The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-20
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tennial with the biggest ''bird of freedom
ever seen in the country. The centennial arch
at Madison square win be surmoUnted by an
eagle n feet from tip to tip.
A NEW HAVEN MAN made a dying request that
beer and cigars in abundance be supplied the
military and fraternal orgaIizat. ons attending
his funeral He was burisd SUNDAY an / ms
wish was carried out 10 the letter, the beer and
cigars being dispensed in the hail and several of
the mem -ers became quite mellow" and Jolly,
and sang popular airs.
TIE BEAN BROTHERS Of Fairview, Montgomery
county, Pennsylvania, have been wrangling for
years over a lane which divides their farms
Last summer John had stones hauled on it to
worry Samuel, who thereupon had John held to
bail John has retaliated by digging q e lch,
which he hopes will cause Samuel's fence to
fall Another suit will follow.
IT was not many years ago that the cotton
wood tree was considered useless for the pur-
poses of lumber. To-day it is crowding white
pine out of the market for ce tam purposes,
and large fortunes are being made all along the
Mississippi river out of this wood, which was
once despised as much in that field as a garish
always has been among fishermen. In New
Orleans white pine is worth $35 a Thousand,
while yellow cottonwood brings S65
The COURTS at Boston decided a day or two
ago that the law could not permit a local col
lecting bureau to prosecute delinquent debtors
by sending after them agents gotten up as
corpses in burlesque grave clothes. The notion
was not only ingenious, but humorous we'll,
conveying cheerful suggestion of pursuing the
deadbeat even to the tomb. But some of the
victims did not enjoy being followed around by
imitation cadavers, and 80 the business was put
stop to.
1t is remarked that all the money which the
world possesses to-day would not purchase one
third of its railways, since the railroads of tie
world are worth nearly $50 900, 900 900, or about
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civilized nations, and over one-quarter of their
invested capital The railroad business is in
increasing at an almost incredible rate of speed.
In 1915 the railways aggregated $4,000 miles,
railroad, thus showing an increase of $1,000
miles IN ten years, or an average of upward
of II 900 miles year.
THE Society of West Jersey Proprietors held
its e02d annual meeting in Burlington lately,
and, in accordance with the manner of conduct
ing the election, the proprietors objected on
the sidewalk and announced in loud tones the
following formula: 1t now being high noon,
by virtue Of an ancient custom, and the rights
and prerogatlves granted to the Council of the
Proprietors of the Province of New Jersey by
King Charles H., Gracious Sovereign of Great
Britain, Ireland and France, and Defender OF
the Faith, we. the Proprietors, now meet to
elect the Council to serve the ensuing year.
WILLIAM CowAN of Denver, Col. en- route
for Brooklyn. N Y, got off the Lake Shore
train at Cleveland. When the brakeman called
out New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio depot
thinking he had arrived at New York city, he
inquired the way to Brooklyn, and policeman
put him aboard a car for Brooklyn village four
miles distant When he crossed the Central
viaduct. mile long and 100 feet nigh, Cowan
was morally certain it was the great Brooklyn
bridge. 1t required the testimony of a score of
citizens to convince him that the Brooklyn he
was seeking was 600 miles farther on. He took
fresh start, feeling very cheap.
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braska. has been pioneer in railroad and town
site business for many years. A few years ago
he gained considerable fame and created great
Juror among settlers by blowing single fur
row distance of over 100 miles through Scott,
Greedy and Wichita counties Kansas and int
Colorado. He SAID nothing but kept on plow-
ing, and the people imagining that he was locat-
ing railroad, began to take up claims along
the turrow. Afterward Jay Gould came along
and bought the Dawson right, and the D. NJ
and A. branch of the Missouri Pacific was built
on the famous furrow.
PIECE of bread lodged in the throat of Job
Brewers of Luther, Mich, and in a few minutes
he was unconscious. Mrs. Brewers did not lose
her presence of mind, however ana at once
poured several clippers of water down his throat.
The bread became sufficiently softened and had
apparently slid down into Brewers stom oh, but
by that time be was nearly drowned by the
water. Mrs. Brewers heroically persevered,
however, and by rolling her husband over a
barrel and then using artificial respiration for
the natural, that was lacking, she soon had Job
on his feet again. He had come very near to
death twice in an hour, but his brave wife saved
him.
OMAHA PHYSICIANS are very much puzzled
over the case of Kittie Edwards, who was shot
last week by John holland, who afterward sui
clded at the house of his victim in Council
Bluffs. The ball entered Kilt lie 8 BRAIN half an
inch over the center of the left eye, and passed
down some two inches in rear of the left ear
at the base of the skull. The woman has had
fully four ounces of brain matter removed, and
1t was said she could not live twelve hours She
is still alive, however. and is constantly i'm
proving. She is conscious, and converses with
her friends Her physicians think now that she
will recover, but are puzzled to know why and
how.
ONE great cause of badness in the opinion of
western knight of the razor, is the habit many
people have Of changing the style of hair
cutting two or three times year. or nearly as
often. He says They insist short POM
padour in the hottest months a less pronounced
crop in the fall, and then wear their hair longer
as the weather gets colder, gradually approach
ing shave again by the time the therm ometer
gets up in the nneties. Now all this NAV be
very comfortable, but it is very bad for the hair
and scalp. 1t is best to wear the hair short all
the year round, brush it freely and trust to
nature for the only really effective substitute
for pomade
A DISCOVERY of considerable archaeological
interest has been made upon the Barton sec
ton of the Manchester England) ship canal
Recently, whilst the excavators were at work
in what is known as the salt Eve" cutting.
the steam NAVY brought to light a prehistoric
canoe. 1t was embedded in the sand about
twenty-five feet below the surface. With some
difficulty the canoe was removed to a shed in
the vicinity OF the engineers office and exam
lned. IL was found to consist of a portion of
an oak tree, roughly hewn and fashioned In
length this relic is 10 feet inches from end to
end, with width of feet 6 inches Unfortu-
nateiy the vessel sustained some damage in the
ruthless grip of the NAVY" the bottom hav-
portion OF one side is broken in. But for this
mishap the canoe would have been recovered
practically intact.
THE little pamphlet that has made it's appear
ance, containing what purports TO be a list Of
the 400, revised by Ward McAllister, has created
no end Of comment, says the New York Graphic.
Whether or not it is McAllisters list Of the emf
nently select is questionable, but it is admitted
TO contain the names OF 400 persons who,
by re@son of birth, wealth or
fortuitous circumstances, count them
selves little above their fellow beings in the
social scale. In one Of the leading fashionable
furnishing establishments OF Fifth avenue |
names in the pamphlet. His upper lip was
curling just triie as he went over page after
page. We'll, what do you think Of t?'' asked.
II guess it's correct enough, he replied: blot
can tell you between ourselves that there are
a big lot OF names in that list of people who do
not pay their bills. In fact, / can show you
there the names OF persons who have been on
my books so long that have charged their ac-
counts up 10 proht aud loss There are more
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