The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-21
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salary as the work is dangerous.
A CURIOUS RESULT of being hit with a base
ball is reported from Philadelphia. a suffering
man was struck in the mouth, and when he got
well the impeachment in his speech had disap-
peared.
A MAN in Rothschild, Neb,, dressed himself in
a shroud and laid himself carefully into cot
fin which be had purchased. In this position
he went TO sleep. When his friends discovered
him several hours later he was dead.
P. E. LOCKWOOD, a retired Minneapolis CAPT
talist, bought a lot in the cemetery on Saturday,
and the same night went there, and placing
shawl beneath his head, took a bottle Of poison.
The superintendent found him dead on the spot
he had selected for his grave
A I. SMITH, quite noted in Southern Michigan
as a dealer in blooded stock, was married in
Coldwater. Mich, few evenings since to Miss
Eva Paddock of that place The remarkable
part of the matter is that they have been keep
ing company twenty years.
THOMAS COLEMAN. a colored boy of a, in
Anacostea, Md. thought he would have some
fun throwing stones at pigs in pen. One of
the pigs became enraged, broke out and COM
menced eating the boy. first attacking his thigh.
His cries brought help, but his injuries were
serious.
IL an English police court lately a man named
Rainier. from Nottingham. was fined 50 50 for
riding on the railway without a ticket. The
train he was on was an excursion from Man
chester to the Northampton races, and on the
tickets being collected at Wellingborough, Ra-
ner was found with five confederates sitting
upon him 1t was stated in court that the Mid.
! land Railway company were defrauded to a
great extent by this dodge and by persons riding
under the seats.
| THE newest thing in New York CONNECTION
cry store window is collection of baskets of
porcelain flowers. They are made in Paris AMI
are so delicate that. except for placard upon
them, they would be taken for artificial flowers
| of paper or silk The leaves and petals
almost be seen to flutter in the draughts of the
show window. A pound of bon bons in one of
| those baskets is warranted TO do as much exc
| cution on the feminine heart as five pounds
| done up in paper box.
THOMAS KEIK. a London teamster in 1874
while visiting Stockton on Tees, stopped run
| away horse, and the only occupant of the car
| rage attached, child of six. promised him a
| handsome reward when she should become of
| age. Kelk thought nothing more of the occur
renee until 4 week or two ago, when he received
note asking MIN to 60 10 station near Man
chester He did so, and met by a carriage
and pair, and taken to the home of the child
| now a wOman-whose life he had saved Ar
| rived there he was Hospitality entertained, and
| before leaving was presented with handsome
| gold watch, gold guard and seal, and $500 in
cash. The watch bore the following Inscription:
| Presented to T. Kelk for his bravery at Stock
| ton-on-Iees ia 1874"
DISPATCHES from the lower st. Lawrence and
the gulf tell Of the most remarkable event that
| has ever occurred in those localities From the
| upper end of Antcosti island to the Magdalen
| island driving, binding snowstOrm began on
| Tuesday, and on the night of the same day
| great foes of ice began to come down from the
! St Lawrence and the Sagueuay. The few
| people along the north and south shores and on
| Antlcosti who were astir on Wednesday morn
| ing witnessed a sight that startled them AS
| IN 4
| gulf the Hoes still moving were packed with
! harp or Green and seals. Everybody went after
! the seals. 1t was estimated that 100000 were
seen altogether and 49,, 900 killed in three DAYS
! 1t was godsend to poor people.
THE MANAGER of the International Exposition
at Buffalo has secured a novel attraction hui
man sky rocket, the handicraft of Mr. Edselle
of Callao, Peru, formerly of the United States
navy. His model has been successfully experi-
| mented with in South America, and a brother
| in Minneapolis has filed a caveat. Signor Cana
rara made the initial trip. The apparatus con
siStS Of a combination of rockets of immense
/ power with parachute attachment which
| folds over the apex, -Four tubes form the frame
work aud contain the explosives. The nature
I OF Lle explosive Is secret and is called dyno-
| ascenfmlte. Its peculiar property is that it is
! decorating. small volume of the solid makes
an immense volume of vapor and lifts the ma
! chlne with lightning rapidity into the clouds
| Iha test took place under Peruvian government
| patronage near Callao in December The
| charge, touched by electricity sent the machine
| over 155t5 feet. and the descent by parachute
| was perfect. SignOr Camara landed Tive miles
from the starting point no worse for the trip.
AT the Wampa1oag mill the other day the
workmen in the picker room stopped package
| OF matches just as the bundle was disappearing
| into the picker. 1t had come out of a cotton
| bale the men had just opened. Had they gone
! into the machine there would have been lively
blaze SpeaNing of this incident, man who
has tended picker for several years said that
| the thlngS which come out Of a cotton bale and
| evidently grow on bushes would astonish one.
| One day he heard something grind inside the
| picker, and, stoppn g the machine, found sill
| yer spoon. Lizards and small snakes were com
mon. set of false teeth small coins knives.
| tobacco and occasionally articles of more value
| have been found These things undoubtedly
| get inside the bales accidentally but there are
| other things which evidently get inside in ac-
! cordance with fixed purpose, and, by strange
/ condolences, they are found to weigh more
| than cotton, and not to be worth as much per
pound on the market. Sand scrap iron and
| dirt are often found wrapped inside cotton
bale for ballast.
some WEEKS AGO an applicant for a postoffice
forwarded his picture TO the postof1ice depart
ment The fact was published, and others imI-
tated his example, until now the First Assistant
Postmaster General has pictures enough to fill
an album. One candidate, in addition to his
| own picture, sent photograph of a handsome
residence. This is the home of -. appli-
! cant Tor the pOStOtiCe, who came TO this town
| year ago with $40 in his pocket, and by in
/ duStry and thrift has been able to build this
! handsome residence, costing $1,000 This
! picture was put on file, and another photo soon
| came, forwarded by the same man. This was
/ OF rather disreputabe two-sJory building, with
| several tough-looking men standing in front
| Of it. On tue back Of it was written: This is
the home Of --, the other candidate for the
| postof1ice at --, the place for which | have
| applied. He lives upstairs, and underneath is
! saloon Some enemy Of the enterprisn. an.
| Dhcant found out what ne was doing, and told
! the story. The good man Ruyed so much
that he withdrew his application, and prepared
| TO leave town.
LAST WEEK, while Henry Martin and his son
! Charles, Of Corydon, Pa, were removing huge
pile of stones. the collection of a number OF
years picking in the field, they unearthed what
seemed TO be a ball of black rope, knotted and
| curiously interlaced The mass was as large as
| n bushel basket. AMI covered with a hight pow
derry substance more resembling bran than any
thing else. The tails protruded more and more
| as the snakes unlocked their intricate coils
! They appeared to be packed with the heads in
| the center one of the tossed a small
stone into the writing mass to stir EN- up 50
| He succeeded most effectually. One huge rep
| tile nearly SIX feet in length, glded from the
| csnter OF the group, aud turning its fat ugly
| head toward the intruders, opened wide It's
| mouth and swayed TO aud fro, Kissing angry.
Another stone was thrown, this time Of some
| weight, crushing and manning many of the rep
! tiles in its fail. The scene then was simply
/ frgntfu The situation looked deci iedly IN
/ pleasant, and the two men armed themselves