The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

I leave town Tney do not lose any time IN OBEY
/ ing.
4 MONTREAL COLLECTION PLATE revealed the
/ fact that 2J9 Of the congregation had contribut-
/ ed cent apiece to the church funds. while 1879
/ had given cents apiece, and sos 10 cents
} apiece.
/ On Eagle Rock, near Orange. n. J.. it is pro-
posed TO erect a summer hotel and tower
somewhat similar to the Eiffel tower in Paris.
! The latter i'll rise 800 feet above the crest OF
! the mountain.
A REMARKABLE CAVE in Stone county, Kansas,
| has been explored for q distance OF twelve
/ miles, Report credits it with containing two
| rivers. millions Of bats" and the remains of
many wild animals.
/ The Spreckes (Philadelphia) sugar refinery.
! capacity 100000 pounds per day, will com
mence operations about Sept l next. When
/ this refinery GELS into full working order some
| lively times in the sugar trade caa be expected
URUGUAY has the following lines OF railway:
The Central Urugua 100 miles; the Northeast
ern Of Uruguay eighty miles; the Northwest
ern, li2 miles; and the Northern railway and
tramway, twenty five miles. The Midland
railway, ia miles, is in course of construc-
ton
EVERY DOLLAR of the money needed TO build
and equip the Congo railroad has been sub
scribed The amount raised is S. ,011. Tle
subscribers include some of the leading bank
inS Houses and capitalists in Belgium,
France, Germany, England and the United
States
The renting value of a square of ground in
upper New York city has gone up amazingly
since the ball club moved to the neghborhood
one corner OF It, which an Italian peanut Vender
mai Tor $40 per month, can now be rented Tor
S2,OO}-a saloon keeper having. it is said, offered
that amount.
The AUTHORITIES of William aud Mary COL
lege, at Williamsburg. Va. have just received a
letter from r. w. Glider, the editor Of the Cen
tury, and his sister, in which they say that they
have in their possession the old bronze sun dial
which was taken from the Institution, and which
the present owners offer to restore.
OUT Of i06 persons treated within period of
eleven months at the Pasteur institute at Rio
de Janeiro only one died. and that one had
neglected t. follow the treatment as directed.
| In sixtytwo of these cases the dog by which
| the patient was bitten inquest. onably mad,
| in the others it was impossible to determine
! positively the dogs condition.
The Rhode Island State Board of Soldiers
Relief has voted to accept the Greene farm in
the town Of Bristol, R. l., for the establishment
| authorized to erect, furnish and maintai }. the
general asse .nbly having appropriated $4,000
| for the purp s.. The farm comprises ITO acres
| OF table meadow and wood land
| OF the 1890 kinds of flowers which grow in
Europe only 400, or 10 per cent, are odorfer-
| GUS. Inc COmnO1eSU mowers are Ulo WnlIe
| ones, of which there are 1894 kinds. Less tlan
one-fifth of these are fragrant. OF the 95l kinds
| of yellow flowers II are odoriferous of the 1923
| red kinds a; of the 59l blue kinds, 81; of the
| 30S volet-biue kinds ID OF the 240 kinds with
| combined cJlorS 2S are fragrant.
THE FEMININE CRAZE that for wearing the
hair in simple braid, doubled up once and tied
| with piece of ribbon. school girl fashion, h ts
sense o its side in this hot wea her. althoug
1t is rather mario wing to see W en- adopted by
a of
| ners. IL isn't fair for women with really long
! hair, thou n, for tneir braid is so long that it
doesn't LOOK nice and is in the way beside.
THE most valuable book in the world is said
| to be q Hebrew Bhls at the Vatican in Rome.
! In 1919 Pope julius, then in great financial
straits, refused to sell it to a syndicate of rich
| Venetian Jews for its weight in gold. The Bible
| weighs more than 325 pounds, and is never
| carried by lass than three men. TIE price re-
| fused by Pope Julius was therefore about l125,-
900, and that, too, when gold was worth at least
| thrice wat 1t is now worth.
HORSE. while drawing a reaper near Clin-
! ton, N j., bit off the heads of the standing
| wheat After he had been at work about two
| hours, he suddenly dropped to the ground, and
| in five minutes was dead An examination was
| made and the back part of the tongue was
| found to be full of wheat boards. On opening
| tbs throat the boards were found in great duan-
| ii les sticking through the windpip., from the
effects Of which 1t is believed the Animal choked
| to death.
The finest private collection of pearls in
France belongs to Mile. Dosne sister-inlaw of
| Theirs. IL is valued at 100000 francs Nine.
| Theirs, her sister, shortly before her death gave
| to the state a pea | necklace worth 100000
| francs. TnlS ecKlaCe is now in the Theirs
| museum in the Louvre. The Duchess Dues,
who, after Mile. Dosne, has the finest jewels OF
, all French women, possesses diamond neck
| lace VALUED at l0O000 francs. Nine. Henry
| Say has necklace of white and black pearls
| worth 10000 francs.
! WHILE excavating for sewer at Peck Slip
on South street, New YORK, Monday. the work
men brouEh to the surface several sections of
| wooden water-pipe, which at one me consti-
tuted part of e distributing uipes of the first
waterworks built in that city. These pipes
were laid early in this century by the Corpora
| ton of whico Aaron Burr Pre- ijent, and
| which was aftarward transformed into the
| Manhattan Banking Association. T ose dug up
are We pres rived They are Of cedar, about
70 inches in diameter, cut up in sections about
| feet IN lon 9Th.
ONE REGULARITY OF Mr. THOMAS c. PLArr of
| New York is his unwillngness to give anybody
| any advice about the purchase or sale of stock
| of a CO ,npany of which Mr.. Platt has anything
like a controlling interest. Mr. Platt is pres-
dent of the United States Express Company,
| and he is often asked by his friends poit cal
| and otherwise, to tell them if be- thinks lust
| now" is & cd time to Invest in the compaHy's
stock. To all OF these inquiries, even from the
| nearest and dearest frie ids, Mr. Platt makes
1
! judge. I never take the responsibility of giving
| advice such you ask for. | will talk with YOU
| freely about any stock but my own"
| GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN T. Y. PowpERLY
has wished many times to go to Europe He had
great hopes of spreading the gospel of the
| Knights of Labor tn re. TIE last time he ex-
| pressed a wish to go when the knights were
| picking out a man to attend the Workingtnen's
| congress at Paris, and the knights settled on
| him. He had made all his pre- ar4tions, when
| he learned that every socialist organization in
| the country was sending ont delegates to de-
| nounce nim at the conference as an enemy to
| the workingmen. The anarchs s, too, had un
| Sheathed their knives aud we're whetting them
| for use on Mr.. POwderly, The Supposition is
| tnat Dir. Powderly notwithstanding tlat he was
most anxious to g, unpacked his trunks aid
| sent word that be was not going.
| ABOUT two weeks ago, frequent earthquake
shocks frightened the people of SusanviIIe,
| Lassen county, in the helrt of the Sierra Ne
| vadas. Some of the shocks were severe enough
to snake dishes from the wall, but no lives were
| lost. Near by the Lassen Buttes. extinct
| volcanoes, which showed signs of renewing
ACTIVITY, that had not been observed for rearlv
| fifty ats. In some pl c,s hot springs boiled
| up, in others geyserS If mud were formed. and
in Others streams dried up, or the water b tcame
| milk. report mas re cned Chico. Cal that
| a avier book than usual was felt there last
! week. 1t knocked down C, imneys, and drie1
| up & swamp two miles wide From Mono
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