The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TIE new stone fire-proof building of the De-
| troit museum Of art, for the erection of which
| 100000 recently raised in that city by
| popular subscription, is now completed, and
will be first opened 10 the public on the evening
| of Sept 1.
PORTRAIT of Queen Margherita of Italy,
painted and burnt in glass by Prof. Moretti of
| Peru. has been added to the attractions of the
| Italian exhibition in London. 1t has taken the
| artist two years of constant labor to complete
| this work.
The CARVER FAMILY held reunion at Decatur,
ILL.,, the other day. The Garvers are descend
| ants of Jacob Carver, a native of Switzerland,
| VINO came TO America and settled in Lancaster
| county, Pa. in 1880 The Illinois Garvers are
| descendants of Christian, son OF Jacob, who
| was the father of nine children. Their descend
ants number 456; children, 90; grandchildren,
2ie; great-grandchildren, liz; great-great grand
! children, g.
| The following story comes from Shanghai:
"A curious looking craft had been seen passing
down the river in the shape of little stern
| wheel boat, in which the motive powerwas sup
piled by number of coolies working with their
| Feet. The little craft in question was built in
a Chinese yard near Tunkadoo, and on recent
| occasion an enthusiastic amateur photographer,
| a foreigner, was seen looking at it and getting
MS apparatus into order. Before, however, he
| could get the focus he was accosted by the
proud and jealous constructor: No can makee
| side make all same And TO make Snre he then
| and there warned the foreigner with his camera
of the river bank
JUDGE Of the court of appeal of Larisss,
| Mr.. Constantine Paraskwaides, As years Of sge.
| o feet inches in hight, of spare but wiry
| physique, started from Larissa, in Thessaly, at
| $3.50 o'clock a m, for Athens. on Aug. 49, The
thermometer during the whole of his walk
averaged nearly 1892 Fahrenheit in the shade
he walked continuously for seventeen and
nall hours, reaching LAMA. After resting an
hour be proceeded on his way to the hot springs
OF Thermopylae. where he rested for seven
hours. He reached Thebes at 10: 30 o'clock o.
m: on Aug. Is. At II O'Clock p IN. that day he
lett IhebeS, reaching Athens a6 O'Clock p.
| on the following day. having rested four hours
between Thebes and Athens. The distance be-
tween Athens and Larissa is 1872 miles. and the
distance, including stops, was done in eighty
five hours.
DISPATCH from Delano. Mimi, says Yester-
day afternoon twelve masked men entered the
house of John Pearson, three miles south of
Armstrong, and demanded food and what
money there was in the house. While they
We're parleytng with Mrs. Pearson her son
Henry, q boy ~ years old, opened the stair door
and discharged load of bird shot into the feet
ana legs or one of the traInps. They all fled
and the boy pursued them, firing again, the
| shot taking effect in the head of one of them,
VINO fell 10 the ground and was afterward car
rleu on by his com panion. The citizens turned
| out en- maSSe and secured the country all night
| to secure the culprts, but without success. To-
| day some of the tramps went back and fired
| two shots through the windows of Pearsons
house without effect. The boy who did the
! shooting was so small that the tramps did not
| notice him. and his father was away from home
when the outrage occurred.
OF the Argentine republic, w E. Curtis,
Washington newspaper correspondent. who
visited that country, writes: "A mistaken no.
| ton prevails everywhere among the American
ofo 1
| of the Argentine republic, as well as about its
commerce. There are banks at Buenos Ayres
with capital greater than any in the United
states, and occupying buildings finer than any
and glass and iron. The Provincial bank has
capital of S33 900 000 and Se7 600 900 of deposits
| 1t does more business than any one of our banks,
and more than the Imperial bank of GERMANY
| being exceeded but by two banks in the world
| They have board of trade and stock ex-
| change, where business is conducted upon the
| same plan as in New York or Chicago and with
| as great an amount OF excitement. There are
| more daily papers in Buenos Ayres than in New
| York or London-twenty three in all
THOSE curious migratory birds, the martins
says a Pennsylvania newspaper, have already
| taken their departure southwark, in anticpa-
| ton of the approach of fall. There is some
| thing peculiar and mysterious in the migratory
| habits of the martin that is not observed in any
| of the other southern birds that visit lis to
| spend the summer months. They make their
| advent among us in their northern migratory
| flight early in April, during the quiet hours of
| the night, and as mysteriousy take their de
| parture about the beginning of August for the
i south. No one has ever observed these birds
| arrive in daylight or take their departure
| When expected here in the spring they are dis
| covered some fine morning to have already
arrived and taken possession of the little boxes
| arranged for them many of the houses; and
| so also, when the time arrives for their depart
| ure they disappear in the same manner, never
being seen to congregate in hccks like other
birds, preparatory to taking their fight to their
| accustomed winter haunts
| Il WAS NOT PRESENT." says ex-Secretary Nc
| Culloch, in Scribner's, when Mr. johnson took
the oath of Vice President in the senate chamber
| but the reports of his speech on that occasion
amazed me. 1t was so different from what had
| been expected of him-so incoherent SO ram
bling. that those who listened to it thought that
he was intoxicated. 1t was not, said senator
| to me the next morning, the speech of Andrew
| johnson, but the speech of drunken man and
such it undoubtedly was: He had been ill for
| way to Washington had taken brandy as an
| astrngent On the day of his inauguration
as Vice President. he was really i'll, and was so
| unwiSe as to resort to a stimulant before he
| went to the Senate chamber. Meeting Mr. Lin.
| coin day or two after, said to him that the
| country, in view of the Vice Presidents appear
| ance on March had deeper stake than ever
| in bis life. He hestated for a moment, and
| then remarked with unusual seriousness: 1
| have known Andy johnson for many years; he
made bad slip the other day but you need not
be scared; Andy amt drunkart' For nearly
| four years had daily intercourse with him. fire.
| quently at night and never saw him under the
| influence of liquor. have no hesitation in say
| ing that whatever may have been his faults in
| temperance was not among them"
THE Duke d'Aosta, since his ephemeral
royalty in Spain, has almost retired from the
world, and, says the London Globe but for the
| bright eyes of Princess Letitia might have en-
tered monastery. This effacement, however.
may be due in part to his delicate position
toward the throne Neither King Humbert nor
his only heir, the Prince of Naples, is very
strong on the legs. The doctors fear his ma
| jesty is becoming enemic, and have ordered
| him to cease smoking. OF late he has been
| attacked with a mysterious "mailaise' which
! puzzles his medical advisers. The French are
| already specializing on the chances of the
| duke coming to the throne The wish is
evidently father to the thought King Hum.
| bert is not in love with France, but that is no
| reason why he and his heir should be con
demned to death. The duke, on the contrary.
| is said to be a great friend to France and does
| all he can, consistent with his position to SIM