The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

WARRANTED two murders in each story" is
sign to be seen over a shelf of books in a
West Brompton, Eng, bookstore.
MISS McTAGGART of Orange, N. j., sat down
on the hearth of cooking stove the other night
! and went to sleep. Her dress caught fire and
| she was burned nearly to death
THE unusual phenomenon of snow falling
| from clear sky was witnessed recently at Liv-
| ingston. Mont. The nearest clouds overhung
| the mountains five miles distant.
| A New ORLEANS WOMAN was awakened by the
| heavy breathing of her babe, and, upon looking,
| discovered large weasel on the breast of the
child, who was nearly dead from suffocatlon.
BLOCKS OF ICE that were cut in the lake at
| Memphis, Mo-, for storage in the icehouses were
found in many instances to contain large cat
| fish that had been frozen solid. Some of the
flsh were over foot in length.
A NOVEL CASE was taken before New York
police justice the other day. A red-headed girl
sued the daughter of a neghbor. charging that
the latter shouted white horse" every time the
complainant went out of the house.
BROWNSVILLE, ALA, has a corpse or rather
skeleton, that will not stay buried 1t is that of
Henry burlington. who was killed by the Wilson
raiders, April Is, 1865. Three different times it
has been washed from its resting place by
freshets, and as often has been reburied.
DURING the great blizzard in the West 225
ranch, near Atkinson. Neb and were given up
as dead. When they were dug out few days
ago thirteen were found to be still alive. They
had eaten the wool from each others backs
THREE YEARS AGO a harsh voiced man, John
Steiner by name, stood on State street, Chicago.
offering pa sheets of note paper for nickel"
To-day. it is stated, he is the owner of the lead
ing stationery store in town of 1900 inhab-
itants in Iowa; and he made his start selling.
qulre Of writing paper for &C. on one of the
busiest streets of Chicago.
THE OTHER DAY. near Charlotte, n. c., poor
workman named Marsh accidentally struck with
hammer one of a heap of stones that had
long lain unmolested in vacant lot, and was
astoulshed to find the rock rich in gold The
discovery has caused excitement. and it is as
serted that the rocks and the bed of the streams
about Charlotte are fnll of gold.
Mr.. BRAcEL1N, of Clam Lake township, Mich.
invented a new religion, and became so absorbed
in getting it on the market and supplying the
demands of those of his neighbors who wanted
some of it that he neglected to provide his wife
with bread, bustles and other neceSsares of
life, for which the officers swooped down upon
him and took him to the cooler"
ALBERT FRAZER escaped from the Michigan
pententiary and a reward was offered for his
capture. His wife was having hard time in
getting along, so he induced her to deliver him
up in order to get the reward. She did so, and
Frazer went back to prison happy in the con-
seriousness of having done all he could under
the circumstances to provide for his family.
AN ExCELLANT WOMAN in North Wales, not
being pleased with having the walls of her town
placarded over with bills representing one of her
own in a condition Of extreme undreSS, eX-
pressed her disapprobation by tearing the pla-
cards down with her paraSol. The theatrical
agent had her sued for damages, and she paid
So into court and considered that adequate COM
penSatlon.
~ Gov afn nal
known Chicagoan was present a few evenings
ago at a sociable in Jamestown at which prize
was offered for the gentleman who could ex-
hibit the greatest skill and agility in sewing.
The Governor entered the list with the others
and made heroic struggle, but was diStanced.
His swelled fingers now feel like school of har-
pooned whales.
THE PHENOMENON of thirteen trumps in hand
at whist occurred in tie United Service Club at
Calcutta on Jan. 9. A judge and three physi-
clans were the players. and they and the wit
nesses made due record of it, The pack was
perfectly shuffied and cut, and the dealer held
the hand, turning up the knave of clubs Pole
has calculated that the chance of this event &C.
curing is one in 15S, $50, 0O0.g00.-
AT reunion dinner of Brooklyn fishing
club, the triumph of the confectionery skill was
displayed in the unique design and quaint ar
rangement of the ices served, for on each plate
a carefully nodded. skilfully modelled fisherman
fashioned of creams of various colors, stood
with fishing rod of single straw in his frozen
hand, hanging from which on a silken line a
sugar fish rested in small tub of biscuit tor
toni.
KENTUCKY must look to its laurelS in the mat
ter of being prominently the land of pretty
girls, fast horses, and fine whisky lIanitowoc
county, Wisconsin, doesn't brag much on its
horses, but it does prove up the claim of having
an astonishingly great amount of handsome
women, and now the government revenue off
GERS are kept very busy ferreting out the Illicit
stills and chasing the 'moonshners' who have
made its sylvan Businesses their abode
If "Munhalrs Dictionary of Statistics" is to
be believed, the average age of all people living
in France is 30 years months and u days, and
of those in the United States only "A years 10
months and "A days 1t may possibly be true
that Frenchmen live longer, as well as faster
than Americans do, but it is noticeable fact
nevertheless, that the harder a man in this
country tries to live like a Frenchman the
quicker he dies and the less he is missed
A NORWEGIAN named Anderson died at Bris-
toll, D. T., and his son took the body out to the
granary and laid it on some grain sacks About
a week later a county official, who had heard of
the matter, ventured to ask the son if there
wasn't something little unusual about it, and
received for an answer: "Well. | don't know
The fact is we've been so very busy with our
stock, and besides the ground is frozen so hard
now, we couldn't bury the body very we'll"
MAN in Richmond, Ind, telegraphed to an
agent to purchase a colt at a Kentucky sale for
$3.50. He was much surprised to receive .ele-
gram stating that the colt had been bought for
$3.50, and asking him to remit the money. In
vestigatlon showed that the telegraph operator.
in decphering the message. read ten instead
of two" making the price offered 81 05O in
stead of $3.50. Now the horse buyer is unde-
cided whether to sue the telegraph company or
hire a writing teacher
THE crop of clligators is decidedly slim in
the South this year, said man who had lust
returned from Florida. I'm fact, the suppIy is
giving out, and the alligator seems on the road
toward extinction as rapidly as the buffalo The
slaughter for their hides has been waged So
flercely that it is no wonder the stock has been
depleted. 1t is only matter of few wears
until the last survivor of a mighty-moiIthed
some lonely lagoon and YEARLY waiting for the
end to come"
A PHENOMENON which occurred during an
earthquake at Port Sandwich in Mallicola
Island. on Oct. p last, has greatly alarmed the
people. In the middle Of the port the waves
were rolling as usual, when suddenly column
of water was projected upward, and flames
leaped up, lighting the sea and land for some
distance around. 1t is feared that Port Sand
witch may some day meet with the fate which
befell Port Resolution, which is now almost
blocked up owing to the upheaval wrought by
an earthquake.
THE biologists have hard nut to crack even
though the she'll has been opened for them In
the discovery of the remains of hitherto UNI
known sDecieS of rentile nr yatar-haart In N