The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-03
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ERNEST R. AcKERxAN Of New York has an
umbrella that he bought in Liverpool 10 13 %. 1t
has been all over Europe and America with him,
aud Mr.. Alderman estimates that he has car
/ ried it 100000 miles.
1 AMONG the marriage licenses recently issued
in Philadelphia was ons permitting Wtaidys
I tawa Butczrinska to wed Piotro icy Ntadys.
/ tawa, and another that will be the means of &C.
menting Stanislau Tooolski and Ma yuma Skin
atowiak.
/ ONE of the objects of curiosity at Kennebunk-
/ port. Ne, is the stone house Rev. Z. L. Clarke
of New York built of rocks hauled out of the
sea at low tide by oxen. Rev. Mr.. Clarke put
on his overalIS and sLeered the steers part of the
time himself.
! An OLD BACHELOR, who has just died at Earis
hofen. left to his servant 2 shilings day. to
his dog l shilling to his cat pence. and to some
OF his nearest relatives Shillings, 10 shillings
or 81 as legacies. The rest of his fortune
becomes the property of the parish.
/ THE number of field officers in the JaDanese
army is 1866, including !. general. 12 heuten-
ant generals, IS major generals, 80 colonies.
o. lieutenant colonies. 295 colonel majors, 1854
captai s, 1,lS9 fist Ga $ subca tains and zoos
( second class sub-captains. The n Imber of non
commissioned officers and file is <I420i.
A YOUNG MAN. aged 81, committed suicide at
Leeds after writing this letter: II am going to
commit suicide on Friday morning. as want
to be buried on bank holiday (MondaY), SO that
/ shall disappoint my cousin Annie, who il to be
MARI d o That day. so there will be funeral
instead of wedding. hope you viii attend
my funeral will meet you in heaven
DESIGN for new postage stamp has been
prepared by st. Louis printing house and sent
broadcast over the country for approval 1t il
a green stamp, two inches square and CO itains
IN rrV.uff 80 INhr S.,l 10 -1..
/ On the top are the words: ~. S. Our
COuntry'S Champion" and on the bottom:
| Too Big to be Licked"
The following advertisement appeared in a
! recent number of the London Tablet: ITO
Parents-Unruly girls and boys of any age
visited and punished at their homes by a
thorough discipnarian accustomed to admin
lister corporal punishment. A | hal habits cured
by one or two atte Adances. Fee. five shilngS
for two visits. Address Birch. "
\ CARRIAGE ROAD to the top of Pixies Peak
has just been completed. 1t begins at Cascade
canyon, and extends sixteen miles until it
/ reaches the very summit of the mountain IA, 147
| feet abo the level of the sea. There is one
point, Grand View, where, at an ttude of
1889 feet, one NAV See the smoke of loco
motive crossing Marshall Pass, ninety miles
away.
| SINGING BIRD TOURNAMENTS seem to be an
English institution, judging by this regulation
style of reports from London sporting journal:
| "A hnnet handicap took place on Aug. II at the
| cooper Arms, Hyde road, HOXtOn. Result:
| Albert,s bird beat Wal erS, K. Waacss bird
| beat Ted SchoG las, Dicks bird beat Harry's
Albert's and Wallace's birI then sang off, both
sconne score II. In the final Waaces bird
won with score chalkS, against score IA
j. w. DOUGLASS stands higher than any other
man in Henry county, Missouri. He is feet 9
inches in hight. He was raised in Cooper
county, near BoOnville, Mo. He says when he
was l6years old he weighed 230 pounds. He
has a son - years old who weighs 200 pounds
and is almost feet tail. Mr.. Douglass saws
that he did most of bis growing after he was
q He stoops down when he goes through
doors that an average hight man touches with
an uplfted hand. He measures 40 inches from
! center of back to tip Of finger.
VERY peculiar ailment has broken out
| am ong the inhabitants of Peru, Ind 1t is the
| result of the sting of an insect which resembles
the ordinary house fly though a trifle larger.
The patients do not feel the bite but after TWEEN
ty-four hours the parts whicn have been bitten
become swollen and feVerlSh. and there is the
most int nse pain indicating blood poisoning
Some OF the patients have lain for days in The
most critical condition, and fatal results are an
tlclpated IN some cases.
THE phenomenal success of the great camp
meeting near Camargo, ILL.,, is attracting atten-
ton all over That part of the country Thou
sands flock to the camp grounds almost every
day. Public sympathy in behalf of the Pente-
cost band, who are conduct < the services is
aroused TO The highest ptcl by the recent in
carcsratlon in &c co nmon Jail at TuScola of
two youn- Ladies belonging TO the same organ
ization, engaged in the revival work at that
place for n other offense tnan preaching and
praying too loud.
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY received a
bequest of 100000 from John w. Mccoy, a
wealthy merchant who died last week in Balti-
more. He also gives to this institution his
library and to the Peabody institut, his .,aIlerv
of paintings The university is made residuary
legatee. The remainder of the estate, valu I'd
at about S150,0J0, is diYiied among friends
wel-known in the literary world, among them
Col Richard N;acolm johnson, the sJuChern
writer, who gets $4,000.
PIGEON FLYING is growing to be an absorbing
amusement in England particularly among the
Birmingham laborers. The spread of the
sport has developed quite new branch
OF railway traffic. 1t is the practice
of flyers to send their birds in
baskets, addressed to to the stato master at a
particular alton, with a request that he release
them, mark on the label the time that they were
released. and return the basket. This request is
regularly grant ID. The officials rather like the
work In cloudy weather porterS have been
known to feed birds for three day before setting
them free. ''''e
| DR.. BRAND, young Frenchman, has discov-
cred or invented new clre for consumDtion
/ We have had the cold water cure and now we
are going to have the cold fresh air cure
Slowly accustoming the patient to the action of
air. DR.. Br md first opens the window. then
/ moves the bed on which the subject" is Jyino
every day little nearer to it. The last sta ge of
the cure consists in sleeping in the open air re-
CARELESS wind rain or snow. 1t is said that the
1our patients who submitte to the kill-or cure
treatment last winter have ne home to
1 Their families rejoicing, every conslml,tive
symptom haYlng disappear ed. This way of cur
/ ing consum ii N is not absolutely new having
9een nrst tire some years ago at Falkestein
Inc treatment is composed of eighty CENTER
| OF creosote, eight of iodoform thirty of give
crime; arr rain and snow al hbititnl
| In the course of an evening at Paris, when the
shah was entertained at the Elysee, the Senegal
lianprince Dinah Salifou was introduced to him.
Tn light of Asia stared at his African cousin
Tor some time without speaking word. But
| the negro did not stand it long In the most DIS
daintul way he turned round on his heels and
/ walked maJeStlcaily ont of the circle The shah
| looked rather abashed and understanding that
! he had made biunder, 70 lowed Dinah- Salifou
into the next room to make up for his incivilitv
| He found the offended prince sitting quietly in
| an eaSv CHAIR and talking to some people around
| him. lie speaks rench correctly aud a little
! Engl sh. lie cid not move an inch The shah
came up gracously, and for some ten minutes
an amusing and rather extraordinary scene
| could be witnessed, the successor of A taxerxes
| standing beside the seat wher- the negro nrinca
was lying in a half recumbent position, and botb
engaged in an apparently amiable coat