The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! other precious stones is estimated 10 De WORM
$4,000
BURLINGTON, y. J., proudly claims more
widows to the square yard than any other Guy
in these United States.
A COMPARISON of the work Of English, French
and American detectives show the latter TO DC Il
per cent. ahead all around.
IT IS ANTICIPATED that the government ex-
hibits at the approaching Cincinnati exposition
will cover 10000 square feet of space.
"Hoodlum" comes from the German huddler
meaning loafer, or idler; so hummer from
the German bummler, word of similar import
ACCORDING to the critic, riding by moon
light ATOP of a herdic is the hot-weather diver
sion most in favor with Washington swell
dom.
A BATTLE CREEK boy turned the hose on the
Salvation Army. and the court in turn put a
damper on the boy in the shape of fine OF
A coLoRED MINISTER in Nevada prayed the
other day that the indicate might be made
delicate, the Incorporate temperate and the in
dustriOus dustrious.
AT Dorchester Nd, the little daughter of
| Thomas Elgey fell headforemost into a pot of
boiling water, and though Immediately rescued,
died in few minutes
THE coins struck at the Berlin mint during the
already reported to be scarce, and are conse-
quently in great demand.
| A DISPATCH from Winnipeg says that E. G.
Fraser, on inmate of Selkirk asylum, while
| trying TO get a drink of water from a barrel, fell
headlong into 1t and was drowned
OUT in Delano, Cal, the other day black
ram was mean enough to chase black bear
and run him up tree, where ne was shot by
the gentle shepherd in charge of the flock.
A FEMALE PASSENGER on the steamer La
Bretagne, from Havre, was searched the other
day and 171i yards of valuable silk discov-
cred in her hustle Both silk and hustle were
conscated.
UNKNOWN PERSONS have begun to remove the
rails from tine historic Yale college fence, pre-
sumably with view Of securing them as relics,
before the whole thing is taken down by order
OF the college authorities.
A LITTLE GIRL in Lewiston, Me-, who was i'll
the other evening, called her mother to her bed
side and said piteously: Mamma. am awful
sick; just swallowed upward " and her mamma
| sympathized with her deeply.
A CATsUP BOTTLE on Mrs. Willis dinner table,
in Muskegon, Mich exploded with great force
the other day, scattering pieces of glass violently
around the room. One bit of glass struck q
lady at the table on the cheek, cutting deep
cash.
In the coffin of the dead emperor Empress
Victoria placed a small gold chain to which
three lockets were attached containing minia-
lures which she had taken during their court
ship, and which he had always worn until his
last illness.
A MINNESOTA MAN painted his house with
phosphorescent paint and the very first night
four fire companies smashed all his windows
and drenched his carpets and the crowd got
away with about S11 worth of diamonds and
solid silver.
THE mammoth sde-wheel steamer Puritan,
which is being built at Chester for the Fall
River line is to be launched late in July or early
in August. The machinery of the vessel will be
placed in position at New York. whittier she
will be towed after being launched.
A YOUNG MAN who was arrested for robbery
in Leavenworth claimed to have robbed twenty
two graves in a cemetery in an Illinois town.
Several of the graves were opened and his story
proved false, when he pretended to be the muir
derer of Benjamin Nathan, and is now waiting
to be sent to New York.
A New YORK CoRoNER's PHYSICIAN remarks
that in his experience he has found that more
people die in the fourth floor of a building than
any If the others. In the cases of sudden
deaths he says that there are more which take
place on the fourth floor in one year in New
York than in all others parts OF the houses
| combined.
THREE THOUSAND SAND CRABS so it is stated,
have been sent to Europe by lady living in
| ASDuFy faTh. y. j. whose son. q student at the
| Berlin university, was deputiAed by the faculty
of several German colleges to secure specimens
of the crabs, so that they b. properly
studied They are packed in jars and an effort
is to be made to get some of them to their
destinations olive.
In the year which ended on Dec 81 last the
population of Australia increased to the extent
of loO91t souls, while Tasmania and New
Zealand showed increases of :. 267 and 13 975 re-
spectivey. The total population of all Austria
| la-f &c 'ha rOfN rF
the past year was about 315 per cent, which is
by no means as large as the best friends of
Australia would wish to see it.
ANOTHER 1904 DOLLAR and evidently the one
whose Whereabouts long puzzled numis
MATES, has been heard from. The Providence
journal states that the coin is in the possession
of a PawtucIet. X. l., woman vino was given if
by her rather in 1920 on her 18th birthday He
received the dollar as part payment for services
in the war Of 1872 and in presenting it to the
present owner instructed her never to mart
with it.
| A BELFAST CMe.) woman has found way to
dispose of money with holes punched IN it, She
recently offered one to a merchant there not
with the shame-faced or hurried manner in
| which such coins are often offered, but reluc-
| family, asserting that il was q keepsake and
she would not part with it for any money, but
would leave it provided the merchant would
promise to keep it until she should call for it
| which she promised to DO within a week The
| merchant took the keepsake delivered her
| goods and gave back the necessary change for
S., and the customer departed and has not been
seen since. The merchant is about 50 cents out
DIR. WILKIE of Oshkosh Wis, who owns n
valuable collection of books on Masonry. has
disposed of one of the rarest volumes to T. H.
Emmons of Boston, secretary of the grand
lodge of Massachusetts, for $50 The book is
bound in hog skin with iron clasps and contains
the original manuscript of the meeting of the
first Royal Arch chapter ever formed in Lon
don. The book contains the records of the
chapter from 1875, when it was started. until
1875, when the sessions were prohibited by an
act of the British parliament, and on the last
leaf is written the resolution that the chnnter
be dissolved for this reason. The book was mr.
chased at an auction sale in London for about
S15.
From RICHMOND, VA, it is learned that the
monument to be placed over the grave Of Gen
Pickett in the soldiers section at HOLLYWOOD
cemetery is to be completed by Oct. l. at a cost
Of $4,000 1t is to be hexagonal in shape at the
base and to have perpendicular sides The base
will feet through, tapering up 5 feet high to !
feet in diameter. This portion will be built Of
clear stock blue granite. Above this is the
monument proper, with hexagonal columns
covered with n coping circular in form and
adorned with wreaths of bronze and a bronze
urn. There are six panels around the main
portion Of bronze pates-one for Gen Pickett
one for his artillery brigade and one for each Of
his other four infantry brigades.