The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-19
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The JUSTICE OF THE PEACE at Cossville. Mo
Samuel Gilmore. is 90 years of age and only 2
feet inches tall He weighs as pounds Mr.
gilmore is successful farmer and prominent
man in the county
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, while out driving near
CINCINNATI the other day, pulled out his hand
kerchiet to wipe his nose. Mrs Osborne was at
ner gate ana thought he meant to tiirt with her.
arm.
MAINE genius has discovered that spruce
sawdust is an excellent substitute for SAM in
making common mortar for plastering houses
| de has used it in making house in Greenvile,
| ana otner maSonS in the state are experiment
| ing with it.
IN NEW YORK sentimental scruples in regard
| TO the demolshing of ecclesiastical landmarks
| do not seem to exist when business presses for
| ward The latest destruction will be that of
christ church on Broadway, which has been
! sold TO make way for commerce.
| LAST WEEK, near Chicago, Mr.. l. Hommedieu's
| mousse caught fire, aud his big Irish setter was
burned to death in it, because it could not be
| persuaded that the three children of the family,
It's especial playmateS, were safe. The dog
thrice rushed into the burning building and
searched for them.
A MICHIGAN man who decided to settle in
Jasper, Ala, shipped his goods there by rail,
and then, with his wife and two children dro,e
the whole distance, 1000 miles. They had a
splendid time, and saw more of the country
and the people than years of railroad travel
would have permitted.
HENRY ADAMS and Joseph Smith of Rutland,
Vt, while coon hunting last week freed three
bears and shot them. They were cubs about
months Old, jet black and weighed 90 pounds
eacA. party hunted down the mother the
following day and enjoyed some exciting sport
/ WI "a in Gnn .nEnIif p a,I
weighed 256 pounds
In front of the provision store of one McMa-
| hon at Crescent Beach near Boston, numerous
| squashes were displayed the other day. Rain
| drops falling upon them from the electric light
wires SO charged the vegetables with electricity
| that Nc Iahon in handling one of the s1uashes
received severe shock Other persons tried to
pick up the squa she's, with the same result.
WOLVES are doing great damage I'm Northern
| Montana by destroying stock In Choteau
county, Charles Adam was compelled to fly
| from the beasts the other night, when they de-
! stroyed eighty OF his thoroughbred bucks. One
| night recently $50 sheep were killed in one flock
| AMI also thirty colts belonging to another
| ranchman. The wolves also attacked travellers
| and merchant of Helena barely escaped with
| ms lie Jew days ago.
STORY has been circulated that Sir William
| Harcourt has had his face slapped at dinner
| party. 1t is said that the descendant of the
| Plantagenets was chosen by the hostess to take
certain French lady down to dinner because
| he was supposed to be proficient ia her native
| tongue. whether it was Sir Williams faulty
construction OF the language or his keen sense
| of humor is not explained; but the lady, it is at
| frmed, misunderstood him, with the aforesaid
result.
ELDER GEORGE E. LUCKEY of Paris, Ky, per,
| formed a rather novel marriage ceremony the
| other evening at the Paris depot He had pro-
cured a marriage license, directed by tele-
a fara r. fI,aa a.
evening passenger train, and going to tine depot
he awaited the coming of the train when he
| entered the coach and, during the time CON
| sumed in making an exchange of engines he
married a couple IN the presence of quite mum
! Der of passengers.
| NINE VALSAYRE, a Paraisian woman. with a
| reputation as duest and otherwise as quite
| bold and dashing, has pettioned the French
| parliament to grant the right to women to dress
| In masculine attire The privilege has been
| tacitly conceded in exceptional cases in those
| of Georges Sand, Rosa Bonheur and Nine Dieu-
| lafoy the celebrated Persian explorer, but the
| petitioner wishes to have it accorded as right
| to the sex. Parliament declined to take any &C
tion in the premises, declaring it to be matter
| of police regulation.
BISHOP kEANE, the rector of the new Cath
| olic university of New York, will sail for Europe
| this week on business connected with the uni
versity. and will not return until spring He
| will inspect the principal universities Of the
| old world in ord-r to get points and ideas for
| the new university. He is also anxious to
secure professors, but because of the contract
| lab)r law Will not be able to engage them per-
manenlly. When he returns from Europe he
viii visit the northwest and the Pacific coast to
collect funds for the university.
MAN dressed in Tyrolese costume entered
| the shop of the principal barber in Innspruck
| sat down in a chair and made a sign that he
| desired to be shaved. The proprietor of tn.
| est Adjustment, seeing a rough looking fellow
clad iufD tba
velvet plush, requested MIN to git 1--WE
don't serve peasants here; this is a saloon for
gentlemen. the stranger rose with a smile
| Very well, he said; out oblige me- in case
| my adjutant should come in, by telling him
that have gone to be shaved by your rival
| across the street. | am the Archduke Joseph. ="
THE new director Of the Vienna Burgtheater
| Dr. August Forster, was born in 1928 He
! studied at the university of Halle. and intended
| at ii st to devote himself to theology, but he
DECIDED to exchange the pulpit for the stage
! He made his debut at Halle in 1851 and 81,
| first appearance at the Burgtheater in 1858 He
| soon won the favor of the director OLaube). who
made him unter- reg sseur, and afterwards
| regisseur. In 1876 Forster assumed the direct
orship of the Leipsc Stadttheater which he
| retaine / for six years. He then removed to
| Berlin, to take part in the foundation of the
| Deutsches theater.
CURIOUS THIBETAN MUsKET or Matchbox
has found its way from Sikkim. where it was
crbed in the Indian papers as of primitive de-
sign, although comparatively new. 1t is a
smooth-bore muzZe-loader, mounted on a long
narrow stock. The barrel is fitted with double
prong rest, the points of which are sharply S nod
SO that the rest itself may either be placed
firmly in the ground or used, if necessary, as a
bayonet. The contrivance is Ingenious and the
weapon is not altogether to be despised. At
tached TO II is belt. on which are strung six
hollow wooden plugs for powder charges and a
small horn for printing powder.
MALmAIsoN the famous chateau of the ILL
fated Josephine de Beauharnais, is simply
going by piecemea to the rats, and il has been
suggested that the place should be converted
the first empire. Malmaison was offered for
sale at the upset price OF f10, 900, but no bidder
could be found. The park is now let out in
small lots to builders, and hideous villas are
rising around the chateau The two facades of
the mansion-that of the court yard and of
the garden-are intact but the interior is like q
barn. The salon of Josephine still exists, with
its mural decorations of birds and gilt flowers
and so do the dining hall, the council chamb .r
shaped like q tent-and tie library, but the
furniture is all gone.
WILLIAM H.. has no fixed salary as Emperor
OF Germany, but there is about ST. 900, 900 he can
use If necessary. AS King Of Prussia, however
he has civil list amounting to 50, $50, GOO; but
the taste for travel and other expenses incurred
in the interest of the empire necessitates il APP
pears. an increase of revenue. So, when the
reichstag reassembles a proposal will be made
to add several millions Of marks to the imperial