Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-14
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THE great ice palace at st. Paul Is nearly
wrecked with heat. The central tower sUll
stands but 1t is covered with frozen tears"
and will soon be gone.
A COMPLETE SET of Mark Twain's works
appears among the items OF expense OF the
Signal Service Bureau for the past year, ana
to this MAJ be attributed the atrocities ia the
shape OF practical jokes which appear In Inc
weather reports.
A DRUNKEN Louisvillian went into broK-
er's Office where there were three boys ep-
ployed. He ordered them to ''fall in" at me
poiut OF his pistol, marched them to PACK
room and there, under threats Of lnmeo .be'
death, forced them to drink wine until Vhey
were al drunk and very sick.
THE usual story of the remarkable travels OF
a pin is at hand. This time the scene Is lald
IN Newton, Ia, where thirteen years ago
Mrs. Cyrus Gage dropped pin in her ear.
The pin in due course of time dropped INTO
her throat and was swallowed. Inc other
day doctor took it out OF her left leg near
the ankle.
WHEN Dante was at the court Of Sig della
Scala, then Sovereign of Verona, that Prince
said to him one day: II wonder, signor Dante,
that man so learned as you should be hated
! by all nv cour', and that this fool polntingto
his bufoon who stood by him, should be 90 pc
loved" Highly piqued at this comparison
der less If you considered that we like those
best who most resemble ourselves"
THE Italian Ministry Of Agriculture has
just undertaken an interesting experiment.
Half million of fish eggs were artifclally
Matched. and the young brood has been dis
trlbuted all over the centre OF Lake Como: II
the eXper ment succeeds fairly well 1t VIII De
taken mp on large scale, and the department
VIII undertake the restocking OF the ltalan
waters. Efforts will be made Immediately to
revive and extend the rearing of HOLSTERS.
THE City of Pekin, which sailed from San
Francisco for China last week took l,4O0 Chi
nese. Many OF them were old, diseased, Grip
pied, and poor, and there were a number OF
women and children. rhe Chinaman in charge
SAID that 1t was necessary to send all such
/ home because they feared trouble this sum-
mer. and wanted to get all out of the way who
might be burden to those who remain
Most of them went at the expense Of the Chi
nese societies.
AT monte CARLO the ladies hats are as high
as the play. Three girls, presumably sisters,
and undoubtedly Americans not in society,
attract an immense amount of attention by
reason Of their snowy garments. They wear
very high cOnical hats, ornamented in front
with large green and yellow parrots with
glaring glass eyes. Each bird is perched on
little bOugh, and it is impossible to imagine
anything more ludicrous or in worse taste.
The girls are lncessant takers, and they are
Politics."
EGG sOCIABLEs are now prevalent in Kings
ton. N. Y. Every young lady brings an egg
along. writing her name on it. Each young
man draws one of these eggs out of bag, and
must act as an escort for the young lady
whose name is inscribed on the egg he draws
when the young men compare notes such re-
marks as these may be heard: Say, what
luck did you have?" Did, eh? Gosh blame
the luck. drew a stale one. NJ = girl is home
lier than a hedge fence" sob, but didn't l
pull fresh one, though. She's the prettiest
girl In the house." etc.
AFTER "Tom" Davis was shot by Holland
in New York there were found scattered about
the room where the tragedy occurred forty
three unsigned bonds purl orting to have been
issued by the township Of NATION. Ill. They
were Of the denomination of 81 900, and were
afterward found to be bogus. The bonds were
taken charge of by Coroner Levy, and are
still in his possession. Adolf Sumeriin. the
supervisor of NATION, has several times asked
the Coroner to send the bonds TO him. and
yesterday he applied again by letter. CorO-
ner Levy sald that, now the case had been
settled, he would send the bonds to the super
visor.
CHARLES DICKENS inherited from his moth
er a keen appreciation of the droll and OF the
pathetic, as also considerable dramatic talent.
She is described as little woman, who had
been very nice-lOoking In her youth, having
bright hazel eyrs, and being thoroughly
oOd-natured, cOmpaniOAable body. She pos
sessed an extraord nary sense of the ludcrous
and her power OF imitation was something as
tonishing. On entering room she almost
unconsciously took an inventory OF its con-
tents. and If anything happened to strike her
as out OF place or ridiculous, she would after
ward describe it in the quaintest possible
manner. In like manner she noted the per-
sonal peculiarties OF her friends and &C
quaintances.
BLOODY TRAGEDY was enacted early Fri
day morning in a box car on the Peoria, De-
catur and Evansville railway. about Il miles
south Of Decatur. Charles McKim. of Gordon,
Ind. and Edward Ivey and Bruce Woodward,
OF West Liberty, ILL.,, were stealing q ride in a
locked box car from Nation TO Decatur. They
had about 81 among them ana two revolvers,
and Mcklm had watch. a trade was pro-
pnseo. aud in dispute which followed Mo
Kim, fearing that he was going to be robbed
OF his watch and money, fired a shot which
struck Ivey in the head ThereupOn Wood
ward began firing in the dark, McKim an
swenng each of the four reports with a shot
from his pistol. The tranmen, hearing the
noise. stopped the train and opened the ear.
They found Mckm and Woodward unhurt,
but Ivey lay upon the floor with three bullets
in his body. The prisoners are in the county
Jail.
AL LUCE, OF Toledo, o., and G. L Luce.
of Louisiana, will at once begin preparations
for the purpose of draining Little river with
in the boundary OF New Madrid county, Mo.
These and other parties have entered into
contract with the County Court of said coun-
tv to do this work, which will prove of great
benefit 10 the surrounding country rs well as
that i'm mediate section. ana likely it will be
the means Of StOddard and Dunklin counties
entering INTO similar contracts, they receiving
for their compensation certain portions OF
swamp lands They viii build a dredge boat
near Little River station, which Will be So
fee long aud 20 feet wide. the machinery for
which will soon arrive. IL will be 40 horse
uower. They are TO cut a channel u feet
wide and the dep h will depend on the fall
they find after making . careful survey. A
partial survey hae already been made and the
iall found to be about one foot TO The mile.
LOBSTER with one of its claws so large
that mans two hands could scarcely cover
il. was one OF several attractive objects on the
Fulton Market tables. New York, Friday.
The second claw, although not so large as the
first one, was still a formidable looking
Ueapon. In comparison with both. the body
OF the lobster looked small. a together il
weighed IS pounds. 10 was caught in a net
al stony Reef. l.. /. Three others, which we're
caught with It. weighed respectively 9. 10 and
i non nhs. There were also on eNhi on a
number Of magnificent salm N OF the steel
head kind. which had Just been received from
Oregon. Some Of the heaviest weighed from
IS TO 80 pounds, shirment OF species of
turtles known as gophers arrived from Flor
ida. The Chinese are the only persona who
buy them, and several residents ~ Mott street
were no Fuiton harket early In the morning.
The ahnlsof the gophers are 20 hard that lt
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