Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-31
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steeple of chuTh at Harrisburg, Pa, the
other day. As could not be relieved, the
bird was killed nth rifle shot and left 10
hang.
AT REVIVAL MEETING in Hopkinsville,
Ind, occurred tb wedding of a colored couple
/ who begin their larried life with thirty two
! chlldren. the grom having twenty-five and
the bride ten.
BOSTON, durinl the first twenty days Of her
experience with he immediate delivery sys-
tenn, averaged abut 200 special letters day,
giving about SIG per diem for twenty five
| messengers todi'ide
/ TIE JEWISH ASSOCIATION for the Diffusion
OF knowledge las adopted the revised version
Of the Old Tesement as the basis for a new
! edition OF the scriptures which is about to be
Issued for the ue Of Englsh-speaking Jews.
| DR.. BoRCK, o. St. Louis. says that asphalt
tum varnish is De best dlsinfectant he knows
/ Of; it will destrw all germs at once. and no
/ household insecs will approach an article OF
furniture who's interior has been painted
! with it.
SPOTS on the an were more numerous dur
ing the second quarter of the present year
! April to jane inlusive, than during the Fl rat
| quarter, Januar7 to March. In June particu-
larly the actiyiR on the solar surface was
very great.
FOR boldness In sdulterstion the Russians
take the palm. Tn. new government inspec-
| tors of provisions laely found pack ages of tea
adul Grated with iOper cent. OF pea Shells A
| tea packing factor has been shut up for re-
! packing e&hausted tea leaves.
RAILWAY men are now beginning to con-
denim the locomotive headlight, which, by the
| way, is not in use in Europe. They say that
| IL Is OF little or no untIlity. and its powerful
| Illumination tends to render indistinct the
colors OF signal lights on the track ahead.
CATTLE have increased more shan threefold
In the UnitedStates during the past ten years.
Ours is the gratest cattle producing region
on the globe. On farms there are now about
| 42O0O.OOO; on Rnch and range property west
OF the Mississippi about l0,000,000 cattle Craze.
A GALE Of smallpox having occurred re-
Gently ia the town of Elsinore, Denmark, the
Chief of Police issued orders that all upvac-
clnated persons must appear within two
weeks to have their arms scraped, or pay a
hne OF DOC for every day thev went unvaccl-
mated after thai. In less than a fortnight the
| small -pON had 40 terrors for Hamlet's home.
RIGHTEOUS WRATH illuminated the face of
the Rev. r. T ronge, of Exeter, England, the
other day wheA at the wedding of Miss Bessie
Brown he stood up in the pulpit. assumed a
| d1gni1ed attitude, and soemnly rebuAed that
| part OF the congregation that had come there
"only to see what could be produced by the
mandatory OF art and the dressmaker's
! skill"
MAMMOTH s REMAINS have been discover
ed near Yreka, Cal, by miners. They were
found As feet below the surface. The horn is
| SO feet long, in the shape of a cows horn, and
Is inches In diameter at the base. The teeth
and other bones are of mammoth size. An
animal built IN proportion to them would
weigh at least 10 tons when alive. The teeth,
horn, etc. show that the animal was of the
bovine species.
A MEMORIAL of the Ring theatre catastro-
phe at Vienna four years ago, when fully 800
persons lost their lives in the flre, has been
erected on the site Of the unfortunate bui d.
ing 1t Is a fine mansion, built by subscrlp-
ton as perpetual remembrance of the dis
dster. ana arranged IN residential hats. The
proceeds of the rents are o be used for char
liable purposes. so the Nienese style the build
ing the Poor House"
THE newspapers of Biddeford, Me-, an
nounce new amusement likely to become
more popular along the Canadian border I'M
der the present dread of smallpox. This is
''vaccinating bee" A young woman promi-
nent in society invited a crowd of other Young
women to her house for the evening. PHI
slclan was in attendance, aud the whole
crowd laughingly allowed themselves to be
vacclnated, just for the fun of it, at the host
ess' expense.
THE idea Of incubation against zymotic dis.
eases amounts almost to a mania amOrg some
of the European doctors. NJ. Tayoh recently
said at the Academic des Sciences thathe had
| inOculated himself ard several friends with
the mlcrobe of typhoid fever, and that all of
them were seized with symptoms of a mild
form of that disease. Further NEGOTIATIONS
with more powerful preparation of the ty-
phoid microbe failed to bring about repeti-
ton Of the symptoms.
| IN the Kharkoo region OF Russia qunine is
| considered Of no account for the cure of chills
and
mess of live crabs, pours whisky over them
until they become hilariously drunk, and then
puts them into hot oven. After being well
dried they are pulverized, shells and all, and
administered in drachm doses. The local pa
pers say that whether the treatment is scIeH-
| tlfc or not, the patient gets well under it,
| though qulnine had no effect on him.
THE list of prizes which one may gain in
the Antwerp exhibition lottery by risking one
little franc is enough to make one dream, as
the French say. The grand prize is parure
of briliants worth $50, 900, and the two prizes
Of 5000 each consist, the one in similar de-
liehtful baubles, and the other in big box
full OF lace handkerchiefs, fans, curtains, and
the like. II the winner of these lots prefer
hard cash to white elephants, they can take
the value of their prizes in bullion, with de-
ductlOn of 10 Der cent. for the accOmmoda-
ton. There are FIVE prizes worth $1,000 each.
one OF which consists OF the complete furnish
ing5 of an elegant drawlng-rO Erard
piano, GOnthlere 0drnfture dc chsmiHse. a
gllded lustre in the style Of Louis Quatorze.
and ire irons OF the same fashion.
A SCOTCH cobbler, described briefly as a no.
torious offender, has passed his life IN a GER
tain village without being converted. The
other day FOriat magistrate sentenced him
to fine Of half a crown or twenty -four hours'
imprisonment. If he chose the latter he
would be taken TO the jail at Perth The cob
bier cOmmuned with himself. "Tben I'll 90
TO Perth" he said. 81 have business in the
t4wn, at any rate " An official convened him
by train to Perth, but when the prisoner
reached the jail ne said that he would now
pay the fine The Governor found that he
would have to take it. "And now" SAID the
cobb,er, II want my fare home" The Cow
ernor demurred, m 4de inquiries, and discOv-
cred That there was no Alternative: the prs
Oner must b sent AZ tue public expense TO the
place he had been brought from.
AT THE BURNING Of the Belmont house
Gloucester, Mass, Capt. Charles j johnson.
OF the fishing schooner Margaret, boarder.
was awakened by his dog. who slept on the
floor Of his room. The room was filed with
dense smoke, but Capt. johnson made his way
out, carrying his faith al dog, and leaving a
5000 gold watch and $3.50 worth of Iceland
relics behind MIN, IN the struggle 70 get out,
dog ana master were separated twice, and
Twice the o. plain went back 10 recover his
friend. Finally the dog got shut on alto
gether. ana the Captain was OBLIGED To
abandon him. Very soon after there came a
crash AZ one OF the windows. and black head
popped out. Up weHt fireman on a ladder
win the idea that he was TO save perishing
human being. tut he returned W In Cant
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