The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-10
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willing to marry him. The advertiser is said to
be % years old and very well to do.
The plan of Supplying birds with whisky, so
that their capture can be more easily accom-
plished, is being successfully tried on quail by
an enterprising fellow, at Santa Cruz, Cal
| quail abound there Just now, and large catches
are being made.
WOMEN have been eligible for places on the
Louisiana school boards for ten years, but now
| for the first time one has been thus placed A
| school district in West Carroll, in the north
eastern part of the state, has the honor of first
| doing this sensible thing.
CHARLES WISE was captured and hanged in
| the Turtle mountains by vglantes while at
| tempting to run string of stolen horses across
the border into Canada. His captors hanged
him with one of the stolen halters. Wise was
well connected in Pennsylvania, his old home.
A REMARKABLE CASE of preservation is re-
ported from the old Blandford churchyard near
Petersburg, Va. A body was exhumed that
had been entombed over thirty years. and was
found to be in an almost perfect state of
poser alton. 1t was in an ordinary metallic
case.
The most original as we'll as artistic suicide
yet comes from Yadkin county, North Carolina,
where one Rufus Revis broke into his neighbours
still room and putting one end of syphon in
barrel Of chain lightning and the other in his
mouth, got so entirely full that he had no space
for breath
Two Scotia (Neb.) men went on debauch
several weeks ago, assaulted a farmer and were
arrested and fined. They now bring suit against
the saloon keeper who sold them the liquor.
claiming $1,000 damages each for the stain that
mas been placed on their fair names by the spree
and It's consequences
A BROOKLYN ELECTRICIAN has discovered a
way to stop the cat serenading business. He
has attached wire to the back fenca and when
the cats alight and begin to sing their tunefui
ballads he turns on the battery. The cats are
not injured, but they are so surprised that they
are inclined to let the fence alone thereafter.
REMARKABLE SNOW STORM prevailed at
Fresno, Cal, a few days ago, between and
p. M The heavens were so darkened that one
could scarcely see across the street. complete
pail hung over the city and gas had to be
lighted, while doors and windows had to be
shut to keep out the fine dust.
THE daughter of rich banker stopping at
Bar Harbor, ventured beyond her depth the
other day while bathing, and was only saved by
the efforts of young man who risked his life
TO save hers. The day afterward the happy
father sent the young man note of thanks
companied by ST. bill. which was Immediately
and Indignantly returned
THERE are still on the pension rolls of the gov
eminent over 800 men who served in the war of
1912 The war ended seventy three years ago,
and there were about so 600 men who were rec
ognized as having had reasonable part in it,
Taking these figures a basis a Boston news
paper man calculates that if the same propor-
ton of veterans OF the war of 1881 survive for
like period, there will be as late as 1898 some
$1,000 survivors.
MAY WHITLEY and Maud King, aged 13 grand
daughters of the captain of the lighthouse at
Point Pinckney s. c., have been recommended
TO the Secretary of the Treasury by the light
house board as in every respect worthy of the
gold medals awarded by the government for
human at
the risk of their own lives, they went out in a
boat in a heavy gale and rescued three men am
boy, whose boat had capsized.
A MADISON, Conn, letter to the New Haven
Register speaks Of an entire family who have
become noted for longevity. There were four
sons and one daughter, and of the former
Samuel w. DOwd died last Saturday, aged -
years. The father died in 1913, aged 50 years.
the mother in 49,. aged &c years; Betsy in 1858,
aged 40 years; George in 1882. aged II years:
Abram A. in 1888 aged So There is yet one
brother left, whose age is nearly, if not quite
80.
a MULE belonging to the strawboard factory
at Chestertown, Md, deliberately drowned hin
self last Monday. This is the second mule be-
longing to the factory that has, within short
tine, killed himself by drowning. The mule is
generally reputed to be philosopher, and it is
possible that the two suicidal mules. in view of
the fact of being compelled to help draw large
loads of straw, calmly determined that life is
not worth the living.
DRINK seems to be as prevalent in Belgium as
| anywhere else -perhaps more so. A newspaper
published in Flanders states that the daily
consumption of o workngman--not a drunkard
there includes, at $50 a m, a worm killer
at a. M, an 'eye-opener;' at II a. m, whip
| at p. m, 'digeSter;' at D. M a Soldier
| and at p IN, 'inisher.'" The regular yearly
| expenditure, without counting extras on festive
| occasions, amounts TO 2l9 francs, 500 to 1,20U
| francs being the usual wages.
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a great talkcr, and quite apt to monopolize con-
| versation on most occasions. One day he sent
| for young nobleman, who is very fully posted
| on the eastern question. The young man went
and the next day was congratulated by q friend
on the in ression that he had made on the
Grand Old Man. MIR Gladstone says that he he
| never met any one who knew so much about the
| Caucasus The young man smiled. Il was
| with him two hours" said he, land never
opened my mouth.
AN ENGINE was derailed at New Haven on
| Tuesday in unique manner While the
switchman was throwing the switch to let the
engine pass upon the main track his shirt
sleeves caught upon the switch lever in such a
manner as TO Interfere with its Tcovemeut Be
fore he could diSentaugle his garment from the
switch the engine left the rails and was bound
ing over the ties. The ties were torn up for a
distance of about fifty feet. but the engine,
which was placed upon the rails after two
hours work, was not materially damaged,
1Hk Olu icutucE appeared IN WateFVllle,
Conn., last week. notwithstanding the fact that
the New England papers have had him dead
about half dozen times within a year He was
seen by a New Haven Union reporter who re-
ports thet he has changed much in appearance
But the same old coat still hangs in unfashjon-
able fold from his broad shoulders But it
shows signs of hard usage. and, unless the
wearer can conceive some way of immediate re-
pair, it will necessarily have to follow the
leather trousers and hat and be relocated to
| the things that were.m He refused to talk
though several tried to get an explanation of
| the change in his dress.
| A QUIETLY DRESSED MAN presented a check at
the baggage room in Danbury, Conn., the other
| day. and received in exchange neatly painted
| box, about the size of an ordinary trunk A
dozen eSpressmeu at once desired his patron.
age. He smiled kindly, unlocked the box and
| took out small wheel and two long and two
short sticks. The long sticks he fitted into sta
| Piles at the upper and lower opposite corners of
| the box. The short sticks then became cross
| pieces connecting the long Ones and the wheel
| found place between the lower ends of the
| long pieces Thus. quicker than il takes to tell
| it, the man had transformed his box into a
| wheelbarrow, and trundled away. He returned
| in few hours, repacked the wheel and sticks
and quit the town on q wcst-bound train He
was said to be an agent for a religious publ
cation house. and resorted to the wheebarrow
device to save carriage money.
AT the police trials in New York on Wednes-
day whole platoon was placed on trial for an
indiscretion of some one polcemen and th.