The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-21
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| atlVes except one grandson.
BOLIVIA, which has an area of 100000 square
miles and a population of 1000, 600 is without a
| single Protestant missionary. Two American
| teachers, encouraged by Bolivian gentlemen
| and recommended by the Presbyterian board OF
| missions, expect soon TO establish school In
| La PaZ, the capital.
| NEW HAVEN LAWYER, who fell asleep in his
Office, didn't awaken until after the entire build
ing had been locked up By the aid of tele-
| phone he sgnaled for ladder, with which he
| escaped from one of the upper windows, though
| with so much publicity that his attempt TO keep
| the whole affair quiet was foiled
THE capital invested by Hebrews in the
wholesale business of New York city is esti-
mated at 1852 000, 900 and their holdings of real
estate and other property are large. AS their
number in New York is only 10000 the wonder
| tul thrlttine of the race in comparison with
others is powerfully illustrated.
THE EMPRESS EUGENE, in reply to the press
| ing invitation of King Humbert to come to the
wedding OF the Princess Letitia, says that she
made vow at the death of the prince imperial
| mover to appear at any fete of any kind and
never to take off her deep mourning The bridal
| couple will visit her at Chiselhurst.
| IT IS PROPOSED to celebrate the 200th anniver
sary of the birth of Alexander Pope by com
memorative festival at Twckenham, when
there Will DE a water pageant illustrative of the
| times of Pope and a temporary loan exhibition
of editions of the poets works and a collection
| OF autographs portraits and relics Of his busy
| life.
| ANOTHER New England glass establishment
| has decided to discontinue operations-the Bos-
| ton and Sandwich glass company-which has
| been in business for more than half a century.
| The Boston journal gives the cause labor
| troubles in the east and natural gas in the west,
| both combining to place New England at dis
| advantage"
| ONE of the jewels worn by Mrs. Robert John
son. of San Francisco is a necklace of diamonds
that form exact counterfeit of snake. It
IS composed of solitaireS set in Illuminated gold,
| the plates OF which overlapping each other like
| those in chain armor render the necklace per-
| fectly pliable and increase the resemblance to
| the snakeltke Snuosity.
DOG swimming races are the --latest" addi
ton to Boston sports, Floats are anchored at
! given distance off shore, and from these the
| CANNES start being preceded by their handlers
| in boats, who urge the animals to do their NJ
| most by holding tempting morsels of food at an
| unreachable distance, On Wednesday the win
| ner of a half-mile contest for dogs, over 100
| pounds finished in nine minutes
ONE OF the OBSTACLES in the way of the ex-
tension of the Brooklyn water works system to
| Massapequa pond on Long Island, has been the
exorbltant prices at which the owners of some
small pieces of property held their estates. One
| of them asked 100000 for his property, but
since his death the executor has disposed of the
| property to Brooklyn for $1,000. Under the
consolidation act, past last winter, the city
| now take the needed property by the right of
| eminent domain.
THERE is project on foot to change the
name of Elizabethtown, KY, to Widowville, or
| some such name, because of the number of
| women living there who have lost their hus-
| bands. Sixty-one of these bereaved personages
| wander dolefully about the place. only three
| having been able to secure second husbands in
the last IS years. What makes the situation
| more alarming is the fact that there are only
six widowers in the town and these appear con
| tented in their loneliness.
THE GHOST which inhabited Dead river
swamp in Memphis, and caused a commotion
| among residents Whereabouts has at last been
| captured. DICK Dennis a local character, on a
| wager, set about to catch the ghost, which he
| did, after dangerously wounding the disturber
| who turned out to be one Swinton, who il is
said, several months ago murdered his wife and
escaped. Leading hermit's life impaired mis-
| health and affected his mind, and he put on a
white robe and chose the swamp for retreat.
PORTLAND, Me-. has phenomenon in the ap-
| pearance of mysterious bright lights like big
| fires at a distance. From Portland they appear
| to be in GOrham or Alfred; from Alfred they
| seem to be in Scarborough; Marlborough people
| have located them liz Westbrook, and residents
of Westbrook have thought the Reform school
| was burning The Portland advertiser fayors
| the theory that they are a species of mirage
| produced by the reflection of the Portland cleo
seen on foggy evenings.
Two YOUNG MEN, named Upham and
| Thrasher of Bath. Me- while out fishing, cap
sized their boat They scrambled up on the
| bottom, but were unable to right her Thrasher
| attempted to swim to nearby rock with the
| boat, but Just as he got to it a wave swept
| Upham from the top of the boat, and Thrasher
dragged him upon the rock corpse. He re-
| manned with the corpse on the rock that night,
| almost dead from exposure and hunger, and in
|
| nearest shore, where he was picked up almost
| lifeless by some fishermen.
| A TREASURE like that of De Break-not ex
| actly lost as its whereabouts are known, but
with the bottom facts not readily accessible-is
said to lie at Byelostock, in Russia. buried by
| order of Napoleon in 1912. The man who claims
| to have papers describing the treasure and its
| location, and who wants the Russian govern
| ment to give him portion OF the money in ex-
change for his knowledge, claims to be the
| gran ison of the only man who escaped mas
sacre at the hands of the Russians of the con
| voy that sent to bury the money. He is NJ
| Vebaude a French citizen Why his father
or grandfather never tried to get at the buried
| wealth is not clear.
| From the Rockies comes story that three
vultures attacked an eagle in his nest on a
mountain peak. Although attacked from three
oints the king of birds CALAMITY held his own
| and slew two of the vultures. The manner in
| which the eagle did this was peculiar. Singing
|
| about the neck, burying its talons deeply in the
| flesh, and tnen, rising almost perpendiculary
| for about 100 feet, allowed it's prisoner to drop
| in a stunned condition on the rocks below. Two
| falls served to kill the first victim, but three
were required to finish the second TIE
vivor seeing the fate which had befallen its
companions, turned tail and started rapidly
down the mountain side, uttering shrill cries as
| it flew.
DR. HANS REUsCH, of the Norwegian metero-
logical institute, who is engaged in collecting
particulars of the earthquakes which occur in
| Norway yearly, has issued his report for 1887,
| from which il appears that earthquakes are far
more frequent in Norway than has hitherto
been imagined. Reports received of
! twenty three all of which were faint EXCEPT
| three. One occurred on the night of May in
| the Bommel Islands, on the west coast, and
was accompanied by subterranean detonations;
! another in the islands of VGro and Rost at the
! extreme point of the Lofodden group where
doors and windows clattered, and tue states on
the roofs were pitched off; again, on Nov 5, n
| severe shock of earthquake was felt at Bodo on
| the northwest coast. OF the minor shocks
those which occurred frequently on the Yttero
| are particularly remarkable, as this island
lies far out in the ocean, Off the coast of Sond-
| ford
PETER FEKETI, or "Black Peter" the famous
| Hungarian giant. died recently at Macy Koros
the picturesque Magyar town on the road TO
! Szegedn where he was born thirty years ago
! Commenting on his DEATH the 81. James Gazette