The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THREE YEARS AGO small fig tres was placed
in the open space which was made by taking IN
a 6rlck IN court in TIE ar of R jenkins
once at Marysviile Cal. From the day the It ee
light has reached it, and it now stands AZ = HIGHT
! OF over twenty feet, and has very heavy cron
OF hgs upon it. A number of people WAC nave
tested the fruit pronouncs it very fne.
TIE PAYMENT of the employees Of the park
department New York, will be delayed for sew.
eral days this month. as the pay-roHs have been
| Eoeurnsd 20 the department from the controli-
| er once Tor correction. One of the vigi.ant
| AUDITORS IN the coltroll-r's Office returned the
| rolls with the inquiry: why has Mr.. Avery y
street car rare one day. and on another only 10
| cents for the same distancegn An investigation
Will be made to find out the reason.
| REMARKABLE FEAT has just been completed
by Julius G. Ellinger, a cooper of AlIegan.
Mich. making 10000 barrels in forty weeks.
WORKING eight hours per day, which beat ali
| records or b1rrel-makng in the United States
| livery Save head, hoop and nail must be
| nauo ed separately. and some slaves from one
10 three times. In making 10000 barrels it
| tO'OOJ hoops and 900 nails. It would require
| ten box cars to carry the timber and fifty to
| carry the finished barrels
IT is STATED in the ReichsDehr that success.
ful trials have been made privately with a new
| explosive prepared by an Austrian officer.
| l1iCsAt. huolh IL Is called 'ecraSite, " and is
| sdld TO oe very pow rful, and at the same time
| lnsenSloe to mechanical and atmospheric in
| uuehces An armored tower, covered with q
Io-centlmeter stsel cupola a, was bombarded, and
| an ecraslte Shell broke through the cupola. de-
| stroyed the inner parts of the tower and shat
| tered It's walls. Earthworks were penetrated to
| the depth OF about five feet.
The JEWS of New York propose to erect a
mission building, to cost $500, 900, and a fair is
20 0e he'd in aid of the project It is said that
<o,OOv hebrew immigrants arrive in New York
yearly OF whom 10000 remain IN the city There
are now about 100000 of them in the downtown
districts, the condition of large proportion of
whom 1t is the duty of their more fortunate and
enlightened brethren to better. In the new
building will be established kindergarten, in
dustr1al classes, free lectures libraries and in
SIructlon In various departments.
| ONE of the features of military driN in the
Russian army is the training of soldiers to swim
In battalions, at the same time using their
meapons. Az the recent annual military
maneuvers in the presence of the car a fine
eXhlbitlon of proficiency was given in this
direction. large force of infantry swan
across wide lake in full marching order, with
IAe nelp or faSclneS made of reeds and r1lshes
| or or inflated sheepskins. AT the same time
they kept up lively fire on the boats of a SUD-
| posed enemy who were disputing their passage.
Two ACCIDENTS, involving severe, if not fatal,
| injuries to half dozen persons, are reported
| from the Bavarian and Austrian Alps. In one
case two gentlemen from Frankfort-on-the-
MAIN tined, with the assistance of two guides
to ascend the Ortler Spite, but the whole party
missed their footing and fell from a precipice
Inc Two guides were severely injured, while the
toutists themselves sustained dangerous bruises.
On the same day North German tourist with
ms guide fell down the mountain side and both
were severely injured. Greater precautions. it
IS SAID, are to be taken by the authorities in
AuUure 10 prevent inexperienced tourists from
exposing themselves to danger out Of mere idle
curiosity.
The ANNUAL REPORT of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, just made public, is one of
the most remarkable in its history. The net
balance earned by the Western Union in the
year ending with last June was the largest by
more than $500 900 in the company's history
and the surplus would be equally large in pro,
portion but for th9 increased dividend paw
mentS OF the year. The average cost of mes
sa yes was ~ cents in 1883, against 2S2 cents in
the preceding year; but no reduction in the
average charge for messages was made this
item remaining at an average of 81. 2 cents or
the same as in 1888 Inasmuch as the net profits
Tor stockholders was increased this year by an
enormous amount, and the surplus balance re-
ported on hand is between eight and nine
millions, 1t seems as though reduction in rates
ought to have been result.
INNUMERABLE STORIES are told by the Anglo
Indian press of tho adventures of the famous
| Bill dacoit VINO was lately captured Tantia
| had way of suddenly disappearing and rean
pearng that to the native mind savored of the
supernatural. At one time, when there was a
hue and cry, he appeared as a barber, and be-
| gan to minister to the native policeman who
was leading the hunt. Under the inspiration
/ of shaving, the policeman prattled gayly of his
| intended capture. o, yes, ne knew what man
| ner of man Tantia was: could tell him at a
J glance. There was no doubt that the dacoit's
! days were numbered: the reward was as good
! as in the policemans pocket. Whereupon
| Iantla' the barber, with his razor at the mans
| throat, quietly introduced himself, and, after a
J few words of humorous admonition, left the
/ astonished minion of the law. minus the tin of
/ his nose, which the amateur barber whisked off
! in frolic.
/ AN INTERESTING RETURN recently presented
| TO the British parliament shows the receipts
and expenditure of the treasury solicitor during
| 1888 in the administration of estates reyerting
| to the crown by reason of the owners diving
| intestate, etc. The total received was no less
| than e170,476. The balances in hand at the
| commencement of the year were e3O4 2S2 and
| after various payments they reached, at the
1 close OF the year, the sum of R313,551. II is
noted that the crowns rig hts to real and person
| al property OF the value of 1886 were waived
| aud that sum of 822, 632, bequeath-d to the
| chancellor OF the exchequer by ''would-be
| national debt extinguisher," has been trans
ferred to a special account In schedule is
/ given an alphabetical list of seventy estates
| which fell to the crown during the year. vii b The
| names and addresses of the intestates but the
! amount OF eac estate is not stated 1t appears,
| however, from parliamentary returns on the
| subj ct, tn since the passing of the treasury
| solicitors act, 1876, under which these estates
| are administered, considerably over Ell 900. OIO
has been received by the crowns nominee"
! The MACHINERY of the Scottford Manufact
uring Company at Kenosha, Wis, has been
acting very queerly for the last few nights. ON
/ Oct. the Waterman said that when he was
| down stairs the machinery up stairs started
| running and that when he went I'D stairs tn
| ascertain the cause, the machinery up stairs
| Immediately stopped and the machinery down
stairs commenced to run. Upon coming down
| again he saw something white at the other end
| of the room, which vanished when he threw the
| rays o the dark Lantern upon it. In the morn
| ing the Waterman told Mr.. Scottford what had
| happened, and the next evening Mr. Scottford
staid with the Waterman. About 10 O'Clock
| the machinery commenced as on the previous
| night on the second Fl or, and when thew both
| went up stairs it again stopped and Commenced
| down stairs They then went down stairs and
| it commenced above as before. MIR Scottford
| fired with revolver through the floor but IL
| had no effect. Saturday night six watchmen
| we're hired, but when the machinery started
| they all fled. About three months ago young
| man named James Costello was killed by his
| clothes being caught on a set-screw on rapidly
| revolving shaft IN these works, and .Iievers in
| spirits do not hesitate to hold the departed
| spirit of the young man responsible for the
| phenomenal action of the machinery.
| In MAINE COMPANY recently the converse