Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! the BLACK HIS, DAKOTA.
AN employe of william Hoyle, of Pana, Ill.
set fire to a nest of humble bees in meadow
! The bees were destroyed, as were also a hay
rlck, stacker, and part of the meadow.
NJ. DEPAssE heads a movement in Paris t.
raise a 3 100000 franc monument commemora
! tive of the French revolution. The monu.
ment is to De on the ruins of the Tulllerles.
A MAINE GROOM who could talk no French
and a French bride who could speak no Eng
! lish were married The other day N Lowell
! Me. They both had understood the unspokeI
| language of courtshlp.
HARRY L. FALK, swimming in the Cones
toga river, near Lancaster, Pa, saw black
bass within arms length of him. He grabbed
for 1t, was lucky enough to catch his fingers
IN the gllls, ana swan ashore with fine fish
FIVE years ago Ida Garrison, of Denison
Texas, fell from a tree, and hurt herself SO
that she has not since been able to use her
arms. She has succeeded in learning to paint,
holding the brush with the toes of her left
foot
RATTLEsNAKE got in front OF a moving
machine In st. Joseph county. Ind, and was
cut into three pieces When Mrs. Ronck, who
was raklng hay, came up wnere 1t was the
head still had life enough to bite her, and the
Jaws had to be torn apart to remove the fangs.
Mrs. Ronck came near dying.
MRS. AGAssIz found one morning in one Of
her slippers a cold, little, slimy snake, one of
SIX sent the day before to her scientific spouse
and carefully set aside by him for safety I'M
der he bed. She screamed: There is snake
in my slipperW The savant leaped from his
couch. crying: "A snake! Good heaven
where are the other fVeP'
FOUR YEARS AGO Julia Smith, who lived in
an old house in lonely place between Had
dam and Chester. Conn.,, died. She left as her
only mourner a mongrel dog. which has lived
AT the mouse ever since. No one lives in the
house. and no one wants to. but the dog Is
always in the little yard, and neighb0rs say
that they never see him 90 out There are
those who tnlnk that Julla's ghost feeds her
faithful cur.
ON the farm of Reuben Updegrove, at
shanesville, Berks county, Penn, while the
harvesting was being done the men were as
sisted in binding the wheat by these three
aged ladies: Elizabeth Trout 90, Maria Upde-
grove 50, Maria Trout rs. 1t is a remarkable
fact that each OF them pound the heavy
sheaves throughout the whole day and in the
evening had completed almost as much work
as any of the men.
A DETROIT TRAMP, who for ten DAYS had
been driven from place to place by the police,
saw a little boy fall into the river, and at once
plunged in and saved him. although not until
the boy 10 his struggles had ariy drowned
both The tramp WAS assured by policeman
mat ne wouldn't be mOlested any more. the
| the oystanders praised him, and the boy
thanked him. He looked hungry as he
walked away to dry his rags.
KRUPP. of Essen, has just completed two
giant guns, intended for the defense of Pola
The length of each cannon is 1910 metres,
the diameter a the bottom L As metres, and at
the mouth 0 80 metres The transport of the
guns to Pola from Essen will cost $500 marks
or nearly l,450. For the conveyance OF the
ordnance two special wagons with eight
aXles have had to be built. the length being
1890 metres, the weight $4,000 Kilograms and
the capacity IS tons.
For several weeks the little town of London,
Ohio, has been infested with burglars. who
have stolen thousands of dollars in money and
valuabes. Last week $500 worth of silver
plate was taken from one residence, and ev-
| ira precautions were taken to capture the
thieves. Thursday night three boys, each
about 10 years old. were capturcd while rob
bling the house of Nelson Baker. They are
sons of people of good reputation in the VII
lage, and they have disclosed the fact that
their operations have been going on for
weeks,
THE report Of an operation performed by
Dr. Smith, of the Chicago County Hospital,
IN which the cornea of rabbits eye was sub
stituted for that of a child, adds another to
the few successful operations of this charac-
ter. In Europe, and in this country as well
this operation has OF late been many times at
tempted, though the percentage of failure is
very large. In some instances it has aided in
partially Improving the vision and in making
the eye more presentable to Others as in
TINS case. There are now many cases re-
ported In the medical books and journals.
On Tuesday last the skeleton of man of
unusual size was found by workmen who
were digging drain in the yard of No. 81
Rose street, New York. Mrs, Barbara Publ.
of Bayonne City, n. j.. is positive the bones
~ har =
Publ, who worked in the old sugar house on
Rose street, and who vas last seen on Nav 81.
1863, In the neighborhoOd Of No. SO Rose street.
a notorious resort kept by an italian ex bandit
known as PietrO Bianohlni. A legacy in Ger
many belongs to the missing man, and an at
tempt will be made to satisfactorily identify
| the remains.
THERE is dog at Norwich, Conn, that
| shows his adherence of all letter carriers nv
| terrible howl as soon as they pass him. 1t
| appears that in the early days of the letter
carriers this dog used to bark at the heels of
| one and ne threatened to shoot him. The
| dog 5 mistress thought she would rather have
| the dog broken of the fault than have him
| killed, 30 she furnished the dog and the cssti-
| eating club to the complaining letter carrier
| and he logged the animal unmercifully This
| broke the dog. From that day to this he
| skulks until the letter carrier has passed him
ana then he sets up howl that is a perfect
| FAC simlle OF the one which he uttered on the
| day OF his whipping, and wherever and when
| ever he meets letter carrier he sends mn his
| howl of contempt.
AMONG the manuscripts recovered from the
wreck of the Oregon was one containing a
valuable record of scientific research, M
Strobant Belgian astronomer, made last
| year numerous observations of the relative
| brlghtnessOf the stars. Knowing that special
attention had been paid to similar work at
the Harvard College Observatory, he offered
to send copy OF his observations to Cam
bridge for discussion and publication This
offer was accepted, and the manuscript was
sent, but unfortunately it YVES carried bv the
Oregon, and was supposed to have been lost
by the sinking of that vessel But after re
naming under water for fifteen weeks il has
been recovered and forwarded to the Oh
servatory. Although somewhat stained, 1t is
perfectly leglble, ana discussion of the no
! suits to be derived from it has already been
begun.
II. P. LONG. Of Bedford, who has lust re-
turned with party from a fishing excursion
on the Nodaway, in Iowa, has a puncture
through the little finger of his right hand. the
result Of novel encounter with a catfish.
The party used little frogs for bait, and these
were kept IN large can in the edge of the
water. Mr.. f. e. Walker went ont into the
stream to bait the trout line and Mr. Long
drew out the frog can; as he was opening II
MS loot slipped on a smooth stone and The
frogs spilled into the water, quickly followed
by MIR. Long. AS he fell he inyoluntariIv
threw out his hand TO save himself and in So
doing struck some sharp pointed object which
went entirely through the tleshy part of his