Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Two men found in the woods in township
sixteen in Maine, few days ago. three
swarms of wild bees, which had taken quar-
tiers in a hemlock tree, and the men obtained
275 pounds of honey.
JOHN ALLISON, Of st. Johns Run. Md,
while passenger on a Baltimore and Ohio
train, lost his hat. He at once jumped of for
IT, landed against a pile of iron, and crushed
his leg so that it had TO be amputated, He did
not recover his hat.
a DISEASE called ''mad itch" has attacked
herd of cattle belonging to Farmer Brown.
OF Dallas. Ia, and he has already lost 5000
worth of fine steers by the animals nearly
sawing their necks OF on the barbed wire
fence In their efforts to allay the itching.
IN the making of some repa frs lately at the
Acropolis, the workmen found near the stair
way at the northern wall some old pillars in
state of perfect preservation. The Atheu-
ian psychologists are of the opinion that they
belong 10 the period before the Persian war.
AT depth of ten metres below the ancient
ground OF the Parthenon fragments OF large
group of figures have been discovered, repre-
senting, it is conjectureG, the labors of Her
cules. Among the remains Is lions head,
with part of a bull in life size, the head being
a splendid production of the sculptor's art.
LOUISVILLE is taking great advancing
strides socially. The Post says that the
fashion this year will be mot for the gentle
men to escort the ladies TO parties. but for the
ladies to go accompanied by chaperones and
meet the genteman at the house of their
host" A club has been formed for promoting
this innovation in Southwestern society ways.
AN Auburn young man banjo-struck was
the cause of so much suffering TO the gentle
man that lodged in the adjoining room that
the latter bought wise, saw and a Ale, and.
according to the report, shat night when
White Wings gifted through the wall it was
met by sonata in on the saw" The duet
was kept up until q late hour, when the ban
joist gave in.
ONE Of the rich men of Glasgow is Thomas
Lupton, an American, who went there poor,
started meat m arket, made q specially of
hams, and by shrewd and thoroughly Yankee
methods OF advertising has made much
money. One of his advertising lodges was
the driving through the Glasgow streets hogs
clothed in canvas on which was painted,
Tom Lupton's Infants"
LITTLE MISS EDITH PERRY, OF Leominster,
Mass, has better baby than mere doll. 1t
is a kitten, which permits itself to be COM
pletely dressed. even to the bonnet, and rides
for hours in doll carriage. 1t is also SUI
Derior tn a doll, in that 1t has learned to take
nourishment from bottle quite after the
manner OF a real baby. Edith is envIed by
all the other little girls in Leominster.
BUST of Agasslz was placed in the Pitts
field, Mass, Athen@um east room on Satur-
dav, and a cast of Demosthenes will be re-
ceived in a few DAYS, both of which are the
gift of Rev. c. v. Spear. Senator Dawes has
given the institution sixty-six volumes of
public documents, and the library boasts of a
better collection of government works than
any other of its size in the country, outside of
the large cities.
THE keeper of the archives for the Hunga-
rian county Of Marmaros found lately, slowed
away with some ancient registers, packet
hearing this inscription: ''Quafitas pants
Marmatici in penurIa, A. D. f7s6 EQUALITY of
the Marmaros bread in the year Of want.
1867" The bread is partly composed of oat-
meal, but the greater proportion of il is the
bark of trees. The county authorities have
directed the specimen to be preserved in the
local museum.
A MASSACHUSETTS RAscAr who hath no
music in IFS soul has for several weeks both
cred the Congrega tionalists of South Brain
tree by each week disabling many pipes of
their church organ so that on Sundays it gave
forth very uncertain aud decidedly unmusi-
cal sounds. A Waterman discovered the van
dial the other night after he lad removed forty
or fifty pipes. hut in his haste to capture him
put out the light he carried and the fellow es-
capped in the darkness.
IN test of long distance telephoniug on
Sunday conversation was carried on with per-
feet ease between Hartford, Conn.,, and New
York city. During the day tests were also in
progress from New York to Scranton, Pa.
and although the Hartford Office has no dtrert
connection with Scranton. yet at Hartford
there was heard the voice from Scranton as
it reached the New York Office and 40 dis
tinctly that the speaker was recognized by
gentleman at tie Hartford instrument.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE assails ''Ouida" with
all the vim OF a nan who means what he ut
tiers. Referring to her recent article in the
North American Review upon female suf-
frage, he savs: "Why not draw the line at
'OuldaT Their is nothing in her. mentally
morally or phpically. which anv man or wo-
man can resect. The dignity of human |
nature tsuch a ii Isl IA lowered by the fact of |
her existence. and every overt act of the un- |
fortunate ererure has been a mischievous |
and uuc4ean ict."
TIE buildings of the Banca Nazionale in |
Rome are beini added to, and in clearing the |
ground for the ,ew foundations the workmen
came some das ago on the remains of a Ro-
man house in God preservation. which the
experts declared belong tn the third century,
The waits hap paintings, it seems of
Biblical snbjecs, mixed with come mvtho-
logical ngufes-S. D.. Pegasus on Heltcon
Esculapius Wit his serpent an some Nnses
There was AZ? grave containing a skeleton
which was althe more remarkable because
interments WV the city we're not allowed.
MONDAY WA DAY OF unusual excitement |
and bnoyancv ithe New YORK coffee market
Between 1000 d $4,000 bags changed hands
on contracts, IN fiition to which some 30. 900
bags were sold loaf. These are said to no
among the largesf transactions ever recorded
in any one day. Hces on contracts ad vanced
d cent per pound.pd ''snot" ut the cIosa al
vanced to 1l% ces. The advance il dne
chiefly TO favorablsdvices from RreziI ond
Havre. which corIslled the shorts to cover
In the final deahnghe feeling was comnsra
lively quiet, but prs retained their firm
ness.
LARGE ROCK cad Bald Rock overhuno
on the mountain sidqhe dwelling of Leslie
Cummins. in Jacksdcountv. w. Va ONO
night recently the sc, weighing hundreds
of tons, became detacQ and rolled down the
mountain, crushing tbarn AMI killing four 4 ,
or I'VE horses ana 3es. passed over the
stable and struck the history frame dwell .
ing crushing its largetimbers into kindlino
wood. Frank, one oeummins' eons md
EDWARD Jenks. Mretkn. were crushed to |
death. Mr.. CupmiDah his wife, with two .
small chtldren. were lFn from the bed and |
hurled thirty rect 70 light OF the track of y
the stone avalanche atadly injured. The
children will probably from their Injuries,
THE New York Park hmissioners are be- (
ginning to be anxious hn concerning the |
effects OF our trying clinu the Egyptian
obelisk. The Presiderr the Board, Mr.. +,
Beckman. says be canntell as vet whether N
the waterproof para hiprepnratlon with