The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

two of them.
BRITISH FREScH MINER in the village Of
/ Hickman. Penn, wages he can eat any small
animal alive. Recently he performed the dis
gushing feat Of eating live rabbit.
! BASE BALL is getting terrific hold in Cuba,
! and promises TO unseat even bull fighting. Il
is said to be strange to hear all the terms of the
game used IN English by a people who other
wise speak only Spanish.
ABOUT per cent. of the postnasters In the
] United States die annually. On tie Goth of
June, 50. there we're IS 99o postoffices in the
/ United States, and the 3Dth of jun. 1890
62,40l During the year OBS postmasters d.ed.
/ The REPORT Of receipts and expenditures by
/ the JOhnstown relief commission has been
made public. The tota contributions mounted
to 3, 9l23i6 81, and the expenditures to So s45-
I 40 ., leaving an unexpsnded balance of S67,-
| EOS II.
IL Cowlitz county, Washington which has
been settled for forty year,, and has 900 in
habitaDts, is section covering several town
SHIPS that has never been trodden by the foot of
white man. IL is a dense unpe netrated will
derneSs.
GRAND Grief ARTHUR of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, says that the intention
OF the order is to extend its organization 10
Ireat Britain at an early date, and afterward to
european countries so that the railway en-
glneers OF the world may be united soon.
The historical Drury Lane Tleater in London
is to be pulled down at the expiration of the
lease in 1894. What will be erected in its stead
mas not Yet been decided Il is probable the
ltalian opera next season viii be given at Drury
Lane instead of Convent Garden as the own
erS Oh lhe latter house are seeking to raise the
rent.
HE MILITARY DRAFT in Italy in 1888 consisted
of 1922 26. of this number SO, 6O2 could read and
write, 1854 could only read and 60 no could
neither read nor write. Comparing the pro
portion OF educated men with that of the draft
OF 1888. the general state of education in Italy
mas mas advanced by 3. 80 per cent. within the last
three years
FOR Its l25 900 people Denver has 90 churches;
70 Methodist, s Presbyterian, S Congregation
ahst, Baptist, Roman Lutheran, 5 Episco-
pallan. Disciples or Complexities, 2 Jewish
herman Reformed, Unitarian and ! Univer-
Sal ST. The foreign population is not relatively
SO large as in Chicago. but is better repre-.
sented in churches
Miss JULIA CURTIN is walking around New
Haven with long cowhde, aud several young
men disappear up back streets at catching sight
OF her. Some young dudes have been circu-
leung stories rejecting upon her, and she de
termlned TO stop it. She has already whipped
Two and proposes TO cowhfde the rest when
ever she comes across them.
IT is ALLEGED that the spiritualists of the
country threaten President Harrison with di-
lemma. He is soon to be told that Walter E.
Reid of Grand Rapids, now in prison for falsely
using the mails" must be released and that
the penalty for failure to turn him loose will be
the organized opposition of 100000 spiritual
lists to the reelection of Benjamin Harrison for
President.
The MANUFACTURE of cotton goods in Ceylon
has for the last few years made remarkable
progress. TIE island promises well to become
as dangerous rival to India in that branch of
industry as in the cultivation of tea. Wages
are even lower there than in India. The NUM-
clpallty OF Colombo intends to establish seat
or learning in Ceylon according TO the model of
the London University.
IN CINCINNATI there's talk of enforcing the
law requiring policemen to conspicuousy dis
play their badges whether on or off duty The
Enquirer believes that if it is done lit will
dampen the ardor of many policemen who
whlle OIL duty, spend much of their time in vol
uhtary detective work, with a view to reaching
by some fine stroke of fly work position near
the throne-i. e., at police headquarters"
AT THE PALACE of Bangkok, Siam, the other
day, performing leopard was brought in for
the amusement Of one of the young Siamese
princes In one prince S retinue was young
girl of about ii years of age. The leonard
jumped on her breast 1t was merely in play,
said the animals caretakers, who begged her
not to be frightened, but in another moment
the leopard had seized the girl by the throat
and she died in sight of the Mortified specta-
tors.
The SLOT MACHINE which has recently had
such run in all catch-penny schemes was
known and used by the Egyptians centuries
before the opening of the Christian era Hero
OF Alexandra, who lived go years before the
time OF Christ, describes one used for the dis
pensation of holy water. coin of five
drachm9 dropped into a slot in a aSe opened a
valve which Permitted few drops of the
purifying liquid to escape. Surely there is
nothing new under the sun.
FIR s,Fo
full bloom at Ventura, CAL is three feet in
circumference at the ground; the first branch
winch is thrown out at height of about four
feet from the ground, is twenty-one inches in
clrcumte renee. Wagon loads of vines lit is of
the climbing variety are clipped from it anm-
ally, yet 1t covers an area of 200 square feet
1t was planted in 1870 Within another fourteen
years, if nothing happens to it, it will have out
stripped the gigantic rose tree at Cologne which
has had over 300 years to grow in
ISAAC ]. GREENWOOD of New York is exhibit.
ing tooth in glass case The tooth ia
mounted in gold. Above it hangs this extract
from MIR. Greenwoods fathers will: Il give
and bequeath to my eldest son, Isaac Iohn
Greenwood, forever, all the curios medallions
snuff boxes, Gen. Washington's tooth and the
under false jaw Of teeth made for him by nv
late father John Greenwood" The tooth a |
large sized molar, yellow from use and age was
the last one removed from the iilustrious w ash
ington's under jaw, according to the diary of
Mr.. Greenwood father. In another glass case
Mr.. Greenwood exhibits a letter from Gen
Washington, recording the remittance of S1b
for a false jaw The letter was dated from
Mount Vernon. jan g. J599
METCHEr COURT. where Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
are spending their, Honeymoon, is q now house |
having been practically built by Louisa Lady
Ashourton, the one which stood on the same
spot and which was entirely rebuilt by her hus
band, Bingham Lord Ashburton hayng, been
destroyed by fire some years ago Lord Ash |
burton took the greatest care and precaution.
with regard to fire, and had q gigantic tank
constructed at the top Of the house in case IF /
fire breaking out, as, the house being at the ton
of hill, the difficulty of getting water was
enormous. When the house took fire which II |
did shortly after it finished the tank was
found to have leaked and it was quite emntv
Lady Ashburton rebuilt the house and as il is
most beautiful and full of very fire pictures and
works of art, no more ideal place for a honev
moon could be found
J. c. FENDER, restaurateur living in Kansas |
City, had a remarkable prophetic dream ON the
morning of the 18th ult About O'Clock on the
morning of the day named Fender was
awakened from deep sleep by dreaming that
friends had arrived to tell him of his mothers
death For years the old lady has been livin1
at Schenectady, n. Y, but has lately hee6
visiting friends in illinois. The seeming reality
of the awful news impressed Fender that he
was unable to sleep during the remainder of the
night. When morning came he informed others |
at the restaurant of what he had dreamed. saw
ing that he intended telegraphing to he'littia |
lltr,..i cxrilln a a.