The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-04
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Sl,oOo,o 900, and he livdn modest unassuming
style.
THOMAS T. HARRIsoAssistant superintendent
of the public schooof New York City, has
| just retired, after ne;y half centurys serv-
ice. "a
THE largest wine liar in California is in
course Of erection nesSt. Helena, Napa coun-
~ 1t will cost $500 and have capacity of
| 600 900 gallons.
The wife Of NJ. bquet, the Premier Of
France, is tall, baisome woman of diplo-
natlc talent and chrning manners. Nine
Jules Ferry is her nhs
THE Great Northrt Railway Company of
| England insists that's engineers shall take at
| least nine hours res between one days labor
ana another as preautlon against accidents.
The average age call the people of France is
| given as thirty-twe years, two months and
fifteen days. The a,rage in the United States
IS only twenty-fou years, ten months and
twenty-four days
| JOSEPH H. WALKE4 of Worcester, has given
5000 to the Natura history Society for the pur-
chsse of land on The shore of Lake Quinsiga-
| mopd' TO be used n connection with the
| SOCIETY S summer school.
IT'S said that Ferry county, Pennsylvania,
mas man Who deals out whisky in a saloon
4censel by himself He is one Of the Associate
| l. anu uo paw VI HN'AA~NSS
is IN heborough ofBlaine.
JOHN D,GeETr, of schenectady, offered to let
william Back Shootsix bullets at him from
revolver a. distanc of 200 feet for a silver
| uoiar william accered but didn't come
| within two feet of hittns him
COLLEGES as wei as fatslies. have their hid
| den skeletons. Yale has jus found one, not in
the closet but in the campn And the mys-
terry about it is that it had ben there for q
century and has just come to list.
THE thistle at the Antipodes seeAs to attain
a most vigorous growth. Its root pt,etrates tc
a depth of from twelve to twenty feet and this
root, even when cut In small pieces retains
| vitality, each root producing new plan
SOME of the Western cities pension then pub
lie school teachers after certain years of serice
| In Wisconsin twenty-one years of faithful work
| entities a teacher to a pension, and Cleveland $
considering proposition toward the same end
THE JAPANESE STUDENTS at Cornell University
have way of cooking English sparrows so that
they make a very palatable dish, and the Japs
like them so much that they make a standing
| offer of Sc. apiece for all the sparrowS brought
to them.
IT is SAID that Mrs. DR.. Schlieman won hel
husbands heart by her knowledge of Greek
He visited at her fathers house when she was
young woman of Is, and she amazed and de
| lighted him by reciting to him q long extract
from the Iliad The next day he popped the
question.
THE Congregational Sunday school workers
of Boston purpose raising a 100000 memoria
fund in honor of the Rev. Asa Billiard, the
! pioneer Sunday school worker, who has just
died. The money will be permanent fund for
the carrying on of Sunday school missionary
work in this country.
Los ANGELES, CAL, is going to try to have
good municipal government by hiring men to
carry it on. Her new city charter provides fol
| the payment of each member of the Board OF
| Aldermen at the rate Of $3.50 a month and he
| is forbidden to engage in any other employ
| ment during his term of Office.
| EDWARD DUFFoRD, of Butler Pa, was attacked
by an immense eagle last Saturday above But
Ter on the line Of the Shenango aud ALLEGHENY
railroad, while on his way to his work in Butler
| He fought desperately with his back to a tele
graph pole and was not much injured. He de
| Scribed the bird as Eaving spread of ten fe It
MRS. ORMsroN CHAUNT, who is noted for hel
good work among the workingmen of England
has been lecturing at Chicago She is a small
slight body, with dark hair and eyes and Strons
features Last year she addressed about 6Ot
meetings, besides editing a paper, writing
thousands of letters, and taking the best care
| of her four children.
An On CITY BOY 1s years of age is a somnam
bulist and gets up ana prowls around the hous,
| recent morning he arose from his bed and begun
| playing on the piano The music awakened his
parents who listened to it for about five or ter
| minutes. after which the boy carefully CLOSED
| up the piano and walked back upstairs to bed
Miss PETRUELLA JOHNSON became so enthu
| sastic over Salvation Army affairs last fall il
| Chicago that she was about to turn over all heI
property to Gen" Booth, when her relatives
| interfered. and before the matter was SETTLED
she suddenly married Mr.. Tornquist and now
refuses to give the Salvationists even the 81 500
she promised to build their barracks, and they
| are suing for it.
BRITISH RESIDENTS in Japan are subscribing
for the repair of the grave of viii Adams, q
British sailor who was shipwrecked in japan in
| the reign Of James l., and who lived for many
| years at the court of Yeddo where he obtained
extraordinary influence. His grave was discov-
| cred some years ago on the summit of one of
| the hills overlooking the government arsenal of
| YokoSuka, near Yokohama.
A LITTLE BOY, a cripple, was being wheeled
| past Center avenue store, in Bay City when a
| gentleman who noticed the unfortunate child
said: That little boys misfortune is the result
OF a kiss When ne was a baby his sister, on
| coming into the house. went up behind the high
chair in which he was seated, and, catching his
| head suddenly, gave 1t turn and kissed him
The shock injured his spine, and he is going
through the world cripple for life''
NOVEL MARRIAGE occurred at Aberdeen.
| Oak. George William Griswold of Nina D. T
was united to Miss Hattie Hunt of Chicago.
whom he saw for the first time an hour before
the ceremony. The marriage is the result of a
| correspondence begun through a matrimonial
! paper. Griswod is an industrious young farmer
| in fair circumstances. Miss Hunt is a rather
| attractive, bright and modest German girl
| Their meeting, which was warm and unaffected
| showed a clear case of love by correspondence
| Two SONS of a famous novelist are engaged
in the lucrative business of stock and station
agents in Victoria Edward Bulwer L.ytton
| Dickens manages thr Melbourne branch OF the
| business, while Alfred Tennyson Dickens repre-
sents the firm in the important pastoral center
| of Hamilton. a son of Anthony Trolope has a
sheep station in the northern colony of Queens
| land The Duke of Manchester, the Earl of
| Denbigh and the Earl of Winchsea are inter.
ested in pastoral properties in the same colony
THE STUDENTS of the Wisconsin Estate Uniyer-
sity have played a ratherIamusing prank and at
the same time probably laid the foundation of A
legal test Of the right of students. not residents
of the town where they are atten ling school To
| vote there. There was a an election at Madison
at which two aldermen were to be elected
| The students united in favor Of a member of
their junior class and elected him There
| is great excitement among the "towniesi
| and there will be a contest in the courts of
| course.
| HARRY GIBSON, of Punxsutawney, Pa. had
been wanting pet fox for a long time, because,
he said, they are so cute. He got one, finally.
took IL hon1a nd n1arad ~ 10,