Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-07
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AN angry Texas steer ran through the
streets of St. Louis the other evening tossed
a score of persons, and was killed only after
$50 pistol shots had been fred at him. He
was hit so often that his HOE looked like
| sieve. and II was suggested that the carcass
| be sent to junk shop.
A SAN FRANCISCO citizen has chicken
that Is backed like camel, has two tails, and
three we'll de veloped legs. When the fowl is
| in repose it rests on all three legs after the
| manner of a milking stool. When 1t walks 1t
uses but two. the third, it is said, sticking
out behind like ships spankerboom."
JOHN BARKER, of Ottumwa, and Eva Jones,
of Glenwood, Iowa, floated down the Des
MONIES river in small natboat until they
| reached keosauqua, and there they tied up.
John fetched parson, who married them,
| and then they cast loose the hawser, and
| hoated away again on their bridal tour.
SMALL New England negro named John
son ran away several years ago, slept in the
woods and froze both feet so that one had to
be amputated and the other was mutllated.
Some charitable women of Ptts6eld, Mass,
| collected a sum of money and put it in saw
| ings bank, subjected to his order when he
| came of age. johnson, who now lives in DAN
! bury, drew the money few days ago. 1t
amounted to 100.
| In London an old bylaw has been put In
force which reads as follows: EVERY person
WIN bndli bOuuu OF play upon any HuslCdl III
strument, or make any noise whatsoever IN
any street or near any house within the city.
after having been required by any household
resident In such street or house, or by any po-
lice constable, to deslst from making such
sounds or noises. either on account of the i'll
ness of such inmate OF any such house or for
| any reasonable cause, shall be liable to forfeit
penalty not exceeding f5 military bands
! excepted"
THE automatic buoy off Cape Hatteras dis
| annaarad in mhpr bpPn
sighted several times since, and the various
positions have been plotted the pilot
| charts. Its last position was on May IA, about
IS miles northwest of Bermuda. On May
Is 1t was towed into st. Georges, Bermuda, by
the British steamer Britannia, having been
found about one-half mile northeast of North
rock. in thirteen fathoms of water. 1t an
! peared to he in good condition, but that it had
been long time in the water was made evil
dent by the large barnacles adhering to 1t.
ONCE at dinner the Duke of Altenburg, who
was in poor circumstances, father of the
Crown Princess, sat nearly opposite to the
King of Hanover. During pause mis- Majesty
called across the table: Joseph. glass of
champagne; you don't get that every day at
home" One day the Hof- Marshal came in
bearing in his hand a large dispatch, with
broad black rim of deep mourning. 1t was
the official announcement OF the death of an
old archduchess of Austria. The King, who
had sent out carGs for court ball, declined
to realize his interesting fact, and said, with
| out breaking Jne seal. 'lnerc, IDerc, Jake III
away. know all about it; let her die next
week."
On last Valentines day George Mcclure,
of Jacksonville, Ky, received a comic val
entine that made him angry. He accused
pretty eighteen-year- old Margaret Bolts OF
sending it. She denied it. George didn't be-
ieve her, and after time sent messenger
to tell her that his mother wanted to see her
! The unsusDecting girl went to the house.
where George and his brother William were
waiting. They locked the door, and said she
couldn't 90 home until she confessed to hav-
ing sent the valentine She screamed begged,
wept, and at last said that she sent it. Theu
they let her go. Now Margaret's father is
suing the young men for $1,000 damages to
her wounded feelings.
AN eccentric, though well to do farmer of
Pierron, H., who last fall hid 1885 in gold in
his oat bin, forgot about the treasure until the
oats were loaded on railroad cars last week
and within few hours of starting for mar
ket. ShOVels were at once brought into SER
vice and the immense pile turned over and
over again in search of the money, but in vain.
All hope of recovering the gold was given up
and the farmer, almost distracted, left for
home. when another hunt WAS begun by one
OF the consiguee's help, who, after turning
few shovelsful, came upon lump Of rags tied
with string. On examination 1t proved to
be the lost money. lie returned 1t to the
owner Ten years ago the latter had $500,
which for safe keeping he placed back of his
cupboard, destroyed by mice.
On July % will be sold at auction, with its
entire estate of l0,500 acres, several whole
villages and valuable mauors the famous
Houghton Hail. the magnificent abode of Sir
Robert Walpole, and now the seat of the
Marquis of CholmOndeley, near East Reed
ham, in Norfolk. and not far from Sar dring.
ham, Eng. Here, amid the beautiful gardens
and extensive limitations. the fallen Minister
! of George III. opened the closing years of his
life in the tranquility aud retirement to which
he referred when he said: my fatterers now
are all mutes: the oaks and beeches seem to
contend which best shall please the lord of the
manor; but they cannot deceive; they will
not lie' The splendid collection of pictures
at the hall was cold by his grandson in 1873 to
Catherine, Empress of Russia, for 1902, $50.
A NUMBER of large and beautiful stalactite
caverns have been discovered near Queens
land, Australia In one the walls, according
to an exploring party, were beautifully white,
while the stalactites and stalagmites Joined
in exquisite tracery, reminding them of Chi
nese carved ivory. Another, 80 feet by 30
feet, with plain walls broken only by inches,
and meeting in yaulted roof Of immense
height they called the Cathedral. In some of
the dark passages their candles were eXtin-
guished by the host of bats. From others they
descended 90 feet into lower caverns, but
everywhere the ground sounded hollow be-
meath their feet, so that the whole mountain
appears to be traversed by subterranean pas
sages and caves in every direction excavated
in the limestone rock by the action of hot
springs.
AMONG the industries OF Louisiana that Of
moss is not the least interesting nor least i'm
portant. New Orleans receives annually
about 10000 bales, valued at say $l75, 900. OF
these receipts some $4,000 bales are rehandled
by the city moss gins, and the remainder is
sold or shipped in the condition In which iC is
landed. The forests and swamps of Louisiana
are stocked with an unlimited supply Of the
fibre. That procured from the live oak tree
is the better quality. The gatherers of green
moss heap it up in piles wet IL and weight it
down with earth or logs, and the heat gener-
ated by the deoaying bark surrounding
the fibre hastens the process of cur
ing. and in two or three months, ac.
cording to varying seasons. the
decorn position is complete. The moss is then
turned out and dried, cleaned by hand of
sticks and dirt, and balcd and shipped Live
oak m Us so cured and carefully cleanei com
mands readily 4c. per pound. In passing the
moss through the gins there is loss of about
40 per cent. IN weight but when the black
moss comes out It looks as clean and glossy as
the finest amt blacklist hair. The moss IL
turned out from the gin in neat Hooking bales
branded according to quality, and clipped in
orders all over the country. It's price is not
as high as it was few years ago, various
cheap substitutes having been brought in
com petltion with it.