Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IN ELLSWORTH, ME-, the war between the
partisans of local and standard time has been
happily compromised by having the town
CLOCK show one time and strike the other.
A RAccooN fur overcoat, or long ulster, for
men is one of the fur Novelties. 1t reaches
almost to the ankles. has a collar that can be
raised above the ears and is lined with soft
quilted satin. 1t is called THE Canadian"
NEW YORK MAFKETMEN have standing
orders from certain British nobs to keep them
fully supplied with fish, fruit and game IN the
| season, while on one line # Atlantic steamers
! me Duke of Sutherland hae had his own re
| frlgeratOrs built.
/ CONTRARY to the decision OF the ministry of
State, Emperor William, of Germany. has
sanctioned the continuation Of lotteries for
I the fund created for the purpose of solating
| the cologne cathedral, by demOlishing the
houses which stu cucumber it and mar the
beauty of the stately edifce.
THERE has recently been sold by al elton in
| Carlisle, Mass. a clock which, at the time of
the battle of Lexington, stood in {. house in
that town that the British troops set fire to.
~ Was removed TO place OF safety, ami has
! again been returned to that town. Licking
! ton gentleman having purchased il FIR sli0
! /. was manufactured in IVA by Nat Null
llken, and Is IN perfect running order.
| SHOCKING CASE Of wholesale poisoning is
reported from the erman naval port of VIII
! he.mshaven, on the North sea. A number of
laborers who were engaged in cleaning the
| found cl'ngIng thereto. The consequence
| was that nineteen Of the men were tn ken vio-
| lently III, with unmistakable symptoms OF
! poisoning, and in the course of q few hours
! TOUR OF them died.
GREAT DIFFICULTY has been experienced in
! letting the suites of rooms in the new model
lodging building which a London commlssi N
has erected. The cost OF the site and of The
| struc ure itself approached $1,000. 600, and it
provides 9 1ats or sets of chambers for the
| wfrSlng class. Though the whole has been
| hnlshen abont ten months only One-half the
| accommodation has been taken. Il is sta ted
/ that tenements consisting of a single room
| have been eagerly seized upon in ali parts of
| the building.
A SPECIAL from Bear Mountain, Ark, says !:
In cave near Bear mountain, Montgomery
county, several bars of silver were found
one day last week. Two human skeletons
| were also found but few feet from the silver
Dars, ana 1t Is thought by the discoveries IT, at
! they have found the long lost Spanish Mines
| which a supposed to be located in this sec
| ton. Our informant says hat the lucky
! parties refuse to dlvulge the whereabouts Of
| the mine until they have satisfied themselves
! beyond doubt as to their being able to hold
| them.
FRANK HATToN tells story about Prof
! Van Buren, Denslow, who writes editorials for
! the Chicago Inter OcedE. Denslow hal been
heavily quoted in a volume of lectures pub
llshed by Goodwin Smith. and sent a copy Of it
| to the greatest of living English philosophers,
| of whom he is warm admlrer. He addressed
| the book to Herbert Spencer. London. Eng
! land" The immense efficiency of the English
post office under it's ideal civil service system
! was shown by the result The pack age was
eturned with an Official Endorsement. "No
such man in London" Denslow was de-
! cldedly disguised.
IN THE NEWS ITEMS from foreign lands it
has been stated that alleged frauds in the
| American petroleum trade in Constantinople
have been by the Sultan of Turkey referred
to our United States Minister, Hon. :. s. Cox.
/ for investigation. A Washington friend re-
| eived letter from Mr.. Cox, In which, Incl
| dentaily, the Ia ter refers to the troleum
/ invest CATION he is making and character
! istically concludes in the GLOWING language:
| What n change OF nv life here; studying
| frauds in oil (petroeumJ in Greece, where
! SapphO and Homer sung and old Euripides
ripped. God bless you," etc.
ENGLISH EXPERIMENTS in telephoning be-
tween hghtship and the land have proved
remarkably successful. The vessel selected
! was anchored 10 miles from shore in 60 feet of
! water. For eight months messages Of all sorts
1 have been sent and received in all weathers
/ with but single interruption from break
IN the cable. Passing vessels have been sig
| nailed ana reported; orders transmitted from
| owners TO their ships approaching or leaving
| port; the state OF wind and tide commupi-
! Gated to waiting mariners, and timely notice
! gwen OF the occurrence and location of
| wrecks.
| A FRENCH JOURNAL relates an incident
which 1t CONSTITUTES as a remarkable illustra-
ton of the practical character of the Ameri-
can people. Partisan philanthropist, so the
story runs, went recently to New York to
study new system Of education for the
hhnd, and IN one OF the blind schools saw a
number OF young people of both sexes occu-
pied IN learning to distinguish rapidly bv the
touch coins of all kinds under the direction Of
a prOfesso , who taught them to d scrimipate
between the good and the bad. The curloix
was informed that this class was for the in
structiOn Of those who intended to adopt the
profession Of street beggars.
GEORGE NoLTE exhibited recently at Los
Angelos, Cal, the sole Of an old shoe, which
ne has kept as asouvenr for many years. Tho
sole originally belonged to a shoe worn BY H.
d Kimball, of Littleton, Mass. KimbaI, at
the age Of Al was feet IL inches in height.
and weighed s6S hounds. He was the vonSg
est of twelve children, and in his earliest
years was quite puny. When about years
OLD ne had siege of fever, aud upon recover
! ing began a most extraordinary growth,
| which eft him the giant that he was Mr.
Nolte says that the man was strong in prOpor-
tion TO his size, For many years he worked
| at te@mng-principaily engaged in hauling
| OF his calling and accumulate a competency
as he attained sture years. AS ilIustrating
Klmballt proportions, 1t IS stated that he
would siton top of -four barrel as naturally
as an ordinary man sits on a chair: it was
just the right height for him. The giant died
about two years agO. The shoe sole which
Mr. Eolte exhibited is Is inches long and 81
inches across in the widest part The shoe
was known as No. p.
"A sTRANGE STORY comes from the Pension
Ofice," says a Washington correspondent. |
(which relate without giving the names. |
Not long ago one of the leading clerks 0, the |
department died, and his sweetheart cane TO |
the house m which he lay and made a seat
ado over his death, saying she was engag to
him. She was pretty, an heiress, and in
teresting. She had hardly reached the hose
before sweetheart No. , arrived, from
engaged to him, and she was also very prety
and very Interesting. Investigation showd
that the clerk had really engaged himself q
these two girls. and that he had made prepL
rations to marry No. a few months after IN
time at which his death took place. He hal
! bO rowed money Of the heiress NJ. !, and
she WAS preparing her clothes for her comm
marriage she had 70 much faith In her to- ht
husband that she took no notes or memoranda
OF the debts The papers left show tina hid
has W lied all his property to No. q and 40
sweetheart No. loses both her husband and
the money she lent him."
A GENTLEMAN associated with Gen. Nc
Clelan in mining enterprise said couple
OF days ago, while lamenting the soldiers