The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

FRANK CRAWFORD, of Galesburg, H., was re-
leased from the Springfield QllD jail, and an
hour later was run over and killed by the cars.
A coLoRED MAN in Carrolton, No. stole ham,
was arrested, convicted and sentenced to eleven
days in the county jail, all within two hours
| time.
AUSTRALIA is celebrating its centennial as
British colony. Just 100 years ago Capt. Cook
| took possession of the vast island for the Brit
| ish crown, and the first colony was a ship load
of convcts landed at Botany bay
AN eccentric individual who died recently in
| Barren county, KY, had not seen his father or
! brother for thirty years. although living within
| three miles of them and being on good terms
with them, and wasn't blind either.
DEER have been so plentiful in the woods OF
| Northern Wisconsin this winter that many of
| them have been captured alive by the men in
! the lumber camps the snow rendering il diff
| cult for them to escape when pursued.
If the 100000 Goldfish annually taken off
! the Newfoundland coast were left in the sea, it
| is estimated that there would be a yearly addi-
! ton of 10000 C00000O 900 of young Goldfish for
future treaty wranglers to get muddled over.
| NINE. TUssAUD has added to her collection OF
| relics the camp bedstead on which the Duke of
| Wellington slept the night before Waterloo. 1t
| is simple one of ropes and wood, and is barely
six feet in length, with the merest pretence TO
| Mattress
| ONE recent morning when the ground was so
| covered with sleet to be very slippery, j. D.
Helton of Clifton, Tenn, chased four deer five
miles and captured them all. They could hardly
| stand on the ice and soon became thoroughly
| exhausted.
| THIS inscription was found upon tablet in
an English cemetery: Here lies the body of
| -. who for many years conducted highly re-
| spectacle general business in an adjoining vii
! lage, which is now continued by his widow.
| n. B.-No trust given"
WHILE an engineer and two firemen were
| trying to drive engine through the snow
| the Manitoba road the other day the fire got so
| hot that the flames burst out of the furnace
| door and set the cab on fire, The men jumped
| and two were fatally hurt.
| DIR. .CRowTHER, of Baltimore, probably owes
his life TO his parrot. The cries of the bird
! awakened him at O'Clock in the morning. He
| discovered that his house was on fire and barely
| had time to arouse his family aud get them out
| before the building was completely wrapped in
| flames.
New YORK PAPER says that the artificial
flower trade is the worst paid of all trades.
: Learners are paid 81 week. and the best work
| ers rarely average over 81 week. For single
| sprays of fine flowers that sold for from l5c.
| to l6c dozen those who make them receive Sc.
| a gross.
| IT'S AN OLD SAYING that "beggars shouldn't
be choosers." A Canton (O) beggar disre-
| garded it, nevertheless, and chose to return a
| 81 30 gold piece which, through mistake had
| been given him for a cent For his honesty he
| was rewarded with the price of his supper and
| a nights lodging.
On recent very cold day citizen of Chaplin,
! Mass went fox hunting. At the edge of a
wood he put out his hound which soon disap-
| peared from view and hearing. The hunter
| waited three weary hours. and then went to his
| wagon. where he found the intelligent dog snug
| and warm under the blankets
| BUENos AYREs, in the Argentine Republic, is
| now the largest city in South America, the cen
sus Of 1887 giving it a population of 1874 900 The
| population of the entire country has increased
175 per cent. in the last twenty years, while that
| of tine United States in the same period of time
has increased only % per cent.
THE WoNEN's CLUB of Wisconsin. the first
| Western organization of women for social pur-
| poses to have a building of its own. possesses a
| commodiouS clubhouse in Milwaukee that was
| erected at a cost of S25, COO The club has q
| large membership, to which only women are
| admitted, and is in every way in flourishing
condition.
| W. J. ANDREWS sometimes wears coat that
his great grandfather used to wear in North
Carolina and which is 112 years old. 1t is made
| of linen and cotton, which was spun, colored
| and woven by the wife of the original owner. 1t
| is cut in the continental style and the buttons
| are round molds cut from gourd and covered
| with cloth.
| AT A LEAP YEAR PARTY near Bonnersvile, OAK
! young lady proposed to the gentleman she
had escorted and on being accepted produce1
| a minister and the ceremony was performed
over the pair. The bride intended the affair only
! as huge joke, but the groom didn't, and has
| called upon the court to decide on the legality
of the wedding.
AMONG the correspondence of Philadelphia
| professor of dentistry there came recently
|
the profession He is about to open an office,
and asked the price of bushel of old teeth
| which he intends placing on exhibition at his
place to impress a credulous public with his
| ability" at extracting.
RAILROAD MEN in California estimate that up
to January 1, 900 California excursion tickets
| were sold in 1887, representing 81 600 900 profit
| to the transcontnenta roads alone. This does
| not include the first~claSs and second class or
| or emigrant, single-trip tickets that have been
| largely sold, which are estimated as increasing
| the number of tickets to 100000 for the year.
ANDREW J. BLACKBIRD. a son of the famous
Indian Chief Blackhawk. living at Harbor
Springs Mich. has written a history of the OF
| tawa and Chippewa tribes that will soon be pub-
| lished BlacEbird is a well educated man hav-
| ing been diligent student at the Ypsilanti Nor
NAL School in his youth. He expects also 10
| publish some day treatise on the language of
| his tribe.
THE new Federal building to be erected in
Wilmington, N c., will occupy the lot on which
| the people of the town held a grand barbecue
| followed by great torchlight parade in 1915
| in eel 'bration OF the ratification of the treaty
| of Client and Gen. Jackson'S victory at New
| orleans. Ii was the greatest event in the his
! tory of the town, and the oldest inhabitants tell
the story of il with glow of pride.
RECENTLY a novel marriage took place on a
| bridge near Beech creek, Center county. Penn.
| sylvania. Arrangements were all completed for
| a grand wedding at the brides home In Center
| county, when it was discovered that the mar
| rage license, which had been procured n Gin
| ton county, was invalid in Center so the only
remedy at hand was to load up the Interested
parties and drive to the county fridge across the
line at the nearest point.
A FAC-SIMILE reprint of the famous black
letter jest book, "A Hundred Merry Tales"
the most ancient book of its kind in the English
language, has just been issued in London The
| following tale is not brilliant but provokes n
| smile: "A marchantys wyfe Their was in bowe
| parys in london some what slept in age to who
| her mayd cam on a sOnday in lent after owner
| 4 sayd maystreSS quod she they ryng at sevnt
| Thomas of acres for Their shall he a seriuo'
| prechyd anon to whom the maystres answered
| & sayd mary goddys blessyng on thy hart for
| Varying me thereof & because I slept not wei
all thys night pray the brynge my stole with
| me for wyl go thyder to lOke whether I ran
take a nap there whye the prest is prechyng'"
| A wEtI-KNowN PARIS SCIENTIST. Dr. Delaunov