The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


mission station on Ten Pound island, in Massa-
chusetts.
JOHN AIRHART of Phoenixville, Pa, has a
rooster that he claims can eat corn off table
feet high. He weighs Is pounds, and his crow
is prOportionate.
WILLIAM HEDGES who lives near Urbana, O.,
shot a big eagle the other day. The bird
measured feet from tip to tip of wings and
81 inches from the tip of bill to the tip of tail.
A CIRCULAR SAW in a mill in Indiana cut
Charles Wadsworth in two so quick the other
day that he spoke several words before he re-
allied what had occurred. Then he ceased his
remarks, of course.
THE only ruler on earth who can select just
the sort of people he wants in his country is
Dorrien-Smith, the owner of the Scilly Islands.
If any islander doesn't suit him he is shipped
to the mainland and can't get back.
MISS LILLE BOOMER of Steelton, Pa, who
lately emerged from trance of several Weeks'
duration, has again been thrown into a catalep-
tic state by immersion at baptism service
which had caused her much religious excite
ment.
SCHOOL TEACHERS in Paterson, n. j., want the
afternoon session in the primary and grammar
grades to begin at l o'clock and close at
O'Clock. They argue that the two-hour recess
at noon, on account of its length, interferes
with the work
For the first time in the history of the game.
base ball is made cause for divorce. A Mrs
Belle Jacobs of Toledo has sued for a divorce
on the ground that her husband is confirmed
base ball crank. The case is now under advise
ment by the judge.
A NEW INVENTION to prevent collisions at sea,
consisting Of small plate fixed at the side Of
the vessel, has been very successfully tried on
the Thames. Electricity is the active agent.
anDrOaCh VpSSaI W
miles causes bell to sound and an indicating
arrow shows the direction whence it comes.
LONDON has become recognized as the great
clearing house for all European thieves who
operate on a large scale. The proceeds for any
great robbery committed in Europe which it is
intended to restore through negotiations are
always sent to be delivered in London, and
there is as yet no legal way to put stop to the
traffic.
WHILE the pastor of Dubuque Methodist
church was in the most interesting part of his
sermon last Sunday, an old man arose from his
seat and announced that the world would be
destroyed in nine days. and that he was com
missioned by the Almighty to declare the news.
Afterward the old man announced the fact on
the high bridge.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific american
attributes his new growth of hair to the fire.
quent use of the yolll of an egg After rubbing
his head thoroughly with the yok he rinsed it
OH Win teplQ water, and he ADVISES others be-
coming bald to follow exactly the same course.
He thinks the treatment efficacous because Of
the sulphur in the egg.
FRENCH MISSIONARY gives a serious account
of the state of slavery in Ecuadora. Though it
is not legal institution, yet the law permits an
Indian to sell himself as a slave when he is I'M
able to pay his deb 5, and onceI7a slave he 3
rarely able to free himself He may be be-
queathed by will The majority of the interior
Indians have been reduced to This condition.
MAINE BALL PLAYER, it is said, has impro-
vised batting machine. He put long beam
on the top of his fathers barn, letting one end
extend about three feet over the side of the
roof. To tie end he attached a stout string,
ana on the end OF the string attached League
ball. The ball hung just at the batting hight
and the player would 60 out and bat the ball to
his heart content.
GROUND SQUIRRELS have become so great a
nuisance in California that the farmers in some
counties are organizing against them. 1t is
\ proposed to pay bounty raised bv local ia "a
ton # 80 much Iec acre to every farmer who
| shall Keep his .4aHd free from squirrels and to
appoint squirrel inspectors, whose duty 1t shall
| he to destroy the pests when the owners of the
| land neglect to do So and who shall be paid for
| their services by the community.
A PULLING FACT, noted by the New York
Tribune, is that multtudes of people, who are
| impelled by their hunger for land to leave
Europe and come to this country appear to
| lose their land hunger soon as they arrive
| They settle for life in the crowded tenement
| districts of our large cities where tn ir con-
dition is little better than what it was in their
old homes, and absolutely refuse to go west,
| where they can have good land for nothing
FARMER HUFFsTETTER of Bourbon county.
| Kentucky, lately witnessed remarkable battle
| What he supposed were two small birds-smaller
than crowS-were seen at great hight and a
| quarter OF mile away fighting and descending
and approaching nearer him. They fought and
| descended until down they came to the earth
| Immediately at his feet, where they continued
to fight until he killed one with pistol and the
| other with club. One proved to be black
eagle, which measured feet inches and the
| other gray eagle, which measured 6 feet 6
| inches from tip 20 tip of wings.
A CoMMENDABLE ACT, by Buffalo newsboy. is
noted by the "Arounder" in the Courier A
little girl dropped package she was CARRYING.
| and the contents-several pounds of smear
| were scattered on the pavement. The paSsers-
| by laughed. Some said: Poor girl it's too
| bad but no one offered to assist her, until a
| newsboy came along and saw the wreck He
| promptly stopped, and kneeing down. he took
| couple of the evening papers that he had paid
| for, and wrapping the sugar up neatly and tying
the bundle, gave it to the little girl and started
| off
TIE London Daily Telegraph announces that
| Mr. Sargent, the American artist who has iust
started for Paris on official duties connected
| of Hiss Ellen Terry. Arrayed in her gorgeous
| beetle-wing green robes, with the Rossetti-red
! hair in pOnderOus coils and holding with both
| hands crown of power above her head LADY
| Macbeth, herOically tall. stands out against a
| daring background Of deep blue. AS a picture
the work is brilliant in color: as likeness il is
| strikingly true to nature. For the moment il
| hangs in the niche of the old Beef Steak club
| room at the Lyceum theater, hitherto occupied
| by Henry lrvings noble Clint. which he has lib
| orally presented to the Garrck club. But il
| will be exhibited in public at the summer exhi-
| bition OF the new gallery in Regent street.
| Much PREPARATION is made at London the
| aters when members Of the royal family are to
attend. writer in the Pail Nal Gazette ex.
plains that first the manager prepares the
| best box, II necessary knocking a couple of
| boxes into one for the use of the royalists
while another is prepared for the use of the
| people in attendance If the boxes should hap
| pen to be taken notice is sent to those who
| have engaged them to the effect that they
| are wanted for the royal family, and the money
| is returned About half -a-dozen programmes
are printed on colored satin by the regular
| printers, several largo bouquets are purchased
| for presentation to the female members OF the
party, and a large stock of scarlet cloth is used
| for decorative purposes. A carpet is laid down
at the entrance, the visitors are received by the
| managers and conducted to their box or IN
| the case Of new theaters, to the ROYAL apart
ment, the rising of the curtain is delayed until
| their arrival, and on their appearance the
| band plays the national anthem In the in.
| tervals refreshments are sent up, the whole
| being done at the expense Of the manager or
| lessee"
SPECIAL from Cincinnati IN the Navv yorL