The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Si,VOO,UOO.
THE Michigan adventists are fully persuaded
that the world will come to an end during the
| coming summer, and are making their prepare
| lions accordingly.
MILLIONS of jack rabbits migrated from Ore
gon to Idaho during the recent cold spell in the
far Northwest. They crossed the frozen waters
| OF the Snake river in hOrdeS, and presented a
wonderful spectacle to the people who saw them.
| ANNA ZoLoLKA, of Minneapolis, has just
brought suit for divorce from her husband,
John Zololka, for the seventh time Her efforts
10 secure legal separation extend over pc
riod of twelve years, and have hitherto been
successfully combated by her husband.
THE MIKADo of Japan is the 121st of his race,
and is believed by himself and subjects to be
descended from the gods. As the national re-
| hgion, Sintoism, recognizes 100000 gods and
| saints there appears to be no good reason why
| every Jap should not be allowed to brag of
equally illustrious descent.
In little town in Oregon lives beautiful
young lady, 10 years old, who is web-footed.
| She wears a small shoe, and except in the mat
| ter Of the webs between her toes, she has re-
| markably shapely foot. When child she was
| never so happy when wading in the water,
| and she is now an expert swimmer.
| NEW YORK MAN is endeavoring to preserve
| all printed references to President Cleveland
whether complimentary or not, which he finds
|
he says that as soon as he can add to his collec-
ton notices Of his denomination and election he
will present the lot to the President.
| THE SEA SERPENT that appears periodically off
the Maine coast is apparently no spring chicken.
| He was seen there in 1877 and by minister too.
Mr. Staples, one of the oldest settlers of Pros
pect, Me-, used to say that he once saw the
| monstrous creature envelope a schooner in its
| folds and sink it in plain view of the people on
| shore.
They have a novel method in St. Paul of de-
| termining the genuineness of diamonds. A man
was offered one at bargain, and, being little
| suspicious that the sparkler was not a genuine
| diamond thought he would put it to a test. So
| he put it on an anvil and struck it smart blow
| with hammer. He has bought it now, for he
| had to, but he will not wear the pieces.
| REPRESENTATIVES of nearly all nationalities
are to be seen in the streets of San Francisco,
and all of them can find good reading in the
public library of that city. The library has a
| book containing the Lords prayer in S14 differ
| ent dialects. The work was commenced by A.
Amer, and published in Vienna in 1874 and is
| one OF the queerest books in existence.
The Chatsworth disaster has already cost the
| Toledo, Peoria and Western railroad more than
100000 in damages, and there is anothers
| $1,000 yet to pay new culvert, by which the
\ accident would have been avoided, would have
| cost 500 The difference between that sum and
| the total amount of damages paid and to be
ptbiu IOpICoCuCo INC CO1lpduy investment IN
| experience.
| b. NAPoLI, an Italian ranchman at Dayton,
| New, discovered one of his cows choking on a
potato. He thrust in his hand and succeeded in
pushing the obstruction down the cows taroat
| but when he undertook to withdraw his arm
the COW shut down on it like a wise, and kept
| her hold until her jaws were pried apart with
a crowbar. The bones and flesh of his arm
| we're so crushed that amputation will be neces-
sary.
The OsGooDBY FAMILY of Albany, n Y, is
remarkable for the height of its different men,
bers. One of the boys while on trial recently
for using the mails for swindling purposes, gave
the following testimony Il was 10 years old
last November. | attended the high school in
Buffalo. My father is lawyer. | have four
brothers and one sister. My father is feet
inches, my eldest brother 6 feet inches the
next eldest feet inches, the next 6 feet
inches, and l am feet 116 inches"
j. H. BEIDLER of Mount Pulaski has written
poem. That fact may as well be admitted
| right now in accordance with Mr.-Beidler's evil
dent desire. The production, which aspres to
be lin honor of Washington, Lincoln and Ceye.
land, is printed on silk trimmed with velvet
and bound between covers made from the head
board of bed in which Mr. Lincollis said once
to have slept when in Mount Pulaski many years
ago. Mr. Bedler sent this metrical sandwich to
President Cleveland. He has effectually adver-
tised himself as poet. -...
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG wears a beautiful
brooch, in which is set in diamonds and anne
thysts the figure of horse. 1t was given her
by the Duke of Newcastle, who is now visiting
in this country. Miss Kellogg and her mother
were with the ducal party at Ascot once and
the former named a certain horse that she
/ thought would win. Being thorough racing
man, the Duke took any hint for luck He bet
on the horse and won $4,000. Afterward he
had the portrait of the winner set as a brooch
and presented it to the prima dona.
ONE of Philadelphia's leading society ladies
has her sauerkraut made at home/ ust as her
mother and grandmother did, but it is quietly
hinted in blue blood circles that she makes the
servant who does the stamping" wash his
feet before beginning that process, which is
vitality necessary to good sauerkraut. In the
back Pennsylvania Dutch region the abluton is
disregarded, and some of the older people hold
that this is proper. 1t is fact, however, that
in one residence on West Walnut street sauer
kraut is made and stamped with the bare
feet.
THOMAS BRADwARDINE, commonly called Dr.
Profundus, learned theologian, was Arch
bishop of Canterbury for less than two months
in 1349. 1t was known that the paneling under
the great window of Prior Oxenden, in St An
selms chapel, formed part of the tomb of this
Archbishop but it was not known whether the
remains were beneath the stone slab An in
vestgation was made recently by the surveyor
to the Dean and Chapter, and the skeleton was
found, with fragments of cere cloth, the skull
being perfect and some of the bones The tomb
had been rified of any ornaments such as rings
crosier, etc, and was full of fragments of
stained glass.
THE Ventura (Cal) Democrat reports the fol.
lowing canine life-saving service at San Buena-
ventura Mr.. Charebois's red Irish setter dog
Dash made himself useful in assisting to get the
sailors ashore from the Inflated schooner
Wednesday by swimming out into the breakers
and bringing a stake ash ore that had been
thrown out of the vessel with a rope attached
1t was difficult feat for the dog TO perfc rm.
as the rope pulled heavily against the waves
so heavily that it equaled almost a mans
strength to get it ashore, but the faithful ami
NAL held on until he landed when he was re-
warded by acclamations and caresses from the
assembled multitude"
In Giles county, n. c., Miss Annie Pearce had
planned an elopement with her lover, N. T.
Pierce That night she took her jewelry and
some clothing and made her way out of the
house TO join him. She had gone considerable
distance when her father MADE pursuit She
fled faster, but in attempting to cross one of
the deep drainage bitches, so common in that
section. fell in and was nearly drowned The
angry father luckily did not see her and she
made her way safely out of the ditch She was
determined not to be baked or disheartened
She changed her clothing then and there and
made her way to the now anxious lover who
was hidden in grove They drove eight miles
and were married at midnight
In its report for March the Photographic
Office speaks of the petroleum springs, which