The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

WHAT is claimed to be the longest chain ever
made is in the imperial arsenal at Vienna. 1t
has 8, 200 links and was used by the Turks to
obstruct the passage of the Danube in 1929.
THERE is said to be an expert archery player
| in England who is absolutely blind. boy be
hind the target rings the bell, and his sense of
hearing is so accurate that he knows just where
| to aim his shaft.
A CORRESPONDENT writing from San Francisco
says that ladies of that city sealskin cloaks
the year around. and that the sight of heavy fur
| wraps and overcoats at times during the sum
| mer Is not at all uncommon.
THE bold motto of the Thirteen Club of Chi
cago is Death We Salute Thee" 1t is the
| only club of the kind outside of New York, and
| Is III fiourishing condition. occupying hand
| some rooms in the Oriental building on La Sale
| street.
| NJ. KERGovATz, chemist of Brest, electro
| types bodies after death. By his process the
body is encased in skin of copper which pre-
| vents further change or chemical actlon III ue-
sired, this may again be plated with gold or
| silver, according to the taste or wealth Oh the
| trends OF the deceased person
| AT PoRTsDowN HILL England, an extremely
| curious graveyard relic was recently found. 1t
was human skeleton in good state of pres
ervaton which was buried in the chalky soil in
the locality in the second century, it is claimed
| The skeleton feet in length, and in Its
THE great fiume which is to bring immense
volume of water from the Cuyamaca noun
| tains thirty-six and two-thrds miles from San
Diego, CAL, and ends at La Mesa Colony, ten
miles from San Diego, where storage reser-
| voir is established, will be completed in few
weeks, it is reported, and celebration of the
| event will follow.
JUDGE HARMON, of Cincinnati, o., has pecu-
liar method of reaching his decisions in the
ono -, tI,. TI,ffa Gfat
court. After case has been tried he retires to
| his library and walks around the room, some
| times for hours until he has reached conclu-
| sion. He has worn track in the carpet by his
| judicial Professionalism
THE Empress of Austria, though a famous
| horsewoman, is rather nervous about horses
| she does not know Recently at Lend she
| questioned the landlord as to the quetness of
| the animal in her vehicle. Your majesty has
nothing to fear was the reply; 'he has done
| this kind of work for twenty four years and has
| always been quite quite" That is possible"
replied the Empress, but it is too late to
| begin"
| On the road from Bar Harbor to Hull's Cove,
| Mount Desert, shamrock grows in great abund
ance. 1t is said that many years ago a vessel
| from Ireland having some shamrock aboard
was wrecked on the coast of Mount Desert near
| this spot, and that the plants washed ashore
| took root and formed the nucleus of the present
| prolific growth. Nowhere else in Maine is the
| shamrock to be found.
OSCAR LEGAULT, described as "a peaceable
mill hand'' of Truckee, Cal, was drinking in a
barroom when Sam Morris, drunken negro
| struck him. Legault returned the blow, strk-
| ing the negro squarely on the bridge of the
| nose with his fist and so tremendously power
| full was the blow that the nose was smashed
| and pieces of bone driven into Morris head,
| causing death In few minutes.
THE American circle in London, so an English
paper says, is beginning to attain an important
position owing to the fact that so many Ameri-
| can ladies have married Engshmen of TITLE
| land are on this account as well for their
| personal attractions and accomplishments, well
received everywhere. Ultimately the American
circle will, if it manages with tact, and consents
to glide, become great influence in London
THE inhabitants of Oakland, Cal, who a few
years ago imported large numbers of gum and
eucalyptus trees from Australia as fever de-
stroyers, have come to the conclusion that the
roots of these Austraasian monsters do more
| harm under ground than the branches do good
| up above, and have set to work to destroy them
| The roots have playful way of strangling those
of other trees within their reach, breaking drain
| pipes. cracking pavements and lOosenng
| foundations in an extremely alarming fashion.
| WOMAN in Marshall county, Kansas, has
written a letter to the secretary of state
western exchange relates, claiming the reward
| of 81 900 which is said to have been offered
| wears ago by the Kansas legislature to the
| mother who would raise family of thirteen
| children, but Gov. Martin says no such reward
| was ever offered. The statement that such a
| reward was offered by the legislature turns out
| to be merely legend of the Kansas press that
| has made periodical rounds for a number of
| years."
| A Mr. SULLIVAN, living near Nevada, Mo. is
| having peculiar and painful experience, it is
| reported, as one of the immediate results of the
recent hail and wind storms in that locality
| HE had COW killed in the Storm as it is sup
1 hail Tlnar H. IL.
| her and his hogs devoured the carcass. Since
/ then the hogs have all died. Their mouths
| swelled until they could neither eat nor drink
| Mr.. SulivanS arms also swelled alarmingly
| and the doctors say they will have to be ampu-
| tated"
/ AMONG the gifts presented to the Emperor
| Francis Joseph on the occasion of his 5Sth
| birthday was a representation of double
eagle composed of 1900 beetles, belonging to
numerous species found In Austria. Hungary
/ and displaying all manner of hues. Beside the
emblem are the names of the members of the
imperial family, printed in characters likewise
composed of beetles The donor is a gardener
| and 1t took him. with the assistance of friends
in all parts of the empire, two years to collect
| all the insects; their arrangement occupied
| him for three-quarterS of a year.
| VERY curious circumstance happened in
| the western part of Carroll county, Tennessee
A few days ago three negroes bought a water
| melon from an old farmer living in Carroll
county by the name of Lemons. They carried
| the melon to an empty log cabin and placed il
| on the floor preparatory to cutting it. They had
! no knife, and one of them who had his ak along
| struck the melon with the blade of his ak The
| melon exploded and killed two of them instantly
| and the other one has a broken leg There is no
| doubt there was dynamite in the house, and the
| stroke of the AK caused the explosion.
SHORTLY after the destruction near Anasilitza,
| in the Turkish sandjad of Serfdje of band of
| brigands composed of thirteen men, another
| band of twelve was surrounded, and every one
| OF them killed by the rural police assisted by
the military, in the district Of Kastoria, in the
vilavet of Monastir II has been officially con-
| frmed that the chief of the band. the renowned
Nike, the author of no less than twenty-seveu
| murders and the capturer of the late Col II,
| Synge, was killed. The British vice consul at
| Monastir telegraphed to Consul General Blunt
| that Nikos head was brought to Monastir with
| tho heads Of tho rest Of the band, and publicly
exposed for Identification. Niko until recently
| was in Thessaly and il is only about three
| weeks ago that he organized his band and
| crossed over, about the same time that the
band which was destroyed at Anasllitza also
came over.
The license fees which were collected from
saloons in England and Wales during the last
fiscal year aggregated s., 7Gl .605 those of the
CITY of London amounting To al 23l 5Q5 C,on