The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| WILLIAM MCELHANY, an aged farmer living
near Wellsvie O., was found recently in his
! barnyard with the whole lower part of his face
| and breast eaten by hogs.
| An Ex-PuGILIsT has become a member of the
bar in Connecticut. 1t is predicted that he will
| use knockdown arguments, and become highly
successful as an expouuder OF the law.
IF you are ever chased by bloodhounds it may
be we'll to know taat sheets of tissue paper
! placed on the ground under the feet, and then
| removed, carry with them every trace of the
| scent.
THE body of a squirrel burned to a crisp, was
found the other day in the glass globe of an
electric light at Springfield, Mass. How it got
! there is subject for speculation, which each
reader can indulge.
A SCIENTIFIC MAN, after experimenting with
an air gun, comes to the conclusion that to
drive straws into pine boards and hickory bark,
as is often done by tornadoes. a velocity of 80
TO l72 miles must be attained by the wind.
Mrs MARY Hurley of San Francisco, is los
years old and without any one to care for her
having outlived all her family Some time ago
her only son. aged 50 years, died and few days
ago she lost the only remaining child, a daugh-
ter of S.
THERE is horse belonging to a ST. Louis firm
of brewers that would be drunkard if allowed
TO have bis way about it. He prefers beer to
water, and an employe at the stables says if he
IS left standing near beer key he w4n throw
the keg over and snuff the stale liquid. Even
the water that has been used to wash the kegs
or bottles has attraction for him. Occasionally
be is given beer. He loses no time in disposing
of it.
LOVER of the "curious in NUMBER has ar
rived at some interesting facts about Berlin.
The city has 2f0 miles OF streets, so that a per-
son might walk ten days in the capital without
retracing his steps If the / 400 600 inhabitants
should march in double file they would form
line nearly 10 miles in length, If the citizens
should determine to start upon journey at the
same time. all the cars of Germany would ac-
comodate but two-thrdS of the number.
A SMALL BOY of Springfield, Mass, went to the
grocery to get some things for his mother but
when he tried to recall one of the articles he
couldn't think Of the name. He said that it
was yellow, and in various ways tried to give
the clerk an idea of what he wanted and finally
in desperation burted out: 'Why you know
what mean-that stuff that they burn in hell!''
Then the clerk got him the sulphur that he
wanted and the orthodox child went home
happy.
MISS ALMEDA TAFT, of Sadorus Ill, has
canary bird that SHORES About o'clock one
night its snores became so loud as to arouse the
household \ search about the premises failed
to reveal the cause of the noise until the sitting
room door was opened, and 1t was found to en-
anate from the birdcage. The bird being
awakened. the noise instantly ceased The
owner of the bird regards it now as a very mu-
steal canary, and the neighbors all declare they
never heard the like of its snoreS which become
more pronounced with each succeeding day.
WILLIAM WALKER, aged II years, and his
younger brother Frank. sons of Derhyshire
farmer. went to tend their fathers sheep. and
on their way home paid a visit TO Wnstoue Lee
ito see the snow" While looking up the cliffs
an immense mass slipped over the edge and
they buried. The dogs returned home
and by their peculiar manner attracted the at
the bows ta1 "A
search. The dogs led them to where the boys
were and they rescued the younger son, whose
heels were visible alive. His brother was dug
out dead from depth of many feet.
On recent morning thirty-fve of the young
lady students of the Iowa Wesleyan University
appeared at the chapel exercises in military
costume. This consists of a semi-short skirt of
navy blue cloth with blouse waist trimmed in
gold braid and brass buttons The costume is
neatly finished by zOuave cap to match. Mai
Dinwiddie has engaged to drill these young
ladies in the manual of arms, and they are to be
supplied with four-pound rifles. The Major
however, has ordered the Punishment of all
corsets and buStles. The girls, after MANY signs
and gaSps, have at last acceded to the demand
THE NEW LAW which gave women the right to
vote for school trustees in New Jersey this
spring for the first time caused some amusing
incidents, one of which occurred in South
Sterling, Union county. Israel J. Coon and
John Wendell were rival opponents for school
trustee The rural voters were thoroughly
aroused and nearly every male voter had been
secured. When the time neared for the nols to
close the vote stood Coon IL. Wendell is Tn
TO this time no women had voted, but as Coon
intended to win he had brought his wife and
two other women, neighbors, to a friends house
the polls early in the dsy, and when he
found he needed three votes to win, quietly
withdrew and brought the three women to the
polls and they voted solid for Coon, eecting
him by one vote.