The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A DEVIL FISH, 20 feet in length, attacked
boats crew off Victoria, B. c., the other day,
and almost succeeded in throwing the men into
the water.
KING GEORGE III. of England had watch not
larger than a Scent piece, which had 100 parts
the whole not weighing quite so much as a
Decent piece.
WEDDING RINGS were used by the ancients
and put upon the third finger, because of a
supposed CONNECTION of vein in that member
with the heart.
IN THE great museum at London is a small
watch, 100 years old or more, in the shape of an
apple. The golden outside is adorned with
grains OF pearl.
A BIG BRAHMA hen belonging to Baltimore
man has distinguished herself by laying an egg
that was almost the size of a cherry and
weighed only II grains.
The people of Preston, Canada, are in a state
of mild excitement over the fact that the pope,
out of the thousand of jubilee gifts sent him
from all parts of the world, chose for his own
personal use an Office desk made by firm in
their own town.
JOHN SMITH murdered man near Louisville
July IA, 1857, and was sentenced to be hanged
June 8, 1870. He escaped from jail and went to
Australia, where he went into the sheep business
and became wealthy. Recently his desire to
NlSlU MS native llDQ OV6rcaIne MS rear
ment and he stealthiy returned. He has been
located in Arkansas and will probably yet be
called upon TO pay the long deferred penalty of
his crime.
SPEAKING of strong men, New Limerick, Ne.
has one, Mr. Alexander Willette, who downs
them all. Last week while chopping trees, one
of the crew felled a fir forty feet in length
and six inches at the top, and a wager was
made with Mr.. Willette that he couldn't lift and
carry it certain distance. AT the first at
tempt, however. he picked it up and walked off
with it. The combined strength of two other
men was not sufficient to raise it from the
snow.
In one of the great canons out west there is
an icicle 900 feet long. A local paper thus de-
scribes it: A volume of water unusually large
for this season of the year is falling over the
perp sndicular wall at the head of this canon,
about an even thousand feet in hight. The falls
are encased in a great tube of ice, which, when
the sun strikes it, looks like a gigantic column
of crystal standing upright against the preci-
pice. Within, the torrent fumes and bolS with
a deafening roar akin to thunder
ONE DAY LAST WEEK George Hughes, wealthy
resident of Gloucester court house, Va, was
killed by his nephew, Joshua F. Ross. The
latter had been informed by his wife that
Huges had made improper proposals to her.
Hughes, upon being confronted by his nephew,
according to the latter, admitted his indiscre-
ton, and said that he would kill himself if his
nephew would hand him pistol The nephew,
however, concluded to do the killing himself,
and shot his uncle dead as he sat in chair
smoking pipe By the will of Hughes, Ross,
who gave himself up and is now in prison, is
made one of his heirs.
AMONG the recent graduates of the depart
ment of dentistry of Vanderbilt university,
Nashville, Tenn, were William r. Desobry
Louisiana; j. M. Clarke, R. P. Henderson, o. c.
Parrish, j. H. Allen, j. c. Green, W. H. Helden
and G. L. Boyd, Alabama; S. w. johnson and
William A. Guess, Mississippi The founders
| medal was awarded to J. Fl. Allen of Alabama.
special medal for the most proficient student
in anatomy and physiology. given by DR.; Am,
| brose Morrison was awarded to o. c. Parrish of
Alabama. The class valedictory was delivered
| by j. NJ. Clarke of Alabama.
| THE soldiers who served under General Gil
man Marston, New Hampshire's new senator,
| fairly worshiped him for his personal bravery
and care over them. His refusal to allow his men
| to remain on board an overcrowded transport,
| even when ordered by a superior officer, for
the good reason that he had brought that reg
| iment from New Hampshire to fight not to be
drowned" an action afterward sustained by
Gen. Hooker-his literal Interpretation of a
tyranncal SUPERIOR orders to build DUNGEON
like guardhouSe, without so much as a crack
in it, land the guardhouse was built of solid
logs, without a door or crack to enter by, his
coolly walking along the parapet under a terri
bic fire of shot and shell, that he might inspire
a wavering brigade by his own reinsurance
these and other historical variations illustrated
his superb character as a soldier.
THE will of the late Bi shop H. n McTyeire
was admitted to probate in Nashville on
Wednesday He leaves TO his daughter Mary
the annual income, according to contract with
the publishing house, of his History of Meth
odism." The rest of his possessions, consisting
of 500 acres of land in South Carolina, and
So 500 worth of bank stock, he leaves to his wife
He says in his will Il die poor He also says:
My wife was a silent but golden link in the
chain that brought and bound this university to
Nashville, and especially to MethodiSm. | ask
Of the board of trustees this favor, that she be
allowed to spend her widowhood (which feel
sure means her lfetime) in the present house as
it stands to herself, not sharing it with any pro
fessor or officer. 1t is the house Mr. Vanderbilt
directed me to build for my own occupation as
president of the board. He had the comfort of
the cousin of his wife at heart, and have no
other home for her"
The BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY now has long
distance telephone wires in use between Bos
ton, New York, Buffalo and Philadelphia, New
York being the central point of the different
wires. From Buffalo to Chicago the line is not
complete, nor between Chicago and Milwaukee
but both are in process of construction The
wire used for long distance telephouing is of
very heavy "copper" weighing 400 pounds to the
mile, and TO support this extra weight the num-
Der of poles necessary is largely in excess of
that of the telegraph companies. Instead of
the ordinary ground circuit, the long distance
circuit, gained by using two wires instead of
one, which gives continual counter current
and ressts all eXtraneous influences, such as
would be exercised on a single wire by ada
cent telegraph wires etc. The effect Of this is
wonderful, and in talking between B Ston and
New York there is absolutely no disturbance or
humming whatever, SO that every word spoken
can be heard distinctly.
A MAN, who from the elegance of his dress
might have been mistaken for French noble
man. endeavored in New York on Wednesday
last to dispose of lot Of ffty-lire counterfeit
Italian notes, representing $4,000 in United
States currency The brokers to whom they
were offered examined them so critically that
the swindler became alarmed and made good
his escape, leaving bis sachel with the notes
behind him An account says: 1.-THE fifty lire
note issued by La Banca Rationale is of white
paper, about by 81 inches in size. There are
two oval medallions on the right and left. The
left medallion bears printed device The right
when the crowned head Of the Queen of Italy
shines out in water mark In the genuine note
the head and eyes are well defined, and the
other portions clearly and distinctly brought
out In the counterfeit notes captured The
lines are heavy and blurred, the eyebrows too
deep and out of proportion to the face and the
eyes unpleasant in expression. The counterfeit
has an albumenize1 surface TO give il the yellow
appearance of age. The deception is very
clever but there seems to have been used
slightly too much albumen, giving too pro-
n)unced yellow"
UNDER the heading BLOOD Thicker Than
Water" the New York Herald. in display
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