Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-17
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THE city of Nortm on isn't suffering for |
more railroad stocnst at present. Its shares
in Central Massscketts, which cost the city
$4,000, have just In sold for the munlhcent
sum total of $4,000
A CHILD two yeaold fell into a twenty
foot well at MoulSterling, ILL.,, and was
| drowning in four fl of water. Its mother
| let herself down by well rope, got good
! grip on her lutte e's clothing with her
teeth. climbed out ain aided bv the stone
! curbDg and the rop restored the child to
CONSCIOUSNESS, and TIN tainted dead away.
Two swINDLERs arm hng money out of
the farmers at Fulton,ll., " driving around
selling barrels of sugart abut hNlf the mar
Ret price. In a little the he farmers wife
strikes the bed Of ordaar salt on which
few pounds of sugar haV ben reposing.
THERE were married il NV York Monday
Princess Lulu, 81 inches tgtaud Gen. Rhine
back, SO inches tall. Theorpcess is a chubby
little blonde, perfectly fond, bright and in
tellgent. She was born lew Haven nine
teen years ago of AmeritnparensI, and her
rather. mother. two sisie md brother are all
OF normal size. Gen Rpeback is 81 years
OLD and was horn OF Geran parents in Buff
falo. His weight is fortdve pounds.
MAJ. j. w. POWELL, doctor of the geolog-
ical survey, has fled wa the Secretary of
the In erior map shopg the location of
proposed topographicasurvey during the
fiscal year lSN5-S7, from hich it appears that
WORK is contempt ated 1.-THE states OF Call
fornia, Greg m, Texas, An-as, Missouri. Ala
| bama. Geoi a. Tennese, Kentuc y. North
Carolina, South Carolil, Virginia, West Vir-
gnia, New Jersey MaAchusetts and Mary
and. and the Territors of Montana and Ari-
| zOna.
THE Sultan of MorCo IS fond of tricycling,
but too lazy to work e pedals himse I, so he
has had gorgeous mhine constructed, ro-
| PEELED by slave labL He sits cross-leg ged
upon an embossed couch, curtained and
| canopled with silk al silver and gold. At
| his right hand is cl0 and at his left a COM
| pass, in order that 10 beyond the reach of
| the mueZzin's call thfaithful Mohammedan
may observe the exacnour of prayer and the
| exact direction in With his prisons are to be
| addressed.
LAST SPRING Mr.. Villain Cony, living on
the corner of Rolanhnd Fourth avenues,
Baltimore, planned imis yard small pear
tree about four feet his of the Kiefer variety.
| me tree is now about sven feet high aod the
| trunk about one lnchin diameter at the
ground. 1t has produsd crop of eighteen
pears, each as large as teacup. The twigs
bearing the fruit have ben propped up. as the
weight OF pear wouli break the stem on
which it grew. The eigteen pears will meas
ure nearly, If not qultea peck when ripe.
RUSSIA has gradual amassed a magnif
cent army. Inclusivef her naval forces she
has at her command fly 24s8,00 combat
| ants. The process of hillary reorganization
has been going on clefv during the past
| twenty years. The min army Is composed
| of $50 battalions, sos suadrons and 352 bat
teries. making total 1920, 900 troops of all
arms. The reserve amy is made up OF 529
squadrons, 500 battalIns and ia batteries,
forming an offensIveforCe Of 664 600 men.
These are all ready foServlce at moments
notice.
A GAMBLER who wasiriven out of Dodge
City in 1875 for shootinl a woman in dance
house belonging to the favor, lay dying last
week in Deadwood. Els lips moved feebly
and friend leanedovsr him to hear his last
words. In faint Whisper he said: every
thing have got in the pot, and death
throws down a stri ght flush. I'm cleaned
out. I've been tough cuss. l don't suppose
the Lord ever maze meaner villain. And If
the Bible Is true lreckon Pm going straight
to Dodge City agan. They can't--keep-- me
-out-this-time.'
DoUBLE-FooTED CATS are not found every
day. Policeman Odin. of Lewiston. Me-, had
an offer of one with xix feet, to be sent from
down East. He wrote that he didn't want it.
He had cats enough. The Qher day in open
ing his front door catcame In. bach of heI
| fore paws was plainly subdivided into two
| separate, well marked feet making six feet
In all. 1t is not the ane cal that his relative
another. The cat has lived with them ever
since. They can't drive her away if they
would. Double-footei cats are good sign
say the grandmothers
THERE is nauseat1g morsel for anti itu
alists in the news thai the Bishop of Lincoln
in England, who has revived the inter as 6
practical portion of rs episcopal costume, hal
| just been presented with a new one. 1t is.
apparently, fairly sum Dtuous piece of heaC
The groundwork cloth of
| richly diapered with gold thread" The
orphreys-every one inows what an oFphrey
is-are lavi-hly decorated with amethyst
pearl, topaz aud chryOlite. set In silver. Tn,
crockets (of course NJ Bishop would be seer
| IN inter without crockets) are of silver gilt
II the bishops generally are as impecuniou
as they pro- est, they VIII hardly bless DR.
King for setting the fashion to this tune.
The University of Durham. England, i,
about to try novel stheme of University ex-
| tension. As In similar schemes. the lectures
will be delivered in tie evening; but unlik,
any other extension scheme, this provide.
| that the lecteres shallbe the same. and be de.
| livere by the same lecturers. as are he lee.
| lures given to students re ldent in Durham
| Students having attended thes3 evening lee
| lures, and having passed an examination
| may then obtain the degree OF B. A , or the
the license in Theology, by one years resi-
! dence in Durham. Before being admitted Il
| attend evening lectures studt nts are required
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| TO matrculatiOu. The experiment will frs
| be tried in Sunderland, where Mr.. JevOns, OF
whom the work ing out of the scheme has de.
volved, has been delivering a course of pre-.
| paratory lectures.
PROF. SHIDA, OF the Imperial College OF En-
giueering, Toxic, Japan, has devised a mod
fcation OF the syphon recorder by which tn
instrument may be employed to register tn,
intensity, direction and duration o. cart
currents. To the coil OF the instrument
which moves under the influence of the cur
rents. he attaches light metallic arm: ant
by means OF an ingenious arrangement o
contacts, consisting of acidulated water main
Ia ned Yetween succession OF insulating mar
tILIons arranged in a circle, this arm is ma lie
to close one OF a number of distinct circuits,
The current in the circuits so clos ed causes
horizontal line to he traced on slrip of pte
pared paper after the manner Of The Ban
chemical telegraph. Each circuit Whe,
closed by the needle registers It's own trace n
di fferent hei ut upon the strip. In thu
way a complete record OF the earth curren
is obtained.
PORTION OF mosaic floor, about fou
metres by ak metres in size, has been discov
cred at Monte Venere, at ChIusi, in Tuscany
The middle portion represents in colors tw,
hunting scenes, The upper one exhibits
huutsman swinging lance following thre
stag. The other represents two hunter
armed with lanCes and d, uble-heHded axe
engaging q wild boar. All this part was il
excellent preservation, and wa OF beautiful
Workmanship. 1t has been removed into tn
private museum OF the owner of the ground
| The outer portion. made OF regular coloret
cubes. is still where IL was uncovered. IL h
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