The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-30
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received patent on an invention by which it is
claimed that whisky can be Jagged" so rapidly
that the new product of the still cannot be dis
| tinguished from the best five-year-old whisky.
WILLIAM II. WEST. of Plattsburg, Mo. and
Mrs. Drusclla Burke were married last week
MIR. West is 81 years of age and his wife %. The
bride has been married six times. her fifth mar
| riage having been celebrated seven months ago.
but the husband lived only three weeks.
IT has been figured out by statistical official
that there are 81 criminals to every 1000 bache-
lors, and only II criminals to every 1000 mar
red men. From this showing he argues that
matrimony Restraints men from crime,and ought,
therefore, to be encouraged by legislation and
otherwise.
AN APPLE in Just as palatable condition as
when picked from the tree was found at depth
of fifteen feet while excavating for a bridge
foundation in Gardner. Me- How it got there
is problem. Somebody has limited, sarcasti-
cally that perhaps If the dggers continue they
will come upon the tree.
The DUCKS of Mrs Joseph Cromwell of
Xenia, o., somehow got it into their heads that
Easter was approaching and began laying col
ored eggs. Up to date three of these natural
curiosties have been produced. The shell of
one is pale green, another ashen gray, and
third is perfectly black.
HAVING been married seven times, Harrison
Hogan, of Ball Creek, Ind, found it easy enough
10 get Une DeSU OF Jne Sherl1 S O1fcerS, wn0n ne
held at bay for long time in his barricaded
house. Finally three deputies. disguised as
tramps, gained admission and asked for food,
and in this way took Hogan off his guard.
They are going to try to legislate against the
encroachments of the Bell telephone monopoly
in New York. On the very next day following
the decision of the Supreme Court, bill was
introduced into the Legislature limiting tele-
phone charges to S. per month in cities of 500
600 or more, and to 81 in cities of over 1000
and less than 100000.
VERY LARGE SHARE of the wheat imported
into Great Britain is from Russia, the largest
competitor of the United States. The annual
average of the wheat crop of the United States
for several years past has been AT, OK 900 bush
els, and the export $4,000, 600. The average
crop of Russia for the same period has been
227 100000 bushels and the export 70,00O,000.
A DECISION in a will case in which a spiritu-
listic medium figured was rendered lately in the
Probate Court of Dane county, Wisconsin A
citizen died possessed of $50, 900 worth of prop
erty Prior to his death a woman named Arndt
succeeded in persuading the testator that the
spirit of his deceased wife had directed him
through her to convey the property to Mrs.
Arndt The court held that the will was in
valid.
THE widowed Grand Duchess Alexandrine, of
Meckenburg, the sister of the late Emperor,
celebrated her 18th birthday a few days ago
She was born during a state ball at the then
royal palace. The Berlin BOrSen Courier OBJ
serves that the exceptionally iovial circum-
stances OF her birth seem to have had per-
manent effect upon her temperament, as there
IS not a more merry and pleasant old lady in
Germany.
SOME TINE AGO Mr.. Joe Piper of Chester, Ill,
took his hounds across the Okaw river to hunt.
On returning one of the hounds was missing
and did not make its appearance until several
days later, when the canine came floating down
the river on cake of ice, bowling with all his
strength for assistance. When opposite the
depot the dog left the ice craft and swan ashore,
just in time to greet its masser, who was driving
TO the depot.
WHILE engaged in excavating for ditch
few miles north of New Castle, Ind, Milo and
Rufus lookout unearthed huge tusk, a part
of the remains of some mammoth animal sup
posed to have inhabited this country in the
early stages of the worlds history. The speci-
men measures feet in length and 81 inches in
diameter. 1t is in a good state of preservation
and is the finest specimen of a species of ami
NAL now extinct ever found liz that part of the
country.
THE French Radicals are beginning to growl
over the magnifcence of the French bishops
Investigation has shown that the Bishop of Cou
tances has thirtY-three chambers for his per-
sonal use in his palace, ninety-four for his as
SiStantS, and twenty-four kitchens, all manned
with chefs. The Bishop of Anglers has eight
kitchens in his palace and about sixty rooms
for himself and assistants, The Bishop of
Bourges has ten sumptuous salons, besides his
private apartments. The Radicals want their
salaries stopped
THREE members, children, of a German fam
lily living about eight miles northeast of AL
toona, Polk county, Ia, are said to be albinos.
"One is boy about 10 years of age with very
small pink eyes that are intolerant to light. He
keeps his eyes shad I'd in daytime, aud sudden
glare of light would knock him down. His pl-
pills are scarcely observable He cannot do any
N ia "a hItt " rNlf al
night. The darker the night the better he can
see. The three children have light albino hair
and skin as soft as velvet"
THE total production of the Ohio oil fields
from May, 1886, to March 1, 1888, according to
the Ohio State Journal has been {, 694 539 bar
rels. Beginning with 500 barrels a day in
May 1886 in spite of the low prices and the
small demand, the production has steadily in
creased The output for July last year was the
greatest yet attained, having averaged 1893
barrels per day. On the last day of February,
this year. there were GIL producing wells in the
Northwestern Ohio oil fields. There has been
consumed zoos 16 barrels, leaving stocks on
hand 1858 1923 barrels"
AN out-of-the-way quarter of the world is the
Mexican State of Yucatan to most travellers
but it appears to have caus ht the spirit of
progress. A recent visitor writes that the tax.
able property of the State is now valued at
80, ,6S3. The public schools supported by the
State number 2O2 and are attended by upward
of II, 900 pupils. Colleges are located at Merida
for the study of law and medicine and Vaa-
dolid has an institute, conservatory of music
and academies The postal service of the coun.
try is good, and telegraph and telephone offices
are being rapidly multiplied.
BARTON Mills, a travelling salesman from
Lynn, Mass, met with peculiar accident at
Omaha. He alighted from u carriage at the
railroad station entrance and proceeded to walk
around the depot to go to the baggage room
Just as he reached the southwest corner some
thing struck him fairly in the eye and knocked
him down. The cause of his mishap was an
English sparrow. The bill of the bird pene-
trated the eyeba and the unfortunate man will
lose the eye. The bird was picked up dead and
one of its eyes was closed, so il is evident that
il did not the gentleman as Mr. Mills was
close to the wall.
IN PALERMO, Me-, two men and hound
chased fox nearly all day. The fox being very
tired and the dog closely pursuing the fox ran
into Mrs. Mehala Millers house, the door being
aiar. Mrs. Miller closed the door shutting the
fox in and the dog out. The fox laid down on
the floor under the kitchen table, frightened
and painting for breath. The dog asked for ad
mission. but Mrs Miller made it all right with
him by giving him piece of bread to eat She
then tipped flour barrel down near the parti-
ton making the barrel dark. The fox crawled
in to hide and was shut in by pushing the barrel
up against the wall.
A SEA LION arrived in New York the other
day en- route for Germany. He was caught in
the San Francisco bay, and had been for years