Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THIS is how Yankees grow rich in the west.
Henry Stewart left East Hartford, Conn,
four or five years ago with a few hundred
dollars. Settling in Kansas City he bought
small strip of land which proved to be big
sand bed-practically the only good sand
available In that vicinity. He bought horse
and cart and hired some shOvelers; o-day his
fortune is over a quarter of million OF dol
lars
AT Newport Friday the contractors who
are drilling the artesian well at Coasters Har-
Dor Island blew out the well. which had pre-
viously been drilled to depth of about 100
feet. A charge of so pounds OF nitro
gycerine was used. and the explosion, be-
sides deepening the well about IA feet, or to
depth of us feet, sent a column OF water ana
debris almost 200 feet above the surface OF the
ground. The well is inches IN diameter anu
Is expected to furnish water supply for the
United States naval training station.
REMARKABLE MIRAGEs are among the at
mOspheric effects in Dakota. The Darlington
ID. t.. Nelos says that a few mornings since,
in that town. the Washington Hills, over sixty
miles distant, could plainly be seen In all
their magnificent splendor IN the horizon OF
the north. The mirages occasionally seen are
phenomenal wonders. Yorktown, klmDall,
and other towns are plainly visible, floating
as it were in the clouds. The hills on the west
side of the Missouri river are also visible, and
afford the OBJ erver a landscape picture the
beauty of which cannot be described by pen.
AFATAL DUEL has just been fought by two
military officers at Cologne. The weapons
chosen were pistols, and it was arranged that
the firing should go on till one or the other of
the combatants should be wounded. Seven
teen shots were in fact interchanged, when
Baron Won Willie, a Second Lieutenant of the
Sixty fifth Infantry, fell, having received
bullet in the breast. y few hours atterWard
he expired. The quarrel out of which the
duel arose sprang from Misunderstanding
of a most trivial not to say puerile character.
One of tie officers had by inadvertence put on
the military cap belonging to the other.
THE gentleman of New York with the new
nose. which he considers a great improve
ment upon mere nature, is not happy yet. He
has had such troops of friends dropping in
upon him, no. so much for the charm OF his
conversation as to have a good look at the
renovated prObOcis that nc has fed to South
ern skies, where he can enjoy his own nose IN
peace and quietness. The worst part oil the
whole thing was not an infection on him,
though; it was the receiving by lOts OF
people on Valentines Day of cruel sueges
lions Of the successful operation. No pro-
prietor Of an imperfect organ seemed TO be
sacred.
LADY STRADBRoKE, the real offender in the
Yates libel case, does not escape punishment,
for, says Mr.. Labouchere: 81 understand,
however, that in the spring of 1882, when the
Queen, as usual, received the lists for the
StradbrOke's name, adding sentence OF per-
petual exile from Buckingham Palace; so It
is mistake to suppose that the real culprlt
has escaped altogether unpunlshed. as the
herd of society simpletOns would infinitely pre-
fer a term of penal servitude to a marked
manifestation of royal wrath; for, il royalty
frowns, all its parasites and sycophants q. G.,
society eagerly follow suit"
QUAIL are now so abundant in California
that they lhrong the roadways. While re-
wards are offered by farmers in southern
counties for killing quail the Alameda and
Contra Costa farmers say the bird is useful to
them. 1t attacks their grain only as q last
resort and chiefly subsists upon insects Ihelr
destruction of ants il OF incalculaDle lmpor-
lance. The quail'5 great Zoe Is the VITA cat.
The latter animal is prolific IN the counties
named quail nesting will cover ntteen 10
twenty eggs, and nearly every egg Will hatcu'
They nest once year, anu uurlng such pc
RODS the male is most pugnaclous uelenuer
of the mother and young. The wild cat, as
large as four ordinary cats, Will stretch him.
self out and put out his tongue; the male guam
will approach and peck 1t, whereat the cat
SEXES his tOOthsone prey.
THE meeting held by the members Of the
First Baptist Church Of HobOken, n. j., on
Friday night to take action on the resignation
Of the Rev. DR., George L. Hunt as pastor was
secret. 1.-THE funniest thing that occurred at
tho meeting. ;, said a gentleman who attended
it. ssWas this: Deacon Fields is one OF the
Dominie's most Jealous friends. He is about
lent expression. He is a builder. At the
meeting on Friday night he supported the
pastor. He told those present that he had had
a bigger difficulty than any OF them win the
minister, and added that If they haa settleo
their dispute as he had settled his, there
would not have been any further trouble.
sWhat was your dispute aboutp some one
asked. well, I'll tell yOu,' said the deacon.
= worked hard one Friday in cold weather,
and when / went to prayer meeting that eve
ming the nice, warm heaters in the church
made me drowsy. and, after trying to keep