Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-07


The men who were working In the East Hill
quarry came upon soft, shay place in the
rock. which ie something new IN that quarry.
Ose of the men seized pick and began to
work out the decomposed rock, when he I'M
covered something which caused him to make
an exclamation that brought his fellow work
men to his side in an instant. In the opening
made by him they saw what seemed TO them
to be the head of an immense frog. They
worked more carefully after that and soon
d the reptIe entirely uncovered. 1t proved
to be petrifed frog or something that looked
very much like one Of prodigious size. 1t was
carefully pred from its ode. and 1t was not
un'il it was placed In full view that the work
men realized that they had found what
mus be the remains of one of the
largest frogs ever in existence. Unlike
fro2s, the petrified reptile iscOvered with fine
scales, and the head is narrower and the
eyes larger In proportion than those of the
common frog. Its position when petri6ed
was that which is common to frogs, save that
its head and body are fiat upon the ground;
indeed, 1t has general iattened appearance,
as though 1t was subjected to a pressure be-
tween nat surface. In color it is gray, while
the scales sparkle in the sun. One of the crea-
ture front feetis upon its head, hiding one of
his eyes from view. 1t was carefully meas
ured and found to be feet 81 inches IN
length. ana Is surprisingly heavy, probably
weighing over 100 pounds. Mr.. Burns. who
found the curiosity, refuses to allow the frog
TO be placed on exhibition in store window,
some one having told him that the Smith
sonlan Institution would probably pay HIM
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The President and the Pension Bills.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Frantic efforts have been made to show that
the present administration is unfriendly to
the granting OF pensions to soldiers because
the President of the United States vetoed l03
priva pension acts. Democratic anu Repub-
lca soldiers are sought to be IN pressed with
the hostility of the President and the Secretary
OF the Interior to RICH eous claims. What are
the facts President Cleveland has sigbed
more private pension acts than any other
President wno ever occupied the White
House, He has signed more than one fourth
of all that have become laws since 1861. He
granted to de -erters, to bounty jumpers, to
men who were never In the service, to men
whose injuries were received when
they were not in the service and
WHO had no soldier record. This Democratic
Pres dent signed bill appropriaung $751;
000. 90 for the pay meut of pensions for single
year. He has recommended enormous and
| extended ap 'roprations for the payment Of
pensions. In the discharge of mis- dulles the
private bills were laid bef re him, with the
reasons which had been prepared for their
pas age. The reasons which might exist for
the disapproval o. these bills were not re-
ported by the committee. The President sent
for those reasons. "All men want to hear
DO h sides in order to decide justly in cases
involving the right and welfare of others"
The President heard both sides carefully and
decided. The President signed ga bills of
worthy soldiers widows, and Others, m re
than President Grant signed in Two terms
more than Hayes signed in As months, more
tnan Garfield and Arthur signed in 4S
months. more than Abraham Lincoln signed
in four years.