The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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81. 900 pounds 1t was shipped TO Chicago, and
the timoers in the mine hal to be taken down
for its removal
A STRANGE PHENOMENON is observed in CON
ne ton with the natural gas supply at Mont
peliar. Ind Six hours out of every twenty-four
tue gas runs down to a minimum. ana SIX hours
daily it reaches maximum. The movements
coincide with the ocean tides.
JAcE MAYxARD and Miss Jennie Burress of
Todd county, Ky, were united in marriage OF
the home of the bride. near Elkton after having
been engaged quarter of century. During
- wears of this time the gentleman never once
missed calling to see his bride-elect on Sunday.
MAINE sends along this dog story: faithful
dog belonging to an Albion man takes great
delight in skating with the boys, and always
goes when DE can. The other day he went with
large party but was missing when they
started for home A search revealed that he
had been held back by his tail, which was
frozen to the ice.
A MAN in San Francisco during a prolonged
debauch, having spent all his money, became
so frantic for more whisky $50 the story ruDS)
that he signed paper which directed that his
body. after his death, should be given to fell
low who promised to treat him to glass Of
'firewater' if the thirsty one would make the
aforesaid bequest.
THREE ITALIANS, who attacked a st. Louis
grocer the other afternoon and attempted to
rob him had their plans interfered with by the
storekeeper's l3year-old daughter. who locked
the safe IN which her fathers money was kept
and took possession of the key. One of the
men thereupon bit the girls right hand
savagely, but before any further injury could
be done neighbor came to the grocer's assist
ance, and the Italians took to flight.
A PATERSON On. j. MAN was awakened the
other night by hearing some one moving about
his room. He sprang out of bed and seized a
poker, with which he dealt the intruder two
heavy blows on the head, and then discovered
that the supposed burglar was his wife. The
latter had been awakened by her husbands
talking in his sleep and had come to see what
was the matter with him. A physician was
summoned and dressed two bad scalp wounds
on the wiIe's head.
IT Is FEARED that lovers of blanc mango will
have to 20 without their favorate delcacy an
other year or else pay a very high price for the
material from which it Is made. sea moss
gatherers along the Vineyard and South shores
are in despair. Almost none is being secured,
They attribute the dearth of the moss to the
unseasQnably mild weather with no ice Reports
from other shores more distant are of com
plants of little or no moss at this time, when
there should be plenty.
a GREAT SEA MONSTER has appeared near Man
tanzas, Cuba One of the papers of that place
referring to it says: Intelligent persons who
saw him calculate that the monster measures
100 feet long by 40 feet wide. 1t is of dark gray
color, with white spots the size of dinner plates
all over the back. It's immense head, fins and
tail are Identical with those of shark. 1t was
roaming around the entrance to MantanZas bay
for three DAYS and was the error OF fishermen,
who declared chat they had never seen anything
to compare with 1t. This monster is supposed to
be lie great tiger shark seen several years ago
in the Indian ocean.
A RECENT LITTLE INCIDENT in the Indian Ter
ritory explains why the west is great and
why it grows SO quickly. 1t viii be well known
TO our readers that the Oklahoma boomers
have for some time past been trying to settle in
the territory, but have been hiudered by armed
force. In the present instance, their advanced
guard got g start Of thirty-six hours During
that time they had marked out new town, laid
ont the town lots and divided the ground among
themselves Waen they were seized they were
holding town meeting and considering a
proposition TO advertise for bids on an electric
light plant. Evidently the "lec ric light stands
hi n among the things considered necessary by
the wester settler.
COLTHARP AND Brown, placer mining on Snake
r.yer near Salmon Fails, Idaho, unearthed a
complete skeleton of a mastodon. It was buried
about twenty five feet under ground. The place
had 1T one time evidently been a whirlpool or
eddy OF the rive Many large bones nave been
found there but this last discovery was a per.
feet skeleton, il having without doubt been de-
posted there while tle hide was yet intact It
was about sixteen feet long, and it is estimated
that the pile OF boxes would weigh 5000 pounds
or more. The tuSkS were between six and seven
feet long. The tuskS and some of the huge
nOlarS and other bones were preserved, but it
was impossible TO save the skeleton entire, as
soon ter it was exposed it began to crumble.
BURGIAR-PRooF PATENT CATCH LOCKS while
they may give a man sense of security are
often a cause of embarrassment. A New
Haven Comm man had this fact painfully
illustrate on a recent morning. lie usually
gets DQgrDlnp nQgaF. without taking the
trouble to dress, by deftly putting mis- arm
through the onter door AMI picking it off the
door mat. 1t happ med to be breezv morn
ing. and the paper was blown to the end OF the
stOCp; 40 one was looking so the eager seeker
for news stepped without. Then n gust of wind
shut the door, aad he found himself alone and
Shivering in his striped paiamas. He supple
mented mis- scanty raiment with the morning
paper, and spent several anxious moments in
the back yard industriously throwing pebbles
at the servants window before he gained an
entrance.
AN ELECTRICAL sHoAL water indicator has been
devised by two Mexican inventors 1t consists
of a strong cylinder filed with shot so that
when hung by a cable from a ship it will remain
perfectly upright in the water. Embedded in
its center is glass or vulcarite tube half full
of me curry, the two endS being closed by me-
tallc plates, which are in communication, by
insulated wires carried by the cable with an
electric battery and bell on the deck Of the ship
The action Of the apparatus is as follows: When
the vessel approaches shallow water the cvIin-
der drags Oh the ground below, and is conSe-
quently no longer upright, but is thrown on its
side. This causes the mercury in the tube to
touch both the metallic plates attached to that
tube, as above explained; the electrical circuit
thus becou e. complete, and the warning bell
on the ship instantly rings.
ONE and only one, of the very populous CEN
ters or the worlds population still remains shut
up from travel; that is the capital of Thibet
The peculiar religion Of that country has had
force enough TO absolutely inclose Lhassa the
capital OF the Dalai Lama, from all approach
only six or seven EIroDeans ever set foot in
that city and none Of them are alive. But the
Famous Russian traveller, Prejsvasky, has made
three attempts, and is now about to make the
fourth. On the third he was obliged to turn
back after reaching within twenty miles of the
CITY. From one alone Of his expeditions he
brought back 5000 specimens Of plants, oesides
enormous collections of fish insects and ami
mals-One-ffth of the whole being new to sci
euce; 50 that his failures are in the highest
degree successes. Fifty years ago one-half of
the world was unknown ground.
ANOTHER STORY of an unnamed vessels ex-
tensive travelling comes from PARKWAY ian
island in the North Pacific oeean, via a circuit
Gus route, the San Francisco Alta, which OBJ
famed the story nom sailor, to whom 10 WAS
told by fellow tar in Australia The craft was
the ROCK Terrace owned in st. Johns ~ B. 1t
sailed from this city with petroleum for Hiogo
Japan early in March, 1887. About the close of
the following January, when in latitude 90 2j'
south, longitude, 1869 30 east, the schooner
struck sunken reef, but soon foated of.
though damaged. and for nineteen DAYS the
crew unsuccessfully worked at the pumps to
Tree the boat from water Eventually the men
abandoned the schooner, and for five months
with sails set. 1t roamed about until il finally
al a FAN