The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MEMBERS of the Iowa tribe of Indians are
very well OF. They have been reduced in num-
Der to eighty-th ee persons, and nave 10000
acres OF rich farming land which they are 10
sell to the government-an average of over
400 acres each.
Is GCELPH, ONT, the other day. evsry man
woman and chill, so far as could be ascer-
tanned, suffered for about four hours with
lea acne, and the local physicians ara looking
aWI1i wise and talking about assures in the
earth and the escape of natural gases.
PARIS DISPATCH says that Sarah Bern
hardt's ''Theodora" is drawing such large
houses that the prices have been raised Even
anesd. 5 he plays In Paris ST. al ght through
until her departure for South America in
March
IN HAMILTON, O., a man died few days ago
who had $500 in money laid up, and a payment
OF $50 was due to save his home His widow
LOOK the money to buy fine casket, an expen-
slVe lot IN the cemetery, and to hire TWENTY-FIVE
hacks for the procession and thus used every
uoi.af ana let her home go by default.
The DUKE OF EDINBURGH is still sulking over
the marriage of his niece to the DIXIE of Fife,
the result being that the relations between
nlmseit and the Prince of Wales are somewhat
more than strained. He is now worrying the
queen about the question OF the succession to
the throne in the event of the Prince of Wales
sons dying without issue.
Miss EMMA SMITH of Norway, Me-, has an
aquarium Near the pier at her cottage she
has a school Of tame fish They consist of
chubS, hornpouts and fat fish. They are SO
Wei trained as to eat beans out of a spoon. She
mas the larger opes named. and can call them
10 her. Miss Smith has been feeding them for
several seasons, aad they have grown to large
size
NAVAL AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND are panic
stricken by the collapse OF both the Hilton
guns of the warshp Victoria while they were
Delng proved. They cost $95, 900 apiece exclus-
I've or S5O.0O0 for carriages, mountings and
Inacninery necessary to work them, and threw
a proJectlle weighing 800 pounds. This result
mas somewhat dampened the ardor of the
advocates of big guns
The admirers of Prince Bismarck in Germany
are developing plans to found a Bismarck mu-
scum In Berlin on the next birthday anniversary
OF the Chancellor. Collections have been made
already and requests sent out for all relics per-
tanning TO the prince or his family. II will in
all probability, be arranged somewhat after the
style OF the well-known Hohenzollern museum
which is in one Of the palaces of Frederick the
Great
A FEW WEEKS AGO Prince Bismarck entered
an ordinary inn in the neighborhood of his
estate of FriedrichsrHhe and purchased a glass
OF coSnac and some OF the wellknown black
oreau which is such favorite in Northern
Russia. As soon as ne left the room citizen
OF Hamburg rushed to the owner and purchased
tne cognac glass, the plate and the crusts of
bread which remained for marks These relics
VIII be placed in the family cabinet.
TEE whole of the work on the IsIip farm.
Long Island is done by the $50 insane patients
who live there. Many of them are excellent
laoorerS, sklllful and steady. as DIR. Macdonald
who has had charge of the work there the past
summer, can testify. The farm, which was
formerly poor land, is 10 fine state of cult
Va md MIA e. -
mold 1t is greatly admired by the level headed
farmers OF Long Island who take look at it,
AT the recent state election in Bismarck.
Lum Hing, a Chinese laundryman took out
citizenship papers and vote1, casting his ballot
for the republican ticket. This is the first case
OF Inc KIND IN the history OF North Dakota, and
the event is the subject of much gossip Ium
HING is % years of age, and saws he will remain
IN the United States during the remainder Of
MS days. He may return to China to visit his
people, put he will always be a "Melican
siitizen."
MONKEY recently brought a criminal to
justice at Singapore. A native, with little
boy, a bear ard monkey, Travelled through
the Straits settlem -nts and made a goodIy
sum of money by his animals tricts One day
lie was found with his throat cut the bow and
the bear lying ad close by, while the monkey
mad escaped up g. tree. The bodies with the
monkey, were being taken TO the police station
when the monkey suddenly rushed at man in
the crowd, seized his leg and would not let go.
Inc man proved to be one of the murderers.
DR. ARMAUR HANSEN, a Norwegian savart,
recently visited this country, and in Wisconsin
and Minnesota examined a number of leDers
who had immigratad from Norway He arrival
at the interesting result that of 16O of suco
immigrants, the offspring had remained free TO
the third generation. This. the author believed
shows emphatically that leprosy is not an hered-
ltary disease. He thinks that the different
mode OF life in the new country does not afford
the same opportunity of contagion that is given
by the peculiar conditions of life in Norway.
AT SOUTH SALEM, Ross county, Ohio, Miss
Ella Wilson, popular young lady of the neigh
borhood, is reported as being at the point OF
death as the result of internal injuries caused
by being Rugged too tightly by Will L. Lavery
a young man. The girl, in fun, threw a glass
OF water on young Lavery, and he gave her a
tight squeeze. AS he is a very stout man he
squeezed little too hard, and broke some
thing. The girl tainted, and for long time
was in an unconscious state but may recover
The young man is broken up over the result of
what he intended as merely little fun
IT will, perhaps, strike most people as some
what odd that there is steady importation r.
this country of Irish jaunting cars According
to the carrlagemakerS. certain NUMBER of en-
thusiastic lrishmen have a yearning after their
native form of conveyance at certain periode
of their lives, and straightway send over 10
Ireland for a car. Once here however the carc
are usually lalu ASIDE aIter the novelty has worn
OF. Enterprlsing hackmen have occasionally
appeared on Madison and Union SQUARES with
the cars, but. although they are all right in
Ireland, they seem decidedly uncomfort able in
this country.
THE theatrical business in Pompeii which has
been at standstill since the eruption of We
suvius, in 70 A; D., appears to be looking I'D.
Judging from tho following announcement Of
Signor Luigni: after lapse of more ina
1900 years. the theater of this city will he
opened with La Figlia del Reggimento,
solicit a Continuance Of the favors hastnu,od ~,
my predecessor, Marcus Quint Martins and
beg to assure the public that shall make every
effort to equal the rare qualities displaye ed
during his management" Strangely enougb
Manager Luigni fails to add that the theater
has been entirely re-decorated since it was iast
opened to the public, and has been fitted
throughout with new, roomy and comfortable
seats, etc
The new Kew Bulletin contains memoran-
dunn by Mr. Duthie. botanical director for North.
ern India, on the use of the flowers of the cal
lgonum for food in Northwestern India Tha
use of flowers such as those of the lily in China
as condment is not uncommon, but it is oIita
unusual to find them used as food In the p,,aS-
ent case they are used by the poorer classes
only, and are either mixed with flour or are
eaten separately with salt and Condiments 10
which a little ghee is added by those who are
able to afford it. The flowers are swept nm FROM
the ground, and are kept for night in a closed
earthenware vessel, so as to fade. They NAV he
kept for long time. Usually they are eaten &C
vegetable, but sometimes they are kneaded