Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-18
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q gambler, who had been killed in shooting
ARRAY. resulted from lead poisoning"
a PARROT was allowed in the witness box
of London court the other day. Poll was
not sworn. but she settled the case. which
was one of disputed ownership of herself, by
turning TO one claimant and doing all that he
commanded, while the other was snubbed.
REV. HERMAN vANDERwART, pastor of the
Dutch church in Hackensack, n. j., recently
preached a sermon commemorative OF the
two hundredth anniversary of the erection of
the edihce. The auditorium WAS decorated
with the flags of Holland and the United
| States.
A BARBARIc BLACK PRINCE from Senegal is
guest of London. His manners are gentle
ana affable. He wears the national costume,
| consisting OF loose pantaloons, a silken vest,
| ana CLOAK OF rich velvet, purple IN hue. a
| sort of silver tissue smoking cap forms his
| headdress.
NATURAL GAS from the Pittsburg wells is
furnished for heating purposes at these rates:
For each heater and two registers, $50; for
each additional register when in use, s.; for
Tor each range. SIG; for each cooking stove,
| sZ; Tor each first CRATE, 81; for each addl
| tlonal CRATE, SO; for each heating stove in
| houses, IS to $50; for each store stove. SIS
| to s25.
The old stone house at Valley Forge, which
| Washington made famous as his headQuar-
| toio, ID BILL StdHulng. anu memorial asoOcld-
| ton hiss been struggling for two years to get
| $4,000 with hich to buy il and the two acres
of land that go with it, They have the money
now and will make the final payment on Nov.
| to the heirs of Hannah Ogden. the owners of
the property. The house and land will be
! kept intact as memento of the revolutionary
| struggle.
| SPEAKING of glass eyes" said an old law
yer, "brngs to mind little incident that 'oc-
| Cured In Chicago. Among our young pro-
| tessional men is one whose brilliant back
ewes would attract attention anywhere. He
| goes much into society, and is quite a favOrite
| among the ladies because of his eyes. One of
| these beautiful black eyes is glass, out it
seems so much the counterpart Of the other
that not one person in hundred would de-
tect Its srtl1clality, Among the members OF
his profession not one knows that the Young
man las only one good eye"
| A CLERGYMAN writes to the Boston Adver-
tiser that he recently preached in one OF the
oldest churches IN the ''old'' city of London.
AS he entered the porch he was met by ro-
| tund and dignlfed beadle, who led him to the
vestry room. and, pointing to two decanters.
| said: "Will yon take sherry or port, sir 20
The parson smiled at, not with, the beadle,
| who then explained that about 300 years ago
| good woman of the parish, diving, left Ger
| tain sum for the curcbas "of wine and sweet
| cakes for the clergy" and since that time
| wine and cakes have been regularly supplied
| at each service.
|
three fourths of the donors in the junior class
of Colby (Me.) University, and that to give
| the boys any kind of showing two English
| parts have been assigned instead Of one as
| usual-and this in connection with the fact
| that there are but SIX young ladies in the
class. is received with delight by some people
| who have not forgotten when an argument
! used against the admission of ladies into the
| colleges was that they had not sufficient intel
lect TO master the intricacles of Latin and
mi dc
| largely taken up with such frivolities as dress
and society.
THE new design for the postal card will be
| put to press about Dec. l. The bureau of en-
CRAVING and printing is now preparing the
plates. The new design is very simple. There
is a vgnette of Thomas jefferson in q circle,
| without elaboration. The legend, United
States pc tai card" is along the upper edge,
| zone cent? under the yignette, and beneath
! all Nothing but The address on this side
| The objection to the presenJ design is that it
is too large for the size OF the card, and does
| not give writers sufficient space to put the
address on properly. 1t VIII probably be the
middle Of December before the new cards will
| be ready for sale.
TIE report OF bloody duel to the death
reached Fort Worth Friday from Tahlequah.
l. T. The participants were two Cherokee
chiefs known as Tiekanusk and Hairy. Some
| wears ago Harry neglected his son aud Tick
| nu-ki took HIM to rear. On Tuesday Tick
anuskl went TO Hairy's house and demanded
| sl5, the boys share of the per capita money
| which WAS paid out last summer. Tick
| anuski said he wanted the money to buv food
and clothing for the boy. This led to g. hit
Each chief used long dirk knife. and both
| were literally cut to pieces. 1ickanuski died
in few minutes. Hairy died from his loss
| of blood. Both chiefs were prominent in the
council Of the Cherokee nation.
GEORGE HALL, colored man, was before
Judge Cowing, of New York. Friday, on a
charge of grand larceny. His LAWYER was All
sent, but the colored man was prepared to
defend himself David Kraus, a PARK Row
| jeweler, testified that Hall. while pretending
| TO make purchase. seized a watch and =
| diamond ring. A police officer testified that he
| saw Hall make motion as if swallowing
| something, and the ring could not be found
The watch was found in his pocket. The COL
| ored man could give no explanation satsfac-
tory TO the jury and was promptly convicted.
Judge CoSing asked if he had anything to
! say. He replied: 81 never done it. | never
swallowed dat ring no how. Why, de dia-
mond Is de hardest stone the world ever had.
It's utterly indigestble. Why, you know
yourself, Judge, never done it,"
IN room 10 of the British National Gallery
has been placed on screen, and numbered
1920, a Virgin and Child" by Andrea di Luipf
d'Assisi, who was living in 1884, and ia known
as "L'Tngegno,' and was member of the
Umbrian school. The Virgin, nearly fnl1
length, is enthroned; the black back Of the
| throne reaches nearly to the top of the mic
ture, and divides the landscape background
| of hills and rocks, trees and cottages, while
the ppire of church. reminCing us of the
| Netherlands is seen above the hills on our
| left. glory, comprising a few thin gold
| lines, is above the Virgin head. She has a
gray head cloth, the end of which is caught
| up In her right hand, by which she holds the
! Child: her left hand is brought to the front of
| the Infant. Her mantle j. Of a gravIsh blue
| lined with green, its border is enriched with
pattern In gold, her dress is OF n rich lake
| edged with black and embroidered w tn goId-
round her waist Is a black and gold scarf
! The Infant is naked, ana He sits in his moth
! er's lap.
! SPEAKING of the electric lights that are TO
| be placed in the torch Of the high statue of
Liberty enlightening the world, Gen. Stone
explains that the object Of putting che light
| inside the torch Unstead OF adhering To the
! original plan Of gallery outside upon which
the arcs were TO be supported, Is TO obtain
tue effect OF the light without having the light
| itself show. I'VE have no idea.p ne saws sof
! transforming the statue into lighthouse but
! TO illuminate an object of art. and the effect
Will be gained in TINS way. The surround ny
| objects VIII not be brilliantly Illuminated
thus leaving the statue black mass, but from
each OF the four corners of the pedestAI n
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