The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


COW that died at Highland, Pa. revealed the
fact that the animal had swallowed a piece of
wire, which pierced its stomach and entered its
heart.
AN EAGLE on exhibition in Bridgeport, Conn,
store window, escaped, and flying around the
room strucl the cushion of a striking machine
and was killed. The machine registered the
blow at $50 pounds
A woMAN's LEAGUE has been formed in New
Orleans. One of its objects is to look in large
and practical way after the interests of women
as to how they are treated in asylums, prisons,
stores, station-houses, etc.
DR.. THURsToN, the superintendent of the
Madrid museum, has been commissioned to
visit various electrical establishments in Europe
in order to select an electric globe light capable
OF illuminating rs fathOms of water.
TUE people of Wapella, ILL.,, recently saw the
little town of Midland City, twelve miles dis
tant, suspended i'll the clouds The mirage was
so vivid that the observers could see a train of
cars approach and leave the Midland station
Mrs. LUCINDA RUaGLEs died at Dodgeville,
Wis, few days ago, and she was buried in a
coffin made from a walnut tree which her hus-
oand had felled forty years ago and stored
away to make lumber for his own and his wifes
collins.
NELSON CLARK, of Vanceboro, Me-, while
hunting for deer few miles south of that place
succeeded in shooting a white doe much larger
than the average red deer and of rare species
The hair was of a Spotless white and very fine
in texture.
IT is CONSIDERED worthy of note that the
trailing arbutus has budded and bloomed this
fall near Bangor, Ne. This remarkable and I'M
usual appearance of spring flower in late fall
IS attributed to the wet weather of October and
November.
SOME WnKEsBARRE. PA.N, YOUNG MEN who
have been dubbed the ''Pious Ten" have organ
lzed an anti-profanity club. AS 81 SO in fines
vera collected within ten minutes after the
adoption of the bylaws, it is expected the club
VIII i've high. for a time at least.
Two sPARRows have their home in court room
No at Norristown, Pa. and the monotony Of
the criminal court was last week varied by the
twittering of the birds and their constant fiut-
terlng about In fragrant contempt of the
tribunal in whose presence they are entirely at
home.
SEVERAL WHITE ToPAzEs, so much like dia-
monds as to deceive even some experts, have
been been found on Bald Face Mountain in
Chatham, N. II. small boy found one.
which he sold for few cents, and the buyer
realized $50 for it after it had been cut and
polished
WHILE the schooner VIM. D. Marvaa was
drifting toward the shore in the late storm near
Delaware breakwater having lost her anchors
the captain took his galley stove, filled it with
coal and scrap tied a cable to it, flung it over
board and by chance secured firm anchorage
and saved the vessel
A LANCASTER, PA, RESIDENCE was entered on
Wednesday evening by a thief. who ate all the
food in the house and left note reading,
Thanks for the slim lunch" The tender mis-
slve was written on linen collar. This was
fastened on stick, the other end of which was
thrust into loaf of bread.
HAWK dived into lot of ducks in a cove on
Moosehead Lake. He got his claws into one
and together they disappeared under water. 1t
was more than minute before the hawk rose
to the surface nearly drowned, and with q la
bored effort he got away, not, however, until
other ducks tried to force him again under
water
AN UNUSUAL ACCIDENT happened to a Cincin-
natl horse, which stood backed up against the
curb with its head over the car track The
animal, having raised its head to avoid being
struck by car undertook to lower it before
the vehicle passed, and in doing so thrust it
through the window. The poor beast was horri-
bly, lacerated and, it is thought will have to be
killed.
A CANARY belonging to family of Midland
Park, N. j., becomes greatly excited when the
6-year-old son comes into the room, and beats
itself against the cage until released, when it
flies on top of his head, jumps upon his finger,
singing Justify, and then, for rest, settles upon
his shoulder. After its frolic, and piece of
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goes back into its cage.
A Sword swALLowER" in San Francisco, who
made slight departure from his usual line of
business by Swallowing stove poker prom
ises not to do SO again. The Alta reports that
he performed the feat on wager of severa!
beers, and that, after Withdrawing the poker,
he complained of severe pains in the region of
his heart. He eventually became very i'll and
had to be taken to the hospital.
A PAVING STONE to be placed in front of the
residence in New York of Frederick Vanderbilt
is said to be the largest thing of the kind in the
metropolis. 1t is 10 feet wide and 20 feet long
1t was quarried in Chenango county New York
and transported TO New York city in a special
car Hitherto the biggest stone" was the one
in front of the mansion in Fifth avenue of an.
other member of the Vanderbilt family.
The price of piscatorial supplies has fallen at
some points along the coast in the vicinity of
Asbury Park, for example, where, at this sea-
son. great quantities of frost fish are thrown
up by the surf at every ebb tide, and where any
body can obtain a load, without cost or hin
drance, for use at his table. Fish is a good
wholesome food, and those who like it have a
rare chance of running cheap kitchen.
MEDICAL CIRCLES throughout Connecticut are
much interested in the case of Ellsworth Ben
nett of New Haven, who recently purchased a
set of teeth with rubber plate. Shortly after
ward his tongue sweed to a thickness of
inches, and it was found that he had been
the teeth. His eyelidS also Swelled and other
parts of his body were similarly affected.
THE SANDWICH ISLAND ALPHABET has only 10
letters; the Bermese, 10; the Italian, 20; the
Bengalese. Il the Hebrew, Syriac Chaldee
Samaritan aud Latin, % each; the French, %;
the Greek. "a; the German and Dutch, 26 each;
the Spanish and Savonic, 81 each; the Arabic
has %; the Persian and Coptc, 80; the Geor
gian, 35 the Armenian, 3S. the Russian II the
hIuscovite, 43; the Sanscrit and Japanese so;
the Ethiopic and Tartaric. 202
LONDON PAPERS relate story of Welsh
preacher who started on the cars to fulfill an en-
gagement. When the conductor came for his
ticket he had forgotten to bring il, and had also
forgotten his money. What was worse he had
forgotten where he was going 1t was found
impossible to suggest to him any station that
seemed to be the right one. and he had to tele-
graph home to have his friends look into his
diary and send him word where he was going
Word came aud he was started on all right,
NEW YORK World special says that ''Miss
Flora France, the 22-year-old daughter Of IAus-
tin France, a farmer, of Seward, Schoharie
county, n. Y, has for about 20 months been I'M
able to retain food in her stomach and her
body wasted until she weighed only about 80
pounds. A few days ago she announced that il
had been revealed TO her In vision that she
would have no further trouble. She was given