The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A HOUSEHOLD at Buffalo. composed wholly Of
women, keep a couple of mems hats and an
overcoat on the hall rack as device to scare
away burglars.
AN 8-YEAR-oLD LAD Richard Freeman, of st.
Louis, while trying to see how long he could
hold his breath burst blood vessel, and few
moments later died.
A DOG at Fosters Meadows, L. l.. after being
absent from home five days, was found with
another dog, which was almost frozen to death,
on the sep Of his masters home. He had
dragged the dog from some unknown place and
saved its life.
THE MEANEsT MAN in the world is named
Brown and he lives at Moberly Mo. He sold
his neighbor Jones half interest in a COW and
then refused to divide the milk, maintaing that
Jones owned the front half OF the cow The
COW recently hooked Brown, and now he is
suing Jones for damages.
A GENTLEMAN was arrested in New York
day or two ago for assault. His defense was
that he had merely defended himself from an
assailant who had threatened to kick lung out
of him. LAS l amt got but one lung he fur
Their explained, Il ups and hits him in the rib"
On this showing the rib-hitter very properly
was discharged.
THE TRUAPETER who congratulated the Ger
man emperor early on the morning Of his maj
estys birthday anniversary by a joyous blast
from his instrument, has been fined marks for
giving signal which was not required, but his
Imperial master has put balm into the wounds
which the fine inflicted on the patriotic trumpe-
ter by expressing to him, in a personal audi
ence, his pleasure at the birthday salutation,
and presenting him with TO note
THE following are the latest statistics con-
corning Niagara Falls: The outline of the
American falls is about /, 200 feet and the hight
about les feet The descent in the rapids above
the American falls is about 40 feet to the half
mile The outline of the Horseshoe fall is about
1900 feet, the hight about 1853 feet and the de-
scent in the rapid above about 55 feet to three
quarters of mile. The volume of water pass
ing over both falls is about IS 100000 cubic feet
per minute, or about one cubic mile per week,
or 81 cubic miles per year
THE North China Herald tells the following
story of Canton Christman festival During
German theatrical performance there was some
practice with what were apparently heavy
weights, and at she conclusion the performer
swung one of them round and hurled it to the
audience. 1t should have opened and covered
the spectators with flowers, but by some acct
dent it remained closed and struck Mr.. AlabaS
ter on the mouth, breaking several of his teeth
and causing serious wound in the face, which
had to be sewn up CHANGING off Mr.. Alabaster
it struck the lady next to him rather savag4ly
on the shoulder, and then hit the American
consul.
THE jail in Morris county, n. j., boasts of a
dwarf less than 4 feet high. who probably
drinks more water than any other man in the
State. Formerly he was the champion whisky
drinker of his district, and for habitual drum
kenness and diSorderly conduct he was commit
It'd to the jail some weeks ago. At first the
sudd n cutting of of his customary allowance
OF strong liquor almost FRUSTRATED BIN. Re-
Gently however, he has developed passion for
water that is more pronounced than his old
craving for whisky. He drinks, it is said gal
lon every night, and accosts the first keeper he
sees in the morning with a demand for more.
During the hours OF daylight he requires from
eight to ten quarts to asSuage his thirst, and
still com plains of dryneSs of the tonsils. He
says he never feltsin better health in his life.
SAYS the Woman's Journal: Mrs. David
Welts of North Parkman, Me-, whose house
was burned recently, is a heroine When the
buildings took fire Mrs. Welts was aoue, with
the exception Of boy two years of age She
carried the little boy and two feather beds from
the burning house, telling him to remain quiet
while she went to the barn. She succeeded in
saving the stock, consisting of three horses.
four cattle and ten sheep, though the barn was
filled with binding smoke. Stock and sheep
both went back to the burning building, and
had to be driven out the second time. She saved
one shote by taking him by force from the pen.
One other obstinately refused to be saved and
was burned. Mrs. Welts returned to her boy
to find his clothes on fire as well as both beds
She eXtinguished this incipient conflagration,
and then turned her attention to the jumper
standing near the shed. Jumper and cushion
were fire, but this, too, sne extinguiShed
and the jumper was removed to a safe dis
lance About this time Mr.. Welts, with neigh
borS, arrived.