The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

OREGON has 1913 school districts, Sc. SAT school
| children. 1901 teachers, 1884 school houses and
| s., 294,217 so invested in school property.
THE curfew horn is still blown every night at
O'Clock by man in uniform at the market
| cross in the old Yorkshire town of Rpon,
WALLINGFoRD (CoNv) people have noticed
| that muskrats are building their houses high,
and the weatherwise say it is sign of flood
THE principal instructor in Baltimore
| commercial school has committed suicide be-
| cause his recently published book was not
| success.
| THE English treasury department is contem-
| plating the issue of Ell notes as q remedy for
| the depreciation of the gold currency by con-
slant use.
PRINCE LOUIS DE LIGNE and Vicomte de Jonghe
fought a duel at midnight by torchlight in a
French forest. Nothing was wounded except
the trees.
A NIAGARA IN LONDON show is to have a
Photographic reproduction of the real thunders
of the cataract to supplement the pictorial at
fractions
JACKSON, MICH, PREsBYrERIANs held a
church banquet few nights ago. in which
men cooks, waters, dishwashers, etc, did all
the work
THE British bark Maiden City lately made
the trip from st. John. N B.. to Liverpool in
1215 days-the fastest time on record, it is said,
for sailing vessel
THE French infantry are to have smaller
weapons substituted for their present style of
revolver, experiments having shown that the
smaller arm is much more accurate.
The English patent office is about to begin the
issue of weekly newspaper, the Illustrated
Official Journal, which will contain information
as to patents granted and applied for.
ONE Dr. Terc, in England, is advocating the
sting of bees remedy for rheumatism. He
declares that he has treated with success 173
cases and has given in all $4,000 stings
TESTIMONY in a recent suit brought by Harris
of Philadelphia to obtain wages due him, re-
vealed the fact that he had been employed to
make trousers for 30 cents dozen, or ~ cents
pair.
THE REMAINS of an unknown prehistoric
monster have been dug up near Livingston
Neb by well-dIggers. One of the teeth of
the animal measured II inches long by in
breadth.
THE first custom house ever built in Connecti-
cut lit stood at New Haven near Yale college,,
was demolished last week. The historical So
ciety owned it, and accepted a good offer for
the property.
IT'S EARLY YET for rope jumping, but never
theless, a death from overndulgence in the
pastime has occurred. The victim was an In
dlanapolis girl, who kept up to $685. as the
children put it,
A DUCK was killed in SpottsIyvania county
Virginia, which had a nail 2 inches long pro-
truding through the gizzard into the entrails
1t seemed to cause the duck no inconvenience
as it was as lively as a cricket before it was
killed.
The rising generation in Australia is develop
ing a peculiar nasal twang in the voice that
promises to become as distinctive as is the van
kee twang in this country. The school teachers
of the country have been exhorted to suppress
the twang.
A CANADIAN PAPER wants to know why 5,000-
900 Canadians should pay more to be governed
than 6OO0O.OO0 Americans pay. The thirteen
cabinet officers of Ottawa receive $105, 200 a
year, while the eight cabinet officers of the
United States receive $4,000.
In CONNECTICUT last week man who pleaded
guilty to killing another man was senteaced to
three months in jail and fined 81. In Boston
last week man who was convicted of mutilat-
ing book belonging to the public library was
sentenced to five months in Jail
THIRTEEN MILES from Cheyenne is what is
said to be the largest horse farm in the world
There are 10000 acres of land where roam
5000 horses, which require the constant atten-
ton of sixty-fve men. One hundred miles of
wire fence keeps the animals in bounds.
YOUNG WOMAN of Ridgeway, Canada, has
had the banns of matrimony between herself
and two of her lovers read in the parish church.
the clergyman having decided that she is free
to choose between them at tie altar This
is a new and startling departure in weddings
A MINERAL that resembles coal has been found
on a farm at Southwest Harbor, Me- 1t burns
briskly till nearly half reduced, and when burn
ing is as soft and ductile as putty. When burned
out the substance is black as jet and as hard as
flint. Rubbed with wooden cloth it will give
brilliant polish.
Mrs FRANK O'GRADY, while playing in ''Evic-
ton" in a theater at Macclesfield, England. az
she waited at the wings stopped to let another
actor pass upon the stage, and in so doing ran
into her chest knitting needle that she was
holding in her hand. She died from the wound
a few hours later.
The EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER proved Of
unique service to North Dakota iailer, who.
being unable to quiet his prisoners of an even
ing, extlngulshed the fires and opened all the
windows. After shivering for a while the men
ceased singing and shouting, whereupon their
quarters were again made comfortable.
A MAN astonshed the circuit court at Mar
shall, Mich, the other day by heatedly exclaim.
ing that he'd be hanged if he'd have any case
of his tried before such tough-looking Jury as
that. But when he was informed tnat the men
he kicked on were lot Of prisoners awaiting
sentence the kicker cooled off and the court
smiled.
THE Rev. G. A. Tewksbury, pastor of the Pill
grim church at Cambridgeport Mass, fell in
love with young woman in his choir. and they
became engaged The trouble in the church
that followed has resulted in the resignation of
MIR. Tewksbury A church council has com
mended him to the consideration of other
churches as n faithful minister
AMONG RELICS recovered from the bed of
Cherry creek, near Denver Col, by the steam
dredge used in constructing the Fourteenth
street viaduct are two books-one containing
the minutes of the Peoples Government of the
City of Denver covering the period from Oct
1850, to Aug 20, 1861; the other the rec tds of
the governors guards from Sept. 13 1862 to
July H. 1863 The books were lost in the sixties
A SPEAKER before a farmers institute in
Massachusetts the other day argued that farm
ing had more bright ideas than any other bust
ness If the farmer only knew it. Unfortunately
the farmer didn't always know it. Then he
used this illustration: do you hear that de-
lghJful music?0 said traveller to his comrade.
as he heard the soft baying of a hound. "No,'
was the reply; that devlsh dog makes such
a racket can't hear anything"
Mrs. SUSAN BAILEY of Ridgeield, Conn, be.
came centenarian on Tuesday last. She was
born and has always resided in the house which
she now occupies. The old lady has living
children, % grandchildren and D great grand
children. Up TO the time she became % years
old Mrs. Bailey was able to read and sew, aided
by glasses. She walks about the house unas-
sisted, eats three meals daily, and usually
makes her own bed and takes care Of her own
room and wardrobe.
The occasions upon which anybody receives
the knighthood of the Order Of the Bath in his
lee