The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Mr.. HAMILTON, of Beaver township, Crawford
! county, has sheep that recently gave birth to
four fine healthy lambs.
TEN CENTS an acre all farm of 954
acres brought recently in Greene county Ala
bama, when sold under mortgage.
They SAY it is a fact that Mr. and Mrs. Turk
net. aged so and IS years respectively, of Cisco,
| Tex, have recently become the parents of
| fine boy.
| IT is SAID that there is woman in Plainville,
Mass, who has bought but one paper of pins
| during her twenty-five years of housekeeping
life. Just how she gets her pins is not stated.
AT an adjourned town meeting held in Lee,
n H. the other day, Mrs. Rebecca Bennett was
| chosen moderator, the first time a woman was
| ever called upon to preside at such meeting in
| that State.
| FRANKLIN K. PECK. Of Clinton, Ia, aged p
| years. died the other day on the fiftieth ami
versary of his marriage. For several weeks he
| had been praying that he might live to see that
| day, and when it came he passed away per
fectly satisfied.
AMERICAN enterprise is felt at Hernosand,
Sweden, which has just been provided with the
most northern electric light station in the
| world. The lamps there are lighted at 2:30
O'Clock in the afternoon and put out at 1918
| O'Clock midnight.
| JUDGE Cook, of Jacksonville, Ala, not long
ago bought, purely on speculation, forty acres
| of land sold for taxes. He paid $50, and then
| looking up the site of the land, found that it
was within the corporate limits of Admission and
| easily worth $4,000.
Mr. AND Mrs. FRED MILLER. Of Rice Lake,
Mimi don't know whether to be proud or
ashamed of their first baby. 1t weighs but a
pound and half, its feet are but an inch long
each, aud a wine glass will cover its head. 1t is
| perfectly formed and healthy.
AT BROOKLYN dog that had been imprisoned
in snowdrift for three days was dug out, still
| alive. board leaning against post had kept
| the snow from crushing him. and also afforded
| him small space in which to move around
| The animal had dug with his paws a tunnel ten
feet in length in'his efforts to free himself.
EVERY STATE AND TERRITORY in the Union is
represented among this years batch of students
at the University of Michigan. and in addition
| there are stu1ents from Ontario, Japan,
| England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Sand
witch Islands, Italy, Turkey, Costa Rica, Quebec,
Russia, Scotland and the United States of
| Colombia.
| DULUTH has ghost which inhabits a board
| ing house and the number of boarderS is rapidly
| diminishing in consequence of its presence
| asst fall there was suicide in the house and
| the ghost is said to repeat the performance of
7 its prototype in life. Every night it comes out
| upon the piazza, ge Is rope and hangs itself to
| the railing.
| UNIQUE CovERLET called an autograph
| quilt, " was recently presented to the Soldiers
! Home, at Richmond, Va, by Miss COPELAND, of
| Botetourt county, 1t is made of 200 pieces, each
| of which bears the autograph of some notable
| person. Among the names are those of Pres-
| dent Cleveland and Miss Cleveland, Gov. Lee
| and John w. Daniel
| ANOTHER PROPHET" has arisen. His name is
| Horace johnson, and he lives at Middle Haddam
| Conn. Two months ago he predicted a beard
| plucking blizzard between March ~ and 15
| Elated at the outcome of his first essay in read
| ing the meteorological riddles of the future he
| has predicted that severe storm will strike the
| Eastern States between April and IS.
| NEW York WOMAN who lost her scalp by
| being struck by railroad train, sued the com
pany for damages. The case was tried four
times. In the first trial the case was dismissed
| in the second trial she awarded Sl3, 500 dam
| ages, in the third trial the Jury gave her SO,-
600, and finally verdict for g. 900 was reached
Juries seem to disagree as to the value of scalps
New YORK CoBBLER was arrested the other
| day for practicing medicine without license
woman who had paid him 500 for medical
| treatment was the complainant. At his trial
| the shoemaker went on the stand in his own be-
| half and said that although he was cobber he
had been taught in Italy to cure witcbcraft
This complainant came to me. he said, land
| said she was under the spell of witch I cured
| her without using any medicine" He was
| fined $50.
| ALEADING DEALER in mems furnishing goods
| in New York says that clergymen are among
| the most fastdious of his customers They are
debarred, of course, from wearing ANYTHING con-
| spicuous or flashy, but they always choose the
\ finest material. Silk underwear made to order
at great cost is favorte thing with them.
Famous Ir or wealthy men he he says, as rule,
| dress most brilliantly, and actors dress most
showily."
WHEN woman anxious to make a living
| asks what to do, the wise answer, What you
can do best" Many women have taken this
| hint, and are making money baking cake can
| ming fruit, making dainty desserts raising bees
| each doing what she can do best. 1t is said
| that woman who in prosperous DAYS had
| made study of diamonds and was a fine Judge
| put the advice to test. and is to-day in one of
| the largest diamond houses of New York, and is
| most successful buyer.
Mr.. Bennett who resides on Anthony creek.
| Ore, the other day carried into Baker City and
| sold the skin of wolverine, an animal that is
exceedingly rare in that part of the country.
| The animal weighed eighty pounds, measured
| four feet from tip to tip, and when. alive
| ugly customer When Mr.. Bennett responded
| to the barking of bis dog the wolverine came
| promptly down from the tree in which he had
| taken refuge, and after worsting the dog in the
| first round proceeded to go Ar. Bennett a round
| A well-directed bullet, however, knocked him
| out in short order
JOHN FIsHToRN, of Miami county, Indiana is
| one of the peculiar characters of the Hooser
| State. He is known as Lawsuit John" and
was at one time wealthy farmer He gets his
| name from the fact anywhere from one to
| dozen suits are brought against him at each
| term Of court. On one page of the Clerks reg
| lister appear thirty names of suits for various
| causes, and out Of the lot fourteen are against
| John. In the last two years there were against
him eleven civil cases-eght of them satisfied,
with three still pending; State cases-four salts
| fed, three standing.
THEY tell this story of Congressman Herbert,
of Alabama; His youngest daughter, who is at
a Washington boarding school, was entertain
| ing two young lady friends from her home One
day the Congressman called and sent up word
that he had come to take his daughter and 1.-THE
young ladies from Alabama" to the matinee.
| Pretty soon Miss Herbert and a dozen bright
| girls, all from Alabama, came rushing down
stairs, exclaiming: "Oh, how perfectly lovely
| of you, Mr.. Herbert, to take us all" The Con
| gresham made the best of the situation and
| paid the bill gracefully.
| A NEW ZEALAND correspondent of a New
| York paper says that a fortune awaits the man
who will establish works for the utilization of a