The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

HUNDREDS Of jelly fish of a new species were
driven ashore last week on the Oregon coast.
4 NEW YORKER started in a rowboat from
Bangor, Ne, Monday to go TO New Orleans.
He is making the trip on wager.
THE once fighting Modoc Indians have be-
come industrious farmers in the past twelve
years, and half of them have professed chris
tianty.
SIX HUNDRED AND FoRTY-NINE CONVERTS were
recently received into membership of a colored
church in Baltimore, the Central Methodist
Episcopal.
Do NOT ENVY the driver of an ice wagon his
cool place in summer In four months last
season forty-two drivers in New York city were
attacked with rheumatism.
THE longest train that has been heard of for
some time was one which passed over the Della
ware, Lacawanna and Western railroad, COM
posed of 113 open and box cars
Mrs RETrA MCKEE, Vho was found in the
Madison county Qndianal asylum, has been re-
turned to Clinton county, Ohio, to answer the
charge of having stolen ten horses and other
property.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO a piece of pump stock
was placed in spring at Neversink, Pa. for
safe keeping. 1t was taken out lately, and next
day an eel "a feet long was found in it full of
animation.
A MAINE HUNTER says: IF you are lost in the
woods shout, and then fire your gun; if you fire
the gun and then shout you will give the i'm
preston that there is murder or something of
that sort"
A FRENCH SCIENTIST says that. allowing five
acres for each inhabitant, Europe has room for
115, 600 600 more people Africa for 1886 900 900,
Asia for 1409 900. 900, Oceanica for SIS. 600 900
and America for 30 900, 900.
A Y.vS ~ Do,rxou NJ
at low tide and in a swift current. caught three
salmon in twenty minutes, which is supposed
Whereabouts to be an unprecedented feat. Tee
combined weight of the fishes 6715 pounds.
THE largest mail ever received at the post
office in Colfax, W. T., came in one day last
week for c, s Voorhees, 1t consisted of twenty
four mail sacks packed full with government
publications. weighing in the aggregate more
than ton.
o MAYOR STAR enumerates the number of
languages spoken on Main street, Deadwood, as
follows: English, German, French, Italian,
Chinese, Norwegian, Swedish. Finnish, Scan
dinavian, Russian, Irish Spanish Hebrew
Sclavonian-l4, with possibly a few over
looked.
VANCOUVER, B. c., is the youngest city of the
dominion and the western terminus of the great
Canadian Unconstitutional route. 1t is but
three years old and one year from its birth it
was totally destroyed by fire; but like Chicago
it sprung from the blackened ashes of ruin. and
today 1t is thriving city of 1900 inhabitants
BANGOR, Me-, has just decided to establish its
own electric light plant utilizing the surplus
power of the dam of its water works. now run
nlng to waste. The plsnt is to cost $25, 900. The
total operating expenses, it is estimated will
not exceed 5000 year which is about S. 900
q year less than is now paid for lighting the
streets.
THE BRITISH CONSUL at Havre says that the
complaints of British shipmasters against the
British tars are constant He has heard
captains says frequently, Give me Nor
WegIanS, SwedeS or Germans. but no English
sailors for me-" They have their old-ine
ability as seamen, but are drunken and in
subordinate
ex-senator PALMER, minister to Spain, is not
very cheerful over lis prospects. He recently
said, Il Il be back yt year, for | can never
stand 1t longer than that The fact of the case
is, when have been over there four months
become so hOneSick that cannot wait to get
home. Look out for me, for if the feeling
takes me between tie ratings of the Dig vessels
may come dancing over By myself in a skff"
SINCE the death of NJ ChevreuI, at the age of
nearly 103, there has been renewed interest in
the statistics of longevity and greater DISPOSE
ton to give credence to the stories Of persons
VINO have survived for a century or more. Chi
cagO comes TO the front with = certificate re-
turned 70 the registrar Of vital statistics March
30, of the death Of Daniel Burke, aged ia years.
and local contemporary tells still more won
derfuI tale of four members of an Ohio
family, all living, whose ages aggregate 44O
years.
4 FASHIONABLE DREssaAKER in New York has
Just finished = trouSssau for a bride who six
years ago married and lived with her husband
Just one year. After that they decided mar
rage to be failure and they separated, and
finally were divorced Each went their way
apparently happy and forgetfIl. The husband
went to Wall street, made pot of money, and
enjoyed life generally. The wife went abroad
and Travelled. Last summer they met on a.
homeward bound steamer, fell in love and be
came engaged They are now remarked and
have started south on a two months honey
moon, the bride with beautiful trousseau
MADE by the very same dressmeker who
launched her on the first bridal tour six wears
ago.
AT the outbreak of the civil war colored
family by the name of Lindsey, consisting of
man and wife, with three children, a girl and
two boys, were sold into slavery at Iudepead-
ence, Mo. The entire family wero separated
AT the close of the war the father made nm his
MIND that he would devote the balance of his
lite to discover the whereabouts of his family
For the past twenty-three years he has had this
sole object in view. He has travelled and
worked, bearing the brand of innumerable hard
ships. TO accomplish his purpose. In Missouri
a few weeks ago the old man obtained the first
clew to the whereabouts of his son Allen, who
Nof iCPOibCh W a NhAtc nldu 10 DC at BariS,
Tex. The old man worked hs way to Paris
and there met his son Allen. From him he
learned the whereabouts of his other son and
daughter, whom ne visited. He is still search >
ing for his wife.
WILLIAM YoUNANs of Delhi. N Y, thinks his
cat can charm fish. One day he caught the cat
eating trout, but was at a loss to see how the
feline had captured it. This set him to watch
ing the cats. In a day or two he traced one of
the cats to the pond, and, hiding behind a tree
saw the cat approach the edge OF the water
put ltS nose level with the surface of the pond
ana TX us gaze intently upon some object
AFTER remaining in that position some little
Time, some strange noise near by frightened the
cat away. Mr.. Youmaus rushed to the SPOT and
found a goOd-sized trout apparently disabled
within few i cueS of where the cat WAS
crouched He touched it with his cane when
tue FISH acted as though it had been mesmerzed
IL shortly came oat Of its daZed condition and
swan slowly OF 10 the center of the pond. His
theory is that the cat mesmerized the fish by
looking il in the eye.
CHICAGO has a comedy with lots of the spice
of life IN il. Between the dwelling of Million
aire Armour and that of Broker Robson is a
l5-foot space Of air and grass. This strip be-
longs TO Mr.. Robson, but Mr. Armour gets tie
good of il: IN fact the light OF day and the
breath of heaven enter The Armour library bv
way Of the welkept Robson side yard of cropt
grass aud roses. Mr.. Armour has limited time
and again that he would be glad to buy the
strip at $1,000 per foot So ends Act L. of the
comedy. Some time ago Mr.. Armour before
sailing for Europe. withdrew his busines from
Broker Robson, who thereupOn began TO nut