The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

JOIN HEALY. at Columbus, O., going in swim
ming with some coilpan ons, Owed into twenty
feet Of water and never came 10 the surface
Nhen bis body was recovered it was found en-
tauEled in the m shes Of a lot or loose wire,
into icl he had plunged and which had held
him down.
/ FRIDAY MORNING lightning struck the house of
/ farmer living near Portsmouth. Mich, and
/ t-re the cook stove apart where it was put to-
/ gether withOur breaking single piece. The
| tore all [ plaster from the &C ling. In add
ton, the lOcSS were torn from every door in the
house
| vERTTAsLE THUNDERBoLT is said to have
| been see by a farmers wife in Cumberland,
| says an English paper. AS she was going to
| the COW sheds she saw a black mass descend
! ing and it Ouls. with loud report ffty yards
/ from where she standing. Fortunately the
ar '-r's wife was not hurt, only terribly
scared"
! TIE GERMAN EMPEROR received a novel Easter
| egg. 1t was of candisd sugar, and was sup
| ported by staruettes in sugar of Prince Bis
marc and Count 1oltKe. Upon the egg was
| group representing the Imperial ia uiy like
wise sugar, coloredl, while tle egg itself con
| tanned = music box, WHICH played the Prussian
| national hymn.
R. F. TOWNSEND of East Auburn Me-, while in
a wood lot noticed white object in the top
| most branches of a very tall tree Upon close
| inspection it proved TO be a white cat, and at
| the foot OF the tree a fox was Watching the
| pussy earnestly. awaiting her descent AS
| Townsend approached the fox skipped away
and the cat came down.
| The steamer Newfied landed at Halifax the
| other day, and sent two sailors on shore to get
| cats. Tn y secur over 80 in two hours. The
| cats to be taken to Sable Island and used for
destroying the rabbits which are beginning to
| overrun the island They burrow in the sand,
| making large holes. which cause the ponies to
| stumble and break their legs.
JAPAN is going to Germany for Instructions in
| still another branch. 1t is said that Count
| Yamagata, the minister for the home depart
partment, VINO is now travelling In Europe, is to
| engage in Germany gentleman conversant
| with the worSings of the prisons OF that coun-
try. Upon his arrival in Japan training school
| for jail officials viii be opened.
| The promenade of the Brooklyn bridge was
the scene of great massacre the other day,
Several thousand lives were snuffed out. They
| will not be seriously missed. as they belonged
| to potato bugs a tremendous swarm o. which,
| probably borne sGyward in whirwind from
Jersey fields, lighted on the big structure. They
| were crushed under the feet OF hundreds Of
! bridge crossers.
| A CONNECTICUT GARDENER stepped on needle
| twelve years ago and it entered his foot. Sun
| day night he felt sharp and severe pricking
! sensation in the hip near the joint, aud ex-
| animation revealed the end of a needle just IN
der the skin. With small pair of pliers it was
drawn o 1t, and with it nearly six inches Of blue
| silk thread which mad been in the needle when
| he stepped on it.
| The OTHER DAY child of John Genther Of
! Kearuey, Neb was bitten on the hand by
| snake over feet long The child's hand i'm
| mediatey swelied up and the father extracted
| three teeth of the snake, which were imbedded
| in the flesh of the boys hand The boy was
| given a big dose OF whisky and put TO bed, and
is recovering from the bite. The snake was
| what is called bull snake.
SOME MEN would be rather tough subjects for
execution under the New York avs; Mr..
| Schwartzing. Of Williamsburg, Ia, for
! a nple. Last Saturday his barn was struck by
lightning, the fluid passing down post, divid-
| ing into two currents, killing three horses In
! its course Mr. Schwartzing, VINO was unhitch-
ing one of the horses, was knocked down, the
! horse falling on him. When eXtricated he was
! found to be terribly burned and lacerated by
tne FL ctric current which struck mis- left arm,
passing over is 1T breast and abdomen and
| down us leg. tearing of the sole of his shoe.
Next h Wis well enough to go to town TO
see his physician.
A INDIANA MAN has just written to the Secre-
tary of the Interior stating that he wants $500.
He says ne is old and feeble, and needs the
! money and thinks the government ought TO
| give it to him. He therefore asks the secretary
| for the amount suggested, and requests that 1t
| be forwarded as early as possible. An Ollo
man is a little more modest in dis request. He
saws he has a farm of go acres, and that it is
mortgaged for $1,000 That amount he says,
| Will Just exactly get him out Of debt and start
hun square vita the world, the $40 acres of
| land, of coui Sc, being on the credit side. He
ASS the secre .ary to send him $4,000 by return
mail a lOa ,, and says he Will pay 1t back to
the government in inStallments.
WoRKMEN, while digging an excavation for a
cellar on the corner of George and Howe streets,
| New Rayen, uneaIthed the perfect skeleton of
q man. The land on which the skeleton was
found says an exchange, has peculiar his
| tory. Years agoit was the site OF what was
| known as the 'WaySde Inn, Ike I by Mark
| Trayers The inn was popular place for trav-
| elers to sleep at, and continued so until about
1876 when a man named Francis Thorn, trav
cling pedI.e myst riousy disapp AIRED He
| was known to have entered there, but was never
seen alive afterward by anybody. The finding
| of this skeleton may probably clear up mys-
tery which at that time was one OF the most
| sensational diSappear4ncts on record.
OWEN VOOLFOLK, employed as engineer on
the ferryboat v Owen, running between
Paducah. Ky, and Brooklyn. Ill, relates
| story Of his desperate encounter with mad
| bu1za d a few days ago. Mr.. " ooltolk says ne
| was accompanied by squire Sidener, and was
duyiag along the road on the limo side of
| the river. between Stringtown and the fry
| aadiug in the afternoon, when mad buzzard
made violent attack upoa the mule which
| was drawing the buggy. The animal plunged
| and kicked, and It was with difficulty that they
restrained MIN from running away. After leiv-
| lug t IL mule the bird turned It's attention to the
| saults, and it was only by vigorous applica-
ton If the whip and an old sack which hap
| haned to be in the buggy that they were en-
abed to defend themselves and finally kill the
mad bird
JoHN WILLIAMSON, a Rock Island Oll.) brick
layer has accomplished a peculiar feat. He
started the Their morning, il is related, to walk
| to and fro from one side of the street TO tae
| other for tnirty-slx nou sand carry AZ pound
| orlck IN eacn hand which he mad to place on
the side Of the street, raise himself TO uli mig IT,
| PICK up the bricks, and, Z ing across, repeat
| the performance on the opposite side" He was
TO continue for the full period, With an allow
ance OF one hour FOR m ais every six hours, and
| an intermisslon Of Fl teen minutes every three
hours. Villa nson tram Jed al! mig 1T and bo.h
| days, part OF the time through driving rain,
nnshin at q O'CLOCK at night Interest III Will
| iamsoa's undertaking grew rapidly. ana crowds
| were constantly in attendance. brass band
| was on hand when he flushed, and. though his
| feet we're covered with olste.s and MS legs aud
| walk twelve hours more.
| SoGE extraordinary scenes at Holyhead, Pa.
over the burial of a woman named Hughes
were terminated by the nephew stea ing a
| march on the -tepson aud burylng the OLD lady
| a day earlier than was fixed. dispute arising
| over tie WILL D tn parties claimed JsseSsion,
| and each sought 10 effect tue burial. Tue
| townspeople took sides, and the street outside
was crowded with 4 shouting mob. Two cotfi IS
| were ordered ID two graves we're dug The
| nephew TOOK possession of the premises and
. held inst all corners, Tn first coffin ar