The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-04
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church, where the service was performed a
second time.
TIE LAST RETURNS Of the central statistical
bureau Of Stockholm give the population of
Sweden at the end of 1888 as 4748 257, against
All, 1se at the end Of 1885. The rural popula-
ton amounted to 1855, 049, and the urban to
SoO.2OS, but the latter is increasing steadily
The number of males was 2,30!, 104, and of
f,males. 2.447, 1853.
HE number OF persons employed 10 1888 In
and about mines in the United Kingdom under
the coal mines regulation act was 534.9s5, of
whom 3,so5 were women working above ground
In these mines there were s21 fatal accidents
and sSS deaths, the number of accidents being
less than In the preceding year, and the.number
Of deaths 10Y less.
GENTLEMAN who died recently near Berlin
desired TO have his tombstone decorated by the
following legend: II believe in one saviogir-in
MN everybody must believe, of whatever relig-
Ion ne may be-and he is death, for he releases
us from all our troubles" This has been DONE
and now the parish authorities have re7Rested
the heirs to remove the gravestone.
The Turkish ambassador in Paris has pro-
tested to the French government against the
production of DeBornier's play of "Mahomet,"
founded upon the life and adventures of the
founder OF Islam, which has been accepted by
the Theater Francois. He has only succeeded
IN obtaining the assurance that no disrespect
shall be shown to Mahomet's memory.
BY ORDER OF the kaiser an extremely interest
ing historical picture has been sent to the Ber-
lin academy for exhibition. It IL called "Em-
peror Frederick's First and Last Review
ms touching scene took place in the month of
May last year, on one of the days when his
late majesty seemed to be somewhat better,
while he was at Charlottenburg palace.
The HUNGARIAN BOARD OF TRADE is making
plans for an important reform. The charges
for teegraphic messages are to be organized
afresh, and to be proportionate to the distances
| TO which the messages are sent. Two kreuzers,
or less than a cent per word. will be the charge
for kilograms to Austria. Local messages will
be charged half kreuzer, or the twentieth part
OF cent. per word.
DURING the recent visit OF the car to Berlin,
Prince Bismarck went to a performance at the
opera for the second time in twenty-four years
Both visits were of a purely formal character.
The chancellor makes no secret of his distaste
for the operate music, and once told his late
private secretary, Won Busch, that he would
rather any day listen to a hurdy- gurdy than the
| finest tenors and sopranos in the world.
A. G. CARR, the "app,e king" of Kennebec
county, Me-. has raised queer apple this year.
The sweet and sour portions are distributed in
alternate layers extending from ste N to blow
and from one-half to one inch wide, and can be
distinguished by the color and texture of the
outside skin. The apple grew in the famous
Pulen, or Benson, orchard in East Monmouth
and there are said to be several trees which
bear this peculiar variety of fruit.
THE OTHER NIGHT John Burns of Ansonia
Conn, went out after rabbits with his dog.
Within a mile of the center of the borough his
dog freed an animal which Mr.. Burns thought
must be a coon. He took good aim and brought
1t down. 1t proved to be a fine silver-gray fox
very large, and with his coat in excellent con-
dlton The tree was pine with limbs grow
ing close to the ground. 1t is the first instance
known in local annals of silver-gray foxes in
that section, let alone one climbing tree
CHARLES RozELL. JR., died at his fathers
house, in Litchfeld, Mich, Oct "A, aged 40
years. This man was born without a spinal
column, and had been Obliged to lie prone upon
his back all his life. He never walked step,
aud lived most of the time in a room built and
adapted especially to his peculiar necessities.
He could talk and feed himself but was not
very bright intellectually. so that his entire life
was almost as blank as that of mollusk. Few
but members of his family have seen him.
SETH GERRY, of South Robbinston, Me-, while
engaged in some work about his yard last
Thursday afternoon. noticed a large bull moose
grazing In the field back of the house Mr.
Gerry Immediately went to his room aud got
his ride, threw up the window sash and fred
The bullet entered the breast of the moose ano
he Immediately started to run but another bul.
let from Mr.. Gerry's rifle took effect in his side
bringing him to the ground. The moose stood
16 hands high and weighed $50 pounds.
THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN, which has just been
laid down at Portsmouth, will, when completed,
be the largest warship in the world. She will be
finished, with all stores and guns on board, by
1898. This vessel is one of the four modern
armored batteships of $4,000, tons burthen
which are to be built under the special admit
rally programme and is to carry as her heavy
armament four 67-ton guns of 49, -inch caliber,
disposed in two barbettes supported by DOW
erful battery of 6-inch and quick-fring guns.
A BAILEY HOLLOW, Pa, HUNTER recently saw
a weasel hopping over the dead leaves in a
piece of woods near Dalton, lodging and sniff
fing at the ground as it ran. Soon the hunter
saw that the weasel was in pursuit of a rabbit
and presently he got sight of the latter When
the rabbit discovered that it was being chased
by its deadly foe it darted into hole The
weasel followed it and stayed in the hole for
several minutes. Then it skipped into the hole
of another rabbit where it remained about the
same length of time. When it reappeared the
hunter shot it as it was making for the burrow
of another rabbit On cutting the weasel omen
he found that its stomach was chock full of
blood, and the hunter made up his mind that
the active little creature had gorged itself on
the blood of two rabbits since he first caught
sight of it.
AN EXCITING SCENE was witnessed in Queens
town harbor about a week ago. After the In
dian troop ship Euphrates had embarked her
full complement of troops for Malta and Bonn
bay, her hawsers were cast off from the wharf
and while steaming rapidly out to sea- Cant
Clark of the First Worcester regiment arrived
by the mail train from Dublin The officer was
much excited at seeing the Euphrates leaving
him behind, and, sooner than lose his passage
to India, he decided to give her chase He sue
ceeded in securing the services of very fast
steamer, the Flying Fox, and, generously ac-
commodating with a passage two marines who
had stopped ashore too long, gave chase after
the big troop ship, displaying signals to the
trooper to stop her engines After an excitino,
chase the Euphrates slowed down her engines
and Capt Clark was transferred to her from the
Flying Fox amidst mucht cheering from his
brother officers on board. . .sS
' THE Quinnipiac Clubsth ancient New Haven
organization, Of WHICH ex-Goy. James Z.
English is prominent member, IN accordance
with its tradition Of the past century, visited
the monster oak at Woodbridge, Conn. Friday.
For years the club held arihuAt October meet
ings under the famous oak. tho r4nfs Of, which
showed it to be 1000 years old, This year the
ravages of decay necessitated the cutting down
of the tree, and it has disappeared from the
Sherry farm, where it stood. The stump is
there, however. 1t has a circumference Of Is
feet, and the members of the club do not intend
TO let the memories Of it fade from their recol-
lection. The club men dined off the great
stump. After spend ng pleasant afternoon
the gentlemen returned TO the city where at
the club rooms, Gov English presented to the
club a massive throne-like chair, elegantly
carved and made wholly from the wood of the
old oak In the club room is a picture of the
old oak. 1t was taken two years ago
THE KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS has Just de.
cided strange suit in regard to the enforce