The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-07
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turned it next day because it didn't tell what
kind of weather there would be on March "a
She will celebrate her silver wedding on that
date.
Two Tennessee men went out to fight duel,
one having an ak and the other a sythe, but
stranger came along and suggested a game of
poker and all shook hands and became good
friends.
The area of British India has constantly in
creased since 1912, till now it is half as large
again as it was then. The area added is equal
IN extent to France, Italy and Belgium and the
entire area is 947.0 900 square miles.
The Grant Monument Association, through
the executive committee, has authorized an ex
tension of the time for receiving models and
plans for the proposed national memorial to
Gen. Grant from Nov. l. 1888, to JAN =, 1889
HUGO ScHERER, a banker from the City of
Mexico, is in Chicago. He complains that they
have no convenient paper money in Mexico;
everything is silver and the burden when large
amounts have to be carried aoout to pay off
help, is great.
DURING the delivery of course of lectures in
Paris, the lecturer alluded to Damocles and the
sword incident held by thread He forgot
the name of Damocies. No matter, ladies and
gentlemen, the thread was good and will hold
till the next lecture"
RELIC in the shape of bombshell. picked
up on the battlefield of Gettysburg three DAYS
after the conflict by Harry Stricken of Rolling
Springs, six miles from Carlisle, exploded Sat
urday while he was extracting the powder in
tcting probably fatal injuries.
THERE are about 5000 different descriptions
of postage stamps in existence The museum
of the Berlin postoffice alone contains between
4.eOO and 5000 specimens, of which half are
from Europe, ana the remainder divided be-
tween Asia, Africa, America and Australia
A ST. LOUIS DIAMOND BROKER makes the singll-
lar statement that the amount of money in
YES ted in diamonds in that city is greater than
the volume of actual money used in business
Nearly every family in the city he saws even
many in humble circum stances, has collection
OF the precious stones.
A FIvE-MAsTED SCHOONER is building at Wal
doboro, Me-, 265 feet in length. and with a coal
carrying capacity of 1000 tons She will carry
1000 yards OF canvas, and her mainmast is 10
rect In height Her owners are Oliver Ames
Cakes A. Ames and others, and she will be
called the Governor Ames
CRUDE PETROLEUM has begun to be used ex-
tensvely as fuel in Ohio. Chicago is using
10000 barrels day for that purpose It is said
to furnish one third more power than coal and
to be about one-third cheaper. The Pennsylva-
mia railroad has been experimenting for some
time with petroleum a fuel
The Planters house in St. Louis the oldest
AOlSA tuclC. anu lHt NHc at WHICH N1drleS DICK
ems stopped when ne visited St Louis during
his first trip to America, is offered for sale by IT'S
proprietor. It was completed alb out 1885, and
though Anticipated in construction, is yet ranked
as one Of tn leading hoteis in ST. Louis
New YORK WOMAN bought a "waxed cord''
at one of the big dry goods stores the other day.
for which she paid l cent She did NOT buv
anything else. at least at that store, but she
ordered the SaleSwoman TO have it sent to her
home on West Seventy street. Is there
a man living who would dare do such a thing?
LESTER WALIACK in his Memories of the Last
Fifty Years" now running in Scribners saws
that Charles Keen wanted to marry Lady Bur
dett Co tits when she was young girl. but that
she rejected nm The next day after his reiec-
ton he proposed to Ellen Tree. who was a mem
Der of his company, aud who had been in love
with him tor years. That night the play was
The Honeymoon. in which both Keen and his
affianced appeared
ABRAHAM ENGLASDER, a 10-year-old boy, ar
rived in New YORK on Wednesday by the steamer
State of Nebraska looking for his mother He
told Supt. Jackson. at Castle Garden, that he
came from Poland, aud when he was year old
his mother left him and came to this country
where she got married. He forgot what the
name Of his stepfather was, and lost the ad-
dress where he and his mother lived. As the
boy came here on prepaid ticket, Mr. Jackson
will endeavor to ascertain by whom it was paid
If the boys mother is not found before.
AN amusing incident occurred on Washing
ton street car yesterday morning Two young
ladies boarded the car. The Older of the two,
upon taking the fare from her pocketbook,
dropped two Scent pieces apparently on the
Aoor of the car, and when the conductor came
up both lades were hunting in vain for the
money. One of them slyly suggested in a wills
per that it had fallen into the shoe of demure
and jGdc. al looking gentleman who SAT Just
where the money dropped The whisper WIS
not so low but that the old gentleman heard it,
and in moment he pulled off his boot. Out
dropped the money, and the gallant old gentle
man politely handed it to the bIushing lady.
DURING a recent tour through his domains
King Humbert of Italy made point of visiting
the houses of the poorer classes, and doing the
agreeable" to the workingmen's wives-all of
course, in strictly correct fashion but wit the
expenditure of an infinity of pretty speeches
and gracious courteses. At Forli, which is CON
Sidered n center of red-hot radicalism, he thus
called at the house of a certain democrat whose
wife opened the door. What's the good of
yonr knocking sir, aren't you the master of us
and our houses:" ungraciOusly demanded the
good woman when she saw who he was. "Bus
| never think of entering lady's house until
she has given me permission to do so,' blandy
rejoined the king with mis- AHost courtly bow.
JOHN POWERS bridge tender near New
Haven, has saved four persons from drowning
in the past two weeks. Capt. Woodruff of the
Yale University crew, and the strongest man in
water by MIR. Powers. Woodruff was out in his
shell on the Quinnipiac river for pract ce pull
on Wednesday evening, whea something gave
way in the outrigger. He lost his balances and
was thrown into the water. Selling bold of the
shell he kept himself afloat and shouted for help
The water was so cold that he was soon be-
numbed. AID would have been carried up the
river by the strong tide had not Powers heard
his cry, put out for him in yawl and rescued
him. He was nearly exhausted Wien Powers
pulled him into his boat.
HADU SULLIVAN SABA NJ lhammedan gentle
man residing in Constantinopfe died ten DAYS
ago, having reached the very respecti, bic age of
1872. He had seven wives, sixty sons and nine
daughters aud had survived them all. At the
time he married his last wife he was So, and
when she joined the majority he was still 50 far
under the influence of loves young dream that
he wanted to marry again, but the state of his
finances did not permit of any further particI-
patton in matrimonial Joys. With the excep-
ton of meat at the Bairam festival, he lived cx.
clusyely on barley bread and beans, drinking
only water but on this spare diet he managed
to preserve his health 80 well that until four
days before he ended his long career he did not
know what it was to be i'll.
FRANK SILVA Of Stockton, CAL is slowly dying
from consumption, and knows it. The other
day, in his slow and shalowy walk about the
city. he happened TO pass an undertaking es-
Enlistment. lie stood for moment contcm.
plating the pleasing array Of funeral concomi-
tants, when all of sudden the thought came
TO him that he would soon need n 'wCo len
overcoat," and he struck the undertaken all IN
a heap, accustomed as the undertaken is to the