The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23
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has, stranga to say been allowed TO run down
very sadly. both in appearance and in it's table
IL no longer eXclteS the wonder and adm ration
OF tourists that it once did.
T. j. McENvELL of the Canadian geological
survey has been exploring the Yukon river,
which, for 200 miles, forms the boundary line
between Alaska and British America He saws
the Yukon runs through vast gold and silver
PED; that gold can be seen with the naked eve
IN Iedges along the banks The weather is SO
severe however, that mining is carried on but
Two months In the year. American capitalists
are on the ground, and hope to overcome the
disadvantages of the weather
On lonely road near Sag Harbor, L. l., lives
man who claims to be brother of Gen. Bou-
LANCER. He has been a hermit for years He
Is spoken OF by the New York World as
handsome, courteous Frenchman, who seems
70 nave known the world well in other DAYS.
lie receives letters and newspapers from France.
he goes by the name of the count among his
helghDorS IL was not until recently that he
Claimed relationship to Boulanger and 1t is
thought that he is either losing his mind or is
Trying to play joke"
The residents of Stockholm, n j., have been
annoyed for several days past by a large wild
animal which made nightly raids on the sheep
and cattle pens of the farmers Friday it killed
a calf. A company at onc. gave chase Being
pressed by the dogs, the animal took refuge in
Tree Several shots were fired at it, some of
which took effect and enraged the beast 1t
| sprang into the crowd, knocking down and bad
| ~ scratching boy. 1t was killed with pitch
fork and found to be about five feet long weigh
| ing nearly 200 pounds. 1t is thought to be a
| half grown panther.
| SUPERsTITIoUs PEOPLE in Fair Haven. Conn,
are not little bothered by a shape" which
| appears spontaneously on the ceiling of room
| there. 1t bears resemblance to the figure of
| man in long robe, and is thought by many
| to represent the figure of a clergyman who died
4 iS LIGHT
than the surrounding ceiling, and appears and
| disappears at irregular intervals, remaining
| sometimes for days. New Haven paper
| thinks that "a plausible and probably correct
solution of the mystery lies in the fact That the
| figure marks the place where the ceiling was
patched some years ago, and the new and old
| mortar OF the wall, varying in its moisture
retaining properties, absorbs and dries more or
| less rapidly"
ALL the memorial stones have not vet been
set in place in the Washington monument and
several never will, including four, which, having
been found more precious curiosites than as
memorial stones will be taken to the national
museum. One is piece of stone from the tomb
OF Napoleon aud for number of years was
hidden in the Brooklyn navy yard, its identity
being mystery. Finally some one discovered
its origin, and sent it to the monument commits
sion Another stone bears, set in the face
cartouche from an Egyptian tomb, carved, il is
supposed, over 1900 years ago Another of
these stones is a fragment from the original
chapel built to the memory of William Tell in
Switzerland, and the other came from the tenn
pie of ESculapius in the island of Paros and
Naxos,
BoLLINGER reports a case of sudden death
from fear in a prisoner. 1t seems that farm
laborer, 60 years old. in a fit of anger struck
another man on the head with pitchfork in
flicting two wounds involving the skull TIE
injured man died of pyRmia His assailant
was imprisoned and became extremely de
pressed and melancholy. On Jan. 80 he did not
seem to be quite well, but first complained of
illness on the next day, when he had to appear
before the jury as defendant. Here ne became
so miserable that he had to be carried away
and had the appearance of a man moribund
The skin was cold; there was no pulse but re-
peated attacks of faintng He was taken to
the hospital, where he died in twenty-four
hours. At the autopsy his organs corresponded
with the relatively good state Of health wnicn
he had enjoyed before the occurrence lust
described, and no such changes were found
especially in the brain and heart, as could be
charged as contributory to the direct cause of
| death
A PORTER in New York store caught a big
rat in a wire trap, and with dozen small boys
at his heels carried it into the office of an old
rat killer. The old man dropped it into a box
with wre-cloth cover, and then put in
weasel that was about two-thirdS the size of the.
rat. The moment the rat saw the enemy he
backed into a corner, and sat up on his launches
folded its forepaws Over its breast and began to
cry. The weasel walked up and very deliber-
atey shifted at it, and then backed slowly away
to the opposite corner of the box, about four
feet distant The next instant it sprang across
the box like a FASH and in a twinkling had bit
ten the top of the rats head off. The rat killer
then took out the dead rat and weighed it on
account of its unusual size. 1t wei ghed exactly
one pound and quarter ounce. The old rat
killer says that no rat weighs over seventeen
and half ounces, and that the largest, instead
of being found about piers and sewers, as com
monty supposed, are to be found about slaugh-
ter houses.
A BRIDGEPORT COMM MAN has invented q
neat thing in the way of steam heater to carry
about on the person. 1t is a small affair." con
sisting of copper boiler, under which is a
diminutve lamp, all encased in nickel box.
and balanced something like a compass, so
that, no matter what position the outside box is
in the boiler and lamp will always rem lin in the
required vertical position. The entire apparatus
is so small that it can be carried in the pocket
After the lamp is lighted the water in the boiler
is heated and circulated through rubber tubes
which run down the legs around the ankles up
around the back and back to the boiler The
circulation OF the water keeps the boiy warm
on the coolest day. safety valve and ESCAPE
for higher pressure of steam than the affair
is allowed to carry blows off at the back of the
wearer's neck. Elaborate heaters are beine,
constructed for ladies' wear. They can be
wore inside the hustle, and entirely obscured
Before going out Of the house the lady's maid
can light the lamp, which, by the way, is
LIMA DE- MuRsKA, the Hungarian nightingale.
who startled the musical world some years ago
with the exquisite quality of her voice, is now
living in a single poorly furnished room on
Washington square, in an impoverished con-
dition Trouble has seriously affected her
mind. Nine. de Murska was engaged by the
management of the American Conservatory of
Music TO come to this country as a teacher of
music at a salary Of $4,000, but when she
arrived II was found that she was unable to full
fill her duties because of mental arrangement
compromise was made with her by which she
received some $1,000 Since that time she has
been living In retirement in Washington SQUARE
Mime. de Murska is still n comparatively Young
woman, being only 3s, but her matrimonial
veneures have proved disastrous. She is n
woman OF wide accomplishments. She speaks
seven languages fuently and is finished
pianist. An effort is being made by her musical
friends to send her to her native country and
it is probable that she will sail within two
weeks
THE deadly special correspondent is getting
in his fine work upon the Hermitage. Andrew
Jackson's homestead, near Nashville. Tenn.
where, among other wonders, he finds Alfred
live edition of Lord Chesterfield and the chris
tian virtues bound in ebony and white wool. the
last survivor" OF the jackson body servant.
who points out a couple of Wondering cabins.
saying; me and Mars Andrew was born over
there Now, unless history and tradition both
lie badly Andrew Jackson was born in North
Carolina and grew almost to manhood within
that state, while at the time he came into beiny