Savannah morning news., 1886-06-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! Se0,0Oj,O00. He expects to get this money from
the sale of the forests which Senior Comacho
is preparing to propose IN the autumn session
| OF the Cortes. Most of the new vessels are to
be built in England.
A WEALTHY BACHELOR who died recently
in st. Petersburg left all his money to a
nephew on condition that he would never
smoke tobacco in any shape, never play cards.
| and would marry within six months after the
| will had been proved. Three executors are
| TO watch over the fulillment OF these provis-
| ions, the violation of which would make their
| chlldten heirs of the testator.
THE New York Pilot Commissioners were
informed Tuesday that no more cargo can be
saved from the wrecked Cunarder
Oregon as she lies. She is broken
| in two. and the divers are laying
down dynamite under and inside the
wreck preparatory to blowing up the hulk.
| It is expected that great deal of the cargo
will float to the surface when she is broken
up.
LITTLE Bobble Phelan, aged l3, sonof Capt.
Phelan. of Kansas City, distinguished himself
the other day by plunging into the water and
saving boy from drowning at the imminent
risk of his own life Bobbe is the same boy
who came to New York at the time of Capt.
fhelans difficulty with the Rosa crowd,
armed himself with huge revolver and an
nounced his intention to kill the first man who
attempted to hurt his father.
NJ PAUL DE NoLHAC has made an interest
ing discovery. He has found in the library OF
! the Vatican the original autograph of Pc
trarch's "CaDzoniere," printed by Aldus
Manuclus in 1901, of which all trace had been
lost. Scholars have even douted whether
this Aldine edition rested upon any authOri-
ty; but NJ. de Nolhac has colated it with the
MS, and has further been able to trace the
history OF the MS. from the time when it dis
appeared
ITnnnN oh Nf
Edinburgh by the unanimous vote of the do-
cesan council. 1t is not believed that he will
accept this call from Scotland, but the English
newspapers direct attention to it as a rebuke
to the Church of England, which has failed to
advance to the episcopate her most distin-
gulshed divine, 1t is said that both Mr.. Glad
stone and LORD Salisbury have wished to nomi-
lnate DR.. Liddon to an important see. but
that the Queen has stood in the way. She pre-
fers latitudnaTian in religion to so pro-
noupced an Ango-Catholic as the great
preacher of ST. Paul's.
TIE Collector Of Customs at Austin, Tex,
wrote to the Treasury Department in answer
to a circular epjoining greater economy in the
use of gas, that the increased consumption of
gas at the custom house there is mainly due
to the fact that some of the rooms of the build
ing have been occupied by government Off
clals-the District Attorney and the Marshal
and his deputies-as sleeping apartments
ing Secretary FairchIld, and he instructed the
custodian OF the building to prohibit the
further use OF any part of the building for the
purposes indicated.
ST. JOINS GUILD of New York have again
| launched their floating hospital for seaside
excursions for sick and destitute children
during the warm weather. In a statement
just submitted to the public, the managers
say that since the Guild was first organized
4O2 excursions, carrying 100000 persons. have
been given at its expense. There are many
wealthy people associated with this institu-
ton. and as long it does its work well it is
not likely to want for money. There is some
complaint from the trustees that they are
having more competition from other societies
than Is desirable; but, If its phenomenal sue
cess has induced other philanthroplsts to en-
ter the same field, there need be no appre-
hensiOn that the means of dong good Will be
scattered to no purpose, as long as there are
tenement houses and tenemenJ-house popu-
lation.
AT a strawberry and ice cream festival
given in the North Avenue Methodist Church,
| at Allegheny, Pa. novel and taking feature
was the ''humaniphone," which was kept
great secret from all who were not willing to
place in the dOorkeeper's hand the magic bit
Of silver which opened the door to the ante
room on the right. Upon entering the room
the heads and shoulders of nine young ladies
were visible above a screen extending the
| length of the room. All the young ladies
wore masks and from their necks hung sus-
| pended cord on which was printed a mu-
| sical note. 1t did not take the audience long
| to discover that the "humaniDhone' was sim
ply human piano. 1t was played by Miss
| Nellie SchOyer. With a wand she walked
| back and forth ard each young lady uttered a
| different note as she touched them with
! wand. In this novel manner Miss SchOyer
played Home, Sweet Home" Yankee Doo-
| die" and number of pleasing melodies
PETER HERDIC, once known as the will
! Un l.
tracts year ago to supply Huntington, Pa, with
water. Tuesday mis- men were excavating at
the new reservoir, when, at depth of about
eight feet from the surface, j. ID. McClain
| discovered an earthen pot securely sealed,
which was filed to the brim with Mexican and
American gold and silver coins of ancient
| dale. McClain refused to make public the
| amount Of money the pot contained. but his
| friends say it Is several thousand dollars. AS
| soon as the discovery was made known Mr..
! Herdic put In claim for the treasure. on the
1 ground that 1t was found on his property,
| while McCan insists that it is his under the
| common law relating to treasure trove. Mrs.
| Christian C0estOck is another claimant. Her
deceased husband sold the land TO Herdic, and
the widow alleges that the money was buried
by Colestock years ago for safe keeping. An
the parties have employed counsel, and the
ownership of the contents OF the pot will be
te ted in the court.
TRUcKMAN BRADY. who does the carting
lOA d NOW iOl n bdbtlb utdlbTs udS an arrange
ment at the horse market by which he is sup
piled with horses on trial. If they do not suit,
he returns them under the contract. I'm
fortunately his man, whom he told on Mon
day night to take back a horse valued at $3.50.
was not aware of this, and, as IL Glanced
neither was the watchman at the market
gate, which was closed. The watchman re-
fused TO receive the beast, and saiu i'm
patiently: "Oh, take 10 up to the offal dock
and leave II there. Only take il out of here -
Down to the olfal dock went Mr. Bradv's
man. leading the horse in good faith. IL was
after q, and he thought only of getting rid OF
hts charge and going home. The offal man
was surprised TO see such fine looking horse
led 10 the DUMP, but the Irlshman tied it 10
n turally assuming that the animal suffered
from some infectious disease, the man on the
dump led u cautiously down to the scow and
knocked IL on the head. That night the $3.50
horse went 10 Barren leland with boat load
Of dead dogs and cats. to be made into glue
| Tuesday morning there was war in the camp
Mr. Eastman, MIR. Brady. Mr.. Brady'sma
and deputaton from the horse market vis-
tied he olal dock. but too late. The question
now is who shall pay for the slaughtered
horse.
DIR. r. c. WILLIAMS, chairman Of the Sam
Jones committee, Of Baltimore, has prepared
the following statement: AT the last meet
ing Of the committee that had charge OF the
recent evangelistc labors OF Rev. sam Jones.
IN this city, IL was unanimously determined
that we should return hearty thanks 10 our
Heavenly Father for the signal sueeeas for
which lie crowned those labOrs: for the