The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| N lecture at New YORK a young convert
from BrahaInism, Mr.. Vishun, gave the number
| OF christians now in India, including protest
| ants and Catho les, as aOout 3,OOlUOO and said
that If the increase il the number of CONVEX
slons should continue as in the last ten years
| the whole Of India, with lbs population Of over
2O.OOJ,OJ0, would be christiaaized within a
century.
NOT LONG SINCE Once Week published a
marvellous story of how young man set out to
escort his cousins lady love across the sea, and
now ne won her affections, and after a ship
| wreck took her back to Finland and married
\ her a very romantic and impossible little
story. one would say. But here's a real one
| that matches IL. Samuel Piper, from Scotland
| cam over two years ago to make his fortune in
| chicago. Last May he sent a ticket to his
sweet cart to come over and be married. She
started, but fell in love with the steward of the
steamer and now refuses to marry poor Piper,
Out VIII marry the steward instead.
THERE seems to be an extraordinary large
crop" of snakes this seas On. Along the noun
tain on the east side OF the Hudson valley, near
Greenwood lake, persons who are looking for
| UheIn can md pilots, adders, rattlesna les and
0ther poisonous reptiles in great abundance
Jonn Hallock, farmer who lives at Green
wood lake, one day last week killed large
| addef and prot snake. He said afterward that
| ne conSlGered t poor year for snakes when
| ne dld not kill a dozen rattlers and as many
pllot snakes. One day recently two rattle
snakes were killed between Stanhope and
/ l.
THE SwEDEs of the United States are makir q
| preparations to celebrate the thrtieth anniver-
| sary of the landing of the first of their coun-
| trymen who came TO this country. The actual
GATE or the landing Is not known. A settlement
o. oWedeS was maze in Delaware 25! years ago
| on ana bought from William Penn, and that is
the only established date concerning the early
coming of the Sweles to this country but it is
known that an pedtion set out from Sweden
nearly hal, century before and Landed on
[ VA nI
tue Swedes have concluded to call it 80 years
and maze Sept ii Swedish Day. There will q
cei7bra ions all over the country.
A GENTLEMAN, acco npanied y his wife, called
the other day at a Portland, Ne. ticket office
and a ked for ticket to his home, which 1 Q
stated was Fort Yer uillion. He was not su
prlsed when told at the office did not b ave
such ticket and contented himself with a
TIC let TO Montreal, remarking incidentally
that he hardly ected to be ticketed through
since his home is !, 200 miles from any railroad
station Such remarkable distance from a
railroad in these days of quick TRANSFORMATION
was surprising, nor was his next statement
any less so. 1t s 700 miles from his home to
| posi- office. newspaper published not more
than two months before is a great rarity in
that iar-away northern home
Two cedar DOORS over 4sO years old. have
been received by Mead & Taft, at Cornwall. N.
Y. from Mexico, to be placed in the residence
of Mrs R. S. Hays, at Millbrook Duches,
the old Catholic monaSteres which were
erected in Mexico directly after the great mas
sacre in t e year 1900 Each door is 4 feet bv &
feet in size AM i cheS thick an their wei Sht
is 600 pounds each. The stiles and rails are
worked from solid wood and are fastened with
wooden nails There ere probably no hinges
when these doors were made, as they appear to
nave Deen hung on lvot The wood carving
is pialn and deep, and one door bears a fine
specimen OF tde art in the form of a cross of
leaves; These relics were purchased by Mrs.
n nj frNr,r- fE,,1,,
HERE is a man who ought to be better known
to fame. His name is Charles E. Siseme, and
he is an English traveller fresh from India. who
was present in the breakfast room of the La
thorp citation the other morning. saw Terry
assault Judge Fl Id. saw the rutfian slot dead
and, through the whole of that extrao!din
adalr, which made sensation for the entire
continent, went on calmly eating his breakfast
at the same table The explanation is easy MIR
Slseme was new arrival and didn't promo ,e to
write himself down d greenhOrn by displaying
aStonshment at anything He doubtless reads
the Sdtlt day ReUiec and the London TeLe0roDh
regularly was proudly conscious that he was
well formed about all the customs of the
country, including shooting ARRAYS at break
fast In railroad stations, and simply didn't pro-
pose to give himself away We wish to have il
distinctly understood that Mr.. Siseme is no ten
deTfOOt.
STORIES about the burial i've of persons
continue to come along, although, perhaps 90
per cent. of them are totally without founda- |
ton. Certain interest attaches to them, how
ever, he ce their publication. Here's one from
abroad: lady residing at Dorbisch in Ro |
hema, where she owned considerable property.
was CURED last week after brief illness in the |
family vault at the local cemetery, Four davs
afterward her granddaughter was inferred in
the same place, but as the stone slab covering |
the aperture was raised the bystanders were
nor ified to see that the lid of the cJfin below
hal been raised, and that the arm of the corpse |
was protruding. 1t was ascertained eventually
that tue unfortunate lady, who was supposed to |
nave died OF heart disease, had been buried |
awe. she had evidently recovered conscious
ness for few minutes and had found strength |
enoug to burst open her coffin The authori- |
ties are bent on taking measures OF the utmost
severity against those responsible.
GIRL TRAMP, wearing male attire, was ar |
rested in Cincinnati one day this week on sus- |
plcion of being crook. At the station house |
She told this story of her life Il came here |
from Indiana polls on freight train. Rode all |
the way on the bumpers I've been a tramn
for two years, working when | had to and
begging living when it was possible | never
naq nome and never lived in a house. My |
father was horSe-trader and pedd.er and |
Travelled all over the country in wagon with |
my mother and myself. suppose I was horn
IN wagon as never knew what it was to live /
In house While on the road | took to wear.
| e med's cl theS for convenience and have
kept it up ever since. About two wears ago |
near Vincennes, my mother died from old age |
bill and soon died himself. l was left alone |
anu had to strike out for myself So I've been |
trampng yer since. I've no relatives in the |
world that know of, and nobody else that
cares for me. like the lite l lead and intend |
to keep at 1t. got in this morning on the train
and, leaving it at the yards, started ont to oef
something to eat or do stable man offpred |
me a job driving team, but was fraid they'd |
find me OUT
The FACT that James E. Campbell, the pros |
pective democratic candidate for governor of |
Ohio, voluntarily gave up his pension, makes |
him marked man. There are said to be onlv |
two or three similar cases on record. Mr.. |
Campbell gave up his pc sion in 1873 imme- |
uattly atter passing the medical examination
tor lie insurance. He said nothing apout il 10
any one, however, and five or six We RS later |
when he became candidate for Congress. one
OF the issues OF the day was the extravapance
OF the republicans in spending money for pen |
slonS Mr.. Campoel's opponent thoupht no |
saw an opportunity TO make a int So IN his |
speeches. he dwet in a very mean way on the |
alleged TACT that Campbell himself was n men.
sloner he repeated this statement for several |
days without meeting with contradiction. and |
then Campoelis friends published the Wnole |
story aJout his having given up his pension, |
Campbell was elected on the strength of il |
Stlll at first great many doubted 'Investi |
gate the record they said, land you wifi find |
that Campo lis pension was taken from him
for good and sufficient reasons" The record |