The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST

MEMPHIS DOCTORS are pulling over the case
of a negro woman, who died from the voluntary
opening of the plates of the skull-for which
they can find no warrant in laws of medicine or
anatomy.
DIVORCES are even easier in Germany than
here. At Frankfort on the Main last week a
married woman was pronounced the person at
fault and legally divorced because she did not
know how to cook.
SAMUEL WHEELoCK, of Providence adyertises
that he wants to sell his wife for cash or ex-
change her for a good work horse, - and further
warrants her to be Al years old, and AS good
as the majority Of church going people"
AN Oregon City, Ore, clergyman got lost in
| the woods while en- route to Arthurs Prairie
ten miles distant, to marry couple and not
until after the lapse of forty eight hours did he
| reach his destination. The bride and groom,
together with the invited guests, waited all the
| while.
VENTURA COUNTY CALIFORNIA, boasts that it
contains brown stone enough to rebuild the
great wall of China, oil enough to float the
vessels needed for its transportation, and lime
enough to make the mortar to build the wall.
| 1t says nothing about having gas enough TO
blow up the whole concern.
THE law committee of the New York board
of aldermen has decided to ask Corporation
Counsel Beckman to draw up an ordinance in
stituting a system for the inspection and
weighing of coal, frewood hay and straw,
which snail not be compulsory upon dealers, Il
compulsory one having been declared uncon-
stitutional.
L. NJ. HUDSON, florist, of Sumner, w. T..
recently went on an exploring expedition near
tine foot of the glaciers Of Mount Tacoma. As
he stopped to pick up a stone his revolver fell
from his pocket, and when it struck the ground
wH@ discharged. The bullet p6sSedAhrongh his
neck, killing him instantly. His companions
hrYr- fnh fgarf.r tI,,,
AUGUST MGcHAEI.sox and Hans 'Tidge two
young German ranchers near Fullerton, Neb.,
were boating on the Ioup river on a recent Sun
day, and August, TO brighten Hans, who could
not swim, began rocking the boat Finally the
boat upset, and both were thrown into the
water. Michaelson tried to save Tidge, who
chung 10 him so tightly that he was unable to
swim, and both were drowned.
ACCORDING to the British consul at La Ro
chelle since the failure of the vineyards from
phyllOxera, an imitation of claret is made there
by sleeping raisins and currants in water, and
mixing the compound with cheap Spanish wine.
In other districts of France spurious brandy
is made from a mixture of beet root and cheap
German spirit This, having been sent to port
of expectation in its true CT aracter, is remarked
and sent abroad as cOgnac.
THE recent examinations for Yale indicate
that the incoming freshman class will consider
ably exceed that of last year, which was con
sidered phenOmenally large. Besides $50 pre-
liminary examinations there were 3SS entrance
examinations, of which 229 Tor the
academic ana 1877 for the scientific department
| Prof Newton is quoted saying that he
thought the incoming class would number
nearly 1926, including both departments.
MYRIADs Of toads have appeared on the east
| side of Beaver Falls, Pa. They are described
as about the size of a grain of coffee, and as
| lively as crickets. Monday morning they GOV.
cred the track of the PttSburg and Lake Erie
railroad several inches thick and a passenger
train slid past the station before it could be
brought to standstill owing to the rails being
made slippery by the crushed bodies of the
little reptiles. The track had to be cleaned and
Sanded before the train could start again.
IT Is REPORTED that young infantry officer
of the French army has invented a kind of mill
tary microphone, by means of which the ap-
proach or the movements of troops, as well as
| their probable numbers, may be gagged The
apparatus is described as being as simple as il
is ingenious, and consists of a transmitting and
| n receiving machine, which are connected
| together by metallic wire. Experiments
made with the instrument during the recent
| maneuverS at Montauban before Gen Vincen
don and his staff were very satisfactory it is
| said.
ACCORDING to Harper's Bazaar Mrs Cleve-
land now wears gloves two sizes larger than
when she was married. Her left hand is very
| little, if any, larger, but the right hand, which
has done so much shaking in it's official capacity,
| is noticeably larger than the other, and she re
Gently told friend that it was impossible
| for her to wear her old number in gloves The
| same is probably true of the Presidelt but as
| men wear their gloves so much looser than
women, he might not know it by that means
but If he compares his two hands he will see the
| difference"
The agricultural condition of Portugal is rep
resented in a British consular report as most
| 1aulprabla c,,It - L
abandoned over large areas of the country. and
the land has either been allowed to lie idle. or
attempts, generally unsuccessful, have been
| made to substitute other crops. A commission
appointed to examine into the matter saw that
under existing conditions it is impossible to
raise wheat at profit. The remedy proposed
is an increase of the duties on foreign bread
stuffs, and bill has been introduced in the
cortes for the purpose.
A RECENT ISSUE of the Arizond Hotcler has
the following "Once more have we scooped
the patent ms de public scavenger which is
printed on cider press at the other end of
town. In another column will be found full
particulars of the exciting scrap which occurred
between Col. Deaderick and Mai Pond, at
the funeral of the latter's father. The callow
effigy who runs the Monitor came out here to
Arizona with pair Of eyes glasses and a case of
biliOusnesS to show the people how to RIM a
paper, but he woulin ebnow piece of news if
1t were handed to him On a snow shovel"
A PRINCETON, Ill, dispatch recites that ''the
two grown daughters of Jacob Nye, a welI-to-
do farmer, living eight miles south of Prince
ton, have been adjudged insane and will be
sent to Jacksonville for treatment. The father
and mother and another daughter are also in.
sane. The family of five were all stricken with
this strange malady on the same day and
physicians are unable to account for the Cause
as all were as well as usual few DAYS ago. and
there had been no unusual excitement in thr
neighborhood. They spend their time singing
and praying, and seem to fear being poisoned "
FRANCE. according to Berlin statistics. has
actually 1880 stationary or locomotive boilers
1000 locomotives, and $50 boats boilers: Ger
many has 5000 boilers, 10000 locomotives. and
LOO ships boilers; Austria, II 900 boilers and
$500 locomotives. The force. equivalent 10 the
working steam engines represents in the United
states f,5OO,OOO horse power in England OOO-
900 horse power, in Germany 4, 500 900 in France
3OO,OW, in Austria 100000 In these the mo-
tive power of the locomotives is not included
whose number in all the world amounts
10 10000, and represents total Of 5000 600
horse power. Adding this amount to the other
figures we obtain the total of 100000 horse
power
PARIS DISPATCH reports that "a Polish lady
in straitened circumstances has Just been fined
rs francs for rafting a richly embroidered
shawl, her own property, She pleaded that she
was ignorant of French law which does not per.
init the raising Of the wind by this means. ex
planned that her husband had lost his property.
ana stated that the allowance made
her by her relatives in Russia often
proved insufficient. She adiurtd the
court to overlook the offense in the name Of her
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