The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TRIBE of red men
will organize in Lewiston, Ne. There are sixty
five names on the charter members petition.
BY supplying herself with the purest artesan
well water, Memphis, Tenn, thinks she has
broken the 'best holt" of all contagious dis
eases.
OSTRICH FARMING proved so successful on the
Pacific coast that attention abroad has been
attracted to it, and 1t is likely that capital also
will eventually.
For the 25 900 soldiers in the army of the
United States there are only "a chaplains. Sew
ersl of these chaplains are disabled. Thus a
large majority of the 124 army posts are without
any religious instruction
THE log jam in the Menomnee river, Michi-
gan, is the largest ever known 1t is estimated
to contain 400. 100000 feet The logs are piled
from twenty-five to thirty-five feet above water
where they may stick for several weeks yet.
JAMES GoUDIE, who is living in Evanston H.,
claims the honor of having built the first ocean
steamer the Royal William, vessel of 1000
tons burden, which was constructed in Quebec
in 1892, and made trip from PictOu to London
the next year
NOVEL LETTER was received by a guest at a
Cleveland hotel the other day from New York.
1t was written on gentleman's linen cuff, with
the address on the reverse side. A 1-cent stamp
was attached. and it arrived at its destination
the same as an ordinary postal card.
THE defunct Maritime bank, of st. John, n.
b., had bookkeeper who was a jewel in his
way. He kept two sets of books, one to show
TO the directors and another to show the real
condition of the bank funds, with which he was
specializing. The deficiency Of the bank is over
81, 100000
A FEW YEARS AGO Robert A. Mccarthy held the
position Of marine reporter on Detroit news
paper at moderate salary. In a spare moment
he conceived the idea of q cash railway for use
in stores, secured q patent on it, and has since
made q fortune from his invention. During the
past year he has invested heavily IN Detroit real
estate.
A DOG in Davenport, Iowa, the other day,
seized a young sparrow that had dropped to
the sidewalk, and was instantly set upon by
half dozen of the grown birds with ferocity
that not only made him drop his prey but
sent him off bowling with the blood flowing
from several places where sharp bills had
struck him.
SATURDAY "Peetis" Keer aged IA, of
Columbus, Ind, was buried, and twice since
his 4-year-old brother has been missing from
home. Each time he was found in the ceme-
terry, vainly searching for 'Peetie's" grave, and
only after much coaxing would he consent to
return home. The deceased was a cripple, and
much attached to his little brother.
ONE PORTLAND ME) MAN makes living by
selling hats on Commercial street. He walks
about with three or four hats one above the
other on his head and his whole body bullying
with hats. Another Portland man is a walking
rubber-man. He carries his whole stock with
him and does a thriving business whenever a
big threatening cloud is so accommodating as
to hover over the city.
ACCORDING to the Y. NJ c. A. Year Book for
1885, which has just been issued, there are
/, 240 associations in America and 1904 in the
world. The American associations have mem
hership of $4,000. own buildings valued at
$500, 265, and have a total net property of
1921, 65s. There are 752 men who acting as
secretaries and and assistants. devote their en-
tire time to the work of the different branches
of the associations.
BETWEEN $50 and 10 o'clock the other night a
strange sight was observed by several people at
Portland, Me. What appeared to be a huge
illuminated cloud passed over the houses at a
hight of about 100 feet. 1t actually lighted up
the street and caused no little amount of won
dering among those who observed the phenom-
enOn. One gentleman's curiosity led him to the
roof of his house for purposes of investigation.
He then found to his aStonishment that the
strange appearance was large swarm of
lightning bugs flying slowly north.
HOUSE at Augusta, Me-, IS reported to be
haunted in the usual fashion. Footsteps in ad-
joining rooms, knockings on the footboard of
the bed, sounds of hammering overhead or in
the cellar and similar noises keep the inmates
of the house awake nights A man who has
just moved out says az he opened window to
close the blinds the other night, he was startled
by crash just behind him that sounded as if a
picture had fallen and the glass broken. but
everything proved to be all right Two families
have tried it and moved out after a short expert
ence. The ghosts are too noisy for them
A FEW DAYS AGO the new Bishop Of Waitzen,
in Hungary, sitting at dinner in his own
house with seven friends when, all at once, a
small dog belonging to him ran up and Selling
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bedroom door which opened into the dining
room. At first he drove the animal away but it
whined piteousy, and his guests advised him 10
see what it wanted. The bedroom door was
thrown open and by the light from the dining
room the bishop and his friends discovered a
man hidden under the bed, armed with large
knife. He was dragged ont and made to con
fess that he had escaped from the town jail and
was bent on robbery.
A MEETING was held in Lynchburg Va, Sat
urday, to accept a charter for belt line rail
road passed by the last legislature, the design
Of which is to construct railroad encircling
the city and uniting the railroads centering
there. permanent organization was at once
effected, and the necessary amount for the be
ginning of operations subscribed and paid in
1t is expected the new road will assist greatly
in the industrial development now in progress
at Lynchburg as it will make available a large
number Of excellent manufacturing sites, be-
sides facilitating the transferring of freight |
bound south, west and north.
The TALK among the players and theater-
goers Of New York for the past week has been
concerning the magnificent gift of Mr.. Edwin
Booth TO establish a spacious and elegant club
house for actors An association, composing
many OF the best-known actors in the country
has been formed, with Mr.. Booth as president |
and Augustin Daily vice president The prop |
eTty on which the club house is to be built adj |
joins the Grammercy Park residence of the late |
Samuel Tilden, and was purchased by Mr. Booth |
for $4,000 Mr.. Booth will also spend about |
$1,000 for refitting and furnishing the house |
This is noble act of generosity by Mr. Booth. |
and is beautiful tribute to the man.
THEY had been holding presidential election |
in the far off Transvaal republic of South Africa
Paul Kruger, who has filled the presidential |
chair since May 1883, was reelected for a term |
OF five years. receiving 4,4S3 votes to S34 for |
Gen. Joubert. The TTansvaal since the treaty |
OF 1881. enjoyed absolute self government az |
FAR as regards internal affairs while the control
and management of external affairs are re- |
served to the Queen of England as sllzerain
AT present 1t has an estimated area of f12 OO0 |
square miles and a white population of 60 600 |
OF whom $4,000 are Of Dutch ancestry The |
native population is estimated at 100000
LATE date China papers give the news in con.
nection with the big gap in the Yellow river as
most dlscouraging. The natives of YanRchoV,
district are very much afraid of inundation. the
overflow from the Eiwang Ho having taken an.
other course. The foods have SUGGESTED a
difficult subject to Ii lung Chang 70 give st,t1
dents in their examinations for tba ,,.o..;-'-.N,