Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


in Alameda county, CAL, sent two roots
through the brick wall of the well fifteen feet
below the surface and completely covered the
bottom with mat of ibres.
A SNAKE killed near Columbus, Ia, Is said
to have measured nineteen feet three inches in
length and thirty -one inches around the
largest part of its body. It's head was nearly
the size of water bucket and was covered
with scaly skin and scanty hair.
A BIG BEAR attacked a colt on Dry Greek,
Cal. Its mother came to the rescue, and,
while she fought the bear, the colt ran to the
house of its owner, who went out 20 sec what
was the matter, and found the faithful mare
dead and the bear sitting on the body.
a MISSIONARY ENTHUSIAST in England
wants to raise money to buy balloons for for
eign missionaries. They would be handy. ne
thinks, in escapiug from cannibals and other
carna- minded heather, ana at the same time
would strike the natives with awe and make
IL easy to convert them.
A BIG BLACK CAT and big black bat bat
tied for three hours in the Kansas City post
Office before the cat succeeded in killing the
bat. The bats tao tics were TO get on the cats
back and chew his ear; and the cats were to
run under desk and scrape off the bat, and
then renew the conflict.
THE common nutmegs are poisonous in
medical treatment alady had eaten a whole
nutmeg and half, which caused extreme
drowslness, then GREAT nervous excitement,
followed by Subsequent depression and pain
in the region of the bIeart.
AT Saint Ginophe. in Savoy, there died re-
Gently woman, Muae. Richard Dietrich, at
the age of 128 years. She was married in 1888
for the fret, and in 1gsS for the third time. Up
to her 10gth year she enioyed good health. and
VI no aat w If har
life, however, she spent in a somnolent cond1-
ton.
ELEvENYRAR-oLDDA BBEITENBUCHER
of Rondout was terribly kicked in the face
by horse. While the physician was sewing
up the wounds the h'oy's mother could not
restrain her tears, bu David never fiinched.
Don't cry, mamma" he said; II amt hurt
much" Ali of his fro Mt teeth but one in both
jaws were knocked out
W. W. ADAMS, of Mapleton post Office,
Csyuga county, exbIbi is to us nineteen finger
rings and one silver etter seal recently dug
up by him in the town of Fleming. They
were contained in q ca noe and there was with
them over 400 beads Id pieces Of wampum.
On the same day anal near by he found q
wampum belt containi & over 700 beads.
MR.. c. HENRY BELE'IN, of Burlington. n.
j., has received letter from Mr.. Theodore
Green, of Woodbury.. same State, giving an
account OF the carrier DirQ that was picked
up In the hotel yard aboutten days ago. Mr..
Green says that the bird, with nine other
was liberated for Millville on Aug. 5. and that
it became lost from the others and kept flying
Until it died OF starvation. 1t is the custom
OF these birds NJ yer to give, up their search
for the point they are flying for. They will
refnse to eat in strange plT ces, and will keep
on the wing until exhausted.
THE cable tells of fresh outfy of fire at
Vesuvius. Here is something from a letter
just at hand from Naples: 1.-The new crater is
between so aud 100 metres iii diameter, being
somewhat elliptica> and having a double apex
Explosions of steam tai e place at intervals
from the eastern division. grinding M the
materials that have recently crumbled in,
and showering dust and ashes around TO such
an extent that, although very hungry, we had
to wait until we came down be fore We could
eat our lunch. Lava is still flo wing in abund-
ance across the Val d'Inferno."
EVERY abIe-bodied Indian in Maine, says a
Lewiston paper, has dog and every Indian
who is not able-bo has two They play
the old Nick with the sheep of the neighbor-
ing farmers and run down few deer. They
are the homeliest, gauntest fami ly of dogs in
the State. man in Perry recently lost
twenty-six sheep by the teeth of these ours
and made a row about it. He went to the In
dians and threatened TO sue hem. Thew
laughed at him. One old Indian addressed
him as follows: white man everything: In
dian nothing. What going to do?' The argu-
ment was unanswerable.
w. W. SEYMOUR, a cousin Of the late Hora-
ito Seymour, was placed by his father in the
insane asylum at Middletown, N. Y, last
January. He escaped, came to Philadelphia
ten days ago. shipped before the mast on
coal schooner, and worked his way to New
York. He is not insane. but was emit to the
asylum on account of his love for strong
drink. Some time ago he escaped from the
asylum at Utica. where he had been placed
for the same reason as at Middletown, and The
authorities chaeed him into Canada and there
lost sight OF him. He got into the coal busi-
ness, in the employ OF the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad Company. ana
fast as he could. His lawyer Will seek to
have the asylum authorities restrained from
interfering with his (Seymour'si personal
liberty.
THE shining metallic incrustation found
upon the teeth OF some of the cattle which are
pasturing along the banks of the Carson
river California, has been popularity pro-
nounced to be a coating of gold and silver
deposited upon the teeth from the mineral
impregnaton of the water and grass, at
tracted through the magnetic action of the
ANIMALS body. Some of the bullion incrustra-
lion or deposit was submitted recently to
Prof. f. K. Fielding. chief assayef of the
Consolidated California and Virginia ASSAY
Office in this city. Upon critical analysis of
the material he pronounces it to be pure cal
cium suphide. with not the least trace of
either gold. silver or quicksilver. Thus an
other hopeful delusion is dispeled. and the
contemplated source of revenue from scrap
ing the animals teeth periodically rendered
useless and worthless.
YESTERDAY, says recent Paris letter there
started for the United states quite nurnber
of travellers of an interesting nature--a num-
Der OF splendid horses bought at the last trot-
ting match at Nogent sur Marine by Ameri-
cans from Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Michi-
gan. Wisconsin, etc, for the purpose of keep
ing u the Percheron breed in America Tour
countryman, such as Messrs. Durham, Degans
Bowles, and many others. GENE every wear at
this time to visit the Perche, and buy the best
horses they can find. The medium prlce is
$4,000 l0,o00f.). The first horse SO
exported crossed the Atlantic in
1899 with Edward Harris, of New Jer-
sey. The horses of that breed are very
much appreciated still. In 1851 M. Full6ng-
ton took across the ocean ano her horse OF the
same breed; he called 1t Louis Napoleon. but
folly. The folly was ofltable. however and
the sons Of Louis Napoleon are as much val
ued as those of Philippe Egslite, as Harris
acquisition OF 1889 was called. The Perche-
ron stud book is very well kept, only horses
born from Percherons in P.rche can be re-
corded. NJ. NJ. Durham, who was here few
days ago, offers each Of his stations Some fifty
amiable wives, and asieach year he'buys some
300 Percherons, one may judge of the impor-
tance of his Illinois stud. This year some
1900 stations are leaving France for the
States.
GEN. NJ. c. MEIds, OF Washington, has