The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
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rnaa in Dover. n. H. got hungry in the night.
| left his STALL and climbed long, steep and mar
row pair Of stairs into the hay loft. WHERE he
was found the next morning.
HEREAFTER no clergyman in the Fnglisa
| church viii be allowed to hold brewery stocks
This viii knock a hole in the incomes OF many
| clergymen who have been in the habit az in
vesting in this giit-edged stock.
A BUST OF the German emperor. bv Prof
BeZas, is to be placed in the grand corridor at
| windsor castle 1t is a present TO the queen
from the emperor, who is representa- in the
uniform of the gardes du corps, with his he'll
met on
IHE RUSSIAN MILITARY AUTHORITIES are test
ing ths new rife which is said TO combine the
best features of the repeating and Berdan
| riheS. IL the tests prove satisfactory the gov
eminent VIII provide the army with 900, 600 of
| the new rifles.
| THE STORY that Mrs. Burnett never met with
literary success until she commenced to wear
| moonstone ring that Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe gave her, is so0erly denied by friends OF
| the former. They declare the moonstone to be
| all moonshine.
| YOUNG MAN named Harlem, in Boston, went
to q merchants Office TO ask for the hand Of his
daughter. While waiting for the old man to
appear he tore up and niboled at an old b ottIng
PAD ana although he got the girl he has had
| 10 loSe Da1 or his tongue to save the remainder.
| TYPIcALLY IGNORANT JURYNAN has been
found in Iowa. He could name only eight
states of the union and three presidents. He
| was nrmly OF the opinion that England is in
| AIrlca, and that Canada is ''out somewhere be-
yond California" OF course he takes no
newspapers.
| The SMALLEST STEAM ENGINE ever constructed
has been on exhibition in Paris this summer 1t
| Is compoSed of $50 pieces of metal, aud to manu-
| Iacture IL consumed two years of labor. 1t is a
| shade under three-itths Of an inch liz hight and
| weighs less than one-ninth of an ounce 1t Is
| the work of Matchmaker.
THE announcement that the Duke of Fife is
to take the chair at the banquet to be given to
Mr. Balfour, in Edinburgh, next month, has
| created the greatest excitement and satisfac-
| Uon IN Scotland. The banquet and meeting
| promise 10 be twoDoHs The most remarkable
| demonstrations ever held in Scotland.
Two DEADwooD LADS, while hunting along the
banks OF the Big Horn river the.other day were
attacked by an enormous gray eagle. The bird
| scared high above and cane down sud- only
WIN rush. His sharp talons laid open the
| scalp or one of the boys, and it was only after
a determined fight that the eagle retreated.
II APPEARS from Mr. Walpole's new biogra-
ply of LORD John Russell that Lord Beacons-
fields famous phrase, peace with honor"
| reaIly originated with Lord John, who asserted
| IN a speech which he delivered at Dundee in
| looS, that in his foreign policy sit had always
been his object to preserve peace with honor"
The MOST FASHIONABLE HEN in New York state
is said to live at Winslows Mills in the town of
| Waldoboro. She started in life plain, dark
| brown pullst, but soon exchanged this for a
| black and white suit. The next time she shed
her feathers she came out as white as snow.
| and this fall she appears in black, white and
| tau dress.
The LONGEST DISTANCE over which converse
ton by telephone is daily made is between
| Portland, Me-, and Buffalo, N Y, about $50
| miles. There are more than 10000 miles of
| telephone wire in operation in the United States
over which 1055,0)0 messages are sent daily.
| About 100000 telephones are in use in this
country. EFgfs
A New HAVEN MAN sent to New York for an
emblem of industry. His order was filed with
a miniature muskrat house, and he kicked
| The maker proved in court that the muskrat
was hustler and the honey bee loafer and
| the emblem was paid for. The average bee
| works only two hours per day for four months
| IN the year. 1,-,-t--
LARGE DEPOSITS OF ICE, believed by some to
be relics of the glacial period in this country.
| have been discovered in Idaho. They are en-
bedded In earth and overgrown with moss,
! winch has prevented them from wasting away
| Ii is seriously proposed to form companies to
mine this ice for sale in western cities where ice
! is always dear and scarce
THE WINNER of the French exhibition lottery
big prize of 100000 francs is, it is satisfactory
to learn, poor man, and an honest and deserv-
| ing Fellow INTO the bargain. The lucky owner
of the number, 81, 639 which drew the prize is
| a Belgian by birth, but naturalizei French
| man, a printer by trade a married man with a
wife, six olive branches and an aged mother to
support.
IN ICELAND there are no prisons and no officers
answering to our policemen. In 1874 it cele-
brated the 1,00Oth anniversary of its coloniza-
l ton, and at the same time became independent
| of Denmark, though subject to the King of
Denmark as the head of The Icelandic govern
| ment. Iceland S new government is thoroughly
| republican in spirit, all citizens having equal
| rights and perfect religious liberty.
NICK DADDow of Loup City, Neb, while cross
ing an old prairie dog village. discovered that
he was surrounded by snakes He fought his
way out, and went down to Mr.. Hudson's house
and informed him of the fact. They returned
and killed over 200 snakes most of which we're
| rattlers 1t seems that the snakes were coming
| into this old dog town for winter quarters
| Several parties went out there from town and
killed about sixty more.
OSE Of the rather numerous claimants To
kinship with the Inflated Louis XVI. has inst
died at Dorjos, in Hungary. This person was
the son of French enligre, and called himse If
| Henry de Bourbon, Due de Berry He mad
been for nearly thirty years a notary in the
| Hungarian town, where he had always asserted
| that his father was the son of Louis XIV and
| Marie AnUolnetUe- many people believed him
implicitly, and he was usually addressed as
| Prince"
WILLIAM S. ROBERTS, who is a cripple taught
school in the country north of Kearney. Neb..
and at the same time won the heart of Miss
Minnie Bears the result being an engagement.
| The tickle Minnie afterward changed her mind
and married another man. For this breach of
promise Roberts brought action in the court
and obtained Judgment for damages in the
sum Of SO 900, but as Minnie Is wealthy in afec-
ton only it is probable that MIR. Roberts will
be compelled to continue school teaching for a
| livelihood. -
| THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER in the city Of st.
Paul came in the year 1892. To-day the popu-
lation of the capital of Minnesota is 2oo, 900
The first log cabin was erected in 1888; to-day
the city boasts of some of the finest business
and residence buildings on the Amsricon con-
tinent. The town. site was located in 1s47; the
capital in 1851. The drsfsurvey of the city was
made in 1851; the chamber of commerce organ
lied in 1867. The original ST. Paul proper.
| plated in 1S47, contained about eighty acres
The present area of the city contains IS, 1872
| acres. .a-.t
THE SITE of the Jacksonville, Madison and In
dianapolis railroad depot at Franklin, Ind. was
formerly q graveyard. ghost has recently
made its appearances in the vicinity, and con-
ductor saw it walking on the platform the other
| night. 1t is the supposition of some of the
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