The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-05
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Y. H, celebrated the 250th anniversary Of its
organization on Sunday. Dec 49, There is but
one other church il New Hampshire older than
this, and that IS a. Hampton.
WILLIAM E GLADSTONE. who is now at Ne
pies, has not been received warmly by the Ed
giish residents in that city, as all but four of
them are Torres, but the Americans in Naples
have been very cordial 10 the g. .. NJ
TIE ,Iichigan cattle breeders propose to ask
| the legislature TO enact that all meat supplied
10 state institutions shall be from animals fat
/ tened eld killed in Michigan. They also ash
for meat Inspection law, which shall provide
thar ali cattle killed for consumption withi1
towns OF more than Zoo in abtants shall first
nave been inspected alive and on foot.
CHzIs KAL4BACK, an Omaha saloon keeper
| perhaps owes his life 10 his dog. He was at
tackled in his place by two zen. one of whom
snot him. Both then began to beat him, and
had almost rendered him insensibe when the
dog appeared and SO viciously attacked one OF
the iotrUdeTs that the rascal very willingly d.
parted. Eis pal was then elected by Hanback,
A WASHINGTON despatch to the Boston Tran
srript brands as absurd the statement going
the rounds of the press to The effect that there
are only seven republicans left il the interior
department. 1t says that there are probably
so many more republicans than democrats in
the pension Office that when the republicans
come in they VIII be reduced to turning out re-
publicans if they begin the clean sweep"
FoR SOME YEARS there has been held at Glas-
gov an annual prize competition among the
hind in reading and writing by means Of raised
type. At the last exhibition the number OF
competitors was 102-a larger number than ever
before. The ages of the competitors ranged
from TO 20 years The first prize IN general
reading was won by an old woman who had been
blind and deaf for thirty years. The prize in
the beginners class was carried off by man
SO years old
MACcprUnrN- rr-Iar Al I'D aAU III.
ington the other day, nearly 100 years old, used
TO say that she had seen every President from
George Washington to Grover Cleveland She
was living in Baltimore in 1872. and saw the
bOmbardment of Fort McHenry She knew
well John Howard Payne the author OF Home
Sweet Home, and witnessed his grst appear
ance on the stage at Baltimore. She went to
Washington first in 1921, and it took twelve
hours by stage.
TIE PREVAILING WEATHER for January, ac-
cording to the forecast OF the photographic
office. will be stormy over the northern part OF
the North Atlantic and along the American
coast north of Hatteras. Strong westerly and
northweSterly gales may be expected every five
or six days along the transatlantic steamship
routes, accompanied by violent snow squalls
and followed by clear and very cold weather
toSs viii BE- more frequent on the Grand Banks
than during last month.
a. NJ. NELSON and Miss Sallie Hart stood up in
church at Culpepper, V, the other evening, and
over their heads was an arch of evergreens and
flowers. Just as the minister began the ever
greens caugnt fire and began to blaze fiercely
The bride turned pale, but the groom whispered
10 her. and she stood still by his side and the
minister went on with the ceremony. and the
Two we're mace one under an arch of fire Then
they marched deliberately down the aisle and
the wedding guests went to workssto put out the
fire
NEW YoRK's SOCIETY LION Just now is Mayor
Grant The new mayor is young, handsome. a
bacheloy and rich. he has recently bought a
new ana commodious residence and evidently
intends to fulfill the social as well as political
duties OF his new position He is being taken
up quite eagerly by society, and if ne keeps his
head and does not allow strong affiliations with
Tammany to interfere with a becoming indie
peudence in the administration of municipal
affairs, it may fairly be expected that he win
rise to higher things.
THE London Hospital notes that it would be
interesting to learn how many children whose
parents are comparatively rich are starved To
death, not from underfeeding, but from I'M
suitable food. In some cases it is all meat and
no milk, in others all milk and no meat, and in
either case the child lacks some of the constitu-
ents Of flesh. blood and bone. Many parents
seem TO teink that Sameness in food is identical
with simplicity, and pride themselves on the
virtue Of course of action which is nothing
less than mur1erous.
LITTLE BOY in one of the Brooklyn public
schools encouraged by his mothers assistance
had worked for month to get the honor medal
which was TO be awarded on Friday last The
lad was an inveterate breaker of rules in the
class room, and he made great effort TO pet
perfect marks At the last moment however
he received one bad mark and his ri val took rha
prize. Reporting the fact 10 his mother he said
he did not care particular for the old medal hut
1t was the clear waste of goodness he regretted
His mother has abandoned further ambition for
him for the present.
PLANS for the new Episcopal cathedral in
New York are to be handed in on Jan. is. Over
100 architects are busy on the plans. which will
b. merely for competition. In the circular sent
70 the architects no mention is made of the
limit of expenditures for the cathedral md no
design is lntima.ei. The only restriction on
the architects fancy IS stipulation that the
structure shall not exceed 400 feet in length
Bat this stipulation is not final The leDgth
may be greater or less, according to the har-
mOny OF the plans. Most of the architects IN
terested think that 400 feet is sufficient while n
few hold the opinion that $50 will b. necessary
to make the cathedral what it is designed to he
JAMES SPENCER, who died at West Hartford
Conn, few days ago, aged % years, had been
from boyhOod totally blind He was educated
at Or. Howes institution for the blind in Ros
ton. he early developed more than ordinary
muSical ability, and for generation was organ
list and musical director in the Congreyatio
church at Collnsville He TOOK a great lntereSt
in all public matters, and knew what was going
Od III tHo ~: iOl 10 ldu newspapers and
books read to him, and his great MEMORY re-
tanned what he heard. He married twice was
always genial and happy, exerted a powerful
influence for good in the community and his
advice on important matters always had great
weight
Or the subject Of the adequacy of the salaries
Of colonial governors, the Queensland papers
report a curious interview between Lady Mus.
grave the widow Of the late governor of that
colony, and Sir Thomas M'Iwraith. the
premier. Lady Musgrave, referring to the
charge of parsimony made against her husband
and herself by certain persons in Queensland
insisted on Sir T. VI Ilwraiths examining her
household expense book She asserted that the
salary given her husband was not nearly sniff
Gent, and that, we're it not for the large private
income settled on herself by her father. the
governor would have been unable to maintain
even moderate state. Sir Thomas MIlwraith
after some demur, examined the book. which
disclosed deficit of G3 900 between the govern.
orS salary and his expenses which amounts
had TO be paid out Of Lady Musgrave's private
purse.
A CONDUCTOR on the Broadway line, in New
York estimates that, in collecting fares and in
helping passengers on and off the car, he walks
at least two miles a day. He goes into details
as follows: "A car is about fifteen feet long
When walk from the rear platform through
the car, turn and come back. I 20 over thirfy-
five feet, counting the turn. / have watched
myself often on trips and find that on an aver
age | 20 as far as the center of the car and
back, about twenty feet, fifty times on a round
trip There you have 1000 feet on a trim and
eight trips day make 5000 feet Every time
take q step forward or backward When n ,yo.
man gets on we frequently follovv b,r ~ - -,