The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

near Milton, Pa. Many poor men have thus been
enriched.
THREE Of the richest merchants in the coun-
try are comparatively young men Wanamaker
Is 81. Marshal Field of Chicago 50, and Phil
Armour IS.
IT Is SAID that $1,000 rifles purchased in Amer
lca for the Corean army are stored at Nagasaki
Corea's treasury being empty they have not
been delivered.
THERE are five girls in one Of the HUMPHREYS
families of Fleming county, Kentucky. and
their names are Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee
Florida and Virginia.
A WHALE was driven ashore on the coast of
Labrador last month which had a dozen wraps
OF chain about his body and big anchor to
tote around with him.
s. S. KING, editor of the Charlton, Qa)
Democrat was recently hung In efigy in the
court house square for some caustic criticism of
Tue lady school superintendent
THE celebration of memorial day has reached
even the City of Mexico. The American colony
decorated the graves of the soldiers of the war
OF lo4I who are buried In that city
NEVADA had Dead Horse" postofice. 1t
was ordered to take new name, and it took
That OF Live Horse" The department wouldnt
nave 1t, but changed it to Rosedale.
BEN Buffers MEMORY. despite his years. is
said to be wonderful. He can call instantly to
mi1d anything he has ever read or heard and IS
seldom at a loss for name or date.
BOY in Meriden, Conn, broke the handle off
teacup belonging to neighbor and the trife
has not only made enemies of a dozen people.
nue led TO several assault and battery cases and
three lawsuits.
JOHN WILLIAMS, bachelor in Augusta, Me-,
was told that certain widow had set her cap
for him, and John was so afraid that he might
De roped into marriage that he went to the barn
ana hanged himself.
BRYCE WILLIAMS, one of the few survivors of
Waterloo, died recently in Perth. He piped to
the Seventynnth Highlanders on the field, and
also look part in The entry of the victorious
BRUSH army into Paris.
The Cherokee Indians support over 100 com
mon Schools with an aggregate Of 4,O59 pupils,
and high school for boys with 211 students
Ihey are just completing seminary that will
accommodate 165 students.
IT is SAID of Canadian mother who died the
other day: "She was true wife, fond mother
and so managed affairs as to marry off her nine
girls before any Other female in the nighbor-
noou could even get beau"
A PROMINENT Turkish official in CONSTANT
nople aments the spread of christianity among
the women of Turkey, on the ground that il
viii soon lead the Turkish ladies' to dress as i'm.
modestly as christian ladies.
A CONNECTICUT WOMAN is suing her neighbor
for damages for putting up fly screens. She
aims that the flies which cannot get into the
neighbor's house on this account will come to
hers, and she will thereby have double the usual
number.
AN Iowa MAN advertised in western papers
that he wanted good, reliable men to send
him 81 each, for which he would send IS ones,
twos, fives and ten He kept his agree.
ment, but sent postage stamps instead of dol
lars. Now he is in jail.
LADY ELY. who has just resigned her position
as lady in-waiting to Queen Victoria, has been
q constant companion of her majesty for forty
years. Lady Ely is an accomplished linguist
and she had charge for years of the queens
private correspondence.
TEST has been made in France to see
whether the color of horse had anything TO
do with his characteristics. 1t has been dem
ons rated that any such idea is all nonsense
Pedigree and early training have all to do with
it, and color nothing whatever
THEY have a new way of planting orange
trees near San Diego, Cal They bore a small
hole and drop in dynamite cartridge, the ex.
plosion of which makes a hole big enough for
the tree, and, loosening the soil to a depth of
several feet, enables the tree to take root
easier.
WHEN the cruiser Atlanta was put off the dry
dock at the Brooklyn navy yard Tuesday she
began TO SINK and an investigation discovered
four feet of water in her hold Some one had
stupidity left the valves open, and the vessel
would soon have sunk alongside her dock
The valves were closed and the water pumped
out
SEVERAL YEARS AGO five men purchased 200
acres of land in Howell county, Missouri, for
the purpose Of establishing fruit farm They
now have 81 900 peach trees, 80 900 apple trees
200 pear and 600 cherry trees, all bearing and
forty acres in small fruit. The peach crop from
the farm this year is estimated at 100000
crates.
BRooKLYN is to expend Sc, O0O, 900 in public i'm
provements in the next three years Among
the new buildings to be erected will be armories
for the Thirteenth and Twenty-third regiments,
and possibly the erection of the new museum of
science and art may be begun. Some pioneer
work in decently paving the streets is also ex-
pected
DR.. NORRIS of Salt Ste. Marie had his vaIse
stolen and the thief was subsequently, drowned
Some one found the body with the valise and
Immediately assumed that it was Norris re-
mains. This led the local paper to give the
doctor free obituary notice much longer and
more fattering, probably, than it would have
been had he called more promptly to claim his
valise.
A MAINE PAPER has discovered that many of
the alleged new potatoes that people are buy
ing ami eating nowadays are not new at all.
and have not been since year ago Some fel,
low has discovered way of making old poUa-
toes look new by soaking them in prepare
ton that makes the rough, outer skin peel off.
and leaves only a smooth inner skin like that of
a new potato.
THE following notice appears in the Tekon-
ska Nlich.) Nelos: ITO owners of cats-I have
again commenced my annual cat slaughter.
an will keep it up during the season of breed
ing small chicks All our chicks have a cash
value OF so cents each when first from their
count of cats, and number of cats have been
lost on account OF chicks. Yours for chickens
and death to cats W. L. ROBINSON"
AMONG the most interesting fetes during the
French exhibition will be the international
gymnastic feast at Vincennes. 1t will be
monster athletic demonstration, no fewer than
part 10 it They will be lodged in tents extend
ing from the chateau to the Polygone. France
will be represented by $50 societies. Belgium by
90 and Swift srland by 40, while Italy, De mark
Holland, Sweden and Norway Luxembourg
and other nations will send their crack bands.
Rev. DIR. AGNEw, of Philadelphia was pastor ]
of the Presbyterian church in Johnstown for ten |
years. He declared that danger had been ap- |
from the bursting Of the reservoir |
for twenty five years. About twenty years ago !
az alarm was given in the middle of the night. |
and the inhabitants were all ready to fly to the
at a moments notice The danger |
passed. however, and the town escaped. But it |
was common thing for the streets to become |
filed with water from the river, and this fact |
helped maintain a fatal feeling of security. |
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