Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-06
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scented in Paris. There are 1885 of them.
HEAVY tea drinkers, says the Lancet, fret
become "wildly excitable" and ''then their
sense Of hearing goes"
A BROOKLYN night Waterman climbs 1928
stairs every night, or over 140 during each of
the thirteen hours he ID on duty.
A FRIEND of Senator Stanford, the Califor-
mia forty millionaire, says the rich man stays
in the Senate merely because it furnishes him
an excuse for getting away from the per-
plexities OF business that he cannot avoid
when at home.
THREE young women Of New York have
been enjoying novel excursion. They
started from Newport, where their fond par
ents are summerlng, and, equipped with good
stout shoes, knapsacks and other things that
apperta1n to successful schemes OF pedestrian
Ism, they walked home alone.
THE somewhat harsh provision of English
law which gives almost everything to the
eldest son is ourlously illustrated by the case
of the Earl of Durham, who is now in this
country, and his brother. The two are twins,
but one was born two minutes earlier than
the other. The one is called the eldest son,
and inherits a princely income. His twin
brother has an income about one-tenth as
large.
THERE are quite a number of sunken wrecks
off the Atlantic City coast which are thought
to attract large schools of fine sea bass. A
short time ago the Atlantic City acht Club
offered a reward of $25 for each wreck located.
Last Wednesday some men went out on the
ocean and, equipped with sweep lines, began
dragging for the wrecks. They succeeded in
striking what is supposed to be the wreck OF
an old coal schooner which was burned and
sunk seven years ago. The fishermen at the
Inlet say that the wreck found will furnish
the best of sea bass fishing and will be OF much
benefit to them. -
MARIUs MoUsrIER, the celebrated explorer
who discovered the sources of the great Afri-
can river, Niger, committed suicide last week
by drowning himsef in small pond in the
neighborhood of Marseilles. His body was
found after fonr days immersion. and letter
in one of his pockets stated that he had been
driven thereto by absolute want and starva-
ton. He was still in the prime of life. and
during the past ak months had been seeking
in vain for any kind of employment, no m at
ter how humble. The Geographical Society
OF France have now arranged to give him Il
magnificent funeral, which will almost ap-
pear mockery when his frlendless death Is
taken into consideration.
EDWARD HARTELL. aged "A, Of New York,
horse thief serving three years sentence,
commencing June Is, 1885, cut his way out of
the Northampton. Pa, county prison Monday
night and no trace of him has been found. He
was confined in the upper tier of cells and
reach the ceiling. He cut away the plaster,
aug through brick and stone layer eight
inches thick, sawed through rafter four by
six inches, then through foot board and the
tin on the roof. He was then on top of the
building, and TO reach the ground, fifty feet
below, he used rope made of carpet chain,
which he had secured from the loom. He left
an auger and steel punch behind, but took his
saw. HOW he got these articles is mystery.
C.soUTHwICK, OF jamestown, n. Y. an en-
gineer on the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio railroad, was in the engine cab with his
friend, Engineer Tyler, on a narrow gauge
road connecting Olean and Bradford only a
few days ago, when in rounding a sharp curve
team and wagon were discovered crossing
the track only few rods ahead. The air
brakes were instantly set, but the distance
was too short to permit a stop before re aching
the crossing. Fortunately the wagon was
driven off the rails just as the train whizzed
by. The wagon was loaded with nitro glyc-
crime. The train was well filed with passen-
gers, who were, of course, in ignorance of the
danger they had escaped until the tram
reached Bradford, when they were told of
their narrow escape from destruction.
THE founder of the Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette, which has just celebrated its one
hundredth birthday, was John scull, of Read
ing, who at the age of q moved to Pittsburg
| for the purpose of engaging in the publication
of the paper as supporter of Washington anu
the Federal party. He was the ancestor OF
the Westmoreland branch Of the Scall family,
| having married MARY, a daughter of Col.
John Irwin, an Irishman Their children
| were Edward, surgeon in the army and a
| friend of Gen Harrison and volunteer aid on
| his staff at the battle of Tippecanoe, who died
| young and without issue; John Irwin, who
| read law and succeeded his father as editor
| of the Gazette, and Elizabeth, who married
| Ephraim Blame. uncle OF James G.. Blaine, to
| whom were born Edward Scull Blame and
| John Scull Blaine.
| THE custom of Baltimore street bows to fol-
low any man wearing a white hat and cry
| "Pe-e- nnckle," has become such a nuisance
that the newspapers are asking che authori-
| ties to put stop to it. The boys not only cry
| "Penuckle," but throw sand and stones at the
white hats, The American says that some
weeks ago some gamblers were arraigned be-
| fore Justice Of the Peace. One of the pris-
| oners wore a black stiff hat striped with chalk
marks. The magistrate asked him what
those marks meant. The prisoner explained
that he and his companions were having a
| game OF cards called by the Germans ''pe-
nuckle," and that they took his hat to keen
the tally ION, The magistrate then ADVISED
the prisoner to wear white hat, 80 that the
marks would not show. From this the cry
''penuckle" spread all over the city.
ERNAULT WILLIAMS, Of Baltimore, some
time ago made his large property over to his
father and ran or to Europe to escape an
expose which he feared would prevent his
marriage to the daughter of a wealthy whole
| sale liquor dealer. He returned, married tho
| young lady In question, and brought suit to
| get back his property from his father, in
which he was successful. At that time, it
appears, he agreed to allow the estate to be
| placed in trust the revenues to be paid to his
wife and child. Now he brings suit to have
the second trust set aside on the ground that
| he cannot get any money unless his wife or
| the trustees choose to let him have it, The
| family relations are not in any way strained
| but all the same, he does not like the idea Of
being dependent. The income which he ia
| seeking to manipulate is about 500, 600 a wear
The money was left to Williams by his grand.
mother.
Col. WILLIAM CAssIUs GooDLoE, of Lex
ington. KY, SAID in New York the other dav:
81 have just shipped of to Lexington the
finest lot Of pure blooded Shetland ponies that
ever came to this country. They are regis
tered animals every one. One is 'Raefirtb.,
| a coal black stallion. 81 inches in height and
years old. have a mares in the lot from 3
TO years old, all in foal from the celebrated
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