The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

EIGHTEEN YOUNG MEN OF Mountain Home,
Ark. swore off from the tobacco habit on the
first Of the present year Whoever returns TO
the habit is 10 be ducked in pond OF water
CLAUS SPREcKEIs, the California sugar king,
is pushing his beet sugar schemes vigorously.
He expects to have factory with capacity or
$50 tons day in operation at Watsonylle by
September, and the farmers Of that region are
going into the beet-raising business extensively.
THE "Huacas del Inca Company" formed in
Lima for the purpose of searching for and
working the old Inca gold mines, and also en-
deavOring to rework old cemeteries where mil
lions of dollars are believed TO be inferred, is
about to commence operations III the Amazon
valleys of Santa Ana Lares and Pancartambo.
The gold accumulated by the labor OF ~ OUO uen,
ana buried with the SOverelSnS on Two Well
recorded Instances will be the chief object OF
the company S search.
THE Baldwin Locomotive Works, in Philadel
phia last year turned out G53 locomotives, the
greatest number ever turned out by any shop in
the same time. The highest previous record
was at the same establishment in 1882, when 5o3
we're turned out. Three thousand men worked
3Ql days to make the 653 locomotives. ana they
completed ore for every four hours and forty
minutes of working time. If stretched in a
straight line, the locomotives would reach tive
miles Since they were established IN 1881, the
works have turned out $40 locomotives.
TRAM I. bREEN. OF NDlcHEO, ONutd 4 Naiuh-
bic horse and a fine Newfoundland dog, and the
two were stable companions. The latter was
attacked with hydrophoba and bit the horse
ThiTty-three days afterward the horse showed
signs OF the same mysterious complaint, and all
the veterinary skill in Chicago could not cure
him. The muscles around the jaws twitched
violently and constantly, and the animal paved
and stamped occasionally, diving forward and
grinding its teeth. Nevertheless 1t drank freely
of water. 1t was finally snot at the request OF
the owner.
WHAT is described as ian extraordinary dis
covery' was made recently at the Youghal
Ireland bonded stores Among the goods depos-
tied there were two huge casks Of whisky, each
containing fifty gallons, which had been in bond
for more than eight years. The spirit was sup
posed to have got in prime order, so he casks
were examined, where upon it appeared that
they were both nearly empty. The officials at
trbuted the disappearance of ninety eight gal
Ions of this fine liquor to rats. The creatures
are supposed to have eaten hole in the casks
and from time to time to have consumed the
contents.
WHEN the first vessel completed the passage
of the then new Erie canal, in 1875, there being
no such thing telegraph in those days, the
news was communicated to New York and to
Buffalo by cannon placed within hearing OF
each other all the way along from Albany to
eacn of the other cities. The signal was passed
along in this way from Albany to New FORK city
ana DICK again 10 Albany III Ill t'l-bJ
This is quicker than telegraph message can be
sent over the same route and answered nova
days, considering the time usually consumed IN
the delivery at each end
A FEW WEEKS AGO a paragraph was printed in
the Maine newspapers telling Of three Aroostook
girls who walked from Ashland to Portage Lake.
rowed across the lake ate their dinner, and re-
turned to Ashland in the afternoon, having
walked eighteen miles The article also said that
the girls are expert snow ShoerS, horseback
riders, school teachers and piano players The
other day the Postmaster OF Houlton. Me-, re-
ceVed a well written letter from a business
man, who asked if either Of these three capable
girls wanted to marry. lie wrote that hed like to
exchange photographs and correspond with any
one of them.
MULUK CHAUD, a peasant living in small vii
lage in Bengal was accused of numbering his
own child. He was found guilty on the direct
testimony of his surviving daughter, who en-
tered into minute details of the circumstances
of the alleged murder. The evidence against
Muluk Chayd was 50 overwhelming that the
Sessions Judge who first tried the was
absolutely convmc ID Of hS guilt. Fortunately
there was power of appeal to the High Cour1
OF Calcutta, and new trial was ultimately
ordered. In the T. ther proceedings the pris-
onerS counsel succeeded in satisfying both the
Judge and jury that no murder had been conf
mitted. The sentence of death was therefore
not carried ont, and the prisoner was liberated
His daughter subsequently confessed that she
had fabricated the story.