Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-24
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50-ac fer near Fargo.
'MATHrLDr is the name just given the
small planet licked up IN the vast Of heaven
by DR.. Pallsa'sky sweeper on Now IL las''
A MAN working In a California saw mill the
other day was sruck IN the throat by piece
of steel that cut bis windpipe open and fell
down into 1t. Ee oughed 1t up and ID doing
well,
AT GRENADA, II the West Indies, on Aug.
30, the moon will hut of the SUMS rays for
four full minutes. So astronomers are sailing
thlther, expecting great things from the
eclipse.
SEVEN THoUsANInine hundred and ninety
one relatives of 81 families of the English
aristocracy have slce 1850 held 1888 Offices
and have drawn rom the public treasury
salaries amountingo 543,073, go.
THE leading citizns of fancy county, Mo-,
have organized NV sort OF vIgilanc2 COM
mittee for the purpse of whipping those of
their fellow cltizentwhO persist in 1shing in
stead of turning to bme more energetic and
truth-pr0voklng aVcation.
ACGTIZEN of Peterborough, Canada, anxious
thAthis children sha learn to swim, has made
box thirty feetlona nine feet wide and four
deep, and sunk 1t in he river near the shore.
1t Is so arranged tina the bathers can raise or
lower 1t to suit theirconvenience.
IN country with hardly requires to be
mentioned eggs are ometimes served on Sun
day in the inns to gests who, on account OF
certain act of Parliament, dare not call for "a
drink" These eggs are full OF whisky, the
meat having been bbwn out and the whisky
put in its place. Tbn the egg is hermetically
sealed ana ready foiuse. A Scotchman never
tires OF eggs.
MRS MARC ELLA COOPER, queen Of the gypsy
tribe OF Sonerville Mass, has been arrested,
charged with obtaining during the last four
teen years S4,e coo from Mrs. Charles Rink, of
Boston highlands under pretense of deposit
ing the money win a wealthy Boston banker
who paid unusually high rates of Interest.
Mrs. Cooper aysshe lost the money in BUSH
ness Transactions.
JOSIAH KRQd, of Mettacahouts Ulster coun-
ty, n. Y, hast cat. This cat, sleek and COM
Portable, was languidly eating its dinner,
when mouse, apparently born and bred in a
church, so leanit was. tmidly sneaked to the
d,sh and also ae. The cheek of the mouse 80
dlsconcerted tie cat nat it did nothing but
stare at the little fellow, who, having got his
I'LL, went in pece.
The latest hiih-life innovation in fashiona-
BILE marriages n Paris is the display of the
brides weddin. outfit on dummy figures
ranged on platform, as was done at the late
reception Tor th signing of the marriage con-
tract OF the daughter of the Countess de p -.
Assistants from ne dressmakers who had pro-
| duced the toiletes attended TO point out the
beauties OF their creation.
A POST NORTEM examination into the death
OF a child in Vauceboro, Me-, established the
fact that doctor lanced a small boil that did
! not need lancing and carelessly cut an artery.
The child was bleeding to death, when the
| 1ather succeeded IN stopping the bleeding.
| Then, 1t was testified, the doctor put the
| chlld IN a warm bath, which started the flow
oil blood again, ant the child bled TO death.
A VERY valuable consignment to the Louvre
| Museum reached Paris recently. 1t consists
| OF 2!5 packing caseR containing the fragments
of the decorations Of the palaces OF Artaxerxes
| and OF Darius at Susa, in Persia, ana the OBJ
| Jects of ancient art discovered by the mission
| sent to Susa, under the direction of NJ. Dieula-
10y. A vast sale, situated on the first floor OF
the Louvre, has been prepared for The recep-
| ton OF these precious vestiges Of antiquity.
FARMER knoll, living near Hastings, Neb.
| got drunk on quart of Alcohol, and scared
his family nearly to death with his revolver
His brother-in-law appeared, and, wher
| Knoll fOurished the pistol, slapped the drum.
ken mans face sharply with his open han d
| The man dropped as If shot, and never stirred
| again. The Coroner's jury thought the blow
| sent the blood and alcohol to Krolls BRAIN
| and thus killed him.
| PRENTICE MULFORD thus describes an ole
| Boston blue blood: He dresses in bl ack broad
| cloth winter and summer, wears . stove-pipt
hat, a standup collar of the style of thirty
| years ago, carries a cane, never walks faster
than one mile an hour, attends the new Ole
South church, carries his revolutionary an.
| cestors always in his memory, and never for.
| gets them. He regards tins universe as fin
Ished only IN the proportion as Boston i,
nnshed, and In his secret soul is somewhat
| disposed to crticise Deity for not taking up :
| permanent residence in Boston,"
Not many years ago there was a clergyman
! in Lynn, Mass, who made contract that hc
! should have salary of about s., 900. but he
| would make the society "a present" of SJ.0OC
| OF 1t! The latter part Of the statement wa,
| not intended for publication, but with an eve
| to business, The first part was ndustriouslJ
| disseminated by he ingenious iolIv gree
| papers. The result which he desired was oh.
| tanned, for Socety in Connecticut, if we re.
| member rightly, seeing tie Jour- thousand.
| dollar label, conclu led that he must be '.g0oo
goods" and went" the Lynn society Sn0(
| better, taking the prize.
THE Russian Empire contains ss4 pepiten.
| tary establishments lat least that is the nnm
Der of which tbs Administrator of Prisons
| publishes any accountJ. Their occupants or
Jan. last year numbered 81, sos Of both sexes
an excess OF nearly per cent. above the re.
| turns OIL the preceding twelve months Ot
| these persons the ordinary houses of detention
| contained $4,000, the convict prisons 8 500 IN,
! reformaiorles 5000 and the prisons in Poland
| 5000. The proportion OF women was less tha =
| ~ per cent. of the whole, but ia the kinvdom
| OF Poland tire women amounted TO IS per cent
| OF the lncarceratcd probably owing to thei,
participation in political agitation Nearly
| three quarters OF million arreets lake nIacf
! IN the year.
ALFRED M MARCUS, a Boston diamond
merchant, lost a package of diamonds wor,t
| $4,000 in the fremont House on July 2 Tn,
Rev. o. W. Scott, OF Greenwich. Il. l.. foupc
the gems, and was, as he says, $50 dumfound.
| ed that he kept them three DAYS" Then he
| determined TO find the owner but fearfnl n,
| being arrested Tor theft. advertised under !
| false name. Mr.. Marcus went to Greenwich
| but OF course w9s not able 10 find man bear.
| ing the name given. Then he went To the
| newspaper Office TO get the manuscript of tho
! advertisement compared IL with the hand
writing III the fremont House register an
| decided that il WAS written by Mr. Scott IL
communicated with the clergyman who al
once went to Boston with the diamonds and
turned them over to Mr.. Marcus. Mr. Msr1
Gus gave the minister and his wife each a ali
yer watch and 800. ~
ROMANTIC marriage occurred in Chatta-
noega Wednesday, Capt. Thomas Wilkev and
Miss Lou owen being the contracting parties.
The parents of the young lady were ouposed
to the match and watched her closely 10 pre-
vent elopement. She managed To elnde lhe,n
and fed to the suburbs W hero she ,yas 10,