The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IT is CHARGED that Rhode Island has more
ghosts than any other State in the Union.
Ghosts and CLANS go hand in hand.
IT is now thought that the yacht Cythera,
which has been missing since the great blizzard
IN March, is probably safe at Jamaica.
! THE statue of Gen. Gordon, to be erected in
| Trafalgar Square, London, will cost about S15,-
Oo0' and be completed before the end of the
! year.
| AMERICAN CHURCHES are springing up all over
| the Argentine Republic, nearly every important
town having one, with Sunday school attach
ment.
A BOY in Oxford, Me-, has a dozen minks
raised from pair he captured a couple ofyears
| ago. He proposes to go into the business OF
breeding these animals for their fur.
AT Cherryvale, Kan, where all the women
vote, or can if they so desire, not more than
one-third of them registered for the spring
| election. They had voted once and the novelty
was gone.
MRS. s. A HONEY keeps as a highly priced
| relic pair of scissors which her father used in
cutting suit of clothes for George Washington
when he was about to enter upon his first term
| as President
| ABOUT 10000 men of the Dominion militia will
perform the annual drill this year II 900 going
| into camp under canvas and 5000 in various
| cities. The first camps will be held about the
| middle of June.
| DETECTIVES have already Travelled over ~ 900
miles in search of Tascott, the Chicago muir
derer, but thus far not one reliable clew to his
movements since the night OF the murder has
| yet been discovered.
CHUN SING, a Chinese laundryman Of Chicago,
was baptized and admitted to membership in
| the Emmanuel Baptist church. of that city, last
Sunday The MethodistS have several Chinese
members in Chicago, but Chun is the first who
| has Joined the Bnptists there
LOGAN MULHALL. a herd owner in the Chey-
enne nation, is the youngest cowboy in the
West He is only years old, and has over 100
| head OF cattle. He hires his own help and is
| the virtual superintendent of his property His
| father is largely interested in cattle raising
A MAN of Grant county, Wisconsin, drained
off his fish pond the other day, and in the bot
| tom he found four silver watches and chains
and large number Of silver spoons knives and
forks. 1t is supposed that burglar finding
himself closely pursued, threw his plumber in
the pond to get rid of it.
A PARTY OF PILGRIMS to Rome were to have
left Vienna recently, and divine service was
held for them in st. Stephens The cathedral
was decorated with siken tapestry and mass
by Mozart was performed. The pilgrims ap-
peared with trunks, and bags, and dressed for
the journey. At the railway station a special
train was drawn up but the number of pilgrims
stipulated for by the company not being there
by one-half the authorities refused to start the
express. They are trying to find more pilgrims,
| and start over again.
A SHAKEREss with a meek face beneath
large green bonnet was Fastening along a street
in Springfield, Mass. so as not to keep the
elder waiting in the big wagon, when she I'M
Willingly ran against a small newSbOy, sending
his papers in all directions. After assisting the
youngest to collect his wares and dropping
a nickel into his hand with the apology: Il am
sorry for thee and my carelesSnesS my son, - she
FASTENED away. The little fellow gazed after
the retreatIng figure with awe, and at last mutt
| tered to a companion the question: Say
Mickey, be that the Virgin?"
BUFFALO BILLS novel ideas in the show bust
ness may possibly prove to be gold mines that
can be worked by all sorts Of fellows The
Italians the first to come into the arena
which he has just vacated in Earl's Court, Lon
don, where they propose next month to exhibit
| to the cockneys some of the glories of ancient
| Rome. The rink that formerly encircled the
prairies of the Wild West will now take in the
Coliseum, AID mighty Emperor, whose in
come, it is thought, will be about 10c. an hour
will receive, with becoming dignity and gravity
the morituri tie sautant of the gadiators.
PADUcAH, KY, ATTORNEY, who had occasion
| to draw an indictment against man for calling
one of his fellow-citizens liar spelled the word
lire" leading lawyer got hold of the paper
and commenced making fun of the word.
| ''Whatpis lire?" said he I've heard OF
foreign coin named lire, but 1t certainly Is no
breach of the peace to call any man after a
piece of money. Now, IL the States attorney
had spelled it l-y-a-r, we should all have known
| what he meant, and the epithet is actionable if
he can prove it," And the best of it is, all the
balance of the bar present nodded their heads
| in acquescence as the gentleman sat down.
| Rev. DR.. E. E. MURRAY doesn't believe in the
church fair, and in the last PRESBYTERIAN
! Quarterly says so at length, giving reasons for
his unbelief. lit seems strange he says, that
| a. 10, Ia e l.
| pedders restaurant keepers, ETC. vet think
| they are hoporing the Church in thus degrading
| her. What a state our poor Church must be in
when she is forced to take to selling oysters and
| ice cream for a living. What minister with an
atom of self-respect would tolerate a propossl
to raise his salary in such way? With all our
dime readings, ice cream festivals, oyster sup
pers, concerts, etc, every one of the benevolent
causes of the Church is langIIishng for the want
of a proper support"
A BUFFALO MAN has invented an Ingenious de-
vice for fire alarm boxes. Instead of having
the key at some house where it can never be
found at the time when it is wanted, if indeed
the house where it is kept is known the Buffalo
inventor has fixed and permanent key over
which is glass case. the pane Of which can be
broken, and the alarm sent in, in case of fire
This is a simple method like that of inclosing
tools in railway cars, for in case of accident
and there seems to be no reason why it should
not work well. The broken glass is of course
at once replaced by new one, from a supply
kept on hand in the fire department Buffalo
Commissioners have adopted the new device
with encouraging success, and believe il to be
far more reliable than the present detached key
system.
SPANISH EXECUTIONS are run in a somewhat
peculiar way On April II. young woman,
her lover, and an acconplice, were garrotted in
Madrid, the first executions there within five
years Twenty-four hours before the time
fixed for their death they were first told when
they would cease to We. Then they were taken
TO the prison chapel and kept there until they
We're marched to the scaffold One Of the con
denim was so violent in his terror that it took
six warders to dress him, and get him out % his
cell. In the chapel they received hundreds of
visitors, received all the food and drink thew
wanted. and spent part of their time, when the
wine had nerved them up and between prayers.
in playing cards. The scaffod upon which they
were throttled was erected in the prison ward
but higher than the walls, so that the 10000
spectators gathered in the streets might enjoy
the spectacle. Finally the dead bodies were
kept exposed TO the public gaze until sunset.
A CURIOUS CASE OF CITIZENSHIP is to be de-
cided by the Iowa courts. In one Of the towns
of the State Methodist minister appeared as
prosecuting witness against a saloon keeper. At
the next election the saloon keeper challenged
the vote OF the clergyman on the ground that
he was an itinerant Methodist minister and
being subject at any time to removal by the
Bishop OF the Methodist EDieconal Church