Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03
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again.
A TRAVELLING man was arrested In Oberlin,
Kan, tor singing Nearer, MY God, to Thee,
on the hotel porch Sunday evening.
ALBERT R. FOSTER. OF Otsego, Mich, has
been fined 800 and sentenced to ninety days
in the Allegany county Jail for selling hard
cider.
CAPT. A. j. FRYE has another fine. green
walnut burl on hand that weighs 500 pounds,
and is better in every respect than the one
recently sold to an indianapolis veneer COM
pany.
THERE will be great deal of work during
the coming winter in the " isconsin pine re-
gions burned by the forest fires. Millions of
rect Will have to be cut and put into water to
prevent the destruction of the logs by worms.
TIE shipments of buffalo bones from the
Northwest are growing larger. From twenty
to twenty-five Canadian Pacific cars loaded
with this class of freight arrive at Fort Ben
ton, NJ. t.. every week, consigned TO fertiliz-
ing works in the East.
WHILE bragg ng Lake Koshkonong for
shotgun Burton Esterly, of Whitewater, Wis,
fshed up gun valued at $500 that Mr.. DELL
bay. of Chicago, lost ten years ago. 1t shows
much less injury from Its long submergence
than might have been expected, and is proba-
bly, in condition to do good shooting yet. Mr.
which is valued at $3.50.
CHICAGO is to-day manufacturing more
Bessemer steel than any other city in the
world. The North Chicago Rolling Mills are
turning out $4,000 tons of finished steel rails
every year; the Union Steel and Iron Com
pany $780, 900 tons year, and the Joliet Steel
ompany, which is virtually of Chicago, 1885,
600 tons. Chicago is some $50 or 500 miles
nearer than Pittsburg to the great Western
L, from whence
ing demand for the product of furnaces and
rolling mills.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT happened at Him
metberger Co.'s saw mill, located at Buff
| hngton, Mo-, a man by the name of Baines
being struck in the left side by piece of tim
| Der thrown in some way from the saw. The
| timber, which was smaller at one end than
| the other, entered his side. Just below the
| nipple, and penetrated him through and
through, coming out on the other side. Drs.
Kendall, of SiBeston, and Bartlett, of Poplar
Bluff. were called aud the timber removed.
| The doctors have no hope of his recovery, hut
! he wa alive next day and getting alon &
very well.
A NUMBER OF the delegates to the Ohio Re-
| publican Convention remained in Columbus
| in order to see the sights. One party was
| under the charge of Hon. Fred Bader, mem =
Der of the Legislature from Cincinnati. Gov.
Foraker was called upon. A genuine intro
| duction and handshaking ensued. One good
| natured German soon tired of the visit and
| proposed TO leave. Turning to the Governor
| he said: Come on and pull one." Take a
| drink His Excellency tried to explain that
| he was busy, but his German friend insisted
| that he must pull one" No person could
satisfy the visitor, and he left disguised. 81
| can do mid oud him." he said.
JOHN S. RHEA, Congressional candidate in
the Franklin fKy.l district. was recently
| challenged to fight duel by Mr.. Small, of
| Todd county. The challenge grew out OF
| some references made by Mr.. Rhea in speech
| q week or so ago. Mr. Small had formerly
| been for Mr.. Rhea in his race, but had turned
| over to Halsell, and Mr.. Rhea said the reaso on
| for the change was that Halsell had bought
| him with a promise of the Elkton post office,
| or words to that effect, or that he had UNDER
| stood as much. Small demanded retraction
and an apology. Rhea refused either: hence
| the challenge, which Rhea very wisely de-
| clined to accept, both, as he said on legal and
| on moral grounds.
| A PARIS special says there was an exciting
| incident few days ago in travelling menag-
erie at the outer boulevards far. beast
tanner named Graconette was in the lions'
cage, when one of the lions, which had been
in a surly humor all the morning, sprang
| upon him and. burying Its claws in his thigh,
| bore him to the ground. The spectators were
| horror stricken. but Graconette, in falling.
MANAGED to keep his eyes fixed on those
of the beast. In this way. the
eyes of beast and man aiaring
his feet and slowly backed out of the cage,
| holding his whip high in the AIR in a menac-
ing attitude. just as he reached the door the
blood spurted in stream through bis tights,
| and the animal. with a fierce growl. sprang
| toward him. With a sudden movement, how
| ever, he sprang to the grating, striking the
| animal on the nose as it retired to a corner
| with a look of baff1ed savagerv upon its face.
| a m a n "a in a dnod mt
| THERE is said to be a superstition attached
| to the Goddess of Liberty that stands silently
on the dome of the capitol at Washington.
| Though it Is not widespread, it is said to be
| deeply rooted in some m inds. Had Congress
| decided to gild the goddess it would perhaps
| have been found difficult to get any one to I'M
| dortake the task. IL is well known that when
| the dome was thoroughly PAINTED several
| years ago. the painter who worked about the
| goddess lost his reason, declaring tn at she ad
| life and was possessed of the spirit of the Vir-
| gin. At a certain hour in the MORNING very
| near the moment OF sunrise. there is one point
in the head dress OF the statue that reflects
| back the light, appearing az star. 1t is only
| for short time that 1t can be seen. Every
| morning this ensnared painter would kne ell in
| front OF the capitol and worship the star
| crowned goddess as long as the star as wish
| bic. Others are said to have come under the
influence Of this bronzed goddess, and have
| inns gined that she exercised some mysterious
| power over them. some imagine, IL is SAID,
! That, should they look too often at the star
| that shines on her forehead at morn they
might suffer the fate OF the poor painter.
THE other night a party of eight or ten
masked men, armed with guns, repaired
about dusk to the residence of Simon Dolph.
a farmer. about 30 years OF age, residing two
miles north of the village of Rome, o. As
| they approached the place, he was going
| from the barn to the house. They ordered
| him to stop, and threatening to shoot him If
| he made any noise. compelled him to m arch
| IN an easterly direction to a clump OF trees
! about forty rods from the house. There thew
stripped him of his clothes. and forcing him
| to walk naked to a burning ground nepr
| Rome, tarred and feathered him from head
| to foot. They then marched him at the head
| OF procession 10 the village square, where
| they built bon fire and made him walk
around 1t several times, in the full gaze Of the
| citizens. II he demurred to ANYTHING thew
| threatened to shoot him. After this they let
| him go home. his track thither being traced
in the morning by feathers and chunks Of tar .
Dolph is said to have made himself obnoxious
IN the community by quarreing with his
neighbors and by declaring that he had been
intimate with nearly every woman In the
neighborhood. About a month ago an at
tempt was made to get him out of the house
ct Night. but he opened nre on his tormentcrs
and compelled them to beat retreat. For
several years he has been afraid to leave the
house at night, for fear OF meeting his neigh.
bors.
A TEXAS MAN relates the details Of another
Mexican outrage, which appears to have es-
capped general publicity. "Caleb George" he