The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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WARREN, PA, claims the oldest member of
the Grand Army of the Republic in the country.
His name is d. T. Van Vechen and he was born
Aug. 26, 1899.
THERE is New York man who frequently
gets into difficulty through habit which he
has when hard up, of pawning his wfe's cork
leg for money to buy drink.
A COUPLE married at Jamaica, L. l., few
days ago, had been engaged for thirty years.
They waited for the old folks to remove their
objections, which they did when they died
A SCHOOL TEACHER in Franklin county, Kan
sas, insisted that his pupils should come to
school with their hands and faces washed, and
the outraged parents rose in their indignation
and fired" him.
A RESOLUTION was introduced in the Virginia
House of Delegates ito inquire into the expedi-
ency of fixing literary qualification as a pre-
requisite for persons under 70 years OF age TO
obtain marriage license."
A GARDEN CITY (KAs.) MAN is the proud pos
SCISSOR of a jet black rabbit which has, instead
of an ordinary nose, a protuberance shaped like
an elephants trunk, wlich it uses sometimes to
convey food into its mouth.
A CONSIDERABLE man in southern Kansas does
not intend that his wife shall go without gar
den sass" this summer. He advertises request
ing his neighbours to bring back the garden tools
need them pretty soon.
ASTRONOMERS have discovered that there are
a number of canals in the planet Mars, some of
presume that the government up there is
enough like ours to know what an appropria-
ton and river and harbor bill is.
In the town of Woburn, Mass. the following
resolution was unanimously passed in town
meeting in the year 1640' No manner of person
shall entertain another, either married or other
wise, for longer time than three days without
the consent OF four of the Selectmen."
THEY have a morality of their own over in
Canada. The running of street cars is not per-
mitted on Sunday, but the bank thieves from
the States are welcomed in the best society,
and there are no scruples against getting hold
of as much of their stolen money as possible.
PATRICK DALEY, of Meriden Conn, 1O1 years
old, has just made a contract with his daugh-
ter, Mrs George Huser, to pillow her garden in
he spring. He is strong and hearty and can
eat big dinner of pork, corned beef and cab
bage washing it down with copious draughts Of
hard cider
PATRICK KENNEDY, st. Louis messenger, was
saved from death by brass button. AS he was
going along the street he heard a pistol dis
charged and felt himself struck by a ball
Reaching under his coat he brought forth fiat
I tened bullet, which had been stopped by loose
button on his vest.
AN ILLINOIS FARMER in Washington county,
thinking to increase the weight of some hogs
| he was about to take to market, gave them all
the salt water they would drink, Fourteen of
| them died on the way to town or before they
could be weighed, and the tricky farmers net
loss was about $50.
A MAINE man is constructing a flying ma
chine with which, he says he will fly from Au-
gusta to Washington, but his name is not
Blaine. An individ lal of that name, it will be
remembered, tried TO me-*e that same trip about
three years and half ago, but his machine got
stranded in New York, and now he says he
won't make another trial.
A DOG testified to his ownership in the Henne-
pin county, Minnesota, court He was claimed
by two men, one of whom stated that he had
been stolen from him two years before At the
word of command of his old ma ster the d x
said grace, bowed opened the door and went
through number of clever tricks, at once set
Ting the question in his owners favor
A DEPUTY SHERIFF of Penobscot county Me-,
is engaged in chase after grand jury man,
who refused to respond to an order calling him
into court. The juror put on his shoes
and took to the wilds. The deputy, having no
snow shoes and no guides concluded not to
follow up his trail but to wait at a railroad
station where he hoped to intercept him.
A BAPTIST PREACHER Of st. Louis. and Cath
Ole priest of Maryville are to discuss at the
latter place. on April /, the question: (Which
is the true church. the Catholic or the Baptist?''
There are several other dozen churches and mil
lions in them and outside that will probably
disagree with the verdict whichever one of the
reverend gentlemen wins in the controversy.
A MAN in New Castle, Pa, dreamed that he
had a misunderstanding with one of his neigh
bors and the two decided to fight. After few
blows had been exchanged the dreaming pugil-
list decided to kick his antagonist. The kick
was delivered and the slumberng man awoke.
making the painful discovery that he had kicked
the footboard of his bed and broken his big toe
The RESIDENTS of Jacksonville Ind. were
startled a few days ago, it is reported at sight
of a strange being passing through the town.
The freak was negro, who walked on all tours
and whose body in many respects resembled
that of some animal. His hands and feet
looked like hoofs. He could yot talk so anyone
cosld understand him, and was supposed to be
bound for Cincinnati.
A BEAR HUNT within twenty miles of Philadel-
phia is something unusual. Yet a number of
New Jersey sportSmen engaged in such hunt
one day last week, big bear having been seen
in the Southampton swamps. The brute laid
out one of the Cogs employed in the chase,
causing the others to flee, then made his way
into thicket of briars whence the hunters
were unable to dislodge him.
A GRADUATE of school of oratory'' in New
York is advertising to give especial lessons in
bobolink tones and baby cries " Among the
elite society people of New York, it is said baby
cries are getting very scarce. Until the maternal
instinct down there becomes ROBUST enough to
set genuine baby cries up in business it would
seem folly for any one to put a lot of the cOun-
terfeit article on the market.
JAMES RYAN, who resides about two miles
northwest from Watson, Ind, is seriously i'll at
his home from the effects of the bite of a spider
Death is expected to result. About week ago
he was cleaning out his stable, when large
spider fell from a rafter upon his neck. 1t no
sooner struck him than he brushed it off but il
left a bite on his neck. The wound began to
swell and he was soon thrown into a violent
fever.
VALUABLE RELIC of the money of old
colonial days is owned by w. IL. Waring of
Centralia, Mo. 1t is SO bill issued by the State
of New York Aug. ID, 1N6. The note has seal
on it bearing the ten commandments on its
face, Lex Regt' on one side, 'Arma" on the
bottom of the seal, and "Penentup" at the top
of the seal. The paper on which it is printed
is about the thickness of blotting paper, and of
dull, yellow color.
AN AMUSING CASE of Observation-Disclosures &C.
CURED in Fond d'Lac, Wis, the other day A
farmer named Mertise drove into town with
load OF wheat and stopped at a street corner TO
await buyers. None appearing, and the street
seeming unusually quiet, he made INQUIRIES
and learned for the first time that il was sun
day, and, Of course, all the good wheat buyers
were at church. The best part of the story is
that MIR. Mertise is a churchgoer.
THOMAS Hoop, who lives near ShelbyvilIe,