Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-29
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hard shower the other day. The little fel
lows were not larger than crlcAets, and just
as lively.
THEY produce the "Mikado' very thorough
| ly in Chicago. The house is Japanese from
entrance to stage. the attendants even to the
| walters in the cafe being clad In Japanese
| costumes.
A PHYSICIAN in Woodstock, N. B., took
| some virus from the arm of a child whom he
had vaccinated. and the child's father sued
him for the value of the vaccine matter, and
| got verdict for 1910.
THE Briton's idea of the geography of the
| United States continues to be past finding out,
even when he's British American. Avictoris
| newspaper gravely tells of Disastrous forest
| nres In Milwaukee,"
! THE Municipal Council of Naples is consid-
ing the project of abolishing the cemetery Of
| Campo Santo Vecchio, long standing menace
| TO the public health and OF introducing the
cremation OF bodies as compulsory meas
| ure.
THE apple crop, from all accounts, will be
large this year; but New York State, where
nearly every farm has its apple orchard, will.
1t is said, market but little of the fruit, which
| is promised in abundance from Illinois, Mich
| lgan and other Western States.
ANOTHER page has been added to the his
| tory OF advertising by London clergyman.
This amateur Barnum converted himself into
| a living sandw CHI between a couple of boards
| setting forth that he desired to raise q sum of
tl,2OO. He got Is. Cd. and narrowly escaped
| being run in.
VALUABLE Attorney bull, owned by Mr..
Weatherby, of Cleveland, o., was overcome
by the heat Thursday near Baltimore. The
animal was brought from the West and was
being driven to the fair grounds at Timonium.
He was four years old, weighed 2,700 pounds,
and was valued at $1,000.
| AT the recent high court meetings of the
Order of Foresters at Leicester, Eng Official
| returns were read showing that the Forest
| ers' society is the largest friendly society in
the world, the mem bership having reached a
| total of 647.077, with a capital for sick and
| funeral purposes Of f8, 300.
The authorities OF Tacoma, W. T., were
greatly excited the other day at hearing that
Chinaman was cooking in a hotel in the
| town. They sought for him and found him,
| with hair cropped short and dressed In citi-
| zen's garb, minding his own business
thoroughly. But he had to leave at shutdown.
THE chief cities of Australasia continue to
grow at rate only equaled in this country.
Melbourne now has population OF 355, 900;
! Sydney nearly 100000; Adelaide, capital of
| South Australia, and Brisbane, principal city
| OF Queensland, have each some $4,000, and
! Auckland New Zealandl has 90, 900. Ten of
the biggest cities of the colonies contain one
| third OF the entire colonial population.
| LEE FoNG, Chinese woman, brought to
California as slave for base uses. and sold to
| All Kee for wife, has brought suit against
him for divorce. This is the first case of the
| kind known in California. She says that her
| husband forced her to live in a house of pros
| titution, whence she was taken on q writ of
| habeas corpus and removed to the Chinese
Christian Mission at San Francisco, where she
| now is.
AN election on the question of the sepsra-
ton OF Long Branch took place on Wednes-
day. George W. Childs, A. j. Drexel and
| other prominent cottagers remained at the
| polls all day. The total vote for separation
was Sl6, and 81 votes were cast against 1t. The
| result of the election Will be to place the
management OF ehb lower portion OF the
| Branch in the hands of the liberal and wealthy
cottagers. uR shs
THE French Academy ofMedicine has be en-
occupying itself for some time past with the
| injury done the public health by the horrible
| compounds with which the low class cabarets
| are now poisoning their customers all over
| france. The marked increase in the statistics
OF insanity is universally attributed by the
| profession to the toxic and maddening sub
stances with which the stuff sold as wine and
| absintbe in these establishments is drugged.
The academy strongly urges a large reduc-
ton in the number Of licensed houses.
THE young Queen of Spain is deeply devoted
to the baby King, and may be seen any day
in the palace gardens at La Granja sitting
under tree with the child in her lap. while
the little Pfi1cesses play on the grass at her
teet. hlgid Spantsh etiquette is completely
| LAID aside Whilst the court Is in the hills and
the Queen enjoys taking long walks with her
| children in the surrounding country without
| any attendants. She devotes the afternoon
to state business, and the evening to music
THE first marriage ever performed at police
headquarters in. New York was solemnized
Thursday, when Rev. Henry James Hamil-
ton. native Of Philadelphia, but now resi-
| dent of Mullica Hill, n. j., was married To
| Miss Catharine Ellenbrown. The young con-
| pie became acquainted with each other on the
| steamer from Europe. The bridegroom's
mother acted as witness to the marriage The
| bride is but 81 years old, and arrived from
| Scotland recently. She was born in India
| and is a member of, tits said, a wealthy and
| ar1stocratic family.
AT the Pare Leopold, Brussels, on Aug. II
| Leona Dare actually performed the feat of
| holding on by her teeth to a sling suspended
from the car OF q balloon as 1t rose In the air
The balloon, OF 85.3l6 cubic feet capacity. car
rying in its car the lmpressarlo Speilerfni and
the French aeronaut Lachambre rose AT
6;l5, and it was only when Leona Dare couId
no longer be distinguished except with the aid
OF glasses that she drew herself up to the
trapeze and entered the car by a tran door in
the bottom. The balloon descended safely on
the estate Of the Comte de Beaufort, at Lin
den.
1T is said by the friends of William J. Ken.
dali, who swan the whirlpool at Niagara.
that when he made the attempt he was about
as willing to die as to live. He had become
quite discouraged, had been discharged from
the Boston police force and his wife whom
hefloved, had separated from him on account
OF his habits. just before he lert Boston he
said to one: You will hear of me doing
most daring act. but you will never see me
again" To another he said that he had moth
ing to live for, and should shortly do that
which would make him or finish him nm. His
friends do not believe that he received anv
money for the deed. '
SEVERAL LETTERS were received in New
Bedford the other day from the Arctic
whalers which were at Port Clarence July
"a. One of the letters was from captain of
one Of the steamers, who believes that all the
whales dld not go into the Arctic ahead of the
vetsels, but that part of them still remain
as the lain body did not go through the West.
ern passage past st. Lawrence Island as ia
usual, but took the eastern passage This
captain also says that the steamers could ret
into the Arctic if they 80 desired, but were
waiting in hopes whales would come up later
Last year several OF the whaling vessels did
not enter the Arctic with the feet, and by re-
manning outside made good catches. The let
tiers verify the report that thirteen whales
have been taken by the fleet.
A NOVEL WEDDING occurred on the line of
the Lake Erie and Western Road Wednes-
day. When the train, carrying about 500 ex-
cursionists, reached the line dividing Ohio
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