Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ty which admits cf more bathing and less
dress than lis predecessors.
GILMAN HoYT, o. New.ngton, N. H., has
sold l5n bushels OF strawberries this season
from less than one acre Of land.
woMAN's labor Lnon has been incorpo-
rated at san Francisco FOR the purpose of
manufacturing wearing apparel, establishing
laundries, eating hoWes, restaurants ana
reading rooms.
THE undertow of thj surf at Long Branch
Is so strong that god swimmers are often
overcome by it. Precautions are taken all
along shore; boats are stationed ropes are
run along the DANCE line, and notices are
posted.
SIXTEEN Belgian and Norman stallions,con-
signed to the Waban Stock Company arrived
at New York Wednesday on the steamship
switzerland, on tleir way to wabash, Ind.
The animals ran;ed in weight from ,, 100
pounds upward, AID cost their owners in Bel
GUM over So 900 each in gold. They came In
free of duty, being intended for breeding pur-
poses only.
THERE is q Russian who keeps saloon in
Detroit and he is fOnu of caviare. AS he al
ways insisted that the caviare sold there could
not compare with what could be had in Rus
STA, he finally wote over to Russia and asked
his friends to send HIM a can Of the cavlare
that was most popular at that time IN st.
Petersburg. Afte, long interval the cavlare
arrived. On taking OFF the wrappings he saw
on the label OF theEan that 1t was put up by a
canning company IN Detroit, and was war
ranted to be made Of the best roe Of Lake st.
Clair sturgeon.
AN unusual eveat took place during the
voting at Iarwell,in the British Columbian
elections illustrative of the free and easy
way they conduct Affairs in the uptrammeled
west. The contest in the district was be-
tween Baker, the government candidate, who,
LBH majority rnl1plrnHS-
cessful, and Brow. There were on the list
Just seVentv-slX voters, two of whom were
held IN durance vile in the local prison. for
lmDlbng too FREELY OF Pacific coast nquor,
and these were July brought to the polls by
the accommodating jaIler, and cast their
ballots for the Liberal standard bearer.
AN incident o much interest arose out OF
Mr.. Irvng's visii to Oxford. In his address
at the Universityhe spoke of the last days of
Edmund Kean, who died without clio note.
A few days after Mr.. Irving received letter
from Mr., Robert Browning, inclosing the
purse-of slghtlyfaded green eilk-found in
the pocket of thegreat actor after his death,
without a Cd. therein" 1t was given by
Charles Kean to John Forster, and by him to
the poet, who nov sends it to the actor in due
succession. How can | more worthily place
it." gracefully Whites Mr.. Browning, Ethan in
your hands, IL they will do me the honor to
take it, along with all respect and regard?"
MILLIONAIRE Russell SAGE got tired of
recreation at Saratoga Thursday and was
down in Wall street when the Stock Exchange
opened for the days business. And here is
part OF what a man worth $4,000, 600 or so did
IN one day: Attended the meetings of four
boards of DIRECTOR received visits from two
dozen Wall streetmen on business matters,
lunched with Jay Gould, looked over his bro
Rerage office accounts. dictated a score of let
tiers and wrote three or four others himself,
talked straight half hour with a horseman
about a team of trdters that he is thinking of
buying, and-found fault because the day was
400 short.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago Advance,
speaking of the night hawk and the manner
in which it produces the peculiar noise made
in its swoop. says: ~ think the noise is made
by the wings, for the following reasons: The
noise is not made IN descending. but in turn
ing to rise again. When the bird wishes to
descend 1t springs upward a few feet and
throws the wings back, forming a sharp tri-
angle and when the point below is reached at
which the bird wishes to rise, the wings are
thrown sharply forward SO that the points OF
the pinlons are thrown nearly against the
wind, making the whIrring noise heard.
Often the shrill cry Is uttered at the same in
slant that the whirfing noise is N ade; both
noises could not be proauced by the mouth at
the same instant. l have noticed a bird 10
this haif q dozen times In succession. If any,
thing occurs to disturb the balance. so that
the position of the wings is changed, the noise
is not produced"
THEY did things well fifty or one hundred
years ago. The oldest shingles on house in
Connecticut cover the roof Of the old Dow
homestead, IN which the eccentric preacher
Lorenzo Dow, lived at Oxoboxo Lake, eight
miles west Of Norwich. in the town of Mont
vile. lOrOnzO nut the shingles on himself.
He drew them n his OK cart from the Cor
necticut srlverG They were rived and planned
and john ed by hand, and the marks of the
clamps in which they were held while they
haiu rah ,,l.; ,,l,r -
them yet. Mr.. n. b. Vars. who dweHs in the
Dow house, says that the shingles apparently
are just as sound as on the day when they
were nailed to the rafters, siXty-five wears
ago. Not one is missing, and none is rotten
or punky. lie says that they will last Tor
sixty or seventy years longer. Lorenzo liked
good work, aud after lie had put them on he
said to his neighbOrs that "they were going to
last to the day Of judgment, or Whereabouts"
The Dow house is somewhat decreptt; 1t is
shaky; the gables have sagged and the walls
are weather beaten. 1t is on the shore Of
Lake OXoboAo and it looks desolate and for
eaken.
THE genealogical record of Sc m of the first
families of New York is threatened by an ex-
posture which may make some vince, but no
true American will be ashamed of humble
origin. In fact, there is but littl room for
Boosting among the New York millionaires.
Peter Gilsev began Ms a jOurneyman piano
forte maker, anu the founder OF Cooper In
Sbltule uTsI dDpeATb IN Jne QlrCC' DRY as peter
Cooper, machlnist." The Brevoorts were
market gardeners. Alderman Carman who
left round million, was a house carpenter
A. I. stewart hogan by teaching a small
school. The millionaire Vermilyes were the
sons OF a sexton of downtown church Cyrus
w. Field first Orened trade as a dealer in
rags. Lawyer Hummel began rs an errand
boy in the same Office In which he Is now part
ner, William Libbey, formerly of
A. 7. stewart CO., and now
retired millionaire. was the son
OF a Newbur2 carpenter. The first Astor that
came TO America was butcher and had n
stall in Fly Market Rufus story, who is now
the millionaire veteran Of Front street. began
as a hard worked boy in a cheap grocery
Jay Gould WAS in early life Il clerk in a com
try store, and felt that he was doing remark
ably well when he pedded maps IN Delaware
makers, the stevenses kept tavern, and the
Wolfes can be traced back to gin mil. Let
the genealogical nend do his worst, he will
still find that wealth, like charity, covers a
multitude OF sins.
THERE is condemnation Of sexes in the
water at Ocean Grove that is feature OF the
place. Says correspondent: 1.-THE young
men and the young women 60 down to the
sea together and march into the
surf hand-in-hand, or arm-in- arm. 1t is a
rule, with few exceptions, They spend much
time in the water holding on to one another.
yes, and in l0lling on the sanu for an hour or
so afterward. II was not convinced of the
decorup and strict propriety of everything
Methodist would not hesitate to say that |
think II the most lax ana improper place on
the American coast. Where the parents of