The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A MrcHIGAN barber puts queer ad in the
local paper. He doesn't ask for customers, bu,
bees the boys around town to quit loaang in his
place and give customers show.
DR.. SAMUEL Il CASE. who is 81 years old.
settled IN Milfordsvle, now Onsonta, y. Y,
on Tuesday, May 2, 1929, and commenced tho
practice # ais profession, where lie has prac-
ticed continuously ever slnce.
Mas. SARAH WRIGHT, Barry county, Michi-
gan, woman, who sued saloon keeper for sell
ing the whisky that caused two men to drive
into her husband 5 carriage and break her arm,
has secured judgment OF SOD, but tue WHISKY
seller will appeal.
A READING ToBACcoNIsr has oweeks- old
bear which he keeps in his store II plays with
/ bis Newfoundland doI, and seems to enjoy itself
! greatly. The other day it approached drum
! mer from behind and gave him hug that
startled and surprised MIN.
hRs. G. ". WLKERs of Denison Tex, re-
( Gently gave birth to three male children, tho
/ combined weight being 2294 pounds. Two years
ago she gave Dir h to twins. which Weighed 1874
pounds. Mrs, Wilkers is a Welsh lady, aged -
years. Her husband is an American. There are
fourteen children in the family, ali enjoying ex-
ce.lent health.
SEVENTEEN VEAR-oLp LocUsrs are due in New
Jersey this summer, and Prof John b. Smith
/ the entomologst of the state scientific school at
+ Rutgers collegs, is making arrangements TO
/ secure q complete record OF their coming and
going aud Of their actions while here, their
! numbers size, etc. There IS no such record
now, It is said.
NAN in Belfast, Ne, doesn't think so much
Of object lessons as he did He got big fall
/ the other day while shinzling his barn, but es-
capped without I'M jury. His son was away at the
time, and on his return the old gentleman told
him about the accident, and in trying to show
just how it happened, fell from the roof again,
this time breaking a leg.
TIE prize recently offered by a Little Rock
| (Ark.) paper flor the largest family in the
state has just been awarded to w. D. Green and
wife, OF Murfreesborougu, Pike county. They
were married in 1885, and have had 70 children,
applied for the prize. Green, who is a
blacksmith, has lived in the one town for 40
years and his statement is attested under the
seal or the county clerk.
Henry KREIDER. whose farm is located near
Jamestown, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, is
the possessor of a unique freak of nature It is
a colt born without front legs There are small
stumps there bat nothing which might be
called legs. Otherwise the colt is finely
! formed 1t is beautiful bay, and has white
star on its forehead. when the colt attempts
/ to rise il stands straight on its hind legs but
/ cannot retain the position very long.
| PROF. WILLIAM c. WIELocK of the United
1 States naval OBJ rvatory, who has been APP
! pointed curator Of the bureau of international
/ exchanges in the Smithsonian Institution, vice
| J. c. Kdder deceased, is 81 years old, the son
! of the Harvard professor of astronomy and di-
/ rector of the Nautical Almanac He has been
/ connected with the naval observatory nine
| years. and is the author of the reports on the
! progress OF astronomy published by the Smith
| sonian Institution.
! HEzEKIAH SHETLEN. a Reading hotel proprie-
! tor, realizing the uncertainty OF life, although
! in good health has had his own grave dug in
! the new portion of Charles Evans cemetery,
walled up, cemented and covered with heavy
| hagstoneS, ready for the reception of his re-
/ mains when he ''shall shuttle eff this mortal
! coil" He thinks it is a satisfaction to know
/ that after his death his body will have neat
| and secure re ting place. He intends to
/ have handsome monument erected on the
/ lot.
! Carr. EsxR1DeE, of the lost schooner Mary E.
| Bacon, whose whereabouts has been mystery
| for some time past, arrived at Philadelphia last
week on tee English steamship John Dixon,
! from Huelva, Spain, During the terrific March
/ gale the Bacon sprung a leak while bound from
! Wilmington, n c., for Baltimore with a cargo
Of lumber. and narrowly escaped laundering.
| A heavy filed her 10, and all hands took to
| the boats, and were rescued by the Italian bark
| Antonio NJ. and landed at Gibraltar, whence
! they were brought home by the Dixon.
| IN 1866 Henry Irving stood on the stage of
| theater at Liverpool wondering what be should
| do in the summer months, when the theater
/ would be closed and he would be left without
al engagement or a shilling A letter was
| brought to him from Dion Bouclcault. offering
! him q part in a new play and asking his terms.
six pounds a week" he wrote, and added that
/ he hoped the part was good one. The answer
/ was character site: Dear sir; the part Is
| good one. The salary is more than intended
! giving, but I never bargain with an artist,
/ Yours, Dion Boucicauit."
| THE restoration Of the famous "Wilmin gton
I Giant" situate on the SUSSEX estate of the
J Duke of Devonshire, a few miles inland from
/ Eastbourne, has been resolved upon. The
figure, which is believed to be Of Celtic orisin,
! poses in attitude Similar TO That or the
! Colossus of Rhodes, but its proportions ars
double those of that statue and it Is unlike any
! other representation either in barbarous or
! classical device, except an almost exact de-
! Hnaation on one of the ancient Justice gems
+ There are in it's vicinity British earthworks Of
I lunar form.
AT Middletown, Conn, Olin J. Clark has a
curiosity which he thinks is the next thing to
/ being q miracle. asst fall he felled an old
cherry tree, cut it into cordwood and threw the
STICKS in pile into his woodGouse. The other
/ DAY he happened to look al the sticks, which
I had become seasoned and was astoJnd d TO
I note that several Of the sticks were covered
| out from ths old logs. and the flowers were on
| them. Such vitality in wood Is unprecedented.
| Mr. CLARK has left the blossoms untouched,
| humoring a speculation that they may develop
| fruit.
THEODORE GE1sEL aged years, OF 1880 Gaul
street, died Tuesday in Philadelphia from per
tonitis. the result Of being kicked by William
| Janisch. 10 years OF age. About two months
| ago quarrel occurred between the boys, dur
! ing which Geisel was kicked in the groin by
! Janisch. No i'll effects were experienced up TO
/ several weeks ago. when tho boy complained Of
! severe pains. On Nay his condition became
( critical, and when DR.. Hildebrand was called in
[ he prescribed for the child and notified the
| police Of the manner ia which the injuries we're
I received. Jarisch was arrested and was taken
to Gesei's bedside. where the little sufferer
F recognized him as his assailant JAnisch was
then taken back 10 the station house and was
/ committed to prison by Magistrate O'Brien TO
await the result OF the injuries
1T recent meeting of the Royal Asiatic So
cety Of Japan, paper was read by DR.. Sey
mour on ths hygiene OF japanese houses, in
| which ne combats the idea that dwelling houses
in chat country are very unhealthy. JapSn-
csc house Is, on tIe whole, suited to Japauese
F life, he contenied. The e1urCme air1ness OF the
I structure prevents the charcoal fires doing the
/ inhabitants any injury. Its c1cf defects can
/ be easily remedied. The boarding Of the floor
. can b. made more close fitting; ventilating
Z panels should be used; the ceilings could with
: advantage be higher, and the drainage should
be- well looked after Among forei gners there
8 distinctly more Illness in brick and stone
houses than in the wood or frame houses, on
account Of the damp remaining in the walls Of
+ the brick houses. while 10 dries up almost imme
/ diately In the others. The remarkably small
infaut mortality among the japanese, DR.. Sey
I mOur maintained, shows tlat their houses are
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