Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-01


THERE HI been formed in London an asso-
citation, tie Society for the Prevention OF
Hydrophoh and the Reform of the Dog
Laws" hang for Its main object the enforce:
ment of litter control over dogs. one OF
It's methodwi!l be To accomplish the destruc-
tlono dogof low degree.
THE stain agent at Mansfield. Mass, on
the Bosionnd Providence railroad, was sur
prlsed last thursday morning upon opening
freight carconsigned to him TO ma large
portion of heir contents, $500 ducks ana
about 500 gese, shipped alive, dead. Lack OF
ventilation ad caused the loss.
TIE Italin Ministry have directed that |
the great coection of musical works which |
formed part the Musical Library IN come |
shah be transferred 20 the Accidents oil |
Santa Cecilia The collection has been de- !
scrbed as the'ichest OF its kind in the world, |
and the catalogue of musical works which IL |
contains IS sid to be the most complete In |
existence.
WHEN the ditor OF the Arizona Sentinel
returned trona trip East the other day the
first thing he Cd was to print the following
meaty paragr@h: During the absence or
the proprietor tbs journal was unauthorizedly
made an organ of the Democracy. In the
future, as in he past. the Seminal VIII
always be foun, an independent Republican
newspaper
SIMON Stages at the instiGation of his
uncle, Silas Stays, attempted to poison his
two brothers, in lillian county, OREGON. by
administering stychnine to them In bread.
The victims saved their lives by swallowing
great quantities { melted lard. simon was
arrested and confessed the deed, saying that
he and his uncle hoed to inherit the property
OF the brothers.
A CORRESPONDENT writes that in gam
bling saloon In Moscow the walls and ceiling
were covered with PIPER on which stars were
tor mad f,n int
holes were cut, and man lying on the floor
in the room above Jaw the hands OF those
playing cards and teleqraphed them, by
means of wires connected with his shoes, TO
his confederate.
BOSTON PuBLIHER says that 100000 cop
les of the first volume of Blaine's book were
prin ted. and but "a. 900 of the second volume.
The author gets a royalty of rs cents on each
volume sold, which will make his receipts.
when The edition IS exhausted, SlSl .zoo. II
MIR. Blaine had knawn book publishing as
well AS he knows politics he could have made
from $4,000 to SIS, 600 more, it is said.
THE consumption of coree in England con-
tinues to decline. So testify the Commission
| ers of Customsin their latest report. 1--WE can
not but ascribe this" they say. 'to the noto-
rious adulteration which the pure berry un-
| dergoes in Its manipulation into rs convenient
! a form as tea for consumption by the mass or
| the people, who cannot afford the time or
| coffee"
CHICAGO expressman says that the oldest
thing he ever received by express was a
grave. 1t was in box about four feet long,
| covered with glass. Inside was the earth of
| a child's grave-the turf, flowers, headstone
| and ALL 1t was going from Illinois to Cali
| fornia. Some man had moved ont there, and
| had the body of dear child taken up and
| shipped TO him. The thought struck him that
| he would like to have a little of the sod from
! the old homestead, and so ne sent Tor the top
| of the grave.
| AMONG the effects Of an old woman who re-
| Gently died in Frankfort-On-t the Main was
found an old iron chest containing letters and
documents concerning the family of He'll
| busch, dating from the year 1874 to the be-
| ginning of this century, There were also
| found in the chest pieces of linen and cloth
| with the CHASTITY label: M gdeburg, 1903
| Linen with the blood of Paul Romder, who
was executed" The chest was sent to q
| woman in Vienna, IN accordance with the
| will of the deceased.
Two well known characters among The
Onondaga Indians have recently died. One
was Aunt Cynthia Farrar, famous for hel
wealth. She kept bank account at SYRIA
cuse, loaned thousands Of dollars, and Dough
the lands of her debtors when they could NO
repay her. She owned, after the Indian man
ner Of title, more than 500 acres of land
worth 800 per acre. She began her careel
as manufacturer OF bead work. The other
| celebrity was Aunt Dlnah, an Onandaga q
pure blood. and believed to be los years ole
when she died. She was feeble and total,
blind, but had good use Of her mental fac
ultIes.
THERE is something occurring In Irelant
now in connection with the e7Ictions of tn,
farmers from their homes which never oc
CURED before. Hitherto one of the creates
terrors which evictlons had for the peasantr.
was that when put out of their homes the
had no alternative but starvation, or. wha
seemed worse in their eyes, the poor house
They are now in many instances going to III
poor house with a will. because the Nationa
| League leaders so advised tnem OF the grount
that the landlords viii have TO pay an in
creased poor rate The evicted tenants of tn
Marquis of Ely are now in the poor house 0
New Ross, county of Wexford.
A Boston LADY has just returned from he
summer vacation spent in the vicinity G
classic Concord, and tells this story Of Con
cordian enlightenment: Down on the oil
Virginia road stands little old fashone
cottage in which the poet Thoreau was borr
| went up 10 the door aud asked the privile.
of seeing the room 10 which ThOreau W
: born, but the woman looked at me in bian
surprise, and vouchsafed no word IN reply.
should like to ser il very much ] sad, an
, at last she answered with the query: 'Ws
, Thorcau your sister, She evidently though
that family reasons alone could account 70
J such an extraordinary request"
. 1T Is told that one time whe they were r,
! pairing the Wisconsin State capitol, ana Il
! | hill on which 1t stands was strewn vii
material and debris, the Supreme Court
the State had decided several cases agase
i | "Matt" Carpenter and as the latter though
| against the law as we'll. Carpenter W
3 waking down the hill in particularly sa'
age mood with Judge Luther Dixon, Of Il
l Supreme Court, whom the latter slipped on
rolling stone and fell heavily to the groun
Carpenter made no motion To help him Il
! ! He only turned TO him ant SAID: "W e
u Luther. Pm glad you've found chat there
;. one law you can't override-the law of gray
tatiOn.'
D A PARIS correspondent writes that ~
y Pollallon recently performed gastrotomy +
the removal of an iron fork swallowed BY
boatman. The presence of tue fork in Il
' stomach was clearly indicated by the defle
Z tion of the magnetic needle In a very delica
5 | apparatus The operation bids fair to b
e | come successful, as all indications point
| speedy recovery OF the patient. According
2 ! NJ. POllaillOn, out Of seventeen cases Whe
forks were swallowed in seven the foreil
A | object did not cause serious accidents, al
[ | was eliminated after formation Of absces
| THIS case has attracted considerable attentiC
| at Paris. where sureical operations on q
stomach are not so frequently performed as
Germany"
/, a PROMINENT figure in the meetings of IL
Woman's Home Mission Society of the Method
t isl church, which began its fifth annual sessio
r at Detroit, was a colored woman named Mr.
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