The morning news., 1889-05-04
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The BONES of unastodon were unearthed on
the farm of C. C. Tremble, near Windfall, Ind
| One of the teeth was inches long and inches
! in diameter. AMI tuSk 0f the monstrous ami
NAL measured feet. When the air struck the
| bones they crunbl-d to pieces, and but few
| OF them were saved.
AN IMPORTANT SUIT has been decided by the
supreme court Of Michigan. 1t was suit
| against life insurance company and origi-
| nat at Adrian. The insured took his own life
! bv cutting his throat, but was at the time de-
| raj ged. TIE verdict in the lower court was
-ainsi the Insu ance company, and this YER
! dict was sustained oy the supreme court.
FEW DAYS AGO Jsalc New nan and wife. two
Indiana pioneers, died at Peru, Ind. In search
| ing the house after yard for valuables, of
| the couple found beneath false bntt nm in an
od bureau s.. 100 in money sewed into clothing.
| Newman toll lis son that he had small sum
! in the bureau for eNDenses, but IT. was not
suspected that the amount reached into the
thousands
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO Troy girl employed in
box factory wrote her name in the bottom of
! a which reached the printing house
| Tuttle & o., i;utlaud where pressnan named
Alfred Hen nshaw saw the name and address
letter to the girl. A CORE spNndence ensued,
AMI few days ago Afr d met the gi at TroT.
fell madlv in love with her and they are to be
married shortly.
A BROOM is not watch, and yet it is notorious
that broomsticS. This flIppant fancy may be
developed in many wars; thls one NAV insist
that dddles tick; that you can make a bed tick;
, that tack licks; that some sheeo tick and
even that gum, alas ticks. But, after al, hoE
po \ thing IS man. eve1 in his highest Il ghts
OF inherent imbeciiityl Even Maxweltons brays
are not always bonny.
. A PIECE OF FAT PORK succeeded in starting a
remarka lie series of accidents in Crawfords-
vile Ond) household 1t hal been placed in a
n IN fha Of eRN. G,.a a
blaZed out into the room. A b)v helped the
situation by thr owing on water when the hot
grease was scattered over aim, Burning him
severely. He bOited out Of the door aud fell
over his little brother, knockn the latter ,nse.
les and at the same time the father, hastening
to tn burned clili's as stlnce, fell down
sta RS aud rendered unconscious The fire
meanwhile went out.
THE que,t of abolishing the teaching of
German in the public schools is aTain to come
up befora the Chica % board Of education Mr.
Suudell, the me nber of the b arI who is q vht-
| inZ to have the study done awayw it l. quoted
as saying: "Whatever the vote may be this
time. shall renew the resolution and keep uD
the liSht as long as | am a member of the
boar l. German a. no blSi1esS in the public
sc1 ols, no moro business thal Bo1emiln,
French or Scandinayil1. What We want to
do is % Americalze the foreigners as 'ast as
we can. TIE pub ic SCHOOLS ought not to bs
use to perpetuate a fo:eisn language and
foreign thou yht"
A BURRo AND BULLDOG had a fight recently
in Fresno, Cal. Burro is Californian for don
key. The burro was browsing on cookie burrs
bY the roadside when th5 bul dog trJtted long
stUppet !, ant, without a grOwl. seizel the don
key by the sh INK bone Of the of hi d le,. The
donkey immed ately brou mt its hind quarters
into action, and It's legs and the dog flew
thr uyh e air in a most active way, for the
latter refused TO let 60. The ourro lay down on
his back. brought his hind legs up TO his head
and seized the do vita his teet!. hen both
q 81 rrAH H-- a h+r n
ID rubbed the dog oacS ID forth over a
"a bed wire fenc until il was dead.
A CHICAGO MAsTIFF named Chester is a sue
cessfui detec i've. The o.her day a man lmed
Ryan WIS ARE }tai on 8 charre of vayraucy,
ami it as ella med That ne was hy profession
b irglar. He deni d the charge. Detective
Chester brOu hit in to have look at him.
