Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-04
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away and dashed against barbed wire fence.
| One strand nearly decapitated him, killing
| hum outright.
CHICAGO good liver says that Worcester
shire sauce is made from the formula Of a
| noted English doctor. who prescribed it for a
| noble patient whose digestion was bad. He
says that one OF the ingredients ls assafetlda.
MRS, NINA BACHMAN, of Logansport, Ind. g,
has begun suit for $1,000 damages against
| the German Lutheran Church of that place,
also ash for an I'M motion restraining the pas
| tor and trustees from ringing the chime of
| bells of the church. She claims that her
daughter, who is an invalid, suffers severely
at each ringing OF the bells
REV. j. II. MUNRO, of Philadelphia, says
that the reason why so many clergymen go to
! Europe every summer is that the expenses of
the trip are hut little if any more than those
| covering summer jaunt in this country; and
| that the great advantage is that when once
across the water they are not likely to be
recalled on 'any little emergency"
ONE of the newly invented detective
cameras exhibited at the American Photo
/ graphers' Convention in St. Louis last week
| was the 'satchel camera" 1t looks exactly
| like an alligator skin hand bag, is carried by
Il shoulder strap Gt tie side of the operator,
| and pictures are taken without attracting at
tention and without focusing the object.
THE fact that there are cells In the water
| pipes in Bangor, Me-, leads to a new swindle.
| A man goes from house to no use offering small
! filters for sale. He asks permission to faslen
one to the water pipe and let the water pass
| through 1t for few moments. When the
/ filter Is taken of he always finds little eel
inside. Then the housewife buys the filter.
WAsHBURN WRIGHT, 7 years old, was going
through pasture near Mulberry Grove, H.,
| the other day, when big bald eagle swoOped
| down, grabbed him by the jacket. and actually
| lifted MIN from the ground. The boy yelled,
| ia N " c "a nGbi n
| to the rescue, drove away the king of birds,
! who wanted to make Ganymede of the
| youth.
| JEREMIAH LONG, of Fairfax Court House,
Va, wrote recently to j, T. Hill, of Alexan-
| dria, calling his attention to the fact that in
| 1861, while Confederate troops were at Fair
fax Court House, he long mended two can
| teens and candlesticK for him {HilD. The
| BILL o. cents, had never been paid, hence Mr..
Longs letter. He said that though interest
was due on the amount he would be satisfied
with the so cents. Mr.. Hill sent Mr.. Long the
| go cents.
| CHRISTIAN TOMLING, of Louisville, owned
hen and a collie dog, which were great
| friends. The former recently Matched a fine
| brood Of chickens, and the dog watched over
hen was killed accidentally, and Shep was
much troubled. He at once assumed the
charge of the motherless chicks, got them into
his kennel at night, where they nestled close
them faithfully.
THOMAS MURRAY and Emily Mckenzie, Of
Chicago. were married recently, and that
night the boys of the neighborhood gave them
a charlvari. When Murraysasked them to go
| away they threw stones at him, whereupon
| he heavily loaded an old single barreled
shotgun and blazed away at the tOrmentors.
| Part or the charge went out Of the muZZle and
| filed q boy with bird shot; the rest of it went
| out of the side of the barrel, when 1t burst
and blew of two of Murray's fingers and
! broke his wrist.
A STUDENT in Michigan University wrote to
a Kansas druggist about taking place in his
store as prescription clerk. This is what the
| druggist wrote back: "Dear sir yours Reed in
| Reply win Give you a Brief DiscriptIon OF
| our Business Perhaps you understand the ma
| ture of a Drug Store in Kansas we Do Some
liquor Business in Back Room By the Drink
| our Prescription trade runs from two to three
| thousand Pr year Some Clerks objects to the
| Back Room trade Give you the facts in the
case So that you will not be Disappointed
| your Bord By the week will cost you from
| 81 80 to s. " eek now If you except this PO-
| sitiOn answer by telegraph at once as | kneed
a clerk very Bad must have one as Soon as
| Possa5le."
CAPT. P. Fl. SNIP was cleaning fish for
supper al fishing camp on the shores of Pen
ney's ull.l slough a few evenings ago, when
| he became conscious Of a hard tug at the tail
| of the fish he was cleaning. Looking up, be
saw garter snake holding to the 1ish's tail
and pulling hard. The Captain, who is not
bothered with the customary unreasonable
prejudice against harmless serDents, hit the
snake sharp rap on the nose and said
"Shoo" The snake was as tame as a kitten.
He let go, but at once came back and renewed
his efforts to steal the fish The Captain then
gave him the enJrais of The fish, which the
snake devoured eagerly. Altogether, the
snake ate the entrails OF six fish. After that
he hung round the camp till it broke up, and
was great pet.
LAST FALL the windows of a vacant house
in Danbury, Conn, were broken by stones
thrown at them. No one could be seen throw
ing the stones, and the windows were boarded
up. The other day the boards ere removed
and at once the stone throwing began again,
The stones used are small, round, smooth
pebbles. They are thrown with such velocity
and precision that often two or three 90
through the same hole in pane of glass. The
stones are thrown while people stand talking
and they cannot see them pass through the
air. 1t Is presumed that they are fred from q
gun operated by compressed air. Those W he
have stood and watched the windows and
suddenly heard the breaking of the glass
without seeing the missile that did the mis-
chief. are becoming quite superstitious over
the matter.
A COMPETITION has been organized for de-
signs for new front for the Cathedral at Mi
Ian, and prizes are offered of E. 800 for the
best design, and smaller prizes, varying from
GOO to ESQ, for the other selected designs
No restrictions are placed upon the competl-
tors a. regards style. and they are at liberty
to make any alterations they may think
proper in the size and position OF the OPEN
ings IN the front of the Cathedral. The de-
signs are to be sent in between pril and 49,
1887, TO the Palazzo Brera at Milan. The
drawings will be adjudlcdted upon by a com
mission of fifteen memb beers, eight of whom will
be architects, five being Italian. one a Ger
man, one Frenchman. and one an English
man. The author of the design finally selecte ed
VIII he required to furnish the drawings for
amt TO superlntend the execution OF model
of his deeign to a scale of five centimetres to a
metre, or about one-quarter of an inch to a
foot, This model will be executed by and at
the expense Of the governing body OF the
Cathedral,
A GENTLEMAN who has been looking up the
early history Of Albany, N. Y, says that
patriotism and rum were about the same in
revolutionary days as at the present time. At
the time of w asbington's prospective visit to
| Albang, he was To be entertained at a hotel
standing on the corner of Beaver and Green
streets. Great preparations were made for
the occasion and n gentleman WAS delegated
to deliver the welcome address. How long he
labored in writing out his remarks history
does not state. IL Intlmates. however, tn at
the orator "enthused'' to a considerable eX =
tent, and when the distinguished guest ar
| rived was in q condition that unified him to
perform his delegated Office. In modern par.
| lance he was "KnOCked out, ~ and his essav