Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-19
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erage rate OF night must nave deem tlRnly
seven and half miles an hour.
FARMER UNDERWOOD, of Rodman, N. Y,
took a fine calf into Watertown in his wagon
to sell to the butchers. just as he reached the
railroad a locomotive came along anc
whistled shrlly. The calf gave a start, tum-
bled, and dropped dead in the wagon, appar-
emily dying of fright.
Two sPARRows attacked a cat in Streator
H., drawing blood from its back with then
stout little bills The cat squalled and rolled
on its bacR. trying to beat of the birds with
its paws. But the little feHthered bulldogs
Kept right at puss until she gave up, ran
away, and mid under fence.
SEVERAL DAYS AGO John Wade, Of Cow
antown, Md, punished his vicious mastif
with pitchfork. He thought it had a salu-
tary effect, but the dog was biding his time;
and when his master returned home at dusk,
q few days later, he attacked HIM, threw him
down, ana was managing MIN, when he was
rescued. The enraged brute was shot.
MOST of the London hospitals are without
any endowment, relying entirely upon volun-
tary contributions for their support. During
the past year these hospitals have cared for
more than million Of patients, or about one
fourth OF the entire population of London.
This has been at an expense of about $4,000
900.
THE POSTMASTER at Fort Keogh, Montana
Territory, who declined TO vacate in favor of
the woman appointed to succeed him, has been
ousted in a summary manner by a cowboy ad-
mirer of the new Postm istress Eight shots
were fred. Four took effect in the foetmas-
ter and none in the cowboy. The Postmaster
Is dead.
SOME persons in boring for oil near San
Louis Obispo, Cal, after reaching depth Of
about $50 feet, met with a stream of warm
sulphur water, having a temperature of shout
"a degrees, and flowing about 400 barrels q
day. With the water arises gas, which bub-
blee out, and being lighted sends up flame
three feet in height, burning continuously.
The boring Will be continued In the expecta-
uon OF reaching oil.
THE purchase OF 500 acres Of land at New
town Square, Delaware county, Pa, is I'M
derstoOd TO have been made for the trustees
of the Pennsylvania Hospital for tho Insane
for the purpose of removing tbe hospital
buildings from their present location in W est
Philadelphia. This land cost from 500 to $500
per acre, and includes four of the best farms
in the county. Buildings are to be erected,
1t is SAID, for the accommodation OF 5000 pa
tients.
SIXTEEN years ago, in little village near
London, England, Johnny billiard, aged s.,
took a strong fancy to Mary Ann Boyle. aged
6. Johnny's parents EN- igrated to this coun-
try and took him with them, settling in Hart
ford, Conn. About year ago John, who had
been successful in business, opened a CORES
pondence with Mary Ann. and at last asked
her to come to America and marry him. She
consented and arrived in New York on
Thursday, going direct to Hartford.
THE garden Of Albert Smith in South Sodus,
N. Y, has been a we'll behaved and well Gull
tivated patch for nearly sixty years. Two
weeks ago an area of SO square feet rose 9
inches above the normal surface in a single
night, and inches more during the day. The
morning NhOUn a IN
rounding land. This yeast-lik process has
been going on until now the spot is feet
higher than the rest of the garden and still
rising. A Cornell professor Is going to visit
the eccentric garden and explain the phe-
nOmenon.
THE lofty wooden spires of the churches in
Nation, ILL.,, have been pierced in hundreds
OF places by woodpeckers looking for food or
for places for nests. The holes in the Metho-
dist church steeple became so unsghLly that
man was employed to shoot the birds. Then
bees took up their abode within, and their
honey drips from the holes and smears the
steeple. The Congregational church steepie
Is well filled with honey, and are steeplCs
in neigh BORING towns. six swarms of bees
were seen to quit the spire of Paxton church
in one day.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD recently had his gold
watch and chain stolen from the house in
which he was staying in New York The
next Sunday Rev. Mr.. W atkins, of the Holy
Trinity church, in his sermon. called on all
who had wrOnged their neighbor to right the
wrong at once. young man in the cOngre-
CATION, after partaking of the Holy Commu-
MON, left the watch and chain in his pew. Mr..
Field is happy and Mr.. atkins claims that
his eloquence moved the thief to repentance
and restitution.
A DAKOTA EDITOR made the following
statement in his paper last weeks Pines be-
ing rather hard, we are going to take our wife
to the home of our mother -in-law next week
for a short visit; and we will give our readers
little vacation by not issuing any PAPER
They won't lose much, for there is little news
gong just now; and we print this week an
edi !oral on the tariff which would have APP
peared next week. The only thing we have
had to leave out on this account is Bill Jones
ad. about farm for sale; hut that is of no con-
sequence as he hasn't paid us anything for it
yet. Brethren, white paper is too blame d dear
To fool 1t away when our mother ln-laW will
keep us a week for nothing"
AUSTIN CORBIN, President of the Long ISL
and Railroad Company, says Brooklyn will
have four-tracked elevated railroad, with
terminus at South Ferry. An that is needed
Is the consent of the Common Council for per-
mission to begin the work, which will simply
be another extension of the Long Island sys-
TEN to the East river front. 1t Is the inten-
ton OF the company, as far as possible To
handle the bulk OF the passenger travel at the
foot of Atlantic avenue, where here ia a ferry
uueCI 10 the terminus OF all the New YORK
city elevated railroads at the foot of w hite-
hall street. On the Brooklyn side elevators
Will be used to carry passengers up to the
platform OF the depot, from winch the trains
Will depart.
A CAR OF an inward bound freight train
from Lowell, attached to engine No. 50, on the
Boston and Lowell railroad became detached
between Short and East streets, East Cam
bridge, about | O'Clock Saturday morning II
ran u short way, then leaped the track and
dashed INTO two-story wooden house and
completely demolished it. In its course if
shattered the walls of the chamber IN which
jeremiah Callahan ana his wife were sleep-
ing. Callahan received 4 severe blow IN the
side by railing beam, his wife escaping nm
hurt. The children, who We're sleeping in an
apartment on an upper floor, escaped with a
thorough shaking up. The wall Of the son h
end has been twisted from the main structure
and now stands out IN the shape of a crescent
being helu at the top aud bottom by he franz
work OF the dwelling. ON the track side the
whole interior OF the house was Land open.
EXTREME poverty marked every circum-
stance attending the death OF John Flood. a
brother Of Bonanza Jim" Flood, the million
aire Californian, IN a room on the second floor
OF the APARTMENT house at No. pol Greenpoint
avenue, GreenpOlut, l.. l., on Thursday after
noon. Inc furnishings Of tue Apartment were
cheap, the carpet on the floor was worn thin
and JhreadOare, strangely like the features of
the man who lay in the bed slowly passing
away with consumption. He died late or
Thursday afternoon and MS remains were in