The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

are good for several winters vet The present
owner inherited them thirty-seven years ago,
from the man for whom they were made, and
has worn them every winter since.
THE NEWEST THING in crests or monograms is
to put them down at the bottom of the note
chosen corner being the right hand one. The
effect is strange, and rather suggests the writer
having made mistake, and began his letter
topSy -turvy.
A DETERMINED GIRL, near Owingsville, KY,
eoped in an old calico dress and without any
head covering, her father having hidden her
clothes to prevent q runaway marriage. Aftei
riding eighteen miles on horseback She was ac
commodated By friends with suitable clothing
and the knot was then tied.
A WRITER in an English paper claims fol-
Woodbridge the credit of possessing the mean
est man in the person of a misery woman who
refused to allow his daughter to receive a seal
skin jacket as a present because he could not
afford to pay for the camphor which would be
needed to keep the moths out of it during the
summer
BALTAzzI EFFENDI, consul general of Turkey,
has informed Cooks tourist agency that Ameri-
can travellers in Turkey must have passports
vised by Turkish conSulS in order to avoid
arrest when they arrive. The order was re-
ceived at Washington from the Turkish govern
ment by cable and followed by letter. 1t ap-
plies to all countries.
AMONG THE ANSWERS given by school children
in Cambridge, Mass, to the question. What is
a skeleton?" were the following: a. When
anybody dies the flesh dries up to the bones and
makes skeleton. (20 A skeleton is bones in
the museum. g. When you die the doctor
can make a skeleton out of you. a. When
you grow into skeleton you are sent to Har-
ward college to practice on.
A CORRESPONDENT of Science apropos of a
reference in that journal to triplets calls atten-
ton to case mentioned in the rec rds of Mid
dieboro, Mass, in which triple births occurred
IN two successive generations of the same
FAMILY. The interesting events took place in
the last century, and the first three children
were girls, while in the second case the babies
all belonged to the male sex.
A POLITICAL MOVEMENT is on foot, headed by
men OF considerable influence in politics. for
the release OF the Anarchist Neebe, who was
tried with August Spies and was sentenced to
seventeen years in the Illinois peniten tiary and
eventually for this pardon of Fielden and
Schwab, who were sentenced to be hanged, but
whose sentences were committed to life i'm
prisonment by Gov. Oglesby.
A WOMAN near Ventura, Cal. recently made
100000 in land speculation. This fired her
with the ambition to get up a special boom
and make a million, if possible So she char
tered train from San Francisco 600 miles
away, gave free ride free lunch and free
music to all who would go, and held big
sale But, though the train was crowded with
people from San Francisco, no one would buy
and, instead Of making a fortune, she lost
100000
THE EXACT NUMBER of persons who cross Lon
don bridge in a day on foot has been ascer-
tanned In order to decide guessing competi-
ton In which $4,000 persons participated, the
editors Of tue London AnS'CeTS made arrange
mentS with the coIumiSsiOnaire corps, ard a
large stan OF men was drafted on TO the bridge
for the whole twenty-four hours of the 23I ult
The result proved that III 1873 foot passenger
we're checked, and that in addition 1900
vehicles, containing an average Of three per
sons each. crossed.
A GENTLEMAN at Martins Ferry O., has a
huge Newfoundland dog which has a great deal
Of good sense and discretion and keen appre-
citation of the fitness of things. The gentleman
has two small boys, one, however. being smaller
than the other. One day last week the boys
got into a quarrel, and naturally, the larger
boy was getting the 9st Of it. The doy which
Is heavier than either boy, came to the rescue
at very appropriate time. and, standing on
his hind feet, parted the belligerents with his
fore paws and then dragged the larger boy
away without in the slightest degree injuring
him or showing any ill temper.
A MONKEY owned by an Italian organ grinder.
and small Scotch terrier, became engaged in a
fight in West Bergen, On. j. residence Both
animals fought Savagely and first one and then
the other would have the advantage After
hostiliti-s had continued for five minutes the
monkey attempted to jump out of the parlor
window, when the dog bit of about an inch of
the fleeing lighters tai. The monkey, on
reaching its owners arms, was in a faintiny
condition and its clothing in tatters. The Italian
was highly indignant, but cooled down upon re
ceiving dollar from the dogs owner who had
taken the monkey into the house to please
sicd child. While going through the entry the
monkey dropped from his arms. and alighting
on the terrier, which slept on the door mat the
battle began
A. D. KING, a well-known lawyer of Orilla
Canada, lost his life on the Grand Trunk rail
road few days since. He had been away on
business, and on returning got off the train
while it was in motion. Instead of getting off
at the station side he took the wrong side of the
train, and hardy touched the ground when he
slipped and fell so that his two legs were run
over by the Pullman car. He died in % hours
The accident took place at O'Clock in the
morning, and at daylight brother of the dying
man drove few miles out from the station to
tell his father of the sad bust less. To his sur
prise he found his father up and dressed await
ing him. where's Daniel?' eagerly asked the
old gentleman Il saw him about 2 o'clock or
little after. He came to my window and
raped at it. saw him three times and spoke
to him. The grief Of the father on hearing of
the sad affair was very great.
LITcHFIELD, ILL, was eatly excited last
Saturday over an occurrence that for a time
was so inexplicabe as to border on the SUPER
natural. The drill used in boring for gas caught
at depth Of 80 feet. When brought to the
surface it was covered with blood The amazed
drlllerS InStinctively leaned over the hole They
heard dull, rumbling noise, and presently
heard voice calling up to them: you have
Killed somebody down here!" The horror
stricken men fled. They spread the news and
the town was turned upside down in an hour
Hundreds went to the well and RaZed open
mouthed at the bloody drill and mysterious cav
lty it had made. Not until late in the evening
was the mystery solved by the presentation OF
a b IL for $50 by the Litchfield Coal Company
for one mule killed by drill" The coal com
pany's mine extended under the gas companv's
territory, and the mule got in the way of the
drill.
MAN who was drafted by Napoleon l., and
who attained the remarkable age of nearly 102
years, died in New York, a few days ago. He
was Moses Segman Bauer. a native of Scotch
Darmstadt, Germany. His father died at the
age of 20 years, and his mother was oder when
and there is another brother in the old country
who has record of 81 years. A surviving sister
in Bal more can look back over q career of 90
years. Mr. Bauer dealt in hides in Germany
and served Napoleon un Ter compulsion for a
month. He was dsclarSe from the French
service because he was the oldest child and sup
port of large family. He came 10 the United
States in 1856, and though rapidly approaching
the seveLties embarked in the Wholesale butch,
ering business. He did not retire until his
ninetisth year -Four or five years ago he found
tlat smoking made him dizzy, and broke off a
lifelong habit. He used alcoholic drinks moder-
ately from youth. The immediate cause of
death was cold which he caught two weeks
ago