The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-21
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Az INFANT in Cincinnati while being tossed
into the air ran its finger into its fathers eye,
ami it is feared the sight has been destroyed
TIE nail pierced the ball
| SIR HARRY VERSEY, who is dangerously i'll in
England was the oil est member Of the House
Of e ammons when he retired, in 1855. He is
now Ia his SSth year, or eight years older than
Gladstone.
II COST a county in Nebraska 81 93 25 TO run
the poor farm last year. AS there were but two
| paup rs. the daily cost per cauita was slightly
more than S3-about the same as hrst-c!ass
| hotei would charge.
TIE WOMEN OF Bridgeton, \. j., are taking
advantage OF the prevailing white cap" craze
in a peculiar way a case is reported where
one Of them wrote her husband a letter IN order
| to keep him in at nights. 1t proved eftectuaI.
AUSTIN CoRBIS and Timothy c. Eastman, Of
| New York city. are at the head Of the sports
mans syndicate who are surveying Croydon
/ mountain and its vicinity in New Hampshire,
| with view of purchasing the same for priv
ate hunting park.
II Is ODD. observes the New York Tribune,
that passenE gers on the elevated roads viii twist
| about. strain their necks, and even rise up from
| their seats in order to clock down on the
| sidewalk, when they nave the correct time in
! their own watch pockets.
| = LARGE BOX Of supposed silver dollars was
! brought to light b. a steam shovel at Tacoma,
! V T. The worknen made rush for the trea-
| sure and all the coins were soon safely stored
/ in pockets. Afterwards the men found, to their
I great disgust, that the money was counterfeit.
| A GIANT PINE TREE was cut down in Garrett
| county, Maryland, lately, and near the heart
! bullet was found. At this point the tree was 81
| inches in diameter The bullet is thought to
have been fired by one of Braddock's men dur
| ing the campaign which eliminated in the dis
| aSter at Fort du QueSne.
| LIBBY PRISON is TO go to Chicago after all.
| The work of taking apart the old structure is
now going on in Richmond Va. and as the
| bricks and beams are displaced they are num-
bered, so that the building can be put together
/ again Just as it stood in Virginia The interior
| of the OLD prison is to be used as sort Of war
museum.
| MAYOR CHAPLIN of Brooklyn is considering a
| bill providing for the payment of assessments
| for minor city improvements. such as street
! paving, on the yearly instalment plan. TIE
! present law requires property owners to pay
their share of the expense. o1e-third in advance
and twO-thlrds upon completion Of the work.
| TIE bill is intended to benefit small properly
/ owners.
! FRIEsE GREENE, British photographer has
actually produced picture with only the light
! issuing from his eye. Having stared for fifteen
! seconds at 5000 candle electric arc only three
| feet away be closed mis- eye and quickly brought
j II over sensitive llate at a distance OF one
/ inch. TIE result was a very faint but distinct
| image Of t1e arc and the cdrbOnS due, proba-
! bly,, to momentary phosphorescence of the re
j tina. A second attempt failed and gas lights
| proved TOO weak to produce effect.
! "WHsco B. LINE" an aged hermit, died in
Massachusetts, the other day. His right name
was Jonathan Reynolds. and his place of abode
| was hole in the ground, over which con
| structed rough board covering Here, with
! his horse and dog, he has lived. doing anything
for living. Access to his BEDROOM was by
| SO s down in one corner of the cellar, and his
! bed v a on poles. No one visited him, and he
| t oIJed no one, except on business He
| thought much of his dumb companions and
! often told of sleeping beside his horse if too
cold in his bed.
4 CONNECTION was caused during services in
St. Paul's cathedral. at Albany Sunday morn
| ing, by a large Maltese cat, which had, IN
| k own to the OrSa7 INST, taken up home in he
! large pipe organ. The animal leaped from the
| organ, and. after fastening its claws in mem
| ber OF the choir, ran dOwI a side aisle and on
| an attamp5 being made to catch it. the cat
! turned INTO the main aisle and made straight
| for the clergyman, who lost his place in the
! PRAYER as he caught sgat of the wild-eyed cat
| RAPIDLY approaching. The cat did not pause
| but rushed between the feet of the excited
| chorus boy, and q few seconds later was back
III its old quarters ii the organ.
| THERE is a man in oxford county, Maine, who
claims great things for one of his boys in the
line of scholarship. aud says he has already
ciphered from ambition to chemical features, ="
and IS in hopes, before school closes, he will get
| 50 to ''Huctuaye in CaucelatiOn.n Having once
| a large rising on his neck, which was very pain
| ful lie was pars Idded by his friends to have
| doctor called in The doctor left ingredients
| Tor poutIco TO be made and applied to the
! neck. The patient swallowed the poulCice de-
| claring that ne had rather it would break on
! the inside, s. there would he no scar, and when
| asked by a neghbor what the doctor called the
| sore he said 1t was tabernacle"
JoHN \. FINLAvsoN of New York is the owner
| Of for i--1Ii
| ported from Paisley, Scotland Jess. as she is
called, is said to have record of killing twenty
| six rodents in thirty seco sds. and her owner
| feeling confident tnat she was capable of doing
! still better wagerrd $50 even that she conld
| Kill nifty rats Il Two minutes. Tuesday morning
| at Carlsbad n. j., the bet was decided AT
midnight the fifty rats all lusty, wicked fellows.
| were emptied into The pit and Jess was dropped
| from her oHnar'a arms among them. She be
| gan business a. once. There YVES a saarl, a
| snap, crunchiny Of teeth and a show of ag-
erosion on the part of the rats but their efforts
| Tor self preservation awaited them nothing In
! exactly two minutes there was not sign of life
| in the pit except NJ that displayed by jess.
| PEOPLE in and about Woodbury. in western
| Connecticut, are S tired up over the discovery
| of traces of valuable ores and oil in that local
! ity. 1t is reported that lead has been found on
| the farm of William Allen, IN quantities yield
| ing an average OF 800 ounces to the ton. Inter-
! SpsrSed VITA this IS silver, which pays about
! twenty five ounces to the ton while there are
also streak Indications of gold The field where
| the discovery has been made is now being dug
| over py mining experts. and it is believed that
! the finds viii prove of great value Traces
| of galena ore nave also been found n ledge at
| the bottom of the town house well in Wood
| bury and in SOuthbury it is reported that the
| prospectors who have been looking along the
| bed OF a small stream for oil are very hopeful
| OF SUCCESS
| A STRANGE suicide is reported by the Paris
! edition OF the New York Herald to nave taken
! place at Gratas, in tae Charente. man was
| charged with theft. His wife and son thought
| he would be found guilty. and told him So The
/ lhiei said: well, the only thing that remains
! for me to do IS TO commit suicide" IAN
/ right said the WIFE How shall it De douey'
/ Better Try drowning" said the son. "No; it is
| too cold for that, aid the thief. Hang your
! self, chen. suggested the wife. The family
! council finally deci5ed that the man should
| blow his brains out with an old gun. The
| future suicide, accompanied by his sou went TO
/ see clergyman and MAKE dying confession
| the clergyman was absent The thief then
went to bed and slept. Next morning he went
70 neighborlng grove and placed his gun on a
| wood pile lie leaned his chin on the muzzle
| fired and fell dead
IL the province of Canton, China, are occa-
sionally dug up ancient copper gongs or drums
which some say were made by the aboriginal
Laos tribes; others say by Ma Yuan, the re.
nowned commander who invaded Tong King in
| A. D. Al and que.d the rising Of the rebellious
tribes against the Chinese, erecting a pillar Of