Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-12

age gangway he had the appearance Of Fred
Robinson in ''The Hunchback." One Of sur
veyor Benedict's inspectors thought the
'.Hunch" most too pronounced ana cues
toned the hardy and guIleiess tar. No satis-
faction for the "Huneh" was given anu tne
hardy tar was ordered to take on his coat; he
did, and forty dozen pairs OF Brazilian peDole
ye-glasses were brought to light. Ihey are
now the property Of Uncle sam.
AT Three Forks, Montana, silver mine has
lately been opened and a very strange phe-
nOmenon connected with it is that Of assure
cut into in working which seems bottomless.
Stones thrown into ii seemed 10 fall ana Keep
falling without any end. as was SHOWN Dy con-
tinuOus sounds which returned. At times
gaseous steam issues from this cavity ana
drives the workmen from the mine. The DE-
posits Of ore are made on the walls OF the
cavity by the steam and are all sulpnates.
There il also periodical rumbling. which re-
sembles distant thunder, supposed to be caus-
ed somewhere in the internal regions"
HENRY WARD BEEcHER and Mrs. Beeeher
were at the poultry show in New York, Mon
day. Mr., Beecher said that he didn't like the
big Cochins and big Brahmas; he liked some
thing that could lay and would fry. He SAID
of two bare -necked fowls in the show that
whileit might be fash enable for ladies 20 show
their neeks he didn't think that chickens
should show theirs. Speaking OF fowls IN gen
eral he SAID that man who raised chlckens
had no time for politics. Mrs. Beecher was
quite partial to the dogs in the show. Before
leaving the garden Mr.. Beecher bought an
incubator for his farm at Peekskil.
CRocKERs fence is one of the sights Of san
Francisco. When Charles Croker, the part
ner Of Stanford, Hopkins, and Huntington, Of
the Genital Pacific Railroad, and man
worth many millions. bought his residence
| property on California street he met with
I considerable opposition from property
/ owner on Sacramento street. Croker had
acquired the entire block with the exception
/ OF a single lot on the Sacramento street SIDE
! The owner Of this lot demanded an extra falr
price for It. which Croker agreed TO give.
Then the price was doubled, and Crocker ac-
; cepted the raise. Again and again was the
/ avarlciOus seller satisfied, until patience
| ceased to be q virtue. The RAILROAD magnate
| got his mai up and sent word, TEL him 70
! -" CrOcker built his hOnse, laid Out the
| grounds with rare good taste. ana then
/ sfenced IN his O-tenant on the block. lie
/ built fence 50 feet high on three sides Of the
/ house on Sacramento street. Only the front
! view remained unimpaired, and, as Sacra-
| mentO street is very narrow, the front view
! is not a matter to care much for. The owner
| Of the house soon sickened of his bargain and
| removed it bOtily away, but CrOcker's fence
remains.
WILLIAM EWING, Of Conemaugh borough,
Pa, Is a weighmasteT at the Gaut.er Wire
| Mill, is a highly respected gentleman about
80 years Of age, and is member in good
| standing of the Disciples Church. The neces-
sity for these statements will appear right
| awav In Mr.. Ewng's house, on Main street,
near Adam, were two clocks one down stairs
and the other up. which had not moved for
| two years. tinker was recently called IN
| to repair the dOwn-st clock. While he
| was at work Mr.. Ewing's cat, a very intelli-
| gent animal jumped upon the table on which
| the clock stood, and closely watched all that
1 was done. After the clock had been fixed
/ and made to strike again the cat disappeared.
Some time later the clock upstairs was
heard to strike The members of the family,
IN great surprise, fastened upstairs, and
! opened the clock door. and, by inserting its
! paws among its works, had actually over
| come the Obstacle to its running. They stood
/ and watched it. and saw it strikethe pendG-
/ lum with one OF its front paws, just as the
| tinker had done with the down stairs clock.
! The cat aid not set the hands, for the reason,
perhaps, that it did not know the precise
! time,