Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-04
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vival at TIT place which promises TO convert
every Go boy" within radius of 200 miles.
THE proprietor Of nut and bolt factory in
Jew Yorkemploys men of 60, or so, 30 put
mtsou the0olts. AT wages of something over
aHOliar a DIV Bows were formerly employ
ed, but they were two playful and inatten-
tive.
BISHOP SMtTuIEs, with a party OF eight
clerg'men ami artisans, is at Lake Nyassa,
near vhlch place Church steamer, sent out
IN pie@s from England At cost OF nearly
$4,000, is being put together for work along
the costs.
The ANGUS vIoLoECGLLo by Stradivarius,
which blonged to the two servais, father and
sso4. Ii, violoncelists, offered for sale A
pa OF $1,000 has been made by Herr Won
Hen1eleohn, of Berlin. but Nine. Servais has
lNed tn price at $4,000.
a Michigan FARMER hurried to the Assist
an'e ola man whose team had broken down
in Ne pad, the other day and received six
mem To- his kindness. On returning home II
was Ond that the fowls we're his own prop
efty'9rd thar all their mates were missing.
IL Ia the late King of Prussia, Frederick
Wilhm ~, find ng that LUther's house at
Wlttenerg had fallen into ruis, had plan
Prepare for It's thorough renovation. rms
WORK ma just been finished, together with a
ings.
A WAIBOmes from Lincolnshire, in Eng
land Pple are breaking up there in the
most livel fashion. The county produces
no hing bu wheat, and of course with that
commodliA at 30s. aud 29s. Cd quarter, The
growers al broken. A Cambridge graduate
lost $50, 600 { the farming game in three or
four season and is now clerk in local gas
company. hey are all clubbing to get out TO
our West.
MRS. ARTCR ORION is dead, and very
minor fgur disappears from the stage
whereon thereatest drama OF it's kind has
been played AS for the worthy Baronet, the
claimant hluelf. he is living quietly at Sheer
ness, preparig the history of hi life, acc I'd
ing H. some, ad accordir to other4 walking
about win h. hands in his pockets in the
nope that snething may turn up. Most
likely the latir.
MAMMoTKETTLE is nearly completed at
Whltesboro, ; Y. 1t is feet in diameter on
the inside, anus to be "a feet long. 1t is made
Of steel plate inch in thickness. The sides
are double, II inches apart, held by screw
bolts, each eDdof them riVeted. 1t will hold
IS tons Of meltd tallow, anu it is intended TO
furnish additlOal facilities In making soap a.
large factory New York. Its weight is Is
tons.
AT METZ a llutenant of German infantry,
in plain clothes having persisted IN walking
on the glacs Of fortifcatiOns, near the Es-
planade, at a art where the public are not
al owed, was Warned by the sentry to leave
the ground. Tb officer paid no attention to
ne summons, and the soldier, after three
cautions, shot aim dead on the spot. The
affair has causd much painful excitement IN
Metz, as the Officer had been married scarcely
twelvemonth
The DESKS ND CHAIRS were taken by the
male pupils froa a Reading, Pa. school few
days ago and aade bonfire of. An official
IN a visit to the school some time since is re-
ported to have suggested that unless ne y
furniture be propded the old ought to be car
RED out and buried. 1t is supposed hat this
saving led them pursue the course they did
The boys are TO b held accountable for Their
action, and warrints have been issued for the
arrest OF humble of them.
The OWNER OF carp pond near Raleigh,
\. c., mas captured and partly dOmesticated
two snowy herons. Occasionally he takes his
birds to the edge of large pond and lets
them feed. BY throwing in crumbs he at
tracts thousands OF sinners and other small
fishes to the feet OF the birds, which adroltly
snap them up and iwallOw them head first
Each bird takes IS ishes, 4 inches in length
each DAY, and the tbh culturlst wonders how
a stream can retain any finny inhabitants
when II Is beset by alch greedy foes.
STORMS under g0und and above grounC
have scared the people of many italian towns
this autumn Repeated rumblings alarmed
the jewellers within he limits of BeueventC
so much that they put up 500 tents outside the
town and passed the night in prayer. Sis
conclusions cracked the earJh's crust at Bon
pletro, as if old Pluto had touched off tons o
racsarock beneath. In flood at Serravezzt
a woman was swept nto the river. but hel
skirt caught upon hook in a wall and she
was held safely thus for three hours, wheI
rescuers came.
THOMAS H. ROBERTS, one OF the ten African
lads brought to Lincoln University, Oxford
Pa, in 1873, for instruction to teach arc
preach in their native lana, sailed from New
York Saturday for Africa. He is a native O.
the Ney tribe and graduate of the theolOg.
lcal class Of 1885. OF the ten lads, three have
died. one Is teaching in North Carolina. Jane:
Vii on is a member OF the theological depart
ment at the university; Robert d. King, sam
uel 5. Sewer, AlonzO A. Miller and X. +
Duptie have returned to Africa as mission
aries. Rev. Moses A. Hopkins, United Stat
Minister and Consul General to Liberia, an(
valeoictOrian of the class of 1874 of Lincoln
University, sailed with Roberts.
BOTH DARWIN AND FORBES were strucl
with the wonderful provision of nature, seei
IN the Kocos-Keeling islands. in the case o
Bir01ts dtr0, or great cocoanut crab. This i
feeds almost exclusively on cocoanuts, fo
which purpose lts pincer claws are developed
to extraordinary power, capable of breakini
a cocoanut shell or mans limb. Although
II climbs a tree, It does not pull the fruit, bu
leeds upon what falls TO the ground. With 1T
great claws IL tears OF the husk from the nu
and then selecting one Of the three eys spot
which Is always the most easily pierced
probes 1t With one OF It's legs. Inserting IN,
leg, II rOtates the nut until the Oriice il larq,
enough To permit the insertion of tts prea
claws to break up the shell and extract tn,
contents with comfort.
EZRA T. GILLILAND from his youth has beer
interested IN electricity and electrical appara.
tus. When Prof. Bell needed some practica
work done to embody his ideas of telephoning
Gilhland found his way to the shop, and wa
the first person who ever heard the human
voice conveyed over a wire by means o.
electricity. At that time he did not com.
prehepd the fast possibilities of the field, anC
ne drilled away to Cincinnati to pursue hi,
abors IN mechanical electrician's employ
Here again his inventive genius WAS directed
TO the telephone, and nc rendered practica
for general use Bells discovery. He begar
the manufacture OF telephone apparatus OF
an extended sea e in Indianapo'is, but eoor
alierward removed the mandatory to Chi.
cagO. He has now formed partnership will
Thomas A. Edison, ana viii hereafter be as,
ISOLATED with him.
TwENTY-sIx HUNTERS, including severa
members Of the Utica Gun Club, gathered on,
night last week at Joe senecal's Grenadiel
Island Hotel. During the evening an inter
esing conversation took place regarding tn,
possibilities Of the Thousand Islands as duck
hunting ground. and all present favored The
FORM itlon OF preserve. Their project ha,
been mooled before, but no definite actor
has ever been taken. The hunters ask tina
DOth govern ments reserve "A strip extending