Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AN Egyptian mummy on exhibition at the
Iowa State fair has been seized by landlord
in payment of the owners board bill.
THREE hundred million dollars is low esti-
mate of the direct cost to the people OF this
country Of the fires that occur in year.
A GENUINE Chesapeake bay Spanish mack
erel was recently caught that measured two
and half feet in length, was seven inches
broad, and weighed eleven pounds. Ball-
more never saw its like before.
INDIANS about Mount Shasta believe that
catfish were put into the river by white men
for the special purpose Of killing off the in
dams. They eat all other kinds, but throw
back into the river all the catfish they catch'
A FEW YEARS AGO woodehucks did SO much
damage in La Porte county, Ind, that
bounty OF zoe. was offered for each woodchuck
scalp. Since then some $4,000 scalps nave
been taken, and within the last three months
the county has paid $l,030 &C, which repro
sents ., 1876 of the pests,
VESSELS soon to be added to the British
war fleet include Nile. a Trafalgar. sans
Pareil. a Renown. an Edinburgh, Hero,
Benbow. Camperdown, an Arson, Howe.
an Undaunted, an Immortalite, an ORLANDO
and Narcissus. One armored cruiser OF
5000 tons is to be christcned the Australia.
AN Iowa man bought a tree claim in Kan
sas, and supposing from the name that his
property was covered with ole trees and
stamps, he took stump puller along when ne
went to see his purchase. Discovering MS
mistake, he sent back home for some willow
sprouts to plant on his claim.
MATCHMAKER says that the multitude of
telegraph, telephone and electric light wires
in large cities has much to do with the varia-
tions and stopping of watches that hitherto
have been good timekeepers and that manu-
facturers are trying to invent means to pro-
vide against this magnetizipg Of watches.
A YOUNG WOMAN of Bethany, ILL.,. invited
large party to some private theatricals at her
home. In the course of the play marriage
took place, the young woman acting the part
OF bride. Just before the guests went nome
they were told that the marriage was bona
fde one, and that that was really what they
had been invited to see.
RUSSELL, GEESE & Co., who furnished the
| Portland cement for the new Sun building in
Washington. have received novelty in sew
eral hundred iron barrels containing that ar
| ticle. The cement and barrels came from
Hamburg. Germany. 1t is claimed that muc n
of the cement is shipped In vessels that carry
| oil, which is absorbed from the wood by the
| cement, thereby affecting 1t. The iron bar
rels also prevent dampness.
| THE twenty two rooms of No. 10 Lincoln's
Inn Fields, London, which have been for
many years sealed up in accordance with the
| Will OF Slr JOnn SOa06, Will soon Do Opeueu
| Their contents have naturally been much
| speculated upon, and it is believed by some
| that valuable art treasures will be found,
| while others believe that the epenlng OF the
| sealed rooms will reveal family secret, per-
haps no longer closely affecting the descend
ants living, but interesting to them to know.
DURING heavy gale in the South Pacific
Seaman Kelly, of the ship Reaper, fell from
aloft and shattered his leg. Modification
soon set in, and it was plain that the leg must
| come on or the man die. Capt Boswerth read
| up on the subject of amputation. sharpened
his carving knife, and with this and the car
penter's saw took off the injured limb above
! the knee, and when Kelly reached San Fran
| cisco the other day he was doing quite as well
| as though the operation had been performed
| by skillful surgeon.
THE Superior Court at Taunton. Mass, has
| Just found John NJ. Driscoll, of Fall River,
guilty of keeping open shop on the Lords
day. Driscoll is a barber, and on a Sunday in
| July the City Marshal found him shavIrg q
| customer in his shop. That constituted keep
| ing open shop. The Judge in his charge said
that it is provision of the law that whoever
keeps open his shop, warehouse, or workhouse
| on the Lords day shall be punished so the
| jury brought in verdict of guilty. and the
case will now be taken to the Supreme Court.
! A MECHANICAL ENGINEER of Paris, NJ. Jul
bert, recently made an invention which is
said to increase materially the speed Of rail-
way travel. The journ ais discussed the m at
ter at length and pred cted for NJ. Jubert a
| great future. However, the other day, as the
| inventor sat in his workshop, a stranger sud
denly rusned towards him and began be-
| laboring him with cane. exclalmin2 ex-
citedly: "This " i'll teach you not 20 make
such murderous inventions that will enable
my mother in-law to reach NV house in six
| hours instead of in twelve" Nj Juibert
caused the arrest of his assailant, who is said
to be a well-known merchant by the name of
! Bolivet.
| 81 AN told sin mournful numbers" says a
writer, 'bv men and women who have been
there and suffered. that a free Niagara is az
empty a dream as is life to the unbeliever and
snarler. People flock out OF this and other
| towns whenever cheap excursions run, and
expect to find the Falls almost open to the
! general pubic. Instead OF that they find the
! old system Of high and eXtortionate prices
prevailing. Il was at the Falls few wears
| ago. said an excursioni t on Tuesday, 'aud
| was there on Sunday. The same prices were
IN vogue on Sunday as ruled Ave years ago.
except that didn't have to pay SOC. to get
upon Goat Island and 25c. for entrance TO
| Prospect Park"
WHEN the war began. Asa Martin Of Mar
tin county. Ind, left mis- wife and little chl'd-
rem and enlisted. He was captured and i'm
prsoned at Belle Isle, and then all trace of
HIM was lost. After waiting several years
| Mrs. Martin, sure that she was a widow, 10 r.
ried widower Peak, who had several children.
| Her ohspr ng .and her predecessors.
| together with several more that blessed the
Martin Peak marriage, now form family of
really remark able proportions. Now comes a
man from the Indian Territory who saws that
Martin escaped from the rebel prison and
went West He wrote to hls wife. and net
getting an answer thought she was dead. He
| has not married again. but has made for
tune. and his herds are large and many. Mrs.
| Martin Peak is anxiously waiting to see what
| Asa will do about it.
"THE ease with which a clever wag csn
sometimes fool those who deem themselves
! very beenfwLs exemplided this afternoon"
/ says a Washington cor respondent Last
! year Assistant Secretary of State Adee at
| Ings. His colors ran, and the result was that
! ing in every direction. TIE walls Of some
| He had some blue prints made of the
| remarkable production, and to-day one OF
them was passed around the depart
| from an instantaneous photograph OF the
earthquake at Charleston. 1t was stated that
the first shock awakened the Photographers
and he got his trans together. rushed into the
| street and got an excellent negative of the
second shock. All of the officials and clerks
| believed the story. Some OF them went into
y scientific dissertation over the blue print
! They all eudeavored to explain why the build
| ings on one side hulged ont and on the oil her
! appeared IT, be falling inward. AT last one Of
a oil at haf nf pnr