The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IL MONTREAL DRY GOODS STORES girls of ~
are employed as messengers, being unpaid for
the first year, and from - to 80 cents week for
the second and :! for the third.
SIR WILLIAM JRNNER, the English court physi-
| clan, is often called to Windsor to see the
Queen. His visits are never mentioned in the
| court circulars, but are always kept secret.
REFINING works have been erected at Santa
Paula which produce from the California petro-
leum q kerosene for Illuminating said to be
equal in all respects to the best Eastern oil.
A WOMAN who claimed to be the daughter of
former Lord Mayor of Dublin, and the wife of
an Irish millionaire. from whom she had sepa-
rated was found living in poverty in Chicago
lately.
THE present season Is pronounced the most
active in the history Of shipbuilding at Bay
City, Mich. There are sixteen new vessels on
the stocks, including several nearly ready for
launching
A TEXAN named Jones, who has been In the
penitentiary five times for horse stealing, was
released the other day, having Just completed
five years sentence. Before nightfall he had
stolen another horse and was lodged in a coun-
ty jail
In BALTIMORE a man entered q saloon, and
after calling for and drinking glass of ale as
tonished the barkeeper by biting piece out of
the glass and chewing it up and swallowing it
OF his every day diet.
SOME of the New York legislators, who were
on train that was showed in near Schenectady,
had to pay fancy prices for refreshments. Pies
cost "a apiece. sandwiches Csc. and eggs 25c.
each. A farmer was hired for $50 to transport
the edbes six miles TO the train
For YEARS "McCulloch's Glass Book on
Morals" has been used in the government
schools in India. 1t is now excluded because it
contains the Ten Commandments. The obtec-
ton raised is that 1t is not the business of the
state to teach either morals or religion.
AN AGED PREACHER Of Mddletown. Conn,
claims to have travelled 5000 miles, preached
over $500 sermons, performed the marriage
ceremony SIC times, the baptismal ceremony
/ 253 times and delivered $50 funeral discourses.
The largest sum he ever received for years
labor was $500.
A MANUFACTURING COMPANY has been organ
lied at Steelton, Pa, which is composed chiefly
of colored people It's object Is the manufac-
ttlre of various kinds of implements including
fire escapes, etc. The works will be located at
fredericksburg, Cumberland county, but the
I headquarters will be at Steelton.
MARIUs CHRISTENSEN recently applied for cti-
zenship before a district court of Utah Terri
tory On examination it was found that he
thought the United States was governed by
king. He could not tell the capital either of the
nat ton or of Utah. When told that he was too
igh6rtnt to become citizen he tainted.
THE WOMEN Of Bunzlau in Silesia, recently
celebrated curious centenary. 1t was just 100
years since the man died who constructed a
gigantic earthenware vessel, which is a kind of
counterpart to the famed vat at Heidelberg.
The vessel holds thirty bushels of peas is three
yards high, and measures nearly four yards
across.
BEAUTIFUL PARIsIENNE has eloped with an
Italian music mastar. The young woman is
barely out of her teens, while the teacher is 55,
with puckered features, share nose, no hair on
his head, and a red beard. The father thought
perhaps the aged signor had made some i'm
preston on the girl. hut his fears were laughed
at by the girls mother.
THE wife of New York grocer awoke her
husband with the startling information that
burglars were breaking into his store. She said
she had just dreamed it. He looked across the
street TO the store and saw men coming out with
bundles. Hastily dressing, heesummoned a
policeman and had the thieves arrested when
they returned for another supply of goods
Princess LOUISE and Lord Lorne have been
travelling on the economy scale. The Princess
and her husband recently on their arrival at
Naples walked to the hotel The manager, how
ever. recognized the Princess and offered the
suite of rooms on the first floor reserved for
notab.es; but these were declined, as likewise
was the suggestion that the illustrious guests
should eat in private.
It WAS ANNOUNCED In the Devices paper In
Wiltshire, England, that the eclipse of the moon
would be visible from that town. Just before
the hour at which the shadow would STRIFE the
face of our satellite, a farmer, accompanied by
his wife and family, drove into Devices from his
homestead. On being asked why he came at
that hour, he said he came with ''missus" so as
to be in time TO see the eclipse.
FIVE TRAMPs, whose cries attracted atten-
ton were rescued in a most pitiable condition
from n locked hoy cav at Rirp,ipohap, Ala
Monday They explained that they got into the
car at Chicago, five days before and during
that time had nothing whatever to eat or drink.
They were scarcely able to walk from weakness
but after hearty meal furnished by the train
/ men, they showed signs of recovery and were
allowed to go their way.
THE PAPER DOORS now coming into use are
claimed to possess an advantage over wood of
neither shrinking, swelling, cracking nor warp
ing. They are formed of two thick paper
boards. stamped and nodded into panels, and
glazed together with glue and potash, and then
rolled through heavy rollers After being COW
cred with waterproof coating, andthen one
that is fireproof, they are painted, Vanished
and hung In the usual way.
THE largest wild cat ever seen In Maine. was
killed in Greenvile recently. When placed up
right he stood as high as any dog in town. and
in length and general makeup was far more
powerful than a wolf IN length he measured
from tail to snout 3 feet, while from hind foot
uH ilc rex duL ~ Juc IOTt iOOl, the length was
4 feet inches The legs were as large around
as the calf of an average man, and the head
was not unlike that Of panther.
A NEW FORM of mendicancy is becoming fash
ionable in Paris. The beggars who affect the
latest mode attire themselves in artistic cos
tunes, and, armed with palette and brushes
and other insignia of the painters profession
take their position in the galleries of the Louvre
and Luxembourg, and, whenever an English
| tourists party come near, assume the character
of starving artists. Steps have been taken nv
the authorities at the Louvre to suppress this.
STORY culled from Mr. Friths nutobiosra-
ply, and for which the writer vouches, is: .'At
one OF the court balls in England Iapdseer nj
tended, and when the King of Portugal who
was also guest, was made aware Of the pres
ence Of the great animal painter he expressed
his desire for an introduction. Iandseer was
presented, and the King, in his imperfect En-
glish, said: oh. Mr. Landseer, am delighted
% make your acquaintance, am SO fond of
"beaSts"N"
WEEHAwKES, ,. j., has as verltable Poo Rah
as ever drew shekels from the treasury Of n
Japanese Mikado. Not only is Mayor Kelly
Mayor Of the city OF Weehawken, but he is also
Chief Of Police, School Commissioner ex.of1cio
the presiding genius OF the City Council, over
seer of the yards ef the Erie railroad the roil-
roads head detective, Road Commissioner
Port Warden, Inspector of Cattle, etc Mayor
Kelly has grown up with the town OF Weehaw.
ken, and s the most popular Of her citizens
AN ENGLISH CIGARETTE MAKER EXPLAINED re-
Gently how cheap cigarettes were in reduced in