The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-11
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snip IN good shape when discovered.
NICHOLAS MURPHY, watchman on the Boston
tea wharf, was presented the other day with a
gold headed cane by his employers for his
bravery in having saved 100 persons from
browning during the past five years.
The vinegar well' which was struck near
Nincennes Ind, proves to have been caused by
about 100 barrels of cider having been spoiled
some years ago, and the contents sinking until
they struck an inprovsed stratum OF clay.
A WOMAN deaf mute wto goes among down
town offices in New York selling deafand
dumb alphabets has printed on her cards this
peculiar request: If any person thinks | am
not what represent to be, please have me ar
rested at once"
IT Is well known that there are absolutely no
genuine chamois skins in the market; but, not
understanding, AL English firm is nanufactur
ing a new cloth in imitation of the imitation
skins. They will be Just as good as the real
skins, it is claimed, and will be sold as imita-
tionS.
VIENNA scientific societies have been investi-
eating the wonderful weather plant discov-
cred some months ago and it is said that its
weather foretelling properties have heen thor
oughly verified. The marine department Of the
Austrian War Department is to give the plant
trial on hiLboard.
THE champion frog eater' Of Basic, France,
recently wagered francs and quart of brandy
that he could swallow three dozen live frogs at
a sitting He won, but was Immediately seized
with horrible internal pains and nearly died be-
fore he could swallow chemicals enough to get
the frogs out of him. When they were elected
fifteen of them were dead, but the rest were
still alive.
GAsPADIN AsHrNhoFF has, at his own expense
conquered twenty miles of territory on the
east coast of Africa along the Indian ocean,
and has named it Moscow, and set up there an
independent government, of whi.h he is the
| head. He keeps an army of 1000 men, 100 of
| them Russians and the rest Abyssinians and
| after hard fight has secured from the native
| king, from whom he seized the territory, a
| treaty recognizing him as q sovereign
| MASSACHUSETTS PAPER prints an account of
a remarkable scene at Revere beach on a recent
Sunday. man was in danger of drowning in
| the surf, and while efforts were being made to
launch the life boat the Sunday pleasure seek
ers stood by, laughed and applauded. The
| band struck mp The Girl Left Behind Me- "
| and every delay and bunder increased the mer-
| riment. The efforts to save the man were
| unavailing, and his dead body was brought
| ashore.
| PARTY just arrived at Helena from Northern
| Montana reports the terrible fate of a sheep
| herder named Fitch. The unfortunate man was
| herding sheep in an isolated part Of the coun-
| try, and on the day OF the accident had been
| visited by the owner of the herd and a meeting
| planned for the next day The herder not ap-
pearing, and the sheep being found alone. search
was made for the man, who was found three
days after, u shapeless mass, at the end of a
lariat attached to the horses saddle.
A REMARKABLE attack by somnambulist is
reported from Pontypridd, Wales A compost
tor named Jones was going home at night, when
he was met by one O'Leary, who hit him
tremendous blow beneath the chin, knocking
him down, and then walked away O'Leary
was taken before the local Justices and de
clared he was Il somnambulist. and "only came
to himself in the police cell. He remembered
nothing of the occurrence. The magistrate,
believing the mans story dismissed the case.
A MAN near Fayetteville, Tenn. built a fire
one cool morning lately, and in a little while
saw pair of big black feet drop down the
chimney A little search revealed a colored
neighbor of bad reputation stuck fast in it, and
upon being released said that. owing the house
holder 10 cents, he had come to pay it, and find
ing doors and windows fast chose this mode of
entrance: but as his shoes and an ak were left
outside his tale not credited and he was
sent off to jail.
A NEW TOWN is being established five miles
east of Helena, NJ. T.. and, though Chinese
have been forbidden to locate there. two of them
arrived Monday, and began preparing to set up
a laundry. AS soon as their presence became
known a committee waited upon the celestials,
and requested them to move on, at the same
time gently intimatlng that if they ever came
back harsher measures might be used They
who promised them protection. Trouble is
therefore feared should the Chinese return.
A GERMAN company of actors that recently
appeared at Brussels produced a sensation with
bear, which pursued a terrified man across.
the stage and up and down the mountain
passes, the man appearing to the spectators to
be in imminent danger of falling into the deadly
embrace of the animal bear lacking the
necessary dramatic intelligence and being a
costly expense the management has substi-
Tn ad q sl hp1 in oo.
skim with a wellexecuted bear mask The dog
has taken to the part with a good will, and
terrified the spectators.
A LONDON DISPATCH to the New York World
tells of "a burial scandal of a remarkable ma
ture, which has just disturbed the peace at
Croydon. A man died at the inflrmary on the
same day a woman, and the former was to
be buried by the parish and the latter by rela-
tives. BY some inexplicable bungling the bod
les got mixed, with the result that the woman
was put into the mans coffin and the man into
the woman's and the mourning relatives of the
latter followed the wrong body to the Gene
terry. The mistake transpired after the funer-
ais, and the bodies were exhumed and trans
ferred. The officials have been severely cen
sured by the parish guardians"
THE Canterbury correspondent Of the Liver
pool Post thus tells of the recent antics of a
iackdaw The audacity of the famous iackdaw
of Rheims has been equaled, if not excelled, at
Monkton, in Kent During divine service a
jackdaw made its way into the church with the
other portion of the congregation, and not only
took lively part in the responses but became
exceedingly talkaUlve at other times The
whole congregation were disposed to explode
with merTiment, the clergyman himself with
difficulty kept serious face, while the school
children present broke out into open laughter
Things became so bad that the clergyman was
compelled to order the children out of the
church Then an effort was made to capture
the intruder, who had perched himself boldly
upon the reading desk. The bird, however, was
not to be caught, and flew TO the rafters above.
where 1t remained till the end of the service
still continuing to deliver itself OF more or less
pertinent expressions of opinion
ACCORDING to intelligence from Iowa, several
Indian mounds were recently opened in the
country around Dubuque, 'all seeming to con-
firm the theory that these mounds contain the
relics of a prehistoric race, differing greatly
from the American Indian, and of vastly supe-
ror order of Intelligence and civilization Last
week several skeletons, in a perfect state of
preservation, were taken from mound mile
from Dubuque They have been articulated
and are now on exhibition. They are of huge
stature. Another large mound, at Charles CITY.
in Floyd county, has also been explored Hare
the skeletons wera in a trench, instead Of on the
ground. and quantity of pottery, arrow heads
and stone implements of peculiar design were
also found. The most curious relic was a vase
with a rim ornamented IN ths same fashion as
vases found In ancient English mounds aud de-
scrbed in the report OF the United States
bureau Of ethnoiogy. That report states that
specimens OF this kind are exceedingly rare in