The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A COUPLE of farmers from Antrim township
ran four miles to Bancroft, Mich, The other
night to help put out the aurora borealis Ihey
saw the big light in the North and thought the
| whole town was on ire
THE FIREMEN Of Plainfeld, n. j., resigned in a
body because rum selling is to be stopped TINS
goes to show that their peculiar Use of water
has impressed them with determination 10
| keep everything in its place.
A NEW set of bells for performances of Wag-
ner's "Parsifaln has been manufactured at Cow
entry Eng Nine Wagner has pronounced
them satisfactory. and they will be used at the
performances in July and August next.
Mrs DR. MILLETvr, of Lewiston, Me, died
few days ago, and it was supposed that she lett
no estate. Her nephew, however, searched her
| residence and found $50, 900 in bonds and money
| slowed away in various queer hiding places.
IsHAM WHITE, of Washington county, Pennsyl-
vania. says tina the was born in 1776 that he was
a soldier in Jackson's army at New Orleans; that
he shot the bullet that killed Gen Pakenham,
| and that he is the oldest man in the Keystone
| State.
SALT LAKE MOTHER arose in the night at
the solicitation of her daughter and rubbed oOc'
worth of cough medicine on the latter's rheu-
matte limbs The cure was immediate, out tne
pains returned as soon as the mistake was dis
| covered.
| Los ANGELES is so over-crowded with people
| who have gone there in search of work that II
| Is almost impossible TO find accommodations
| and a great many are sleeping In the open
air. Rent and board is very high, work scarce
and wages low.
r. HEADLANp, for several years private secre-
tary to Charles Dickens died at Eastbourne,
England, recently. at the age of 81. He was
| buried with public honors Mr.. Headland
| accompanied the famous novelist on his Amerl-
can tour, and was full of anecdotes OF his
! employer.
The meanest man in the world probably ire
sides in Memphis. He employed small boy to
| stand in line for him in front of the theater and
agreed to pay him $50. The little fellow stood
there from Wednesday night until Monday
morning, and now the wretch who employed
| him refuses to pay the amount promised him
| The Scimetdr threatens to publish his name I'M
| less he pays the boy.
IT is RELATED of Senator Fessenden that he
was an ardent lover of flowers. Among the
floral treasures at his Maine home was pecu-
| liarly sweet-scented verbena, which he watched
| over with great care. For thirteen years ne
| went home from Washington each autumn 10
take up tn at plant and made the same journey
| in the spring to set it out. II is said that no
pressure of public business could make him
| forget that verbena-
IT is SAID that the London theaterS, music
halls and concert halls have accommodation for
about 500 900 sightseerS, and that employment
| is given to a host of tradesmen and their
work people, besides direct employment to
about 10000 people The capital invested in
| places of amusement is little shOrtAf t4,0OO,OOO
| without reckoning places like theNCrystaI Pal
| ace, the Albert Hall, etc; there being in all
| from $50 to COO places of amusement-i5O music
! halls, 30 theaters, and go concert halls and
| palaces.
OVER $4,000 has been subscribed by wealthy
residents of San Francisco to defray the cost of
constructing a speed drive through Golden Gate
! p,,.I it,sf tod 4
| survey the roadway which will be similar
| to that in ChicAgo-that is, two speed roads,
| fifty feet wide and one mile length. Between
! the speed roads will be carriage drive, slightly
| elevated above the two roads and separated by
| a hedge two feet in height. From the carriage
drive the slow drivers will have an uninterrupted
| view of the speeding.
| A CURIOUS FASHION of boring through wet
sand is being practiced in Eastern Europe.
row of iron pipes is driven through the yielding
sand and a freezing mixture genera ly chloride
| of magnesium cooled b. expansion of ammonia
| is then passed through the pipes, returning by
| means of smaller tubes contained within larger
| ones BY the mixture the wet sand is frozen
| for a consider bic distance round the pipes
| and is then easily eXcayated and the pit shaft
| built. The same plan was recently adopted in
making a tunnel under the city of Stockholm.
TIE farm house of w B. Parker, near ST.
| Johns, Mich, took fire from stovepipe which
passed through the roof Mr.. Parker, with
pail of water assembled to the roof to extinguish
| the fire. He used the water and threw the pail
| down, asking his wife. whom he had just left
below, to again fill the pail to which request no
response was made, Mr. Parker came down to
| learn the cause when he found his wife dead
upon the floor. She was IS years of age and in
feeble health, and it is believed the excitement
| occasioned ny the fire caused her sudden death
PATRICK CASEY, of st. Paul, killed one of his
geese and found peculiar metal in its crop
His curiosity led him to slaughter another goose,
| the crop of which contained about the same
/ quantity of the same metal. About teaspoon
| full was taken from the crops Of the two geese
| The mineral was taken to a iewelry store and
| rigidlv tested by the jeweler who pronounced
| it gold beyond all question. The geese were
most of the time in the river, which is very shall
| low, on the gravelly bank near a spring
| about which is much gravel, the accumulation
of ages.
THE Chicago Womeu's Club now numbers 226
members. Three sub-organizations have arisen
under its auspices. First, the Womens Physio-
logical Society, which gives a course of free
! lectures on physiology for women Semi-monthly
| during eight months of the year Second. the
| Protective Agency for Women and Children,
| the purpose of when is to secure fair dealing
| for helpless women and children. Third, the
| introduction of industrial art teaching in the
| schools. They instruct free of expense, such
| women are willing to give their services fora
| time transmitting this knowledge to classes
| of children.
|
! in front of a public hall in London. When
policeman asked him what he was doing he
said: Il am here for the purpose of testing the
| right to free speech. came here to deliver
| speech on the subject of peaceful anarchy
| He refused to go away and the policeman, at
tempting to take him. found him fastened to
! the iron railing by chain around his waist,
/ locked with puzzle lock He refused to III
! the combination of the lock ami expressed
| willingness to die with mile on his liDs for
| free speech. The crowd finally told him that he
was making fool of himself, and he consented
to unlock himself and go to the station house
! When arragned in court he was released with
warning.
A STORY comes from Honolulu that after Queen
Kapiolani and her daughter got home from
their recent trip to Europe they caused to be
put into shop windows pictures of themselves
taken in London in the superb court costumes
| that they had bought in Paris. native mob
passed resolutions denounciug this breach of
| Sandwich Island customs to clothing visited
all the shops where the pictures were displayed,
| destroyed the portraits and then went to the
palace and demanded that the costumes them
| selves be delive ed to them. The royal ladies'
| had TO yield, and the triunphs of Worth
| torn in pieces by the mob. A promise was then
exacted that the Queen and Princess hereafter
would wear only the native costume and the
mob broke up
| A wEIL-KNowT PARTISAN PORTRAIT PAINTER
| lived once before his fame came in a common