Savannah morning news., 1886-06-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

or the cumbersome straps and buckles. more
over, it is cheap.
AT the graduating exercises Of the Colum-
bus High school one of the girls who could
not afford the regulation white dress, good for
one occasion only, sat in the audience and her
diploma was carried to her by a classmate.
THE Church of the Holy Castor, which is
situated at the mouth of the Moselle, near
Coblentz, will celebrate the I,O5Oth auniver-
sary Of its Foundation in August. It's first
pastor was archbishop Hetti, who lived in the
reign of Louis the PiOus.
MRS. JOHN WALLACE, of Knoxville, Tenn.
stepped to the gate to look for her ive-year-
old boy, and at that moment runaway
horse dashed by. IL ls thought that she sup
posed that ner boy had been run over, for she
fell to the ground dead.
SUPERINTENDENT APPS, of the Star and
Crescent FIGURING Mills. of Chicago, is tough
man. He was caught in the betting of the
mills the other day, whirled over three pull
leys, thrown violeotly to the floor, and yet
a few flesh wounds.
A so-oALLED MAD DoGin Hebron, Ky,, bit
COW. The COW in a few days showed signs
Of rabies, and about the same time baby that
had been living on the milk of the COW became
similarly affected. II is said that the symp-
toms OF hydrophobia are pronounced IL the
child, whose suferings are very great.
1T wasn't the cutting up of the elephant Em.
press that prevented O'Brien's circus from
moving into Brooklyn on Sunday. The Penn
sylvania RairOaq declines to let the elephants
go until its bills are paid. and the beasts were
shipped to Philadelphia, where the railroad
proposes to old them as collateral. There
won't be any circus in Brooklyn this week.
A YEAR AGO last February John Ertel. of
Becker n. Y, started to go to Silver Lake
alone. He was never seen again, and it was
Z thaf hn had haar,
The other day party of Gioversyille fisher-
men found, not far from the lake, an India
rubber boot containing the-bones of human
foot. The boot has been Identified as one
worn by Ertel.
A FARMER living near Luverne. t., asked
q butcher of the place if he wanted to buy a
fat COW. He said he dld, and that he Woul
go after it soon. When the butcher arrived
at the farmers he found that the latter had
no fat COW, but had been Joking with him.
The farmer wont joke that way any more,
for the butcher brought suit against him and
obtained Judgment for IS.
SLOWLY but surely the Chinese in this coun-
try are learning the ways of our glorious
civilization. The other day Chinese witness
in Albuquerque, n. M, was asa ed by the con-
siderate clerR of the court if he desired a
chicken killed on which to take oath. With
some indignation he replied: "Hella, no;
cuss alice samee Mclean man." He was at
once allowed TO "cuss" as the law directs.
WILLIAM L. MOVES and James B. Mudgett,
farmers of Richfeld, VT, qUarreled over the
ownership of parcel of grain. and Hoyes
punched Mudgett with pischfork, making a
slight wound. A doctor was called, and when
NOyes saw him go into Mudgetts house he
became very much excited and, saying tC his
wife, II will kill myself" went to his barn
and shot himself three times, dying almost
instantly
THE Philadelphia grave diggers have or
ganized as knights of Labor and there is talk
of trades union of midwives FOR the better
protection OF Jnat ancient and sadly over
worked guild. Among the novel features OF
some future strike may be lot of dead Phila-
delphians lying around waiting to be buried,
or of live ones waiting TO be born. 1t is
enough to make even Quaker pull down his
vest to think Of 1t.
MRS. BURCHARD's parrot was sitting in the
open window at Kankakee. ILL.,, when a hawk
swooped down on it. The two fell to the earth
and sharp fght followed, in which the hawk
found he had his match. The parrot a. he
fought called for help, and Mr.. Burchard
came to the rescue OF her pet with potato
masher and mashed the hawk. The parrot
was none the worse for wear, and said at once,
''Polly wants cracker"
IN Windsor, N. Y, is a shiftless fellow who
has frequently been town charge, and one
or two of whose wives the town has buried
for him. Elias Lee. the watchful Overseer OF
the Poor. became disguised when he recently
heard that the man was about to assume new
respons bilities, and published this notice
Learning that - is about to marry again,
l hereby notify all persons concerned that the
town of Windsor does not propose to care for
or bury any more Of his wives"
A CITIZEN of Detroit has had his faith in
human nature rudely shaken One day when
the rain was falling fast he saw a young man
! and Young woman padding through the
| wet umbre,laless. He was near his own door
! SO, with rare philanthropy, he thrust mis- ss
| umbrella into the hand of the astonIshe ed
young man, saying, Take this; You have a
| lady with you. You can bring It back to-
morrow to that house there" The young
man took the umbrella, and the good citizen
of Detroit hasn't seen it since.
Mr.. WEBSTER used to tell a story at the ex-
pense Of Peter Little, who had in early life re-
pared clocks and watches. but who for some
years Represented a Mary and district in the
House. One day he had the temerrty to move
| tosamend resolution by John Randolph or
thesubject OF military claims. Mr.. Randolph
( toa6 10 after the amendment had been offered,
and ora -'ug his watch from his fob, asked the
i Hon0Gactc H1trr what O'Clock it was. HI told
/ h i115E " replied 'he orator. ''you can mend
: ufT3 but not nv Ntions. You un der
s'it3. " sgics, ef. 5ot not 5Actics."
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NOR G...ca than -er ~ts W 40 With
lasl fap, So hc atspl Darreis in aeigh-
bo irs hcg in t-eFsymteF he house
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lfcrt to ne, 1ertsct e1pa' non. lie hinpl
t,.,.i,. fFe ral.alt 20 Aaw Yrrk guot she
td re. C..fa# q. barrel. More were caU S
for AND na.v .o. whole 500 barrels ~ bard.
man ana-. t'tw1ns nave been sold 40 tdat
price, l- 'n ea1 Nl'0'e % 'Nae.
TpRK's IsLANn lle.lsst 20 June 70 s.. .s Char
the weather up to dane hs0 heeu la arAbie
for salt making, and about 5000 tlehele o.
the new crop was gathered, but since thar
date the weather has been so severe a. 70 PIT
a stop to all operations. The com niencement
of the crop had caused prices TO drop TO &c.
and &c. for the coarse and fishery respect
lively. Owing to the unsatisfactory state OF
the currency Of these islands aJ present-the
principal circulating medium consisting OF
Mexican half and quGrter-dOllars. very much
defaced, which are not a legal tender and
therefore are not receivable at the customs
merchants appeal to their customers In future
to send them either British coin or American
gold.
A PoRTLAND (Ore.) manager hearing OF the
present stagnation OF theatrical matters in
San Francisco. thought 1t good time to Sc
cure leading man. lie consequently tele-
graphed to an actor whose talents are 90 well
known and appreciated that he is generally
able 10 choose his engagements and TO COM
mand salary ranging from 500 n week up
ward. Several dispatches passed back and
forth between the contracting parties, and
al last, all but one very i'm pOrtant item being
satisfactorily settled, the actor wired bis iu-
tending manager a. 20 the terms proposed.