The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-06
ITEMS OF INTEREsT 7.

C., during the year Just closed, no less than lO5
were received over the telephone.
TIE ELECTRIC LIGHT is making great progress
in Berlin the number OF amps now in use there
being about o. O0O against $50 at the end of
1885.
TIE WEATHER was so mild and the ground SO
soft that farmers in Mddietown township Aou-
mouth county, y. J., plowed their fields last
week.
some ST. Louis men have instituted suit to Oh
tain possession OF real estate in Omaha worth
81, 10000 They CAIN the land by virtue OF a
sneriffs deed given them thirty years ago.
WITHIN MONTH family named MERCER, in
Union Village, Essex county, n. J., has lost
four children. One was drowned. and the Others
died from a throat disease with which both
parents are now Frustrated.
sERGT. JOHN A. HAMMOND, who made himself
famous by rescuing the Gov. Sprague gun at
the battle Of Bull Run, died last week. Tue
Sprague gun was the only one saved by the
Rhode Islanders at that battle.
A YOUNG PASTOR in Maine distributes every
Sunday TO his auditors printed skeleton of his
morning sermon. He wants them to carry
something home with them, be slys. 1t is hoped
that they take home something more than
bones.
TEE CHAIR in which Gov. Clinton sat when the
held 10 Kingston, in M. is owned by physi-
clan of Athens, n. Y. 1t is ia an excellent state
OF preservation, and LOOKS as though it would
last for hundred or more years to come.
MoRGAN WILD. of Greenbrier county, W. Va,
the other day shot lrage buck deer of a spe-
cies entirely unknown in that locality. The
animals horns we're long, smooth and sharp,
horns Of a COW The saddle, when dressed
weighed ninety pounds.
STUDENTS before being admitted to the uni
versity of Mississippi are required to appear
before board of professors and answer
whether they haye any firearms about them or
whether some person or persons had any in
keeping for them If 80 they must be delivered
up before the applicants are declared full
students,
SUNDAY the fishing schooner Northern Eagle
reached Portsmouth with a large man-eating
shark of the shovelnose species. This shark,
which is very uncommon in northern waters,
was caught In vessels travis while set in
Ipswich Bay. The monster m assured II feet in
length and 9feet in circumference, and weighed
about 1,50J pounds.
Two ELECTRIC LIFTS will be employed in con-
nection with the Eiffel Tower in the forthcom-
ing Paris Exhibition They viii convey the
public from the second to the third floor of the
tower, a distance of 492 feet, and will make the
trip in five minutes and without any intermedl-
ate stoppage. The car of each lift will accom-
modate 100 persons.
RECENT EXPERIMENTS with the submarine
boat, lie Gymn0le, at Toulon, were very sue
ces sful. The boat moves horizontally as well
as vertically, and Is easily kept at any depth
that IS desired It can be run at a speed of
from niue to ten knots Its crew ordinarily con-
ssts of three men, but daring the experiment
nye persons were on board.
A MAMMOTH SWEET POTATO was taken home
Monday by Lewis Smith of Mays Landing, N
j., who gave it to his wife to be roasted. She
placed it in the oven of the stove without
breaking the skin. Shortly afterward the
family was startled by terrific explosion The
potato had burst, blowing off both oven doors
and stirring things up generally in the kitchen.
GEORGE LINCOLN Of Coatesvilie, Pa, has just
fallen heir to 81 900 in curious way An ell
derby German visiting this country some years
ago, met Lincoln and took fancy to him. The
German returned to Europe after time and
Lincoln bad forgotten all about him until he
was informed recently that tine old man was
dead and had left him his entire estate Lin.
coin is journeyman printer and has set type
in every state in the Union.
Az EXAMINATION of William King, the colored
freak who is confined for drunkenness in the
Jail of Trenton. was made Tuesday afternoon by
the Mercer county On. j. Medical Society. Ii
was proved that he has divided heart such as
is found in the lower animal kingdom The
heart beats are perceptible on both sides.
though the sound is fainter on the right than on
the left. He caused his heart, pulse and temple
to cease beating for period Of sixty seconds
LATELY there died in England a laboring man
named woodcock, aged IS years. Shortly be.
fore his death he called his eldest son to his bed
side and told him he was dying He then handed
him the key of a certain box. which had for
merry belonged to the sick mans father, and
told his son that he would find in the box what
hsar aF.aA ElWee rafF,rs -
his establishment, found 900 sovereigns The
deceased had been of very penurious habits. de.
nying himself and family almost the bare nee
essarieS OF life.
The FIRT TEST of the alarm system on the
Fifth avenue traction road Pittsburg, which
is intended to stop the cables in cases of neces
sity, was made last week At s o cleck the bell
in the Oakland power house rang and in an in.
slant every car between Oakland and East Lib
erty came to a stand. Investigation was made
at once, but nothing could be found out of place.
and 10 seven minutes the cable was started
again. 1t is supposed that a telephone or tele.
graph wire crossed the alarm wire, and closing
the circuit, sent in a false alarm.
FIVE TRAMPs who entered the village of Bur.
lington, Wis. on Christmas day, begged money
of the citizens and purchased tools generally
used by burglars. The residents became sus-
piciouS and the village officers and merchants
procured guns and watched at night for the
caution taken. the fellows blew open two safes
securing $500 in notes and $500 10 mo ey. They
also entered five residences IN the heart of the
village, and, although the notes were found in q
railroad yard, the thieves escaped
The ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, with its 1125 OOC
square miles and less than A. 600, 900 population
has debts of the national and provisional gov.
eminent aud of municipalities OF the republic
amounting to $4,000 COO of which S10C, 0OO, COX
has been created during the past year In ad
dition to its railways, Of which il has 900 miles
its other industrial undertakings have beer
upon an enormous scale Altogether the pub
lie debts of the country are $500 600, 90, which
in proportion TO the population, is between siA
and seven times as great as ours are.
LONDON now has thirty seven regular theaters
to say nothing of music halls, every on,
crowded. Thursday-the greatest holiday Of
the theatrical yesr-a sad occurrence haDDenaf
at the star Music hall at Knights bridge
Alfred Vance known as the great Vance " the
most famous of all English comic singers fel
dead on the stage as he was singing a stupid
ditty with the refrain, Are you guilty9H Some
years ago he tried to raise his professional posi-
ton by going about the provinces giving con
certs and mOnolOgue entertainments but the
attempt was failure and he returned to the
music halls where his earnings were enormous
IT Is SAID that the town OF Rowland. Me, de.
rived its name from the exclamation made by
an adventurous white man who fell in love
with and stole away from her fathers wgwam,
a young and beautiful squaw. He was pursued
down the Piscataqlis where be took his sweet
heart into his canoe and boldly padd ed out into
the foaming waters. In hot pursuit came the
dusky sons OF the forest. and reaching the banks
OF the swift flowing waters they saw the white