The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


The TRIAL at Camajuany. Cuba. of a colored
man for murder was conducted in the presence
of the mutilated body of his victim, l3-year-
old girl. He was convicted
TIE steamship Oswego recently made the run
from Mackinaw to Chicago-334 miles-in 10
hours and IS minutes, pronounced the best time
ever maze on the great lakes.
CAREFUL SUMMARIES of the crop outlook made
by the san Francisco Chronicle show that, I'M
less the north winds blow at the critical time,
this will be bonanza year for grain and fruit
in California.
THE girl of IA who created sensation in Fort
Wayne, Ind, two weeds ago, by marrying her
cousin, who had been married twice before, has
again attracted attention by applying for di-
vorce. Sac alleges nat she was coaXed into the
marriage without fully comprehen ling its sig
niflcance.
SAN ANTONIO, TEx.,) people suffered short
lived water famine last week, owing to break
in the machinery at the pumping station.
Water was sold along the streets at 5 cents per
bucket, but, it was drawn from strea N into
which several sewers empty, there was little
demand for it.
TIE largest pension. but one, ever granted to
a union soldier was recently granted to Chris
tian Holzworth of Lowville, N. Y; he received
a back pension, exclusive of ex penses of Sl2.
919 20 and a monthly allowance OF S72 Mr..
Holzwo tn is an inmate of the Lewis county
asylum, and is incuraby insane.
JOHN A. FULMER of Moravia, N. Y, has in his
possession neck YOKE which has history. 1t
originally belonged to Maj. Gen. Frederick
William Augustus Baron de SJeuben VINO came
to this country in Ire. He died in 1904, so il
will be seen that this neck yoke is quite relic.
The wood appears TO be white oak.
A YOUNG Polish lady, who is DESTROYS of cult
waiting her musical talent. be Is tt assistance of
kind friends to enable her to procure piano,
which her parents ca not afford to purchase. "
This is her address, as given in a London pap4r:
Jadwiga Janina 30 gus Fawska, Plotokow Try
bunalski, Utica Mosliewskadom Dolinskiogo,
Poland.
Garden ana Forest quotes this simple method
of testing the quality of pear: Write a
name with pen and ink upoa the dry skin OF
the fruit. If { le ms is quickly absorbed, leav-
ing clear, sharp lines, tne quality of the fruit
is good; if the skin does not ABSORB the ink
quickly, and the lines are blotted the quality is
inferior
III is only one of many manifestations of the
irony of fate, says the New York Tribune,
that William H. Barnum, who protested
against Dminating Thurman for cs PrAsi-
dent, on account OF the laJCer's age, should be
in his grave, wne the Old Roman shakes I'D
MS 10 pound dumbb lis and 81 ms lease for an
other decade of frisky existence"
A RATHER remarkable collection of amber
was received lately by milwaukee physician
It came from the shores Of the Baltic and com
prises twentl eight specimens. all of which have
insects imbe ided in them. Toe Sentinel says
One piece contains a beetle, another an ant
three pieces contain one or more mosquitoes
three cont lin flies two contain neruoptera, and
one spider.
VIC 1TA BOY enlisted in the regular army
of Uruguay, South America, and for eighteen
months never heard a word of his native Ian
guage. Will detailed as guard in the opera
house at Montevideo he hear Patti sing
Home, Sweet Home" 10 English. 1t made
him 50 homesck that he took the first oppJrtu-
nifty TO come back to his native land, and is now
again in Kansas
AT the presentation of Sir Julian Pauncefote
to the President the blue parlor of the white
house sheltered some very str king looking men.
Paunoefote is feet inc rs in hai sht, ais SEQ
retares of legation, EDWARDS and Herbert, are
more than feet each, AID the other English
men present were almost as tall. Walker Blaine
estinatsd that the aggregate height of the six
BTltlSherS was 81 feet
joan LAMpHERE of Gfboa, Scloharie county,
New York, it is said, is the owner of chicken
that has four fully developed legs The rapid
manner in which the fowl scratches earth, il is
allegei /, astonIsheS the other hens so that thev
hi le tlelr heads in their feathers and forget to
lay eggs Whe on rCOSt the quartette OF feet
take up no more room than ordinary chickens
ieet do. Tle curl silly c n run twice as fast as
It's companions and its legs do not Interfere
with one another.
Il rH1NK, writes Col. J. Grant to the Lon
don press. you will agree with me that some
thing great must be Il ne for Stanley when he
comes among Us again. Never has he received
a shadow Of reward or recognition from orr
cover ment. and if there be a man alive who
deserves reCo gnitlon- ven though ne had only
performed the latest brila It expl lit in re isf
ana eAplora loa-it is Stanley. 1 leave to you
the welco ne duty of stating how trusty, how
brave he has slOwn himself to be in his explor-
atoms curing the last twenty years, and would
merely ask; What man has ever achieved such
deeds without some acknowledgment from his
native co Intrg?"
GUM CHEWING is the prevailing mania in Al
bon, Neb, The disgusting habit has become so
general that parents and PREACHERS inveigh
against It, but to no effect. During services in
church last Sunday the dominic delica5elv in
sinIated that the congregation looked like
corral OF munchiuE attls, so iudustrously did
the Jaws wa[. While tle preacher was round
ing an eloquent per ration on the beauties of
the ecboless shore d mig lty yell rent the raft
ers. IL came from tle paralyZsd jaw of a Mr.
Cato, who had been suddenly suttel with lead
cole caused by chewing adulterated gum.
Cato was taken home and the Con re CATION dis
missed. Next day a ton of secondhand gum
was plucke from the pews and dumped into
the raging Beaver.
THE London Daily Ne,rs' Naples correspond
ent writes: "While some repairs were lately
helng meqe un Ter house belonging to Baron
di Donate, which is situated in the northern
quarter of the city, toward the slope of the
hul of cape ii Noute, where already many an
Gent catacombs nave been found, a doorway
lover which there unarbl relief Of Medussl
was discovered, leading into subterranean
cha 81 Der Along the center of this chamber
runs mosaic pavement, and on either side
there is double row Of sepuchres heW in the
rock, the fronts OF which are succeed and
painted, aud decor ted with terra-cotta and
Within nr111
skeletons, vases an4 other Objects the antique
lamps being ia sucl good condition that on
April IS when this new find was inspected by a
party of er nan arc lPolo gists, the workmen
made use OF them to ligat " the vaults The
many weu-preServed inscript,ons are chiefly ia
Greek, and some Latin, and prove that the
epoch of these toubs vas about 1850 3. c.
Other tombs in a second chamber have not vet
been eXcavated. IL is prob able tnat this sub
terrane1n dwelling of the dead NAV extend
some distance. and prove to be portion of a
large Metropolis
TIE Revue Rose, a French Journal publishes
an interesting summary Of an account recently
communicated to the SJciete de Biolege by
NJ. Fere, in whica are embodied some OF bis ex.
periences Of the effect of ether on persons at
tie ONT of deaf II is we-known that the
dy n are often aole to see facts of their lives
which had been forgotten for many years
clearly and accurately before them. The rea-
son for this ciairvoyanca NJ. Fere ascribes TO a
sudden modification Of the cerebral clrculati
"wh ca IAN also be brought about by artificial
means Thus ne teis Of q ca a OF a patient
who was dying with consum ton. rs had
n IrAg Ialf EuFIA ho-