Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-27
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ran up and put her foot on the log Henry
didn't notice her until the AK came down on
her foot, severing it..
NORA BROWN. OF greensboro, KY. lying i'll
WITH fever, started her friends by suddenly
saying that she saw an angel, who said 10
her distinctly, Thou shalt live another
year" Her friends believe Nora.
ONE of the institutions OF Connecticut this
tall is the cider beat, who. pretending to be
out buying cider, samples tho farmers apple
juice, gets invited to eat dinner or take tea
says he III call again and goes ON his dlshonest
way.
LARGE and sound Missouri pumpkin, re-
Gently cut open, was found to be filed with
thrifty vines and leaves. The seeds had
sprouted and sent out vines. though there
were no signs of decay, the meat being sound
anu sweet.
CITIZENS of Eminence, Mo-, recently saw
seven wild geese flying south, pursued by a
large cage. soon he caught up with t2rm,
ana then the erese turned ana made fight,
and after driving the eagle of, went on their
way southwark.
GEORGE WILLIS and Alfred Brown, near
Benton, Mo, saw deer in the road one even
ing. IL did net run away, aud Willis, by
lighting NJ PATCHES, attracted It's attention while
Brown sneaked up close enough to grab 1t by
the horns. Then the two men got il down and
cut It's throat with jackknfe.
IN the Saxon town OF Colditz, which con-
tains about 5000 inhabitants. and is situated
near Leipsic, society for leaving nature 10
cure diseases tNaIurheilverein) Is in course of
Formation. The six local practitioners have
agreed to inform the members That they must
not expect medical assistance from them In
case they should chanAe their minds.
Two FAMILIES of Smithport, Pa, occupy
the same house, and each has potato bin in
the cellar. One of the women Of one Of the
families some months ago lost her diamond
ring. and grieved so much that her husband
bought her another. Recently a woman IN
the other family found the ng in her own
potato DIN, and the question as TO how IL got
there threatens To interrupt the hitherto
friendly relations OF the two families.
OK hearing Of Lamartine's death Victor
Hugo wrote: "Lamartine has experienced
every kind OF glory, beginning with populari-
ty and ending with immortality. He was a
radiant poet and powerlu nj and durable ora
tor. He appears to be dead, but he is not. de
has not ceased to shine. He is now doub c
source of light in our literature. where he is a
spirit, and in the great unknown life, where
he is star"
THE old Foote homestead at West Bath.
Me-, now occupied by Capt. Mallett, was the
first in the town to have a stove, first to have
a hat rack, and first to have coffse in the
house, small lot OF the latter having come
to the fam ly then living there through a
sailor on vessel In port. 1t was an article
entirely strange to them. and they were some
what at loss as to the correct manner OF
using it. FINALLY they put a lot of il into a
stew pot whole. and probably raw, and boiled
it. but with all the cooking it received they
could not make palatable drink of 1t, and II
was some time later before coffee became a
popular drink in the community.
avoiding that was to have taken place in
Brooklyn. n, Y, last Thursday, did not occur
for the reason that the bride learned on
Wednesday evening that the groom was not
going to make her W. ddng gift Of dIa-
mOndS that he had promised. She summoned
him and said: "<o diamonds, no wife. He
tr ed to explain that the jewels would come
right after the marriage, but the thorough
bred BROOKLYN young woman is not to be put
of on such empty proteDses as that, and there
was quarrel, a bridegroom who in high dud-
| geon whisked out of town, and crowd Oi
| friends given texts for gossip.
| TIE st. Joe Gazette says: Away back in
| the fifties," ex-President Arthur was a resi-
dent of st. Joseph. He came here during the
border troubles, probably in 1856 or 1857, anC
| hung out his sign as u awyer. While in ST
joseph he boarded at the old City Hotel, Their
| the most pretentlous hosiery in the city
| There he met Gen. StringfeIIow. who N glow.
| ing terms pictured the future greatness Of
| Kansas. Young Arthur was so impressed
|
| and fortune that he afG erwards made an ex-
| tensiVe tour OF the Stale with view OF sci Ct
| ing a location with n it's b1rders. Little
| later he WAS called to his Eastern home or
| business and never returned.
J.J. JOHNSON. of Columblaua. o., is said t.
have made most important invention in the
manufacture of gas. He saws he can make
500 900 feet of gas from barrel of oil. The
| principle of the machine 10 system of sy
| phons, and air Is forced alternately through
| water anu through oil, resulting In gas. Al
an iiluminator this gas is SAID to be far super.
| lYr to the gas manufactured under the ordi-
| nary prOce-s aud MS fuel II is vastly better
than natural gas. It's heat is intense. A bal
| of lead wa thrust into the blazs and immedi-
ately fell apart. From PIPE which issue,
| from JohnsOn's laborato y Issues blaze eigh
| fret long that MAKES an intensely brilliant
light.
The MIcRoPHoNE is now being used in Ger
many for the purpose of detecting loss O
water through leakage in town mains. Tn,
| apparatus consists O, Eteel rod, which il
placed upon the cock in the neghborhood O.
| which the leak is suspected, and a micro
| phone attached to the upper END of the rod
| A dry battery and telephone compel the
| equipment. No sound is heard in the tele
| phone if the cocks are closed and no leal
| occurs; but leak OF even few drops cause,
sufficient vibration in the pipe TO affect th'
| mIcrophone and give audible sounds IN tn,
| Telephone. AT the recent meeting OF gas anC
| water engineers IN EiseDach 1t was STATED
| Jhat the apparai us is 30 -imple to hama c tina
| with little practice o. binary workmen ar,
| able TO detect and lOcallZe any leak.
A PROVIDENCE cLERGYNAS, while address
ing q co Igreg CATION last sunday on the pro
priety of dong the right things at the RICH
| time SAID that he was in one OF the Northern
! regiments. ana that one day while on he bat
| tIetelu his attention was attracted to ;
! wounded man over whom young man wa
| bepding. lie turned to see " hat the latter
! Was doing, and saw that the man on The
| ground had been shot through the shoulCer
| and that one arm was fearIulS mutllated
| The young man who was kne ling over him
| WAS endeaVOring 10 supply religious consOla.
| tion under diff, uties as to cXtemporuneOtu
| effort and WAS reading standard cutechisn
| TO him. The dy.ug man, as the clergymAI
| re cued him, was having the MOMENTUM
question propouuded to him: "Who gave OF
| TINS nameF
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