The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-13
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young ladies' around with the contribution
boxes II is said not young man in the con
grega.ion neglected to contribute
WED CATS are exceptionally numerous in
Sullivan county, New IorS, and during the past
month several Of them have beer killed IN the
very shadow Of ;he 10 .,icello court house
something never known 20 have occurred be-
fore
SOMETIMES (: happens that quite an enter
tailment IS arranged especially for jurymans
benefit. Such al instance was seen in Maine
village the other day. It was 10 horse case,
and the entire jury had 20 90 out and see for
themse .ves what KIND Of a record the animal
could make on the track.
MAINE is bad state in which to commit
crime. In most cases punishment IS swift and
sure, but . IS claimed ;ha: the conviction and
sentence Of sawyer and Campbell, at Augusta.
beats the record IN Just one week after TIE
crime was committed the prisoners were IN
Jail sentenced 70 prison for life.
JAKE WILCOX. of Portland, Mich. lost SIPS
horse in a peculiar manner on Friday night
last. The horse was standing in a stall in I DE
barn ald ran his head up into the shute for
some hay, and it is supposed that while in this
position ne became frightened at something.
and in jerking back his mead broke his neck,
as he was found IN this condition in the morn
ing
WHILE at play one day last week Edward Nc
Namara, a 14year old boy, living in Plainfield,
n. j., placed a broomstick in a perpendicular
position and attempted to jump over 1t. lie
jumped instead directly upon the sharp point,
which was driven up into his body nearly
foot Injured as he was the boy walked halt
mile TO his home. 1t is expected that he Will
die.
A PATHETIC STORY comes from Minnesota of
young woman who for marrying against the
wishes of her parents-wealthy Canadians-was
cast adrlft in the world She, with her husband,
then went to Dakota. He became dissipated,
and, failing to provide for her, she started out
to earn q living for herself and child, but she
didn't succeed, and this week died in St. Paul Of
starvation.
A GIANT TELEGRAPH POLE in front Of No. 90
First avenue New York, was set aflre the other
night by elect rio light wires. which it supported.
Fremen were called out, but they thou sht 1t
prudent to allow the bl2z- to spend ITSELF and
accordingly, with hundreds of persons who were
attracted to the vicinity, stood around for hours
and watched the green, blue and red fire which
burst from the wires
A FEW DAYS SINCE a 12-year- old son of John
Bissel of CASTOR county, North Carolina, was
out rabbit hunting along the Catawba river,
when he found steel trap. The little fellow
had never seen anything of the kind before, so
he started to examine it. when 1t closed with
snap, holding him fast by the arm. He set up
howl, which brought his father to the scene, but
when within about 10 fest of the boy large
| trap clamped the fathers foot. It required the
| assistance of another party to free them, Both
were severely injured.
TIE French minister of agriculture has pub
lshed a return showing that the total number
of wolves killed during the past year was 7O1
| OF these two were wolves which had attacked
human beings, and for each of which a pre-
MUM Of s. was paid; IA were she-wolves with
young, for each Of which premium Of rs was
paid; 3l5 were ordinary wolves. for which
a premium Of "a was paid: and $40 cubs,
for each Of which premium of 32s. was paid.
The total amount paid in premiums was 81 go
e. against e. 2s4 for 100 wolves in 1886 and
E2 $50 for 800 in 1885
DURING the performance of one Of NJ Delibes
operas at Naples a few days ago. a startling
murder was accomplished on the stage and in
| the presence of fashionable audience The
| scene represented a battle. The choristers at
tired as soldiers, fired their rifles at each other
Suddenly one of the chOristerS fell dead. A
| ball had penetrated to his mes TT A panic en-
| sued. The police discovered that one of the
choristers' rifles had been loaded with a ball
cartridge, and that the man who fired it had
| threatened 10 kill the very man who had fallen
dead. The assassin finally confessed The crime
| Jealousy was the motive of this extraordinary
murder.
A LEWISTON, Ne, POLICE OFFICER in passing
a dark alleyway heard strange noise 1t was
| of a voice in the tones of duplication The
words were undistinguishabe. 1t was about >
| O'Clock in the morning, and the officer drew his
| shooting iron and his club and hastene1 to the
| SPOT. AS he neared it, the tones grew louder
| Someone was shouting in loud voice from the
back end of q horse shed. The officer was not
little surprised 20 find the object of his search
| in the person of a devout soldier Of the Saliva
| ton Army, who was out in the cold and the
darkness of the darkest hour making his petit
tiOns. The officer passed good morning and
asked the soldier to lower his voice a few
octaves. The soldier complied and the officer
departed.
A DOG THIEF is one of the latest of ar isian
queer things and curosities. About ten days
| ago big Newfoundland dog went into a large
store and after having "prospected around
for some time, seized a bundle of shooting
| jackets between his tseth end made off with it.
cry was raised, and according to desp ltch,
half the staff of the store, accompanied by
hundred or so small boys and several police
men, pursued the canine purlOiner until he was
| brought to bay. The bundle was duly recovered
aud the dog was marched off to the police sta
ton, preparatory to his removal TO and prob
ably permanent fixture in the pound As sew
eral tradesmen had complained that the dog
had already been round their way for predatory
purposes. the conclusion was arrived at that the
animal must have been trained to thevery by
some of the 'FaginS of the Faubourg st. An
tome.
The proportion Of Germans to Irish in Amer
lean cities is annually growing larger. The New
of Irish birth in that city are now outnumbered
| by those of German birth. but it will not get
the statistics until the Federal census Of next
year is taken. By the census of 1880 there was
in the city 1875, 5g5 Irish and 1853 4S9 Germans.
but the annual immigration from Germany
since then has been much larger than from Ire
| land During the past year for example. the
German arrivals at Castle Garden numbered
| 1911, while those from Ireland were but
44223 1t would not be surprising if next year &
census should show fully 100000 native Ger
1885 it appears tnat tnee were 67,545 Irish in
Boston and SO Germans. The figures for the
state were ~, go Irish and % ll5 Germans
| But the percentage of increase was largely in
favor Of Germans, they lncre tsing 1876 in ten
years, or 31.79 per cent. while the increase of
Irish was only 1908 or 30 per cent.
A NEW YORK PAPER contributes another tc
the long list Of anecdotes about clever dogs
The subject of the story is Psyche, the pet pug
in a South Brooklyn household whose chief
pleasure in life IS to go out walking with one of
the young ladies' in the family, and after en-
loving rsmble ride home in horse car A
long walk tires Psyche, but she likes it, brcause
on the way home in the car she has snug slum-
Der curled up beside the young lady, The other
day the latter took longer promenade than
usual, and, walking home again, deprived the
pug of her accustomed sleep. She toddled
along bTavely enough until the young lady mad
nearly reached nome. Then the pug stopped
on a corner, waited until car came along,
jumped aboard Of 1t while il was going rapidly,
leaped OF the cushion, and prepared 10 60 to
sleep Meanwhile the girl was lett on the cor
ner shouting for Psyche to return or for the car
TO stop But Psyche was as deaf as the con-
ductor. ami the car rolled merrlly on. The
young lady ran all er IL for couple of blocks.