The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

parliament for extending and improving The
railway sy tenn Of the monarchy at an estimated
total cost OF nearly i5i 100000 marks.
DENTISTS in Cedar Falls, Ia, are likely to
have an opportunity to go fishing. An Indian
doctor visited the town, and during few
days stay extracted nearly 1000 teeth.
The RESULTS just published of the census
taken on Dec 1, 1885 shows the population Of
Switzerland at that time to have been % 1857,
an increase Of more than 10000 since 1880.
SIX woRKMEy of the late Thomas B. Peddle,
Newark's millionaire, acted as his pail bearers,
and over 200 of his employees attended the
funeral. All the public offices in the city were
closed portion of the day.
THE CLERGYMAN in an English town. having
published the bans of matrinouy between two
persons. was followed by the clerk, reading the
hymn beginning with these words: Mistaken
souls who dream Of heaven.
A WONDERFUL ICE CAVE, according to to the
Bakima Herald, was discovered recently near
Trout Lake Klckital county, Washington terri
tory. 1t is Of great size, but cannot be explored
on account OF the intense cold.
A CALIFORNIA PAPER remarks that it's likely,
if Santa Cruz gets a new Jail. the present prac-
tice of the prisoners climbing out and going
down town to find the sheriff When they want
him will probably be discontinued"
A BREWER (ME.l WOMAN. while hanging out
her wash, discovered what appeared to be
patch in the hem Of skirt, and. investigating,
found it to be S. bill, which she had long before
sewed into the hem for safe keeping and for
gotten.
ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO a man named Droz
made a very curious clock Upon the top sat a
negro a shepherd and dog. When the clock
struck the negro played six tunes upon flute,
and the dog moved toward him, as though glad
to see him.
A GREAT LIVE EAGLE has been seen on the ice
on the North river near One Hundred and
Eighth street. New York, for the last two or
three days. and many hunting parties have
been formed to capture it. AS yet they have
been unsuccessful.
GEN. ANNENKoN, its promoter and con-
structer, declares that the Central Asian rail
commercial earnings. He is endeavOrng to
interest private capital in the construction OF
branches which, not being demanded by
pOliticO- military consideration, the car is not
inclined to build.
THE Chinese Times says: Some time ago the
imperial armory at Peking, called the WI Pr
yuan, received instructions to prepare for the
use of his majesty's marriage 260 pairs Of boots
These boots have since been completed, and on
the 9th inst. they were packed in boxes and con-
veyed to the managing department of the i'm
perial household.
colonies 150 years ago the groomsmen attended
in their beautifully embroidered white aprons
Their duty was to protect the bride from hav-
ing her slipper stolen from her foot If anyone
succeeded in capturing it the groomsman paid
a bottle of wine for the loss, as the brides
dancing depended upon 1t.
GEN WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN, United States
commissioner to the Paris Exposition, says:
1.-The American exhibit will be much finer and
more extensive than we at first anticipated.
There will be a general representation of in
dustrial manufacturing and business lines
American inventive genius will play an import
ant part in the general exposition
PAPER DOORS are said to be great improve
ments over wooden ones They are formed of
two thick paper boards, stamped and nodded
into panels and glazed together with glue and
potash and then rolled through heavy rollers.
After being covered with waterproof coating,
and one that is tireproof, they are painted, var
nished and hung in the usual way.
HERE is an account of a court train worn
recently by the young German empress. 1t is
six yards long, and of the finest white Lyons
silk, magnificently embroidered in gold and
silver. The price of the material is about ST.
so, and the embroidery has been Zone by twelve
young girls who have been busly working
n it in an ''atelier" at Berlin for the last two
months.
DR.. J. NJ. EDMUNDs in a paper in a dental
monthly, advocates the implanting metallic
roots in the jaw, and the building of artificial
teeth upon them. He believes that this method
opens new possibilities for dentistry. BY plant
ing two metallic capsules in the rear of the jaw
| and two in the forward portion, he thinks it
practical to lay foundation for a complete set
| of permanent teeth.
! THERE were 1875 accidents on the railroads
| in the United States during 1885, OF these s04
were collisions, 1882 were derailments, and 80
accidents of another nature. OF the collisions
| 4O4 were from the rear, 81 were butting and 80
were on crossings Defects in the road caused
| 1s9 derailmentS, defects of equipment caused
| las, and neglect in operating caused 14S. The
| killed numbered 667, of whom 434 were EN-
ployes and 16S passengers.
| THE ALASKA SEALS have paid Uncle Sam for
Alaska, which cost him 81, 100000. Since 1870
| the Alaska Commercial Company has paid the
government SIS 591 100 for seals killed. The Gus
| toms duties from Alaska seaskins dressed in
| Europe have yielded in round numbers about
| S4,000,000 By the new contract with the COM
pany the United States is to receive $50 900 per
| annum for two years and So so per head for
each seal taken, the annual catch to be limited
| to 100000 seals.
| A TELEGRAM from White Earth. Mimi SAYS
that news Las reached there that few days
since, in the sparsey settled country around
| Aitkn two white children returning to their
| homes from school were attacked and devoured
| by wolves, few scattered bones and shredS of
childrens fate The forests in the northern
part of Aitkin county have long been inhabited
by wild animals, but this is the first inst ance for
many years OF their venturing near the settle
| ments.
A SHORT TIME AGO Fl. Herman. of New York
City, sent an agent TO Scottsburg, Ind. to pur-
chase large white oak tree, which measured
q feet in circumference. He paid SIS for it,
aid at once set to work to get out as large a
board as possible. The tree was ripped 10 BY
means of a cross-cut saw, and Friday board
10 inches thick, feet Pa inches wide at butt
and feet wide at top, and 81 feet long was
hauled to the depot and loaded on Hat car 1t
required two yoke Of oxen ami eiyht horses a
whole day to move it one and one-hait miles on
broad tread wagon. Toe board will be shipped
| TO New York.
THERE is great excitement at Jamaica, New
York, over the action Of the public school COM
mssioners in excluding from the white school
two children, who TO all appearances were
white, An inquisitve female claims to have
discovered a faint # cOlorpd blood in the
mother u the children. Their father is a white
man, who refuses to send his children to the
colored school. The commissioners claim that
they can do nothing, as the law requires all
children of African descent to 90 to the col
orad school They say that one drop of Afri-
can blood settles the question.
AT TIENrsIS. CHINA, two neighbors, who had
been on the most intimate terms, had a little
spat, and afterward one Of them, Mrs. Wang,
threatened to commit Suicide. The Shih Pao,
which has the curious story, tells Of what fol-