The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ranch. RE publishes q letter n q NGill
( paper adyisin. other sailors 20 do likewise.
I PAUL WALKER of Knox county, Ky. has a
/ a herd Of thirteen deer on his lands which have
become tame. lie feeds them just as he does
/ his other stock ana they seem TO enjoy the at
tentiOu that is given them. When he wants
venison he goes out to the herd and kills one,
/ just as he would q sheep.
! a PECULIAR STORY comes from Banner, Neb.
A new town called Harrisburg has grown up in
the same county. and recently an enterprising
/ citizen Of the hitter town went t. Banner,
| loaded the postoffice on his wagon, and carried
| il triumphanty to Harrisburg. Banner sue
ceeded in recovering it after a struggle.
A BULLDOG with a wonderful history is owned
| by J. Cram a new York millionaire. With his
master he has travelled throughout the world,
and three wears ago was lost on tiger hunt in
the iungles of India. Three days and much
money were spent find him He was found
| in a hollow tree. The dog is valued at $780,
J. D. Cox who is operating among the coal
| fields of Alabama, made a singular discovery a
few weeks since. A force of hands were at
work at the bottom of shaft $50 feet below
the surface, when they came upon the petrified
remains Of sheep 1t was in so perfect state
of pre- servation as to be- readily recognized. an
was kept intact for several days. after which it
was broken and the pieces distributed among
the miners as cures.
GEORGE H JOHNSON, a farmer living a few
that is u natural curiosity The most prominent
feature about his muleship is that he is just ex-
actly ISIS hands high or feet inches, so that
a man who stands feet il his stockings stand
ing by the mule S shoulders Just lacks two
inches of being nigh as the animal, and he
weighs in proportion to his height, tipping the
beam at 1.6l9 pounds.
TEXAS has its own idea of the marriage
ceremony. Judge Pruitt, of Centervle, re-
Gently performed marriage ceremony, which
was in substance as follows: DO you and each
of you SOlemnly swear that you are in earnest
about this business and that you will stand by
each other as husband and wife through thick
aud thin, sink or swim, live or die. survive or
perish?' Both parties no6ding their assent
they were pronounced man and wife.
TIE Boston Transcript Of Jan. &c contains
these two in its personal notes: A reception and
complimentary benefit ball was rendered to
Capt. Nicholas Costello, l06 years old at the
Globe rink, Haverhill last ght The veneer.
able centenarian was introduced to the audi
ence by Mayor Richards. Capt Costello led the
grand march. Charles King of Middleton was
1GS years old yesterday. He is of French origin
and, it is stated, has 400 lineal descendants He
retains his faculties to a remarkable degree
A SINGULAR ACCIDENT occur ed at Albany. IN.
W the other afternoon to a little 9-year-old
girl named Nellie Bradley. The child was play
ing with a toy balloon, with whistle attached
to it, when it suddenly slipped down her throat
and lodged in thu larnyx Efforts were made
to remove the balloon by a doctor wac was
called in soon after the accident ACQUIRED, but
1t was found impossible to do 50, the balloon
having become inflated by the child'S breathing,
and the victim was literally choked to death
REGARDING the ice question, the Worcester
Spy has this "A veteran ice cutter between
here and Boston is reported as saying that the
cold cycles change every five or seven years.
The prediction or opinion has been more than
verified within the past thirty years That is to
o. mot for ir,~r fl,a
latter part of February, and the season lasted
into March; then came the year 1868, five wears
int rvening; then 1870, seven years Intervening;
then 1874, four years intervening: then 1881
seven years intervening, and now we have the
seven years from 1881 to 1888
TREES of the palm family have larger leaves
than any others The Inaja palm, which grows
on the banks Of the Amazon, has leaves which
reach length of from 30 to 80 feet and are 10
or y feet in breadth. Specimens of the leaves
OF the TALBOT palm. native of Ceylon, have
been met with that are 70 feet long and is feet
! broad. These leaves are used bv the ne tives to
make tents and form very efficient shelters
from the rain. The leaves of the double cocoa
nut palm are often 30 feet long and several feet
vide. When the wind is strong they clash to-
gether with a noise that may be heard at a
great distance. Only one leaf is produced each
year, and they are SO firmly attached to the
stem of the tree and so strong in themselves
that man may sit on the end Of one and rock
to and fro in perfect safety.
ONE of the industries now followed in London
is that of separating and storing oxygen from
the atmosphere. This curious industry has an
application in the maturing of spirits and the
Improvement of beer This is far from being
the only application of pure oxygen. for which
the price Is good, but it is notable and no doubt
diStiilerS and bonders will give heed to the dis
covery. 1t is said that the oxygen. in contact
with spirits, accomplishes in a few DAYS what is
done by from three to five years by nature The
oxygen gets rid of the fusel oil quickly and as
TINS IS the most injurious property of spirits
| the consumer has an interest ia the matter as
well as the producer. maturing effect is also
produced on beer by adnliXture with oxygen
and obviously this gas is of high value for the
whole tribe of effervescng mineral waters.
BoGorA the capital of Columbia is situated
in the heart of the Andes something over
5000 feet above the sea level and ranks as the
third highest city on the western hemisphere,
Potosi and Quito only taking precedence There
Is peculiar tradition as 10 the event of its
founding, in 81. 1t is related that three Span
isrds set out with the purpose of selecting a
capital for the new vicerOvalty of New Grena-
ia. One entered the territory tnrough Venezu-
ell a second assembled the Maglalrna while
the tAirds gateway was by tho Pacific coast
All meeting on the spot waera the city is now
located on the same day, with true Spanish
superstition they hailed Il q an omen" and
with great Formally founded the present city
uud"r the name OF Santa Fe de BOgOta "
Later the santa Fe' was dropped and it re-
mains simDly Bogota. Its population is esti-
mated at about 60 COO
AMONG the persons sent to the San Francisco
almshouse last week was Antonio Sotomayor,
a gray haired Mexican woman, with sparkling
black eyes and form withered but straight.
The entry opposite her name was an unusual
one, she being recorded as born in Sonora
Mexico, In liS3. and therefore 100 ya1rs of age
san francisco paper states that har life has
been romantlc. in er youth she having been
one OF the greatest heirasses in texico. one of
the revolutions there, however, beggared her
husband, and since then she has been more or
less of wanderer, at ono time being an inter
prefer OF the Naqui Indians in their dealings
with the Mexican government. OF late the old
woman has been growing lonely and discon-
tented, and therefore yielded 10 the solicitations
OF ner daughter. Maria Lazuricl. to enter the
aims ouse. TIE daughter. who is 20 years old
Is also an inmate Of at institution.
CoNNECTICUT has an eccentric character-a
taxide tmist-who occupies alone an old house
in what is known as the "Stratford swamp"
He leads virtually 2 hermit's lie, though he oc-
casionaily visits Bridgeport, always travelling in
a rickety WAGON drawn by an oS, which he has
taught 70 obey the rains. His house is described
as museum or curiostieS. Animals and birds
stuned ~ himself are thicRly streWn in differ
eht portions OF the main roo n, and a small ad-
Jolnlng room is occu. sed by collie elton of live
snakes. He las no fear of snakes whatever
door of the room IS opened be will coolly enter
and pick up in his bare hand whatever snake he
desires TO show his visitor. Residents Of STRAIT
fOfQ are quoted x SaViun that fhey hava oftan