The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
THERE are 292, 100 persons in New York city
NJ m do NOT SDaak English

THERE are 292 100 persons in New York city
who do not speak English.
HIRAM B. CHANDLER, of Sumner, Me-, who is
"A years of age, has been postmaster forty three
years
AN impudent boy in Augusta Me-, was
fined S. and costs for saying rats to an old
gentleman.
The constables of Adams county, Pennsyl
vania have been instructed to arrest all per-
sons above 16 years of age who shall be heard
using profane language.
THERE are more than 100 women practicing
medicine in Chicago, and several of them are
well known throughout the country as the
authors of standard medical works.
JACOB FASH, of Somerset county, Pennsyl-
vania, and his Scotch terrier recently killed
sixty-two rats in forty minutes. They would
| have killed more, only the supply Of rats was
exhausted
BALD MOUNTAIN, in North Carolina, is again
| shown signs of a commotion in its interior
People living near il think that it is really a
slumbering volcano, and expect some day to
see it burst out with flood of lava.
MEXICO CITY had 100 bull fights last year, and
only two matadors were killed. The smallness
of the number has excited deep disgust, and
unless more of them get in the way of the bulls
horns the sport will soon become unpopular.
A KIMBALL DAK) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE has
made the announcement that during leap year
he will charge no fee for marrying couples who
viii admit that the match was brought about by
the lady exerting her leap year prerogatiyes.
THE muddy bottom of Chippewa river, On
tario, is being rak ed for gold. During the war
OF 1879 some $4,000 in gold was dropped over
board by British paymaster who was holly
laid there ever since. a..
now mtg IN Tpoev Ie
one Of the eleven survivors Of the fifteen Union
officers VINO dug the tunnel out OF Libby Prison.
He is IL years old. His escape was made on his
37th birthday, and he is accustomed to refer to
it as his second birth" ,-.
A ST.. LOUIS HOTEL KEEPER has cat that has
developed an uncomfortable appetite for strong
drink, his favorite tipple being rum and milk.
tie goes on regular spreeS If he can get enough
of the beverage that he likes, and cuts up"
somewhat strangely while drunk.
AT Mount Pleasant, Pa, farmer sold load
of oats to a business firm. $50 bill was found
in one of the bags with the grain. The pur-
chasers claim that the money belongs to them.
and the farmer maintains that it is his. 1t will
probably take a lawsuit to decide.
BENJAMIN BARNER, who resides in Portu town
ship, near Jersey Shore, Pa, went to look at
some fish nets which he had placed in the creek,
and was astonished to find dead otter in one
Of them. The animal had gone into the net for
fish, became entangled in its meSheS and
drowned.
WILLIAM AUGUST KEEL, who was probably the
oldest printer in this country, died in Milwaukee
last week He had worked at the case for nearly
Seventyfive years, and would have celebrated
his diamond jubilee a printer on the first of
next May. He had Travelled in nearly every
country on the globe.
WHILE j. Q. Griffith was driving home from
Whitewater. Wis, with large milk can lie
found the hay in the bottom of the sleigh on
fire and the wooden box getting ready to break
out into a blaze. It was caused by the ref1ec-
ton of the suns rays from the cOncave bottom
of the can, which focused them on the hay
How to give new whisky the agreeable
smoothness and flavor of old whisky is prob
lem that has long defed inventive skill; but it
appears at last to have been accomplished. In
three months whisky may be aged" five years.
The process is very simple 1t consists in Satu-
rating every particle of the liquid with pure air
and the Kentucky inventor Will make fortune
out of his discovery.
STANDING in the hall of the Presidents house
at Williams College is a tall backed chair with
a remarkable history. 1t was first the property
| of oxford University, from which institution it
was sent to the Old Kings College, now Column
bia College. to be used as the Presidents official
| chair Falling into dsuse at Columbia it was
| sent to DR.. Hopkins with a request that it be
| used for the same purpose,
New York and New Jersey Power Company,
has been organized with S3,000O0O capital, to
| manufacture, sell and rent boilers and power
machinery, and to supply heat and refrigera-
! ;ioM Ammonia is to be used instead of steam
] as q motive power A series of experiments
made in New York and Brooklyn have been so
| successful that at the present time engines of
| over l00-hOrSe power have been constructed on
| the new plans. Several engines have been per
forming actual work continually for several
| weeks. The results of observation show that
about one-half Of the coal needed for steam
generation is sufficient to give the same power
with ammonia 1t is claimed by the inventor
| that all engines, stationary, marine and locomo-
tive can be adapted to the new power
THERE was to be a ball in Dallas City, ILL.,.
| few days ago, and prominent young society
lady of the place was preparing to attend
| Her escort was to have been J. G. Brown a
Santa Fe railroad conductor. The night pre-
ceding the young lady dreamed that she bsheld
a wagon drawn by two horses and in the We
hicle lay the III ingl ed body of man whom she
| could not recognize, but VINO strongly resembled
her intended escort. The hideous dream fright
ened her, and in the morning she communicated
it TO several friends VINO laughed at what was
termed her foolish fancies. Conductor Brown
was fatally mangled by the cars that day at
noon, and as the solemn procession, headed by
| the wagon bearing the mangled remains, fled
up the street the young woman cried: Chat
is my dream Oh, that was my dream and
swooned away.
LOUIS HLDEBRAND, an employee of the Ger
man Insurance Company, of Freeport, Ill, is
undergoing some peculiar manifestations at his
home that, in the eyes Of many of his neighbors,
appear supernatural For more than week
he has been the victim of repeated fires occur
ring at his residence, on Center street, in the
most ineXplicable manner These fires break
out in all parts of the house, on the walls the
ceilings or the floors, and the window and door
castings have on several occasions ignted spon-
taneOusly in the immediate presence of the
family and various neighbors. So far no less
than thirty fires have broken out. and Wednes-
day morning Mr.. Hidebraud's hands we're bad
ly burned in extinguishing one of unusual Sc
verify Hildebrand and his family moved out
of the house on Thursday, and since that time
the antics of the fire flend seemed to have
ceased.
THE OTHER DAY Tony Kearn, who works on
Mr.. Griffin's farm near Scranton. was driving
the cattle to water, and while passing through
piece of woods his attention was attrac ed by
the believing of one of the COWS. Tony esped
dark object up a tree ready to spring upon a
calf The man clenched tight large club he
carried, and meeting the wild animal half way
dealt il O furious blow on the head This ONLY
angered the bvute and with fierce bound it
Trapped upon Tony and bore him To the ground
The man made desperate effort TO throw the
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