The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

led 10 Jaw suit in Pittsburg.
II the stomach Of COW which died in Sussex
county. New Jersey. we're found a number of
stones the size OF large walnuts and cast iron
bed roller.
REPORTS of the British inland fisheries show
that out of 77.s70 salmon captured in seventeen
distTicts, only 2,7H were taken by the rod. The
others were Melted,
A DOMESTIC In New York. wanting silk dress
| to get married in, and not being able to buy one,
/ helped herself to her mistress wardrobe. She
was caught wearing the stolen dress and
arrested.
| POSTMASTER WILLIAM A. COCHRAN. of Southold
l. L. during the current month has caught over
a0 opossums. Tuesday morning he captured
ttHirty nine. SUFFOLK cJuuty, in which Southold
lslocated, pays so cents for every one killed.
AN Ohio man, who died a day or two ago, re-
/ quested in his will that his body be taken to the
graveyard in a spring wagon and that after the
| funeral, all who attended 1t return to his home
| and par axe of good dinner which his heirs
| must provide.
Mrs. HARRISON has been asked by mail if she
approves of dancing, whether she wears a
| hustle what she thinks of Mrs. Rives- Chanler's
novels, what IS her opinion OF Robert Elsmere, "
| now much tine she devotes to Ter toilet which
OF the Mckee babies she likes best, and other
| questions equally impairment
PASTOR STRATToN of United Brethren church
is an odd Fellow. Some of his congregation
nave prejudice against secret societies, and
When III y discovered that he belonged to tue
order they held secret meeting on Saturday
HSut. sunday morning when Parson Slratton
reached the church he found the door loo Led.
lie mad formal dema.d for the opening of
the edifice, but met only mocking laugh
WEASEL came down the hill and went into
the sitting room Of Edward Arronsmith, in
Easton, couple of days ago. men being
manly, seven women of the neighborhood armed
themselves with pOkerS, canes, ETC.. and en-
tered The room. There was a faint squeak in
! one corner and seven women jumped on chairs
and screamed. Their united screams so terri
neu the weasel that it ran out of doors and was
sun.
NOTWITHSTANDING the disadvantages of the
unusual rainy season. the crop of cocoons in
Kansas this year will be the largest ever aised
IN the state, and will doubt aggregate one
third of the entire product of tine Unit d States
from experiments being made it is very evident
Unat there are some valuable DEVELOPMENTS in
store in the silk industry. The extent of its
possibilities and profits is little dreamed of by
the public
BosWoRTH-SMITH, in report on the kolar gold
field in South India, issued by the Madras gov
eminent, records some finds of mining i'm
pementS, fragments of bones, an oil lamp and
broken pieces of earthenware, including a cru
S.
ne SXpi sseS aStonShment at the fact that
inc OLD miners we're able to reach the depths
OF 200 feet or SEQ ct rough hard rock with the
ample appliances at their command.
HE EIFFEL TOWER turns out to be doing
more business than even the designer antici-
pated. He calculated that when everything
was IN working order the gate money would be
| 5000 day. On any of the ordinary full-price
| days more than 20 900 people have paid aduis.
SION ana, with the increased prices for those
using the elevator, the entire receipts exceeded
SIU,VOO; the original cost of the Eiffel tower
was little less than 81, 100000 The proprietor
mas TO Keep it in repair and hand over one
iourtn OF his gate money to the exhibition. Ii
Is estimated that it will be half paid for wheu
the exhibition closes. and then it will remain
Ihree years more, and perhaps ten,
A SMALL DOG, owned by Isaac Gorta, and a
large one were seen swimm,n in Browns pond
at Rondout N. Y, the other afternoon They
came together and began fighting Soon the
suI .Iler animal began to weaken, when it,
antagonist caught 1t back of the ears and held
IL under the water until 1t was drowned The
victor swan ashore and shook itself A dis
patch says that among the witnesses of the
CONNECT were children of Mr. Gorta, who began
crying at the loss of their pot, and they i'm
plored some one to bring it back The dog on
the bank seemed to understand ANYWAY it is
TACT that it Owed into the river, and when it
appeared on the surface it bad in its mouth the
carcass of its victim, which it took to where
the children stood and LAID it at their feet and
then ran away. This scene was Witnessed by
timothy Nolan and a number of city officials"
A LABoRER named John Hatch died at Belle
vue hospital recently OF a peculiar, compare
lively rare and almost invariably fatal disease.
known to physicians as Ludwig's angina
Hatch. who was apparently stron and vigor-
Gus man, mad tooth pulled on Wednesday OF
last week On Thursday evening his neck began
10 swell, and on Saturday evening his condition
was such that one of the attendants at the ne
mllt dispensary, where he went to be treate .
Sc him to Bellevue hospital He reached the
hospital at O'c ock p. M and at 7 O 'clock
when he was see by Dr. s. j. White, Jr
one OF the attending physicians he was
| Vergl9g on suffoCatiOn from the swelling
OF the CLOTHS. To prevent suffocation
| tracheotomy was performed the sa ne nignt
! ana his LIE was prolonged thereby until Sun
| day morning, when he dird from exhaustion
! Tue affection is called Ludwig's angina. from
| the fact That physician named Ludwig first
| called atTent on TO 1t as distinctive disease. Ii
| Is characterized by the phlegminous or raniI
and vlrulett Inflammation Of the deem seated
| tissues OF the neck. 1t may be caused by a sore
| or INJURY 10 the mouth, as well as by the ex-
J traction OF a tooth. Although many cases are
| recor ed In medical history, DR.. White saws
| this Is only the second one he has seen. An
| examination of Hatch's mouth showed that the
! Jawbone was not fractured by the pulling of
| tine TOOTH -
~ CHICAGO LAWYER has explained to Chicago
court that hoodoo is something which pur-
sues man with misfortun much in the man
ner that a wheelbarrow makes lis baurrI..o
| presence know for weary while to the m
! fortunate person who has stumbled over
| 1t IN the dark This is not a happv ill,1atra
| ton. To stumble over a whe .Ibarrow is
doubtless perpiexlng, painful, maddening.
But there IS nothing weird. uncanny. Or
haleful about such an experience Il
Is simply piece of plain. unvar nished
misfortune, which can be explained by
| the laws of gravity. On the ether hand a
| hoodoo is something which skaters natural
| laws in order to work harm. A man who has
! been hoodooed finds that all TIE forces OF nat
| ure are IN active conspiracy against him. If he
| goes out TO borrow money his pocket will be
| picked and none of his frien Is wi lend hi II n
| cent. II he goes on journey the railroad
! Train Will run off the track. If he rides ON a
cable car he will get stuck in the tunnel In a
! wo d, he is hoodooed Some people wouId cali
the outward manifestations of a hoodoo NOR
bad luck. But the al pit in hoodoos can oh
ssrve an important distinction between the two
Tn spell of the hoodoo must be broken nv an
lncantation wlie bad luck will simplv wear
itself out There are two excelle IT preventives
for hoodoos. One is to get mascot and the
other is to decline to be hooiooed.
IN travelling in India" writes a Tourist
visiting that country, 'all English and Aneri-
can travellers carry one or more servants with
them, and in figuring up your railroad fares
you must add to the fare of the class by which
you travel thlrdclaSs fare for YOUR native
servant. This servant speaks English He
m ma res your baggage, sees to the hi-ipc ond