Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

company of young men of CoqWlle. Ore, who
went bear hunting. Anderson thought he
sa" bear and freu. He Killed COX.
y CLAM OPENER in Westchester, Pa, res
taurant found live mouse among his clans
the other morning, one clam holding it Sc
curely by foot and another by the tail.
EXCLUSIVE of the Indians of Alaska there
are now within the limits of the United
States between 260, 600 and 5000 Indians
gathered about the reservations, sixty in
| number.
JUST thirty years ago Sarah L. Bickford, Of
Porter, Me-, loaned her autograph album to
her cousin, julia a. Libby, that che might
write In 1t. A few weeks ago July returned
the album to Sarah.
AN Italian called at the Boston post Office a
few days ago for his mail. There was letter
| FOR HIM on which was due l0C. for postage. A
| few hours afterward he called again and
handing the clerk 100. said: ''Tenna centa.
| Wantee mother lettee.'
JOHN SCHAADT, an Allentown blacksmith,
has made and given to the President and Mrs.
| Cleveland fine steel horseshoe. One heel
cak bears the initials &c. CO. the other ~.
! +. c." and where the toe calk should be is the
! German word "Gluck."
j. NJ. DAVIES, Los Angeles newspaper
man, attempted to take his family In a wagon
! to Antelope Valley and lost his way. They
wandered for three days in the mountains,
OF the children nearly died.
| MRS. J. NJ. HALL of Tolono, ILL.,, had hen
! that laid two eggs day. The hen was killed
! this week. and out of curiosity an anatomical
examination was made, which revealed the
fact that the hen had two egg sacks, each CON
tanning fully matured egg which would
have been LAID that day.
THERE is a grain bag monopoly in San
Francisco, and the following ne tice, sent out
by an extensive grain dealer there. shows
how II works: Having learned that some
farmers intend to put their new wheat into
ora sacks now give you notice that shall
accept new Whaet only If in W sacks"
THE barrel in which the Philadelphia
cooper proposes to shoot the Niagara rapids
! is built somewhat in the shape of an egg, with
26-inch top, l7-inch bottom and 80 inches in
The centre. 1t Is made of one-and a half
Inch stun, and IS seven feet long, and the
cooper proposes to be tied in the middle.
DANER RICHTILLYER, 81 years old, was tax
ing load of straw to Utica, and just as he
was entering the city he found himself sur
rounded by flames. He managed to get off the
load anu unhltch his team, and that was all
he saved except the iron work of the wagon,
BAD Utica boys had set fire TO the straw,
Cooks in Pittsburgh and the natural gas
region have to use coal for broiling. They all
| tried the natural gas, and for time it worked
well, but now broiled meats have a peculiar
! door, something like petroleum. 1t is thought
! that either the gas is changing in It's charac-
| terstics or that sediment in the gas mines
causes 1t to deterorate.
THE story goes that the other day when Mr..
! Cleveland was polishing off batch of a dozen
or so veto messages, Col. Lamont handed him
paper with the mark: Here's another
! bill, Mr.. President" I'm afraid | won't
| have time to write veto of it to-day." was
! the response; and then. seeing it was a milIi-
| ner's bill, the President added: "The best
| thing can do will be to approve it-and nav
| it," F"'
! THB Gospel wagon" which the Central
| Union Mission of Washington is using. COM
mends itself as being the outcome of practical
common sense. 1t is an ordinary Omnibus
and contains cabinet organ, a good choir
and several speakers. Every Sunday after,
| noon 1t Is driven to regioas where the lnhahi-
! tants do not often here the Go-pe preached
| and religious services of an interesting char
aCter are held.
THE Austrian Alpine Club has proposed to
change the name OF the peak in the FILLER
thaler Alps hitherto known as "Feldkopfn
(3,0Sl metres high to "Zslgmondy Peak" in
| honor of DR.. Emil Zsigmondy. who lost his
! life last year in attempting to ascend the Pic
| de la MeJe IN the DAuphine, and who was
first to ascend t se Fedkopf In 1879. Several
| geographical and Alpine societies have Al
| ready approved of the proposal of the Ans
| trian club.
THE bad little boy of Rome, N. Y, has in
vented machine for soaring timid persons
that lie says knocks the window tick-tack
silly" When night has come and everything
ls shrouded in gloom, he quietly inserts tho
| hook OF common shoe buttoner under n els
! board OF neighbor house, ties a strong cord
to the handle of the but toner, and then, draw
! ing Ine rtrlnS Ilght, rnbs It with piece of
! aud groaning that follow scare the Inmates NJ
| the house and delight the bad bow
MRS. AcHsAH WHIPPLE. of Dunbarton. n.
H., was 100 years old on Monday last, and the
occasion was fttingly celebrated at the home
of her seventy five year ola SON There was
| banquet at which many of her descendants
| were present reception for her neighhors
and the citizens of the town, and literary and
! musical exercises. Mrs. Whipple was born a
few rods from her present residence, and al
ways has lived on the same farm She ba
been member of the Baptist church for sew
enty-hve years, and is a Democrat.
CAVALRY REGIMENTS in the Prussian army
are being carefully drilled in the art of swim
ming their horses across rivers. At the word
| "Dismount" the soldiers dvest themselves
of their clothing, which, with their weapons.
! etc, IS placed upon raft. which is sWIftIv
| ferrled across the river, While the men taka
| the horses by the head with one hand and
swim with the other. The feat is said no he
performed with the utmost precision and
| rauidlty, whole regImcn ts cr0ssine and 70
crossing In an astonishingly short time.
! PRINCE ALEXANDER, OF Bulgaria. has re-
ceived sharp snub from the German gov
eminent. lie was SO eXhilarated by his re-
! cent successes that he instituted an order of
knighthood and the insignia was freely die.
trlDuted about Germany, principally among
| traGesmen and inukeepers. These Worthv
! persons nave now been seriously DISAPPOINTED
! In consequence of the authorities having re
| fused them leave to wear the insi gina. and n
! has beer Oficlally announced that AS Prince
! Alexander Is not a sovereign Prince he mas
| no right whatever TO confer any such decoras
! tion,
NINE. DE NALsAYRE, OF Paris, has founded
! a "Woman's League whose object ia the
! armng and drilling Of all French women.
! The league holds regular meetings. and has
| adopted a resolution that ION the dav xber
women will know how t. fence humanity will
/ be saved" RevOlver5. rifles and swords are
| to be hencetorth part of lady's toilet for
! only through the arming Of French women
! the day of glory anu vengeance Will come.
! However the league proposes also to tenn the
! increasing depopulatlon or France bv deco
| rating every mother who has nursed six chill
| dren.
MRS. CLEVELAND. while in the White House
conservatory few days ago, was very much
| pleased with variety OF gloxinia. Saturday
morning, while at breakfast, the President