The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A BELFAST (ME.) MERCHANT ordered carload
OF -four just before Christmas, and it has just
arrived.
A PULPIT draped in silks of cream color. pale
blue and deep gold. was novel decoration at a
recent wedding in Boston.
The STUDENTS at the college for the blind at
Worcester, Mass. play cricket splendidly with
oall 10 which bell is placed.
AN UNDERTAKEN at Petersburg, tva), while
preparing body for burial, fell to the floor,
and IN few moments expired.
WHILE herding near Ell Sio. On. NJ. herder
was bitten by rabid coyote, and died few
days afterward of hydrophobia.
FooTPADs in Sacramento, (Cal.), think nothing
OF knocking down men and robbing them with
IN few feet of the police station
The CROP of California honey for 1889 is esti
mated at 1900, 900 pounds of extracted honey
and 2OO,OOO pounds of comb honey.
WILLIAM BIRMINGHAM of Fairton, Cumberland
county, n. j., recently celebrated his s7th birth
DAY anniversary by saving two cords of wood.
CENSUS SUPERVISOR MURRAY of New York
city, says the women enumerators are success
full, and that he is sorry he did not appoint
more of them.
AUGUST 20 there will be fifty bands at Adrian,
Mich, from points in Michigan, Indiana and
Ohio. It will be the annual meeting of the tri-
state band league.
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE, Gettysburg, has re.
ceived within the last three years an addition of
sos 900 to its endowment, and St72, 900 for new
buildings and improvements.
Two WEEKS AGO the contributions to the Bis
marck monument fund amounted to SAC, 600. A
significant feature of the subscription list is the
extraordinary number of South German names
on it.
In New Zealand Mormon convention mas
Just closed its sittings, at which it was officially
reported that there are 1000 Mormons in that
colony, and that 500 converts were made during
the past year.
MAINE MINISTER. who has just retired
during his pastorate of nearly half century
married z65 couples and preached 757 funeral
sermons, of which 300 were for members of his
Own society.
The luckiest tenderfoot in the Leadville
mines was Illinois farmer from the back dis
tricts, who, after prospecting in the mountains
for three months, started home with bank &C
count of $3.50 000.
A BANK CLERK says that checks for ridiculously
small amounts are often presented. One day he
saw check for 1917 cents, and frequently they
came in for amounts small 3 cents, the
drawers usually being women.
THE Berlin Boersen Courier estimates that
there are $4,000 different kinds of postage
stamps in the world. Last January the Impe-
rial Postal Museum possessed 1850 sorts, and is
now sup osed to have at least 1000 more.
A VESSEL sailed into the port of Odessa the
other day manned by monks. Captain, mate.
second mate, boatswain. cook and sailors all
wore the dress of the monastery of Mont Athos.
The name of the ship is the Prophete-Elie.
AMONG the replies received by census takers
was the following, unique for frankness: Il am
26 years old, born in the United States was born
tramp, started as a newsboy. have not got
enough learning to be a senator, lawyer or
priest.
THE HUMoRs of the census grow more grim
New Jersey man has yielded to the despond-
ency induced by the questions of the enumera-
tor and has insured himself against any DO ssible
repetition of the annoyance by committing
suicide.
The late Sir George Burns, who was one of
the founders of the Cunard company, and who
died in his 95th year. came of a long-lived race
His father lived to be SO years old and was
minister of church at Glasgow for seventy
two years.
LIVE WHALE, seventeen feet long, was cap
tured at Lamoine, Me-, Monday, on the shore Of
narrow inlet from Frenchman's bay It was
killed and taken to Mud creek bridge. The
oldest inhaoitant" never heard of whales be-
ing in those waters before
THE greater portion of the cedar telegraph
poles used by the Western Union Company
come from Michigan. From 40 to 200 men and
nearly 40 teams are employed in gathering the
poles and putting them in proper shape. The
poles range from 90 to so feet in length and are
worth from 81 TO 81 each.
SOMEBODY has made bid of 1000 kreutzers
for the cask in which the body of the murdered
coachman, Meyer, was conveyed from Denmark
to New York and sent back. The barrel has not
yet reached its destination, but when it does ar
rive it will be taken to one of the hospitals and
the self-confessed murderer, Phillipsen will be
made to unpack it.
IT Is PLANNED TO divide Grand Rapids into dis
tricts containing no fewer than three and not
more than five drug stores. All stores save one
in each district will be closed all day Sunday
and ell Sunday evening, the different stores
keeping open Sunday in rotation. The idea is
to give the drug clerks a rest and yet to have
the medicine shops handy in every neighbor-
hood in case of sickness.
THE Synod of the reformed Presbyterian
church. which was in session in New York. has
adjourned. The question of union with the
other branch of the Presbyterian church, which
has been so long the subject of debate was
finally brought to a vote. The result was over
whelmingly against union, only II voting in
favor of it, while 1879 voted against it, IL lodged
the question and 25 were absent.
PITTsBURG HOTEL OWNER, talking about
matches, says that they are quite an item of
expense in running a hotel He adds: 1--WE use
of every four guests at a hotel, when they call
| for box of matches, put the box in their
pocket. have sent half a dozen boxes to one
| room in as many days. The guests think it is
all right to carry off the matches but when YOU
! figure up what a years supply costs you will
find it to be hundreds of dollars
| A WRIGHTsvILLE, Pa, HUNTER recently saw
pheasant and black snake fight. 1t lasted for
quite while. The bird moved with such rapid
ity that the snake unable to encircle it,
The blacksnake retreated once for several feet
but it turned and rushed at the bird with its
head raised at least foot from the ground
AS the two met the pheasant darted forward
and planted its beak square in one of the snakes
eyes She kept up the battle and finally killed
it. When the hunter examined the snake its
head was almost severed from its body.
THE celebrated German remedy for burns
consists of fifteen ounces OF the best white glue
broken into small pieces into two pints of water
and allowed to become soft; then dissolve it by
means of a water bath and add two ounces of
glycerine and six drachms of carbolic acid con-
tinue the heat until thoroughly dissolved On
cooling, this hardens to an elastic mass covered
with a shining parchment-like skin, and NAV
be kept for any length OF time. When required
for use it is placed for few minutes in a water
bath until sufficiently liquid and applied by
means of a broad brush 1t forms in about two
minutes shining smooth, flexible and nearly
transparent skin.
A CHINESE DETECTIVE is in Albuquerque, N.
NJ looking for Foo Choo, who is wanted in