Chester closely scu inizeI he prisoners faca.
smiled suspicionsiy. Il gr0wied in a ven yeful
ma Ge , wIi y OroEe down d admi ted
that Chester d tw' watc men hal arrested
hin t4ree mont S ago wlile attempting to roo
Ch,cago avenue store. Ryan ven. to q
riieweil on a S25 fine. while Chester licled
his cnops and tain lay down under the stove.
The dog Is owAe by private wa Gilman
THEY are laughing over bunier OF United
States examining surgeon Ia Carl on, Ne He
was eXaniing for delfne an applca 1t for
penSoi, and 20 test the man Left ear held
wNtcn at some listauce AID asked hi if he
codl1 ar 1t tick The answer was NO. s. and
{ sumo re tly wa given to re % ltel ulss IS
as the watcn was Oroug 1t gradually nearer.
'Put h m dOwa totally deaf IN the lie ca -
tn surgeon said, and hold.n; tIe waJc i a. way
ron mans ri ho ear, e sam gu s 10 !
was a ked. To bis surprise tn answer was the
same. Ii then occurred t t g surgeon TO ex-
anime his watch. aad he found that 1t a
Stopped The examination was Uegun all over
again.
THE large prehistoric mound on the south
western shore OF the White Bear Lake, a few
miles from st. Paul, Mimi. no lon ger exists
Standing, as 1t did, N toe Roadway, its removal
became II. cesSary. a III sentinen mad to give
w 10 utility. TIE Minnesota Hist i.ical So
ciety made application TO the aut horltias for
any relics of Interest," fond il it by the graders
Mr. Cl'witt, who mad charge of the work, has
just sent in sucn relics as he found, consisting
of perfect human skull. bone scoop, boae
nee lie, hair pin, a case of blue pigment and
rome ed CO oring matter in powder 1t was
likely a burii al mound for there were other
skulls and relics of mortality, but all decayed
and IN trdg nents.
A ST LOUIS POLICEMAN reports watching the
maneuvers OF gray old rat in an alley in that
city. Emerging from a hole she moved
cautiously to pan of water standing near
Presently five young ones rushed out and rsced
70 see which one would reach ths water first.
The Old rodent seemed much alarmed a nd with
bound, leaped TO the dye or the pan rnisei
herself on her launches, and b and scratched
al her offspring whenever thoy attemp pted to
drink. After she had succ sedeI in chas n = the
young ones back into t4eir hole, she wet her
whiikers in the water, looked rather sus-
plciously about, AMI slipped the water very
cautiously, as II to learn whether or not il con
tained pOis )uS matter. Then, a t.r a satisfied
glance round, She gave squeak. and tue five
young rats came running cut and all drank
their fill,
a CHARACTERISTIC LETTER from Thackeray is
the Following, W ich is dated before Vanity
Fair had placed him in the forefront among
auth Jrs: MY ar Sir-Ths mo nent had fn-
is ed my work yesteri1y, and had returned to
thiN real worl thought 10 tny4elf: ID les Mr.
Rogersr member tn the invitcd me (that isthat
asked MIN tO ask me- ami ue.aSkc d mel to break
fast with hi n on the 30tlY T Transaction
took place N1. SlrtorlS's. in the pre- sen .,e of
VIII esses. and tomorrow is the day / shall not
trouble Mr.. Il gers 10 write to me Il reasoned
with myself bur At 10 o'c o | will b. at hi.
door. VIII say: A gentle nao who was invited
'rt1isbt ago con q to clam his breakfast
Ths host may have forgotten. but tn guest IA,
n t.. And give you warning. M dear sir
tina, this visit is nan ing over you, and tnat un-
less you fly from London YOU cInnot h lp hear
IN my knock AZ your door at 10 tomorrow
morning"
at KINGSTON, n Y, according TO the Free.
man, an Italian was exhibiting a dancing bear
on the str et when a yis or from the suburbs
IA e hin cents to see the performance. The
italian took the moeey, but refused TO make
Tue pear dance until he lad eceive another
mic el This angered the farmer lie jumped
from his wagon and told ne man h. III asst ether
MAKE the bear da zee or ps v back the cents
lie Italian reius 10 d. either, and made q