The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


ty that 49,, 900 tons of fish are annually dis
posed OF at Billingsgate, London. the largest
fish market in the world.
HERE'S an item from a Maine newspaper that
ought 10 be of great interest to book agents in
that section: There is not a dog owned in
Fairfield Centre, nor within mile OF the place. "
A SYRACUSE BURGLAR had been all through
the house to rest bit before going off with the
swag. There a carpet tack in the chair,
and the yell be uttered awoke the people and he
had TO clear out.
OFFICER ORGUELLo of the Los Angeles po-
lice carries a lasso, and he finds it of great as
sistance in catching tramps who may desire to
evade him and the Jail which awaits the cap
| tured tramp in that city
DURING the recent fox chase at Gettysburg
Col John H. Mcclellan, 50 years of age, rode for
two hours and finally won the brush He was
so little fatigued by his exertions that he went
| to the opera the same evening.
THE NOVEL SPECTACLE of prairie fire was
witnessed near East Boston the other day. A
| locomotive set fire to the dry grass on a salt
| marsh, and several acres were burned over
before the progress of the flames could be stayed
DURING a recent snowstorm in Warren, Me, a
robin few into farmers kitchen. apparently
for the sole purpose of getting where it was
| warm. The bird was fed, and soon became so
| tame that it would eat from the hands of the
| children.
The NAMES for money In the language of the
| Ogallala Sioux are interesting. Gold is masses
sko-zi, literally yellow white from" silver is
mases-ska-ska or white iron, y and greenbacks
are minne-huapimaSessk ska, or paper that talks
| white IRON"
| OUT in Douglas county, Kansas, they have hit
upon new way of destroying wolves. A large
| piece of beef is placed where the wolves will
easily find it, and in the fight resulting for its
possession, experience has shown that one or
| more of them is sure to be killed
NOTABLE EVENT in the history of the Uni
versity of Michigan is the election of DR.. Hattie
| Allen, of Waterloo Ia to fill the position of
| Assistant Professor of Medicine in that insttu-
| ton. She is the first woman ever chosen to
| a position of that nature in Western univer-
| sty.
| THERE are said to be several gypsies in New
| York City who worth upward of 100000
| apiece. A prominent Chicago clergyman is of
| gypsy parentage, and there are many as fifty
| eminent professional people in Canada whose
parents belonged to the dark-sknned Bohemian
| race.
| GUADALAJARA, a Mexican city of over 100, 900
inhabitants is about to welcome its first rail
| road. The city is described as the Chicago of
( Mexico" 1t has important manufacturing in
terests, and is situated in the State of Jalixo,
one of the richest agricultural sections of that
| country.
THE Horse-thief Detective Association of Hi
nois, twenty-five in number, have Just met in
| Champaign, and have organized grand lodge
| State Detective Association. The association
| will cooperate with similar associations in
| other States.
C. P. LINDLEY, of Bridgeport, Conn. is proba-
| bly, the oldest commercial traveller in the United
States. He claims to have been the first drum
mer who ever sold by sample He started from
| Meridian Conn, May 6, 1886, with a pair of
| horses, and he has been on the road practically
| ever since, ffty-twO years.
HOSPITAL for the treatment of sick or dis
| abled birds has been opened in Chicago by Mrs.
| A. F. Moir, and there are already a number of
| feathered patients undergoing treatment in it.
| All the birds receive, besides their medicine, a
| daily Turkish bath and are rubbed down with
| solution of quinine and morphine.
! Mr.. CRAIG, Of New York, undertook to drive
| a cat out of cafe. The contract was bigge'
one than he could fulfill without assistance
| The cat jumped at him, bit him in the face
| caught the lapel of his coat scratched his chin
| cheek and neck and bit his left wrist through to
| the bone. A waiter had to pull the Infatuated
| animal off.
| AT DOVER, ME-, jury of twelve men were
recently on duty, not one of whom used tobacco
| At a convention of beekeepers at Waterville in
| the same State, not one of the fifty men who
| attended was addicted to the use of the weed
| A Bangor paper says it is doubtful if any other
| part of the country uses SO little tobacco as
| Maine.
THE town of Algora, Iowa. is making arrange
| ments for the erection of a great hay palace
] which will be a feature of the Kossuth County
| Fair. The sides of the structure will be built
| of baled hay and the roof will be matched with
| prairie grass. The building will be handsomely
| decorated and will undoubtedly be a unique at
| traction.
| AMONG the divorce cases decided in a Chicago
| court recently was one which originated from
1 MI
| she was very fond. One day the husband en-
| tered and found her kissing the dog On his
| reproving her for such conduct she said she
| loved the dog better than she loved him. Then
| there was a row and separation. The divorce
| was granted.
| MORNING LIGHT is the name of a very young
Indian who recently arrived in New York. He
| first saw the light of day in mid-ocean, having
| been born on the voyage across from France on
| the steamer La Bourgogne. His parents are
| fullblooded Spirit Lake Chippewa Indians, who
were members of the Buffalo Bill Company AS
he was born under the French flag France may
| claim him as subject.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Evander Cameron, of
| Toulon, Tenn, wanted to marry Mary Baynes,
| and she wanted to marry him He was 30 and
| she was 20. Papa Baynes said mo, and so the
| faithful lovers waited, and waited, and a few
| days ago the old man Ielented, and Evander
| aged 81, and Mary, aged AZ, were married. 1t
| looks a little as if Evander was not unlike the
| bird whose name rhymes with his.
THE young men of Woonsocket, R. l., are pre-
| pairing to give turkey supper to the young
ladies of that place. The meal is to be wholly
| prepared by gentlemen, no lady being allowed
| to assist in cooking or to contribute as
| much as slice of bread. The young women
| had got up several excellent suppers and chal-
| lenged the young men to do as we'll meeting
was held, and the boys decided to show what
| culinary skill they had.
r. J. TENNY recently died in Los Angeles Cal.
and this is the story the California papers tell of
him: HE was living with his grandmother in
| East Galway, this State and went West to bet
| ter his condition. He got work in Los Angeles
| slept on a bench in the shop to save rent and
went without sufficient food in order to save
enough money to send to his aged and HELPLESS
| grandmother in the East. He denied himself
| too much, and died the other day of actual
| starvation.
| BARNEY CONWAY of Clark county, Indiana. is
| 106 years of age, and said to be the Oldest citi
zen in the State. He still makes his own livno
| by little farming and woodchoppine still
| handles an old fashioned rife with accuracy
and brings down an occasional turkey or grouse
| His hair is white as snow, and his face a study
| in wrinkles. He is q Staunch Democrat takes a
| deep interest in politics, and the other dav
walked -four miles and back again in order to be-
at primary election.
| THE French Senate Army Commission nra