the Health Board that q public
market for the keeping and Strengthening OF
fowls De established.
a NEW YORKER says: Chandler cleared
thirty crime feet over water at bennington
steepechases. 1 don't remember the year.
1t could be easily ascertained by writing to
the London Field. So Mr.. ZboroWski's al
legged water feat is beaten. SIX feet six
inches Is high timber jump. / have done
better, and have seen better done at least a
score OF tunes. One post and rail in New
lands Park, Herts, measured six feet four at
the lowest point. l saw it larked over by
Lord E, then 20 years Old and by others
of the o. b. Hunt at various times. but il WIS
Island. saw last summer an unbroken colt
several times top a Virginia rail fully five
feet six hghs which surrounded his pasture"
A CURIOUS looking boat glded out on the
Middle Lake in Central Park. New
York, The other day, startling the
waterfowl and attracting the attention of
hundreds Of people. 1t was a double boat.
the size Of an ordinary row boat, with cano-
py to shelter four passengers, aud in the stern
the SemNidnce OF huge white 4 IN,
sat ia the swan working pair of treadles as
II he were riding a velOcipede. The treadles
turned paddle wheel that made the boat
sn0ot swiftly through the water. The swans
on the lake sent forth a loud trumpet note
and followed at distance with apparent
curiosity the new member Of their species
The ducks ana geese Missed and dove out of
slZht as the boat approached them. The
boats are used on the lakes IN the Boston
parks and are called the Lohenwgrin boats.
Iney are built Of iron, with air tight and
water JlshI co par tments, and are said to be
popular IN Boston.
Or March 81 John Fisher, of CHICAGO.
bought three accident policies for $1,000 from
Il. 5 Meyer, Of Williamsport, Pa, with the
stipulation that the persons insured sbould
receive SIS week each IN case Of injury.
Fisher said that The other TWO policies were
Tor friends named Harry Rainsbrook and
William spencer. a few DAYS later fine
general agent OF the company, the Accident
insurance Company of North America re-
celyed letter from Fisher stating That MS
wrist had been spraiucd by a fall. Next dav
similar letter came from Warren sirned
LARRY Ralnsbrook, and both were sent 10 Mr..
Mejer with instructions TO lndOrse them I'M
order that The claims might be sattIed
Meyers suspected a swindle, and foliowed
Fisher successfully to Warren Erie. Asbta-
bula and Cleveland. where he was arrested
by Detective Reeves. He confessed that
Fisher and RalnsOrOOk are the same with
himself, ana was brought on and held in 50 OOO
BAN for court. Fisher has the faculty OF dis
locating his wrist at viii, and has made a
practice OF beating accident insurance COM
panle5.
V. L. ADAMS keeps the Adams House in
Norwich, n. I. On sunday last he attempted
to kiss Mrs. Emma WIlks, young woman IN
his employ. She told her husband. who
threatened to have Adams arrested for as
sault. Adams settled by giving the parties a
gold watch, through John Wilks. relative OF
the aggneyed woman. The watch had been
LETT with Adams 10y q peddler as security for
board bill. On Tuesday the peddler an
peared and produced the money to redeem the
watch. Adams being unable to return tho
Match' an alteration resulted, which brOugns
Mrs. Adams on the scene. She then learned
OF the attempt her husband had made To steal
a kiss from the servant, and that he had used
the watch 10 quiet the matter. Spectators
say business had not been So lively about the
hotel since 10 was opened. After quiet was
restored Mrs Adams remembered that John
Mllks knew tnat the watch was simply held
by her husband as pledge. Sine held th9t
ths knowledge, and the acceptance of tie
property from dame, made W ilks an en-.
belLlCr. Her lawyer sustained her opiuiou
ana She had Miks arrested ON Chargeuf Cul- /
DellIement. A Justice OF the Peace held MIN
to answer The charge.