The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| GR-ENLAND, more than 1,4Co miles long, is
/ probably the largest island in the word. Some
| geographers think it is a cluster of islands
frozen together.
! MARINES for several weeks past have been
| talking about a new island that they have dis
| covered OFF the south coast of Newfoundland
| IN latitude as north, longitude Sc west. No
such Island ado ned the maps, and the hydro
| graphic authorities therefore suspected that
| lsiand had Ilsen from the sea. The mystery
mas now been dispelled. The captain of the
ark Otto, which arrive at PhiladelDhia on
| Friday from Hamburg. reported that h. sailed
close TO the island and discovered that it was an
enormous dead whale. TIE creature, accord
| IhS 10 capt. GrundSOn, was about the largest
whale ever Sc n in the Atlantic-l00 feet long
| and IS feet broad.
BoULANGER. said @ representative French citi-
zen of New York the other day, has so far
petered out as hero in Paris that l SHOULD moi
be surprised to see him in New YORK at an early
date on visit which he would probably con
tflve TO keep him away from his belle France
Tor an indefinite period. Boulanger would
PROBABLY spend most of his time ia Canada.
he is life member of the St. Jean Baptiste So
c!ety and is very fond of the blue noses Many
Old trenchmen, espe tally the survivors of the
dnc1 n regime, regard Canada even now as
second France for them, and expect yet the
possibility that they may have to emigrat4 to
= ieoec, which is a gre Cat Ole Fr n city. ="
just now, when so much is sal Z. about Canad
- a pTODdOIe American province, IL SeeAillS
curious to hear it spoken of a possible
France"
THE DUEL between Pat Calhoun and ]. D.
Williamson said New Yorker who is an au-
thority on the code, ''is probably the tl'st en-
gagement on the field of honor in which ham
Inerless, self-coc ing pistols We're ever used.
AS weapons IN the hands of men who wanted
TO mt their adverSaTieS they must be vastly in
terlor q the old hdlT-trigger dueling pistols.
o would necessarily
he muscles of the hand and to some extent de
dect the aim. Perhaps Calhoun and William
son didn't intend to sh OF each other anyhow;
1t SO ms strange that neither of them was hurt
| at twelve PAGES if they were terribly in
| earnest Twelve PAGES can't be more than sc
| feet, and is quite likely to be % or 30 feet
| alwly US get seconds with very long legs, SO a,
| to stride away long PAGES History has not
| yet recorded the lie ct Of the l-gs of the sec
| onds In the Calhoun Williamson duel"
ANINrEREsTGAG SALE of autograph letters took
| place in London some days ago. Among the
manuscripts was a love letter of Keats to Fanny
| Browne, which sold for e?l. There were also
several autograph letters of Benjamin Franklin
l e following characteristic letter, written by
| Carlyle to the Rev. w. Maccal went for
| - los: If Parker (Which hope will not the
case) do after ali reject your VI - you are by
means to be discouraged. En- leavOr 10 gath,r
from him what it is that he objects to in your
paper There is light for a wis., man in every
such rejection. even in a stupid one. which
Parsers is by no means likely to be- He that
would live in Rome 1t will infalibly be good
that he know what the pope thinks # him
whatever he may think of the pope! Did you
ever think of America as a field? man has
liberty 10 preach q mean by word OF month";
much beyond what will be COZ eded to him in
this country. | spoke with Emerson about you
IN that polnt of view. He did Eot seem to think
1t qiite unhopeful."
A PACK OF PLAYING CARDS, said to be the only
one Of the kind in existence, sold at auction, in
Birmingham, England, the other day, for $2S5
Every card is specially engraved, and the pack
comprises an exhaustive pictorial history of the
prime pal ev 3nts III the rel N of Queen Anne
down to 1906. They include the victories OF
Marlborou ;h, the sea fights of Admiral Benbow.
all the various changes connected with the
par lamentarv proceedings of the day, and the
CONCLUSIONS OF the treaties between England
ahd France and Spain. The Queen Of Hearts
IS a very well drawn picture of Queen Anne her
self, and the King of Hearts represents Prince
George OF Denmark. her husband, The Queen
OF Diamonds is Anne Sophia, Queen of Den
mark; the Queen Of Clubs is the Princess Royal
of Prussia, and the Queen of Spades is The
Princess Anne of Russia. The kuaves are repre-
scented by leadin politicians of the day This
curious PACK was the occasion of much spirited
bidding between persons who held commissions
for the purchase. Had the cards gone to one of
these the London art ga lery would have event.
ually received them. AS it is, their destination
is Shropshire.
CLARA BELLE FELLOWS, who married the In
dian Chaska on the Sioux reservation, has been
Initiated by another girl who found her dusly
spouse in New York. Very few people in Wash
ngton knew when Miss Stella Cox left this CITY
some time ago. just where she was going and
why, Inc news has at last reached there from
the Cattaraugus Indian reservation that on the
evening OF July "A Mss Cox, in company with
Nathaniel Patterson, a full-blooded Seneca
indian, appeared before Justice Parker in
his Office at Versailles, n. Y, and were mar
RED. 1t was quiet wedding, and only few
friends were present to witness the simple,
ceremony. The groom is well known among
his people and his white neighbors They unit,
in voting him an upright, honest sober and in
auStriouS Indian. He is farmer, aud owns the
Est dapple gray team upon the reservation
Mr. A. Sim Logan, late of tine United Stat IS In
dlan gu eau, in writing of the affair remarks.
we nave few more young men to spare il
washington should desire to send some more of
her daughters among the dusky braves" Miss
Cox was employed for some time bv Lansbur0h
& Bro, and has an excellent reputation. Her
mother and sister live in the city at 4O3 New
Jersey avenue \. w.
ACCORDING to all accounts there will he q
large number of first appearances in New York
this coming season. The advent of Mrs. Blaine
Jr., has been expected for some time and bar
debut Will not be one of the surprises SIZE has
received much preliminary communication so
the critics Will expect something better than
"'uNi 1Ho oOotIt u hlTS. Leslie Carter causes
ripple upon the surface, be ause somewhat
un7Xpect d under the circumstances If she
has genius the Chicago cause ceL.bre will be
forgotten. The announcement that Nina Van
Landt, the nihiliStic widow of Spies the hang Il
soclallst, is also to appear in New York is
quietly received and viii hardly cause much ex.
element. She has never moved in socetv
circles and society Will not worry about her
Inc last surprise is that Mrs Laura HoIJis''
VIII make hrSt appearance. and il is explained
that she is tr I'M the Pacific coast: that her mama
IS Laura FAR, daughter of the notorious aura
y. FAIR, VINO killed Lawyer Crittenden in San
francisco when he had tired Of her love Mrs
RAJ was handsome woman and her daught
has inherited all her beauty Several yearsag,
When Gen. ID. ID. Cotton died in San Franciscc'
she was con lected with his death With nated
breath some people said it was another homi
eide. VIII her appearance cause sensationS
SPOKANE FALLS, the eastern metropolis of
Washington, which was recently devasted nv
fire, is the home of two remarkable million.
aires, busln ess partners, one republican and
the other democrat, both of whom are men
toned as possible United S .ates senator's from
the new state. and one of whom will surely 90 to
Washln Ston, the choice between them heinz a
question of which party comes on ton in The
first state election The publican is A NJ
Cannon. He is a native Illiloisan born at Mon.
mouth htty-flve years ago. He lived in Chi
cago Tor time alter arriving at manhood and
was for couple of years membsr of the
CHICAGO Board of Trade Then he went to
Denver and finally landed in Portland.
Ore, about ten years ago as the gen
eral agent of sewing machine companv
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