Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-12
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| lying from a tall building. The big black
| square on a blood red ground st uck terror to
| his heart, and he turned and made for home,
| iully convinced that the Anarchists had cap
| tured the town.
The EXTREME DIZZINESS in speculation in
the New York Coffee EXCHANGE has prompted
the members of that organization to institute
a cali on sugar. and the 1rst sales will be
made on May 10 Quite a number OF
sugar men have recently joined the Coffee
Exchange and seats are now worth 1928.
BLUsHING YOUNG WOMAN entered the
Circuit Clerks office in Perryville, Mo-. the
other day and asked if a certain young man
had taken out a license to marry certain
| young woman. She looked much relieved
| when the Clerk said "No " ''Well don't give
nm one, she said. 'Tve got the first cloim
on him."
Gen. b. F. BUTLER has appeared as a liti-
CANT In Minnesota. The Clerk of the District
Court at Faribault, has issued a writ of at
! tarhment IN his favor against his son in law,
Adelbert A. Ames, of New Jersey. for $4,000,
ana interest for ten years, less $4,000 paid IN
! 1857. me attachment wa placed on Adelbert
Ames interest in the mill at Northfeld, Mimi.
AMONG those who called upon the President
| the other day was a little man with big pair
| OF opera glasses, which he purposed leyeling
at Mr.. Cleveland as soon as he emf, red the
| room. He waited impatIeRtly, but when the
!
! yanked INTO line by the ushers, han shaken
| the Executive hand, and was out in the cOrri-
! dor before he had time to think of the opera
| glasses.
JOHN ROGERS, CT Mansfield. Mass, had
! throat gargle compounded at a druggists the
other day. When carrying it home the bottle
! eXpl 'ded, and everything tn the compound
| touched was burned. 1t turned out that the
! clerk had used aqua f0rtis instead of aqua
| pura, or pure wat r. and that the aqua fortis,
in composition with glycerine in the prescrip-
tlon, made something about like nitro
| gycerine.
THIRTEEN BOYS in the school at Arcola, H.,
struck against further study when called in
after recess. The teacher, who apparently is
born dplomatist, called up the thirteen larg-
est Z rls in the room, told them of the state of
| Affairs, and ordered the N to march out and
each bring in boy. Within three minutes
ana half bakers dozen of lads with very
red faces were trying to study holes in their
| books. and have been too busy since to talk
about the sad affair.
! IN EXPLANATION of a statement that the
Easter morning collection at Grace church in
New York amounted to $4,000, it is stated
that it included check for $45. 900 from Miss
Catharine Wolfe, for the purpose of purchss-
| ing st Philips church, in Mulberry street.
for the use of the Italian Mission. This Mis-
| sion will now have for the first time Derma-
nent location. Mr.. W. NJ. Kingsland has also
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lions and fixtures.
Mr.. AND MRS JACOB BURNETT, aged Ger
mans, after long struggle with poverty, be-
came inmates of the pc rrhouse at Menzeles,
Tex. The old woman took it to heart and
SAID she wanted to die, but did not like to
| leave her husband. Apparently she induced
him to go with her, for one morning last week
| the poor old pair were found in their bedroom
! hanging dead. side by side, suspended by a
clothe' line from the rafters above. Every
| thing Indicated the mos. careful and deliber-
| ate preparation for death.
REV. TIMOTHY O'CoNNELL, the new rector
Of All Saints Protestant Episcopal Church.
in Baltim IRE, did not oficate Sunday last.
B shop Paret has inhibited him. Mr.. O'Con-
| nell C me from London, Ont, and had some
difficulty with the Bishop of that diocese. The
| action of the Bishop was taken because of Mr.
O'ConnelPs failure to have certain papers
from his former diocese. The vestry of the
church and several prominent clergymen
stand by the Rev. Mr.. O'Connell, who will
make contest for reinstatement.
DURI> G Jackson's administration. carica-
ture was handed about the capitol represent
ing the Augean stable, with stalls for the diff
| ferent Departments, Labelled ''Treasury,"
! WAR" Navy" etc. The door was locked,
and on the outside stood Henry A. Wise and
Barrie Payton knocking for admission, with
! spades and brOoms ready for a sweep. ID. j,
| PearCe was por rayed looking out OF a win
dow in the stable loft, and eXclaiming: ave
can't let you in to clean out generally, but
you may, by and by, take of a little specific
dirt"
EACH of the twelve inspectors of the county
prison in Philadelphia gives a dinner yearly
to his eleven companions, and, what is better,
pays for it. The dinner given by Or. Wister,
| President of the board, Is generally the best
| for he ALWAYS has 1t IN canvas back duck sea-
! son and cooks the ducks himself. When tie
inspectors are assembled the doctor makes
/ me M Of hn ms in xurkfa
wants his duck served, then takes Off his coat,
rolls up his sleeves, puts on big apron, and
when the birds come on the table they are
said to be mighty good eating.
1T is poisoning time In the Delaware peach
orchards, and the most sanguine peach-man
is forced to admit that without blossoms there
can be no peaches. Careful ana quite thor
ough inquiry amongst peach growers in dif-
| ferent places about the b ossom crop indicates
| that IN many places in the peach district the
trees are barren OF blossoms. There are
| whole orchards without Tit of color amOngst
! Greensborough. Md, there is a general failure
| in blooming, and the peach growers are a.
spondent. In Delaware there are sections
where there are orchards that do not blossom,
or at most have few buds in the tops of the
trees. bu taking the peach district as a
| whole the prospect Is now for fair average
| crop of peaches.
REV. Mr.. WRIGHT. the 3O-year- old pastor of
! thc DloN- CD cuufCu IN BeuIOru, u. b in
trouble. He is an energetic. manly fellow.
and until recently was very popular with the
| ladies OF the church; but when il was learned
| that he was engaged to he married to a stran-
| ger queer stories began 10 circulate The
deacons took the matter in hand, and an
| pointed a committee OF the Mothers in israel
| To take the testimony of some of the girls of
the flock Then it appeared that Mr. Wright
| had been In the habit of kissing and hugrIng
the girls whenever opportunity offered. and
| that was pretty often. None Of the girls
| seemed TO think that the pastor meant anv
thing wrong, and the deacons said that IL
| looked to them as IL the girls were lea lous
| So they toll Brother Wright that he had been
| indiscreet and mustn't do so any more. ana
| "eXonet ated him from all suspicious of crimi-
nalty."
THE CELEBRATION Of the one hundred and
seventeenth anniversary OF Mrs. Mary Benne-
man. of Russiaville, Ind, on April 2j. was a
unique affair. IL was likewise the birthday
Of her oldest son, Peter with whom she lives
and who is 4 years old Three hundred CHI
/ zens Of the village marched TO { @ hnnse
| headed by brass band, aud the old LADY AL ed
| the band to come in that she might zee mo
instru ments. She was particularly pleased
! with the snare drum, and asked that ID be
! played. The drummer PLAYED. and MR.
| Benueman laughed with delight. for ahe ia
/ very deaf. and rarely hears such music
| when her son, "Old Uncle Peter" asked her
/ II she wasn't getting tire g. ehe scorned lie
/ nsinuatton, saying that she could "look M
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