The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


On the great irrigation farm of A. n Cole, in
Wellsville, N. Y, they grow strawberries foot
in circumference.
| A BALTIMORE COMPANY is going to try and heat
and sharpen horseshoeS without removing them
| from the horses hoofs.
A GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE died recently in
New York ami their pet parrot grieved and
died of sorrow few days later.
A CINCINNATI THIEF stole and carried away
10000 pounds of iron. How he accomplished
this SamSonian feat he alone can tell.
ONE of the Oldest Presbyterian ministers in
! the country is Rev William c. Rankin, of
Pennington, Ia. He is 90 years of age, and has
spent 81 years in the ministry.
AN ECCENTRIC INDIVIDUAL named William
Watts who died few days ago at Burlington,
KAN had an idiosyncratc hatred of woman
and a cookstove, and would tolerate neither
about his house.
THE youngest woman in the newspaper bust
ness heard from up TO date is Miss Agnes Nc
| Clellan, the local editor of the Seward Demo
crdt of Nebraska. She is but Is years old, and
an excellent news gatherer.
| In MEXICO CITY a few days ago they tried a
mans courage by shutting him up in room
with six rattlesnakes. At the end of six hours
they opened the door, and he was standing in a
window sill and the snakes had fought and
killed each other.
macy WARNER, who was hanged the other
day at Jefferson, Ind, for murder, made the
| following galowS speech: IF any of YOU ever
take a glass of whisky before you put it to
your lips think of Macy Warner and look into
the bottom of the glass and see if you can't see
d rope there"
MONTREAL NEWSPAPER says that a citizen
who had agreed to lease a certain house on Uni
yersity street was considerably surprised when
he came to sign the lease to find that a clause
had been inserted forbdding HIM to play the
piano, play cards or open the windows on Sun
Gay. He didn't sign.
A CHATTANOOGA CABINETMAKER happened to
leave the door of his shop open for few min
utes, and pugnacious Plymouth Rock rooster
walked in. The fowl stepped up to a $50 mirror
| and began TO fight with his own shadow A
c'atter of breaking glass followed and the mir
ror was complete wreck
ALL the doctors OF Meenah, Wis, are interest
ed in Abel Williards teeth. Abel is 50 years old,
and after several years of tootheSs existence he
I / now cutting a new set of upper teeth. He is
hurryng to get through before summer, for
every one knows how dangerous the hot season
is to persons who are teething.
AN EASTERN MAN took his underwear to
Chinese laundry in Stockton, Cal, forgetting
that he had S115 in greenbacks sewed in his
undershirt. He FASTENED to the washhouse but
found his clothes already in hot water The
hinamen all denied having seen the money,
but he looked around for himself and found the
greenbackS behind the stove where they had
been placed to dry.
JUST how old William Mathews was when he
died at Round Valley, Cal, the other day. is not
known, but he was very old. The first record of
him in the West shows that in 1922 he was a
Vaquero IN Monterey and then he middle
aged man. During the Piute outbreak in 1854
ms tongue was shot away in q SkirmiSb He
died in great restitution, and it is thought had
lived over 100 years.
FISHING for sea gulls is an interesting winter
pastime at Rochester, n. Y. A few of these
birds have made their appearance in the Gene
see river. The method of catching them Dur
| sued at Rochester, while not remarkably sue
cesstul, is very novel one. Fish hooks are
baited, then attached to a long line and allowed
to float down the stream. The gulls capture
| the bait and are then landed
VEGETABLE new to American markets has
been introduced in New York 1t is something
| like 100 years since sea kale came to be used as
a food in England, although it was ca ten by the
ancient Romans. In this country, however it
| has scarcely been known until now The v pe-
| table is a delicious one of the cabbage family
and grows wild along the sea coasts of Furope
and in some manner is said lately to have made
| It's appearance along our American coast
WHEN the Postmaster at Richmond, Va.
locked up his safe the other night he didn't
notice that the office cat was inside The cat
herself hardly noticed the oversight either for
she was too busy One would naturally think
that she would have been dreadfullv lonesome
during the lone night watches but she wasn't
When the Postmaster opened ND the safe next
morning he found the cat purring over litter
| of four kittens, which were cOzily nesting in
bed of $500 worth of postage stamps
WHEN they set out to lie in North Caroline
| they make no bones of it. Here's a sample
story Of the pulling of the tooth of 12-year-old
| boy of the tar-heel State: THE extraction of
| the tooth was a difficult operation The dentist
| tried thirteen ti'nes before he succeeded and
when he did pull it out he found it to be Just Ga
inches long. The cavity extended through to
the top of the head, the tooth actually bringing
some of the hair The end had the appearance
of having been braided on the topo the head"
ONE day last week A. J. Welsh and Harry
Richards, of North Bend, Pa, killed two bears
and captured three alive. They were hunting
on Youngstown creek when their dog discovered
the bears in the butt of fallen tree When the
hunters approached the pace the old mother
bear had her head protruded from the entrance
of the tree. when one of the hunters fired his
rife, the ball killing both the mother bear and
one of her cubs Three cubs were captured
alive. They were taken down to North Bend
and sold.
ANDREW CARNEGIE, whose words entitle him
to be considered the most enthusiastic Ameri-
can now living, has hired and will occupy Clunv
castle in Scotland next season. Andrew is grow
ing very initiative of the English in his WAYS
Englishmen have been known from choice TO re-
side for extended periods in countries the insti-
buttons of which they never tir & in denouncine
beastly inferior to those of their native land
Perhaps Mr.. Carnegie can explain why a man
doesn't prefer to live in a country he likes best
when he is perfectly able to do So
A BRIGHTwTTTED GIRL in Manchester. Eng
telephoned to her father at his office asking II
her dog, Curly" was there He replied that
he was. well, take him up in your arms and
hold the receiver to his ear want to tell him to
come home, said the girl Her father did so
The dogs countenance wore, momentariIy a
look of astonishment at hearing Come bcme
Curly! Come homen in the feminine tones Of
his mistress, but it took him only an instant to
understand what was wanted and he made n
break for home as fast as he could go.
JOIN A. ROBINSON, wealthy gentleman of
Norwich Conn, who died recently left a re-
markable provision In his will. This document
directed that his remains should be kent for
three days before they were placed in the grave
where the lid TO the coffin was TO be removed
and the grave closed that person could
readily get out. II also provided that food and
water be placed in the coffin. A hammer foo
was to lie near his right hand while a lamn
was to burn in his sepulcher for three davs and
three nights. Every one of the provisions was
rigidly enforced.
YOUNG WOMAN Of Louisville Ky, while sing
ing before large company the other evening.