Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

a THEEE-YEAR-oLD GIRL fell from the bal
cony on the fourth floor OF Hartford house
the other dav. but she struck squarely across
clothes line stretched from the third floor
and the rebound threw her into a balcony
/ there, almost unhurt.
A DwELLER on the banks of the Codorus, in
Pennsylvania, ties short lines with baited
dshhooks to the legs of his geese and drives
them into the water. The fish bite and JERK
the ines, ana then the frightened geese hurry
TO shore, dragging the fish after them.
A CALIFORNIA FARMER sent IS to a man in
the East in exchange for six gour seeds war
ranted to produce gourds OF a capacity of AZ
gallons. After waiting long for the seeds &c
sprout, he investigated and found that they
were artlstlcallY carved out of Eastwood.
A wELL-KNowN BALLET DANCER of IRE
proachable character. when asked if changing
her short skirts and tights for the long robes
of katishs IN "Mikado" ballet did not an
noy her in dancing. answered, "No, not that
way, but felt awfully ashamed when first
appeared in it,"
VICTORIA, Queen and Empress, had a mar
row escape on the river Mersey the other
| day. just AS sha left the steamer a gilt iron
/ crown fell heavily from the top of flag stan
wmch she mad passed If the accident had
! been knock ed down and severely injured.
REV. A. j. SCOTT has been asked to resign
his pastorate of the First Congrega tional
church OF Evanston. ILL., The charges agai INST
/ him generally are neglect of pastoral duties
and neglect OF interest in church work. Spe-
officially; he is charged with riding tricycle.
/ and smoking cigars in the public streets
SEVERAL WILD HORSES have been captured
IN Roop county, Cal, where they have been
roaming for years. Among them was a mag
niticent stallion that for eight years had de-
| fed the efforts of the most skilful vaqueros.
/ The horses are the descendants of some fine
| stock belonging to former owner of the
| range.
! IT IS RELATED of Old Doc. horse Of the
Toronto fire department recently killed while
! on duty. that one night he got out of his stall
and found pile of bags of oats. Catching a
bag in his teeth. he carried it to his two stable
! companions. and then carried two bags to his
! own stall. The feast that followed well nigh
| fouudered the three horses.
PHOTOGRAPHY, it is claimed, is to be still
further advanced by the use of the air brush.
In this device little holder is charged with
! India ink, and. by bellows operated with a
/ foot pedal after the manner of a sewing ma
! chime. the fluid IS blown upon family out
! lined portrait the result giving picture SUI
/ perior IN many respects to the best crayou
! drawing-the whole operation involving also
only few hours time.
TIE ACREAGE IN cotton of the cotton grow
ing states last year was Il 1872 1888 acres. The
/ crop for the season was 5,774, 665 bales, equal
to IA, 1850, oil pounds of lint, or about s 22S,-
! S9S.033 pounds of seed cotton. The great eX-
| pense attached to cotton growing ia the cost
| OF picking. The lowest price paid for picking
| in any OF the Southern States IS soc. per 100
pounds. As the crop amount ted to ,22S, 1895, 033
poun is, the cost of picking was $41,4l4,449.
THERE is considerable gossip at the Phila-
delphia clubs about the identity of the lady
who accompanied the Duke Of Sutherland in
his recent visit to that city and New York
/ He introduced her as his niece but it ia said
/ that in doing SO he imposed upon the hospl :
! tally of his entertainers, as it has been dis
covered that she was not his niece. and it is
| said was not legttimately related to him in
| any way. The Duke, 1T Is said, was ''off on a
| lark"
A YOUNG MARRIED LADY. Mrs. Lee, London
Truth says, is COquelin's most valued pupil.
! Her mother was a native Of New Orleans and
her father of New York, and she was brought
/ up in Europe. She can declaim IN five lam
| guages as perfectly as though each were her
mother tongue, and COquelin saws she could
/ make fortune on the stage. But she VIII
not 60 there. Il have such a sweet baby"
she says, land could no more do without it
than it could without me-"
MONDAY the SIX days novelty race began in
Madison Square Garden. New York. Charles
| NJ. Anderson rides horses twelve hours a day
against two men riding bicycles. The riders
NJ
AMI John Brooks. They are famous for speed
| and endurance, and as they ride alternate
| hours will surely roll mp a large score in the
aggregate. Anderson, however. is confident
of victory. He expects the bicycle riders will
| lead several miles at first. but he is almost
certain he will lead at the finish Anderson
will ride twenty horses, and will change at
pleasure.
THE recent Catholic Plenary Council
at Baltimore decided to found a mis-
sionary college in North Carolina for
the training of young priests to labor
as missionaries among the colored people
of the South. The Rev. NJ. S. Gross, who,
eighteen years ago WAS app onted to accom-
/ pany Bishop Gibbons in mission work among
! the North Carolina colOre people, Is now on
! a wilt to Cardinal q bbons to arrange plans
i for the work and solicit funds for the cole
/ Young Bishop Gibbons opened the field Of
work just after the war. The college will
soon be established.
Two young Buffalo mechanics who are
domiciled in an east side boarding house re-
/ Gently caused quite flutter among the ladies
OF the house by coming to the dinner table in
their shirt sleeves. The feminine sticklers for
| etiquette demurred at the display Of clean
white linen and complained to the landady
| THIS worthy notified the offenders that the
breach of decOrum would not be tolerated.
] The matter was under discussion at the sup
/ per table, when, to the horror of the prudes
/ in walked the two boys. not IN their shirt
1 sleeves, lndeed. nut Win arms as sleeveless as
on the day they were born.
| LAST WEDNESDAY, as the Baltimore and
! Ohio train was about leaving Chicago for
| Washington, an old veteran from the Mexican
war was helped on board. He was 104 years
! old, AVID was on his way to enter the Soldiers
/ Home in the latter city. The poor old man
/ was without money. and was riding on a sec
/ ond-cass ticket. lie would have been com
PEELED e. sleep on a car seat all night had not
! gentleman, rOn-in-law OF Senator Pugh
! OF Alabama, taken pity on him. He took nm
/ collection among the passengers in the Pull
/ man car, and the result was the poor old man
! nad lower berth all the way to Washington
| and supper and breakfast furnished from the
] dining car.
OUR CATTLE EXPORT TRADE ere long is des-
! tined TO encounter formidable com petition in
the European markets from the apparently
| inexhaustble supplies on the River Platte.
| The shipments from Buenos Ayres already
! show q steady augmentation from year to
/ year. sIhus, the shipments in 1855 were IS, 200
| tons, valued at Sl930,000; being nearly three
! times as much as IN the year preceding. The
! business Is in its infancy; the available an
/ nual slaughter Of the Argentine Republic
alone being 5000, 200 cows and $1,000. COO sheep;
/ but even supppslnE only haf which these
! figures represent were utilized they still have
! for expiration lover and above home con
sumption notices. than so, 900 tons dead meat,
/ saw 10000 tons weekly, repre- entng an annual
value OF more than Sj0,0O0,000.