Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-03
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| a man wadng in the Connecticut river. and
! apparently bent on suicide. They pursued
| him, dragged him out, saw that ne was craZy,
! induced HIM to take walk, ana soon hau
him in the grounds of the state asylum,
whence he mad escaped.
MICHAEL O'BRIEN, of Los Angeles, thought
that it would be funny to send messenger to
tell his wife that he had been run over by the
cars and had both legs cut oil. The messen-
ger hurried back to tell funny Michael that
his wife had tainted away. She renamed I'M
conscious for a long time, and. owing TO her
delicate health, her husbands joke is quIte
likely to kill her.
WHEN the patent granolthic sidewalk pave
ment is first put down it Is very sticky, but 1t
hardens quickly. This is why young couple
of Bridgeport who stood on a fresh slab of the
composition while bidding each other g0ou
night had to be dug out with pickaX. Their
shoes were ruined, but they were very CRATE
ful to the night Waterman W no released them
and who promised not 10 tell.
ELECTROPLATING with silver upon wood is
now successfully performed. the process
being adapted to handles of all kinds, includ-
ing umbrellas, canes, carving knives, etc.
The silver Is thrown upon the wood by pro-
cess which, it is stated, has proved extremely
difficult IN practice. The deposit of silver, OF
course, follows all the peculiarities of the
wood, and the ordinary handle is simply gar
nished in almost ineradicable silver.
GEORGE E. PARKER, a ginmill keeper at
Eighth and Market streets. Louisville, KY,
has on exhibition a quartette of monstros-
ties in the shape of litter OF animals that
partake of both the feline and canine nature.
Several days ago MIR. Parker's Maltese cat
gave birth to them. One of the four is black
in color, the head and body being those of a
dog, While the legs, ears and tail are those of
cat. Another has all the characteristics of
dog, with the exception of n cats claws.
The other two animals have the bodies Of
cats, with heads and tails resembling mon
keys.
WHEN Squire Carver, Of Waterville, Me-,
hurriedly drove on the covered bridge that
spans the Sebasticook for shelter from a sud
den shower, he found two young men and two
young women taking shelter there also. AS
soon as they saw the Squire they conferred
eagerly. and then one of the men asked if he
wouldn't marry the other young man and one
OF the Young women then and there. They
had the necessary papers in proper form, aud
so. while the rain battered over their heads
and the Sebas ticook gurgled beneath their
feet. william McCIintock and Almira Jones
were made one.
Two Indians entered drug store in St.
Paul. One was a tall young man, and his
companion was an aged and dried-up speci-
men of humanity. They were dressed in
dark, Ill fitting clothes and each of them had
on mOccasins. Their black, SLOUGH hats par
italy concealed their je black hair. March
ing into the centre of the store the red man,
after the style of the pOw-Wow around the
camp fire, expressed himself as follows: big
lnlun wants heap big sweet wind" Without
any hesitation the clerk turned off two glasses
or soda water and gave them to the two red
men. The Indians drank and were satisfied.
PEOPLE of almost every nationality may he
found in Bombay. says missionary in that
city: Last week Greenlander called, seek
ing work. Two DAYS after a man from Aus
tralla wrote me asking favor. A few weeks
ago West Indian came to attend to repairs
on my house. Last Sunday night | preache
to a congregation in which sat, side by side a
Russian from the Baltic, and an Armenian
from the foot of Mount Ararat. Among my
pensioners is an AbyssinIan, Turks from
the Dardanelles, Greeks from the Adriauc,
Seedee boys fro Is Zanzibar. NorwegiaEs and
South Africans live, do business and die in
this human hive"
/ A BERLIN CORRESPONDENT, describing the
taverns frequented by laboring men, saws that
If any man not dressed as a workman enters
one OF these places he is sure to be regarded
with i'll will, founded on the suspicion that he
may be governmental spy employed against
the SOCIALISTS. In some of these taverns red
pIacdrdS are posted warning guests 10 refrain
from political discussions, ana one inn keeper
has deVhed an ingenious method of telling
MS regular guests when all is safe. in n s
opinion, and when there is danger He has a
large snuff box on the table, the lid of which
has two colors. If the red side is turned
rowal d9 the guests 1t means IAN right" while
the black slde means caution"
TIE restoration of color to fabrics which
from one cause or another have deteriorated
in this respect has suggested various chemi-
| cal applications and processes. 1t has been
customary to employ ammonia for the pur-
pose of neutraliZIng acids that have accident
ally or otherwise destroyed the color of he
stuffS this Icing necessarily applied imme-
dlately, or the color is usually imparfectly re-
stored. An application of chlorOform has the
effect of bringing out the colors as bright as
ever. Plush goods, and all articles dyed with
anillne COlOrS, faded from exposure to light
resume their original brightness of appear
anCe after being spOnged with chloruforn
the commercial chlorofOrm, which is less
costly than the purified, answers we'll for this
purpose.
WARRANTS were issued Saturday by Justice
Rhinehart, in Brooklyn, for the arrest of
LOUIS Won Hoesen, a printer, aud Mrs Ed
ward Taylor, Jr., on charge of bgamy. The
proceedings were taken at the instance Of
Mrs. Edward Taylor, Sr. She said that the
woman III the case was formerly Kate Simp-
son, and she married Mrs. Taylor's son in
!SSf Abont wear ago the son was sent 20
the penitentlary for burglary, but his wife
continued to live with her mother-in-law
Won Hoesen visited the house quite frequently
and became Intimate with Young Mrs Tavloc
Two weeks ago that day they went 10 Rev. RI
Is, StrOdAcn, ana were married. The WeddIn q
ring used at the first marriage Of the girl was
made To do duty a second time. Ihe couple
went to live together directly afterward, but
the marriage was denied to Mrs, TAYLOR when
she inquired about 1t.
THE rare privilege OF witnessing mirage
was enjoyed by the people of Carthage, n. Y.
Friday From elevated points about the viii
lage looking directly north and northwest
could plainly be seen the st. Lawrence river
anu the beautiful Thousand Islands These
objects were as plainly visible TO the naked
eye as II they were barely a half-mIIe distant
The water, the islands, and attImes steamers
plying ON the river, the cottages the village
OF Clayton, the Round Island House and civ
OF Ogdensburg were discernible One person
recognized the cottage of ex-Lieut Gov
Thomas u. Alvord, opposite Clayton, and
pointed OUT 10 Dystanders points on the same
by winch he recognized 1T. This beauIifuI
sight was presented TO the view OF hundreds
OF eager and excited people for several
hours. many OF whom had never witpessed
anything ike II befOre, The distance bv rail
from Carthage to Clayton, The nearest point
on the ST. Lawrence river, is thirty-six miles.
FRIDAY last quite riot took place in Meri-
der, Conn. The authorities there have be0un
a systematic raid on liquor dealers and saloon
keepers, and as result thirty three war
rants were Issued against as many saloon
Keepers, several Of them being arrested Two
men, named Kelly and Troitlcr, empIoved ~
the shops OF the Britannia Companv fur
| nlSneu tile testimony against the ltuuor daaI