The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

7 give
real dimensions as well as be accurately con-
structed on scale of one-milhonth.
REUBEN EssENsA, 20 years old, of Calais, Me,
attempted to swim across Magaguadavic river,
at Lee settlement, n. b., with a child named
| Willie Benney on his back. When about mid
way in the stream both sank and did not rise
again 1t is supposed that Essensa was taken
with cramp.
CHICAGO authorities think that too many men
are slugged and sand -bagged along the banks of
| the filthy stream called Chicago river. and
police patrol boat is loudly called for Since
Jan last me- ] 100 bodies have been taken
out OF the rive, in most cases the victims OF
! thugs or river thieves.
THE official estimate of the Pennsylvania rail
road company OF the number of baskets of
| peaches which will be shipped over the several
| Pennsylvania divisions of that road is g. 1872 555.
| This does not include the thousands of baskets
| which will be used by the Gamers or those to be
| shipped by rail, which will foot at least $780,
! 900 more.
| THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS was voted by Con-
gress the other day for firing morning aud
evening salutes to the flag, which brings out the
| curious fact that the powder left over from the
war lasted just twenty-three years. The last
| barrel was used early last spring since when no
| salutes have been fired at any military post
| except West Point, Fort Monroe and Fort
| Riley.
| REGISTERED LETTER came to Saccarappa,
Me-. the other day, directed to Joseph Landry.
| Now there are three owners of that name in
| Saccarappa, each of whom was the letter
| was for him The contest waxed warm and an
| interpreter was called in, before whom the re-
| spectiye reasons of the claimants were argued.
| Finally the letter was opened and found to con
| tain-nothing but small bill, which none of
| the three wanted. .....
BoBTAIL CARS, having grown into disrepute
| in Minneapolis, a counter movement is being
made to force their retirement. Passengers
refuse to deposit their fares in the box notwth-
| standing frequent notification from the drivers
| to do So although willing to pay an accredited
agent. The company appealed to the police
officials, but the only consolation received was
the information that. under the circumstances,
| they could not eject riders.
SAMUEL KEITER of Detroit kept valuable
PAGER, and as company for the animal he i'm
| ported an English bulldog of pure breed, to
which he gave corner in the PAGERS stall. The
| other day, on opening the barn, Mr.. Keiter
| found the horse nearly dead, with the dog hang
| ing to his lower jaw. Nothing could relax the
\ brute's grip, ana SO his head was chopped off
| with an ak. The horse W Il be worthless, even
| should he live, which is doubtful.
ALITTI.E WEST SIDE SCHOOL GIRL, who is enjoy
| ing the first week of vacation with some play
| mates down in the quiet little village of Nc
| Henry, sends the following caustic and pointed
composition to her papa in this city: Dear
| Papa-Mamma wrote me postal and told me
| to get my washing done, to get my shoes
| mended aud to buy some buttons for my dress
and new ribbon for my hat-and she sent me
| 10 cents" That little miss will probably de-
velop into brilliant satirlst.
A DAILY PATRON Of the Brooklyn bridge COM
| plains in the Tribune that the bui ding of the
| railroad between the bridge trusSes was a big
| mistake. The trlIsses are almost constantly, he
| says, breaking the light in moving cars there
| fore rendering reading out of the question: ex-
| oept by imposing great strain on the eyes
| Inc great Inconvenience which this misplace
! nent entails, can perhaps be better understood
when it is known that the entire trip across the
| bridge occupies few minutes.
MIR. BRADLEY has introduced into the offices
| OF his bathing houses at Ashbury park, auto
matte time stamps. All persons taking bath
| will receive card stamped with the time the
SUIT is hired, and they are required to return
| the key to the house inside of an hour or the
| house will be relet and their clothes taken to
the office. This rule is introduced to do away
with the practice of bathers who are in the
! habit of keeping their suit half day or more
while they lounge about on the beach.
THERE has just been placed on exhibition at
Windsor castle gun with this inscription on a
tablet on its mahogany mounting: This gun
| formed part of the armament of his ma iestv's
ship Lutine totally lost off the coast of Holland
| on Oct. g. 1899. On the conclusion of peace the
wreck which contained large treasure, was
| handed over by the Dutch government to the
| corporation of llOyds, where the treasure had
! been insured. The wreck was embedded in sand
in min, nine fathomS Of water. u 1886 this gun was
sea and was presented TO her majesty Queen
| Victoria, who was graciously pleased to accent
| 1t from the corporation
In 1862 the spire of a church in Portland Me
was repaired and so confident were the work
men in the excellence of the Job that thew put in
side of the ball that crowned the spire a small
| tin box, in which were deposited documants
which ~ IN fur
| tons. Last month the spire had again to be
| repaired and the box was opened Among i,s
contents was the card of local barber, with
| this written on it: when this is taken down
my customers will all be baldheaded Another
wrote; When this is taken down we NAV ali
be dead The BARRIERS prediction has by no
means been fulfilled, and of those who worked
on the spire but two are dead; and one of them
is the man who wrote Of death
IT APPEARS that so great has been the scarcity
of suitable railway sleepers for some time past
in many parts of Europe that various expedients
have had to be resorted to in order to meet the
deficiency, and some of a really novel nature
Among these expedients Is one adopted in the
Netherlands, of utilizing the old and discarded
wooden railway sleepers. As is generally nm
dcrstOOd the Sleepers commonly fail Mt that
part where the rail rests, leaving a sound length
OF about three feet in the center Two siIch
pieces are therefore joined end to end in n most
thorough manner, by means of a piece of chan.
mel iron, which thus prevents it from wearing
into the sleeper; ana, as these compound sleen,
ers have four end faces, they actually offer
more resistance to lateral motion than do ordi
nary sleepers.
A SHOEMAKER named Albert Wettwer was
arrested at Crimmitzschna, Saxonv. on n
charge OF having murdered a banker at Water.
town, Wis, on Alrg 25 1887, and robbing him
of $4,000. Sheriff Of the county received the
other day from Gov. Rusk the papers in the
case from the German authorities in Germany
transmitted TO him by Secretary Bayard. They
contain a full account Of Wettwer's arrest and
a confession made by him in accordance with
the cabegram Of June II. He states that he
murdered a banker named Matthew Lewis, and
robbed him of $4,000, 1000 Of which he buried
in his fathers garden $4,000 he gave to his
brother and took $1,000 with him to Germany
Wettwer is evidently crazy or Is scheminy To
get back to this country at some one elSe's ex
pense, as no such murder was ever committed
at the place named.
A GERMAN paper, in an article on the present
methods Of rope manufacture from hemp and |
the determination of the different qualities and
probable strength simply from the appearances |
lays down the following rules: good hemp
rope is hard, but plant. yellowish or greenish |
gray IN color, with certain silvery or pcarly
llster, dark or blacksh color indicates that
the hemp has suffered from fermentation in
the process of curing, and brown spots show |
that the rope was spun while hbers were damn
and is consequently weak and soft I'm those
places. Again, sometimes n rope is made with |
inferior hemp on the inside, covered with warns |
of good material-a fraud, however which NAV
he detected by diSSectinR a norton of tho row.