The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AN ELDERLY WOMAN, carrying babe In her
arms and afflicted with smallpox in its most
violent FORM walked into the Brooklyn Chart
ties Commissioners Office Tuesday afternoon.
She and her child were sent TO the Flatbush hos
pital.
IF the ordinance is strictly enforced. dogs
life must be particularly hard in Waterville,
Maine. Il provides that mo dog shall bark.
bite, howl, or in any other manner disturb the
quiet of any person" on pain OF death or pun
ishment:
A TOUCHING SIGHT was presented in a San
Francisco court room. 1t was that of mar
ned couple-the wife IS, and the husband 2
years younger-who had been arrested on the
| charge of drunkenness. They were sent to the
almshouse.
CANON WnsERFoRcE is reported as saying of
Dublin's two cathedrals which have been re-
stored by the lberality OF a brewer and a
distlller, that they are memorials of drink. ="
St. Patrck's of Guinness stout and Christ
church OF whisky.
LEADING English gunmakers report that they
have this season had remarkably large num-
Der of orders for fine guns from ladies. Shoot
ing during the season is said TO be the latest
notion of the English women of quality,
although some prefer fishing.
TIE wife of wealthy and influential mer-
chant of Topeka, Kan, ran away from her
home without informing her family why or
where she was going. A two-months' search
by the husband ended in the discovery of his
wife in Wichita dime museum, where she
worked twelve hours in every twenty-four.
CAPT. NATHANIEL HOLLAND of Barre, is one of
the Oldest ex-members of the Massachusetts
legislature. He was member OF the House in
1889 and lS40 and is 95 years old. He still takes
an interest in legislative affairs and the politics
of the day. Hs voted for Monroe for President
ana has voted at every presidential election
since.
A CURIOUS PHENOMENON is reported at Dover
(Me) Miss Wilson, who boards at j. B. Chase's
stood before dressing case on Saturday night.
arranged her hair, extinguished the light and
retired. The next morning She was considerably
surprised to notice a remarkably distinct profile
picture of herself upon the mirror before which
she had stood. The picture has been visited by
many, but no explanation has been given yet.
A FEW DAYS AGO Farmer Bobb, who lives
near Woodstock, n. Y, threw his pea jacket
over a big, fiat rock at the entrance to buck
wheat field. The garment was forgotten Till
the next day at noon, when Bobb gathered it up
carelessly and threw it over the seat of his
wagon, on which was perched a small black
and tan dog. The dog began to bark and paw
at the pea jacket, out of which after while
crawled two baby rattlesnases. They were
very small rattlers, but were big enough to hiss,
so Farmer Bobb bruised their heads.
HUNTING SEASON has opened in Maine, and the
other large cities in the state to the favorite
hunting grounds bear evidence of this fact
Big game-mcose. dear and caribou-are re-
ported to have spread out over much new terri
tory during the past year. Moose have been
seen near Bucksport, a few miles below Bangor,
and also in oxford and Franklin counties, where
they have not been seen before for years, while
deer have become so plenty that it is quite
common occurrence to See them on the out
skirts of villages and towns all over the eastern
part of the state.
A CHICAGO MAN, while on visit to Nation.
ILL.,, suddenly became the victim of the singular
hallucinaton that he was controlled by legion
of evil spirits, and acting under their influence
he danced until O'Clock in the morning. He
then made wild rush, in a nearly nude condi-
ton, up the street in an attempt to escape his
ghastly torturers, but the spirits outran him,
and finally commanded him, as the price of lib
erty from their interference to pluck out his
eyes" which he finally did with his fingers.
Shortly aftsrward he was found insensible on
the street. He was taken in charge by the
police, and physicians attempted to replace his
eyeballs, but with what success is not yet
known.