The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ST.. LOUIS BOOKSELLER, who year ago did
a thriving business in Volapuk text books, says
their sale has now dropped off to almost moth
| ing.
AN INvETERATE THIEF arrested in London
| boosted to the police authorities that he had
committed 100 burglaries in different parts Of
the metropolis since Jan. l.
SEVENTY AND TWENTY YEARS were respectively
| the ages of q couple married in Hudson county
| n. j., this week. The groom, who is the elder,
| was before married, and has children older than
| the bride
TEXAS will furnish this year the oldest voter
in the United States HIS name is Richard
| Kidd. and he is 115 years of age Mr.. Kids
| mind is clear and his strength remarkable for
one or his great age.
| GRANITE HOUSE in Rowan county. Va,
| erected in 1865, is still owned and tenanted by
descendants of the builder. The fireplace is
| eget feet wide, five feet high and five feet deep
The house is in good state of preservation.
MISS JENNIE MCKENZIE of Blue Rapids Kan,
| in imitation of contortionist, put both feet
behind her head, but could not remove them.
| With terrible effort she freed one foot. but
| dslocated her thigh She is in critical condi-
| ton
STANLEY FREEMAN, one of the wealthest
jewelers. in Attleboro, Vt, thought it safe to
keep $4,000 worth of diamonds in the attic
oHLoils SOME rags IN q bureau drawer that was
never locked But some smart thief got onto"
Mr. treeman's scheme, and the other night
stole the diamonds.
KING kALAKAUA it appears, is getting into
his old extravagances again At the recent
funeral of royal princess the items of ex-
pen'es as reported by the kings finance COM
mlttee included Sl3 suits of clothes for men and
boys 45S shirts, 740 hats SS7 dresses and a vast
quantity OF underwear, the whole costing about
81, 900.
REPORTS made at the recent international
conference of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION at Stockholm show that there are
now 3, 104 branches of the organization a gain
OF nearly 1000 since the last conference The
association property in this country has in
creased from about So 900, 900 in 1884 to nearly
100000 in 1887.
A CITIZEN of West Springfield. Mass, was
considerably surprised at receiving a letter
| directed in a woman's hand and containing a
withered flower. His heart ceased throbbing
when he read that the writer, who signed her
| self IA Christian Endeavor,'' was one of a
| party who stole some flowers from the grounds
near his house, and wished to do her part in
| making restitution, and hoped her companions
would do the same.
PROF GIUIIo BELocH, of the University of
Rome, has published in the Bulletin de J. IN
| Stttut IRterndtiOnGle de StdtiStiQbe Rome
1885, the results of his studies respecting the
| population of Italy in the past ages. He esti-
|
tutes the kingdom of Italy amounted in 1850 to
about II 100000, in 100 to 13000000, in 1775 to
100000, in 1900 to 100000. The number of
inhabitants at present is about 80 100000.
THE ruling passion, it seems, is as strong in
trance as in death. Julius Thomson (colored),
near Waco, Tex, to all appearances died, was
shrouded, coffined and about to be buried when
mule team ran away with a wagonload of
mourners and the folk who went to see the ac-
cident returned to find the corpse too, at the
wi iUeiU inf n
course the funeral was postponed indefinitely, it
seems as the subject is reported as now able to
pick 100 pounds of cotton every day.
A sEEDY-LooKING MAN came into the Office of
one of the largest soap manufacturers in Phila-
delphia the other day and said: Mr.. -, I'm
needy man and would like 25 cents" We'll
now," remarked the man addressed II consider
that cool. You might have Jared better if you
had asked for few pennies" With a look of
real Indignation and voice almost angry the
applicant said: Now, see here, Mr.. = YOU
know your business and l know NINE but if
you think you can give me any points on beg
ging, just start and tryit." He got the quarter
CHICAGO ARTISTS growing vigorously
about the alleged incompetency of the hanging
committee for the coming display of pictures at
the exposition. They say that the committee
is made up of a coal merchant, board of trade
man and pork packer; that they systemati-
caIy slight, ignore and humiliate the local
painters, and that it is owing TO their ignorance
of art that the pictures there are so generally
refused. On the other hand, the committee say
that the cry comes from disappointed artists
only, and that there are really but few artists
in Chicago, the majority being mere amateurs.
I'm surgical circles in Vienna, says a London
paper, "a successful operation performed by
Prof Bilroth at the Vienna Kilinik is much COM
mented on. While carrier was driving his
team last winter his legs fingers, ears and nose
were frozen. At the time his life was despaired
of, Both his legs had to be cut off, and only
one finger on each hand could be saved. His
nose was replaced by an artificial one, and his
ears clipped. He bore his suferings with
remarkable composure, and having been sup
piled with artificial legs and feet he now gets
about with the help of two simple sticks 1t is
surprising that with one finger he Is able to
write very we'll"
SIxTEENYEAR-oLD SHERMAN SMALL, of North
Chesterville, Me-, decided that he wanted to be
pirate, and, as preliminary ran away and
walked to Gardiner, where he hoped to find one
of the long, low, black, rakish vessels of which
he had read. lie didn't find it, and he didn't
find anything that his fancy had pictured and
that night, as ne wandered along the wharves
a night Waterman coared him and took him
to the lookup, and there Sherman four
drunken sailors, and they didn't fit the picture
that bis mind had drawn, and Sherman went
bi terly and begged for chance to walk back
to North Chestervlle, and when it was granted
to him he started briskly homeward.
A ROMANTIC INCIDENT is reported from CHS
WICK, England. ABOUT two years ago the wife
of hotel keeper there suddenly disappeared
from her home and about the same time a
gentleman" in wellto-do circumstances, and
believed to have become acquainted with the
landlady over the hotel bar. was missing also: il
being surmised, which afterward proved to be
true, that they had eloped together The hus-
band, finding that his wife did not return
sought divorce, and succeeded in obtaining
the usual decree nisi. Subsequently the gen
tleman" died, leaving the runaway wife his
fortune by will of $4,000 She hereupon re-
visited her husband, with her old love returned.
and the money to recommend her, and asked
his forgiveness for her past misconduct He
forgave her and received her back into her |
former home, the barrier to their residing to-
gether, owing to the legal proceedings taken
after her hasty departure, being surnounted by
remarrage.
SOME CLEVER RASCAL in London, so il is mar |
rated advertised that he would. on receipt of
sixpence in stamps, return to the sender one |
shilling. "The advertisement was published
prominently enough to attract considerable at |
tention, and il naturally excited remark To |
most persons il seemed very transparent hum |
bug, too silly to be called a fraud but there |
were few curious individuals who determined |