The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-03
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entitled capt vity in Canada and published
by the Rev. John Norton ia Ia, brought 1903
THE viola played upon by Nathan Franko at
a recent symphony society concert in New
York was a Gaspara di oalo made in 1912 and
recently sold for $500.
ELIEu STEVENS OF Red1eld, Me-, was 101 years
old one day last week. Local papers state that
he is remaTk3ple vigorous to- one Of his age
and has tie appearances OF man OF about -.
A JUG OF cider % years oil was uneart led in
Camden the other day, and Of the 20 men who
got swallow or two Of the smooth and deceit
full liquid lG were made drunk within ten min
utes.
A BUS COMPANY in London intends giving
over number of coaches to smokers. and 70 fit
out each vehicle with a rack OF newspapers. At
present smoking is allowed only on the outside
seats.
A CURIOUS CROP ia a harvest of 1000 spouges.
1t was obtained by an Austrian slvaut as the
result of an experiment Of literally sowing
small parts of living sponges in a soil fLvOraole
to their production.
r, H. Tierney of Ludlow, Vt, went fishing
through the ice for pickerel in Tyson Pond and
was amply repaid for his trouble. He caught
sone whopping fe low that weighed 22l6 pounds
and Was feet long.
OLD Mrs. BAKER of Cairo took new de-
parture on her 9th birthday. She ate an
orange, fig and date for the first time in her
life, but concluded not to try glass Of lemon
ade for fear it might BE- dangerous.
Two sHILLINos were weighed as a matter OF
curiosity ct Sheffield, Eng. One was new
coin, the other veteran. The latter was just
tribe lighter than a siXpence and a threepence
and required the aid of 10 grains to equal the
new coin.
DoMEsTIcATED HAWK was attacked by a
game chicken recently in Bridgeport, Conn. It
was some time before the hawk became walked,
up in the fight, and the rooster had things his
own way at first. Fi1Gl!y, however, the hawk
bounced upon the rooster, and Selling him by
the neck in its talons, rose in the air. Both
birJs went out of sight. and have not since been
seen.
C. c. Brown, of Duluth, MINI, recently I'M
earthed a genuine freak in the shape of nam
moth cochin rooster, which has four distinct
wings, two in their natural places, and two at
the knee joint of each leg. The bird weighs
about Is pounds, is alive and well, and uses all
four wings when flying An offer of $3.50, made
by Chicago party, was refused, and the bird
will be exhibited throughout the country.
ZINC. placed upon the fire in a stove or CRATE,
is said to operate as an effective extinguisher of
chimney fires. According to this representa-
ton. when fire starts lDsid9 chimney, from
whatever cause, piece of thin sheet zinc about
incnes square, is TO be put into the stove or
crate connecting with the chimney. The zinc
fuses ana llbeTdJSS acluuOuS FUMES. winch,
passing up the tiue. are said to almost instantly
put oIt whatever fire there may be.
THE last delay allowed foreign residents in
Paris for comp wing with the decree require
ing them to register at the Prefecture of Police
has expired. Of the 10000 or 200 900 foreign
ers believed to be living in Paris 170,262 have
made the necessary declaration OF residence
OF these 1902 are American, 1888 English, H6.-
le9 Germans, 42,112 Belgians .. IA Swiss, S,4SS
Russians. 5758 Alstrians. , ,83 Spaniards and
"A l7S Italians. FOrty-nine different nationah-
ties represented, the list including natives OF
even sucl distant countries as Dahomey, Para
quay, Persia, Siam and Nubia
a PRISONER. named John True, has for two
years past been confined in the county jeil at
West Union, W. Va on the charge Of murder.
most OF the time being the only occupant of
the prison. On Monday George Miller was in
carcerated flr assault and battery, and during
the night broke out and induced True TO follow
him. The escape was discovered al most imme-
diately, and a searching % rty went out in the
morning. True 81 as found dead IN a snow drift,
having been frozen to death. His companion
mad not been found at last account. True, who
was 60 years of age, was thiniy cad and was
without shoss.
SHOULD a physician ever whip his patient?
This was the question brought up for decision
at a Berlin police court some time ago. a doc
tor was asked to prescribe for boy years Of
age, VINO was suffering from sig It silment, but
tIt GU III HNlcANt'I so VIC but LuSJ IL was In
possible to examine him. After trying for a
long time to sonthe the child the p lySician re-
sorted tle old fash onsI method Of giving
hin something TO cry for, and boxed his ears.
Tn ca!l lis mother not only resented this, but
showed her resentment il a practical amer
by summoniug the doctor for assault, but the
court decided that the medical man had acted
only for the patients good, and so acquitted
MIN.
EARLy last December, a Po7tor paper relates,
I'd g os- hot ,.irx rod TO
what the death rate for the year 1885 would
probably be. The statistical clerk, after study
in- the records carefully. estimated that the
Total number of deaths during the year would
be 10, 1919, ard the rate per thousand nhabitrnts
2L57 The full returns were not received
at the boards office for the three weeks after
ward, and then it was found that the CLERK had
made mistak of o1ly one, the total number
of deaths being TO- 1911. tie made estimates
uDOn the probable number of people who would
die OF 4 great many diseases ana there were
very sligAJ errors III Few cases. He estimated
that AL would die OF cholera morous, and the
numb r turned out to be- 40 lie expected that
80 persons would die of pneumonia, and Ia
this he was exactly right.
At THE 250th anniversary Of the Connecticut
Const.t tuition the other evening. at Hartford,
one Of the speakers read the items Of the funeral
expenses of an oil colonial citizen who died by
drowning. Here the are
June $ l6is-An account Of what was ex-
pended on David Porter. for his taking up and
burial:
BY pint OF lyqr. to those that divided
fohim....-.i.......................... eOO.O10O
By qrt. of lyqr. to these that brought
him home ................. O0.0200
By , qrts. Of wine and gall of sydr. to
ye jury of inquest ,.......,....., OOo5.O4
BY 8 gals and 3 qrts. wine for the
funeral cost NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Oi15OO
By Darrell Of sydr for do. cost ...... G0.1GO0
BY a coffin, cost Observation-Disclosures. 90. 1900
By a winding sheete. COST. zee. 90 800
BY to pay for the grave, etc. ........... O0.050O
&0414.0
That good dog is the best sort Of a watch
man is shown by the following story: James L.
Callart. who's, house is ne distance east of
the New Haven railroad station at Darien,
Conn, retired early the other evening in conf
dence that "a large shepherd dog of his shut in
the kitchen would take care Of things as usual
while he slept. Soon after midnight man
cAwled stealthily up to the Kitchen window,
and with diamond cut circle five inches in
diameter on one OF the panes. He then applied
a circular piece of musclaged leather to the
glass aud with a string made fast to its center
gave sudden jerk, removing that portion of
The glass. The noise awoke the dog, which
waited till the man reached through the hole to
shove the door bolt, and then grabbed the in
truding arm. A terrible tussle followed, the
man struggling to release himself, the dog
forcing his teeth further into the arm, making
his hold more secure. The result was the sash
yielded and fell the faithful animal leaped out.