The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

called out TO assist in searching for lost children.
The YOUNGEST DEPUTY SHERIFF in the United
States was appointed last week by the sheriff of
Queens county, New York His name is Sedden
Weller, and he is II years old.
MEN working in an old cellar on Larned street.
Detroit, dug out several cannon balls. The place
where they were found was near the site of
Tort magazine during the war of 1872
The HEALTH OF LORD TENNYsoN is now COM
pletely restored. The aged poet may almost
dai.y be en- frequenting the beautiful drives in
the neig bOrhoo of :Ha -lemere while it is not
unusual to see MIN walking.
A LARGE FORCE of men are now at work in
Coyocan, south of the City of Mexico, digging
Tor the treasure supposed to have been hidden
by Montezuma. Tney are confident OF success
tools
THERE is a man in st. Paul who boasts that
he has not taken a bath for seven years, and
demon ceS with a good deal of vigor the prac-
Ice OF bathing a necesSa v to the comfort of
Tue average Am .rican citizen as that of eating.
Tnls queerly constructed individual is a hack
man,
The STATE of the gem market may be thus
described: The price of emeralds and rubies is
yearly increasing. Diamonds and white pearls
are not getti dearer. Black pearls have been
Increasing steadily in price for the last four or
nVe yearS-i1 fact, it is almost impossible to
supply the demand for them.
The AVERAGE NUMBER of fires in New York is
$500 year. or about seven a day. OF these
one-half are due to heating apparatus, chin
neys. owes AMI boilers, and the other half are
que TO electric lights, gas, mate es, and the use
Oh kerosene The numDer OF incendiary fires in
year In New York is about fifty.
A HINT for briehess barristers in other coun-
trie' may be gained fro n their learned brothers
in Fran e.. Some of the junior members of the
Iegai profesSiol in Paris have placed cir
services at the disposition of the manager of the
Anolgu for the trial scene ia Roger lie Honte,'
ana their offer has been gratefully accepted.
PITA, the new remedy for hydrophobia re-
Gently discovered in Spain, seems to be a name
given to the flower stalk of aloe a plant com
mon In some parts OF Spain. The story goes
that its vir ues we're discovere acid .ntalIy nv
man in a fit of hydro )hobia fal ing upon an
aloe plant and unconsciously btlng tire stem
Col. SHEPARD is trying a nav style of coach
on Fifth avenue New York, not unlike those
run by the company n Central park. 1t holds
SIX cen passengers. AMI is hi h enough to per-
NIT a tall man TO stan up inside without seri-
GUS discomfort. The driver sits under hood.
II the coach shall work well there Will be others
for wlnt. USE 14lV
AT THE FOOT of Sand mountain, Alabama,
there is large box bearing the inscription:
Drop coin in the slot and draw out whisky
at the rate Of 81 a gallon" Tnis automatic
Dei 10 hHOWu as a DINO tlg0r,' Inc man who
was arraigned for running this box barroom
escaped conviction, as it was impossible to
prove his ownership.
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS of George Eliot are said
to be very rare. She generally addressed only
near ana 'ar friends, consequent the gentry
VINO make trade of be uil ng pol tie notes from
authors and selling them have not found her a
paving subject. sometimes in ner early DAYS
S ne sig 70 ner letters George Eliot, but this
was MT her custom.
IF COLUMBUS were alive to-day, saws the New
York san, and if his contract OF April H. 1892
with Ferdinand aud Isabella we're sustained by
the American courts, he would be enioyi lg an
income of about $4,000 900 ayear from the
bullion product of tue ~ eStern hemsphere to
say nothing of mis- one tenth claim for the
pearls, precious stones and general merchandise
OF America.
The ITALIANS OF New York have been notified
| by their government that it will cooperate with
| the in every way to procure su table statue
OF Christopher Columbus for presentation to
tne ty OF New York The statue wi be OF
| gigantic size, made by an Italian SCULPTOR of
| Carrara MARBLE and will C ,st $50 600 Premier
| Crlspl has contributed to the project
LAUGHABLE INCIDENT occurred in one of the
| churches in Holyoke Mass, Sunday, which was
| enjoyed notwithstanding the time and place
L e )od pastor was trying to impress on III
'arers that the wicked stand on slipper
iaceS, when suddenly $ at whic he d one of
| the pro ninent ne nbers of echurch elapsed
and he went TO the floor with a loud crash.
THE COMMITTEE select d by the California
| legislature to erect mo ument in honor of
| j. W. Mar hail. discoverer of gold in California
has accepted the monum mt made by Sculptor
| Wei of San Franci SEQ, and ordered payment
| OF his clai n. The statute will be unveiled at
| Coloma, RI IRA 10 county, the site of the dis
| covary of gold, next May. Some of the Old
| cannon and anvils which were used in the SET
| tiers fort vii be placed in position about the
| monument
THE GOOD PEOPLE of Norwalk, Conn. have
broken out again on the subject of statuary. A
| few days ago, Mr. Selleck, a Justice of the
| peace, purchased a lar 20 marble Venus of
Medici. which he placed on his front lawn
| Shortly after ne had located it he found tnat
| during the night some one had taken pity on
poor Venus and covered her with red flannel
petticoat and a plaid shawl. The next day
| the statue was found to have been painted red
| and green. Mr. Seeck has been Obliged 10
built fence around II.
A PRIZE of $4,000 has been offered by the
Marine Underwriters for the derelict bark
| Freya, which capsized off Cape Henlopen while
bound from Savannah to London with a cargo
| of $4,000 worth of turpentlne. In some IN
known manner the Freya suddenly capsized on
Sept. II, during the great stor N, and her crew
| wee rescued alter driftin about for twenty
| four hours in small boats by the bar Sorid
deren, and landed at Lewes, Del. The tn 4,
| Argus has been making an active search for
nearly week past for tie Freya.
MAYvILLE, N. Y, has the Oldest applicant for
pension in the country, if not in the world
His name is Philo Grant. He is in his 1921
year, is as straight as an arrow, and has good
| eyesight. Until recently lie has been alb q to do
| good day work. but owing to an accident is
| unable to perform manual labor and has an
piled throu sh the countysclerk for dependent
| pension. H is a veteran of the war of 1912
| and the Mexican war, asld his mind is clear and
he can talk inteligentlyl upon most subj .crs.
He is undoubtedly the Oldest man in Cnau-
tauqua SE4
HANOVER, MICH, has a most peculiar and
eccentric young man. He is so bashful that he
does not speak to his nearest neighbors, and he
will go miles out of his v ay to avoid meeting a
young lady. few years ago mis- parents sent
him to school; he attended only three DAYS, be.
cause about twenty yetipg ladies surrounded
HIM at the scbool-honsa and leased him Till he
neary tainted. He took fhis DO aks home that
niIht and has never been inside of a school.
room since. Yet this young man mas taken
prize aft'r prize for lanS for public buildings
anu is first-class mechanic
NINE SARAH BERNaARDT has assembled the
Eiffel tower She performed this feat on the
same day as Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, who met
| tn. great actre descending on taeir way u =.
| Nine. Bernhard was IRE ,sed in the deen.ast
| mourning, and kept her veil down, only Iiftinr
| 1t when he reached tine h.rd story, in order ia
| enjoy the view Her widows cap i, a Mari
| Stuart. with long veil almost reachin. the
| ground, but she has dis pensed with the use of