The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

PROF. HUXLEY, who is now just 65 years of
age, complains greatly of growing deafness.
ALASKA cost only 100000 and the revenue
to the national treasury is expected to amount
TO VI, 100000 year for the next twenty years.
GREAT SHOW of canary birds was recently
held in the Crystal Palace, London, and was
very successful 1t was as popular as a cattle
or dog show.
THE PRINCE OF WALES will be in Berlin at the
festival celebrating the eighty ninth anniver-
sary of the Order of the Black Eagle on the
I'D of the present month.
FRANZ SUPPE, the famous composer of light
music, is now engaged upon an opera. He has
not worked upon anything for several years
as he needed rest very much.
FIELD MARSHAL MoLrxE still dons the mill
tary uniform but has laid aside his sword,
which he only wears on formal occasions and
when he calls on the emperor.
AN ENGLISH TRAVELLING HARPIsr has been dis
| covered cheating the railroads by carving his
little girl done up in the green bag with his
harp He had gone all over England and never
paid fare for the child.
HENRI RocHEFoRT still refuses to take rooms
| in London except from week to week, and will
not learn the English language He receives
very few callers and passes his evenings play
| ing dominoes with a friend.
IT CAME OUT in an English court a few DAYS
ago that 100 WORKOUT horses had Just been
shipped from that country to Germany and
! Belgium TO be used in the manufacture of sal-
sage and that such shipments were a regular
thing.
THE FAMILY Of George H. Corliss. builder of
the Centennial engine, will soon erect $50 900
Young Mems Christian Association memorial
| building at Newburyport, Mass Among
the features will be an amateur photograph
| gallery.
| The St Louis Republic has procured mass
of testimony concerning the condition of the
| farmers of the west and the southwest that re-
| veals enough of woe TO appa even those bene-
hclarles OF the tariff who are clamoring for
| more protection.
Miss MARY F. SEYMOUR, one of the pioneers
among woman stenographers and typewriters,
has formed a printing and publishing company.
She declares that she is going to run the bust
ness alone and that there shall not be dollars
interest sold to any mau.
In CHINA the man who lives nearest the scene
of murder is accused of the crime, and he
must prove his innocence or else stand tn
punishment. IL doesn't take a Chinese detec-
tive long to find a clue, and thus thousands of
dollars are saved If the accused is not.
THE QUESTION of whether or not it is cruel to
dishorn COWS is now before the Scotch courts.
the defense being that it is necessary to cut off
the horns OF irish aud Canadian cattle to keep
them from goring each other in the feeding
courts used in Scotland during the winter
OF ALL the enormous 110ton guns that have
been made for the English navy, the only ones
now in condition for use are those of the IRON
cladS Beuow and Sanspareil, and the formers
guns cannot be fired for fear that the assures
already developed may develop into fractures
A HUNTER near Freeport, Cal. attempted to
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barbs caught him by the coat collar and wbila
his boat went on he was left suspended over the
water. He remained in that position several
hours before his cries for help were heard by
Utner hunters.
CoURT CIRCLES are shocked because the queen
in her speech to parliament last month referred
to the Emperor William as the Emperor of
Germany instead of as the German Emperor I"
which Is his correct title. The queen herself,
who is most particular upon such points is
more shocked than any one else.
THE French output Of coal last year was a.
5sS $50 tons, 1885 9s6 tons more than in 1885, and
3 800, 600 tons more than in 1857. The increase
would have been still larger but for strikes
among the miners in the largest district. The
French are making a greater effort to take from
English miners the Mediterranean trade
ENGLISH sroATs and weasels are being ex
ported to New Zealand from England In large
numbers 10 kill Off the rabbits and the rats
which have been food for the stoats and weasels
in England, are increasing enormously in some
districts. There is talk Of a movement to
prevent the expectation of any more rat de-
stroyers.
The BATTLE OF FLOWERS, a sort Of carnival
celebration, took place at Nice just before Lent
began The occupants OF more than 200
carriages pelted each other and the by
ISLANDERS with flowers Minnie ilauk the
rrima donna, bad 1000 bouquets In and upon
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king, was also conspicuous Ia the parade.