The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

WI BATTLE of Sumter county. Ala. has
! on exhibition at the. Birmingham fair the
| biggest hog on earth. He is % months old, a
/ red Jersey stands feet inches hieSh, is feet
| 6Jk inches In length. Is feet inches around
! tie CIR o, meesufes2 feet Il inches ACCESS tire
/ back ana II inches between tire no K and ankle.
| His weight is between 100 and l,50o pounds.
| News has been received at San Francisco of
! the death of John Hill. better known as
| Daddy Hill Of Eew Bedford, Mass Hiil was
sail TO have been the most successful and best
| known wnaler in the world, having sailed from
| New Bedford with the feet for forty five years
he was co-ored man, and very old. At tue
/ time of his d1ata he acting as second mate
| on board tie Mary Thomas. 81.
IT Is CURIOUS FACT. revealed by the figures
of the recent census. that while there are in the
United States three cities of more than 1000. oO0
] Inhabitants each, one of between 10000 an 9
10000. teree OF between 100000 and 50o. coo
each. and nine of between 2l0001 and 800 90
each, there is not one having between s0o.00
ana 400,' o. Inhabitants. In 1So0we hau but nine
| cities witn population of over 100, 0e6 each.
AT q Providence tR. L. factory, the flushing
touches are being put upon belt, ordered for
a mill at River P int, and it is of such char
acter that the Providence Journal de ms it
worthy OF notice The belt is made three-ply
out or 4oinch widths. and las the best portion
OF about 100 extra hides. The big strap will
contain no riv-ts and no sewing, the jointg be-
ing made with cement. It will cost about
81. 500.
TIE Holy CARPET" which is now being
brought back TO Cairo. where it will have to
submit to the indignity of quarantine for zen
days, IS one of those which are ia en- u.riodi-
cally TO Mecca, there to be sanctfed and is
made OF a thick sort of silk, embroidered with
letters OF gold. each letter being two feet in
length and two inches broad It covers what is
known as the Beat-Alah or inner sanctuary OF
the temple.
FAMILY by the name of Perkins, consisting
OF wife and four children. passed through Atchi-
son, Kan. recently. bound for Brown county
llh0ols. The man had lost ole eye and Il lie
arm; the woman was mi Jus a left arm; one of
the children had but one leg. another one vas
blind aud one Sic. He had S. in cash, plug
OF tobacco, clay pipe, yellow dog. and alto
getner was as happy and contented as il h
owned half the state.
ONE of the most remarkable old ladies' in
Maine is living on the island Of Monhegan. AL
though 70 years old, she not only knows moth
ing OF the cars, telephone, electric lights, etc,
but has never seen a horse. Sne has always
mainland, and her world has been Mophegan.
Sheep and COWS are kept on the island but
| there is no call for horses. She has Just heard
! for the first time Of Secretary Blaine and
| Speaker Reed. -.S &
AMONG smaller birds. perhaps, none wage war
| more desperately than the English homestead ed
| robin. A writer in Longmo1s NGeuEsne
says that an invalid friend oi mis- was amused
| for six consecutive days by the antics of two
| robins. which came regularly at 1890 a. NJ,
and fought duel on the lawn outside mis- win.
| dow. The combat invar ably lasted until one
OF the beca ns too exhausted rscov r his
| legs, whereupon the victor would seize him and
triumphantly drag him round the inciosure
AFrEr Mss Ruby Lips had been kissed in the
American way by swarm Of her feminine &C
quaintances, when sic got back here from Lon
| don, she spoke of 1t 10 & confidential tieud
with denure face y like" she said, the
| osculatory habits of English women, who, when
they kiss each other. do it on the cheek, or on
| bota cheeks, not on the gates ala, A sauta-
ton on one of the cheeks is a mark of friend
| ship, and on both sign of warm emotion. But
| English women do ] o. indulge in kissing each
| other nearly as muca as tn ir American sisters
do. They are far more reserved in that respect
| than We are. and like their way, when is both
| dainty and & nteel."
The Indians have a neat way of ixingit. This
| Rain-in the-face, Spotted Tail, Man-afraid-of-
| his-horses, is coed enough to palm off on the
| whites, but each Indian has auother namA III
| whites never hear. FIRST, ne is nauled after b s
| mothers gems or family There are only half
| dozen each. Spake, Wolf, Turtle, hear Gag g
and so on. You remember how, in The Last
| OF the Mohicans, the young Delaware CHIEF
| was fount to have a TORTOISE tattooed on his
breast; that gave his family. He was a Turtle
| just as the bulk of the Scotch are divided into
| few clans, the Stewards, Campbells, Camerons
| McGregors and Others Tot q Indians family
name is attached another, but it would be bad
| medicine TO have it spoken Cutside the family
| circle, ana give some of hiseuemi4S a chance IN
work spells and hoodoO him. The Spi cd Tail
business is nom dc chase de guerre or de
| toot, which gets nitched or in later life.
READERS of Charles Reades novel entitled "A
| Simpeton," will remember the ingenious device
by which the hero OF that entertaining story
| kills the shark He rigs up gunpowder charge
in ass bottle, fixes electric wires to the bot
tie, throws 1t overheard. and lust as the shark
bolts the bait tbs hero explodes the charge with
| his little battery. This is neat, but electric
| batteries are not always handy, and sharks are
unpleasantly common, particularly on the
| Banks. SO q certain Sandy Hook pilot of a
| thoughtful turn of mind has devised an i'm
| provement on Mr.. Reade's idea. He found a
| paper run cartridge that can be exploded simply
by pulling out the cent al pin. He ties-or
spices he calls it-a piece of fine strong wire to
| the pin, puts the cartridge in piece Of meat
and neaves it overboard fast to a stout line The
shark guips down the meat, pulls little on the
line and there you area nice dead shark.
Shark fishing Is not advised for supplying the
larder, but it is might useful just the same.
Sharks rob the fishermen on the banks
of about half their bait and catch every
year, besides occasionally nppins of an un-
wary fshern an s arm or leg, aud being d!agree-
able neighbors. generally This modest pilot
who will not patent bis device, recommends it
to the ishermen's use free of charge. He has
been trying it this summer and he says its a
sure pop and lots of fun too.
Speaking about judges said Senator Jones
of Nevada to a Washington correspondent the
other day, let me tell you of the old aicade
we used to have out in Mariposs. In the early
days, just after we had acquired lower Califor-
mia from Mexico, the judicial system had not
been organized under the laws of the United
States, and, by common consent the old alcalde
continued to bold court and settle disputes
Most Of the litigation grew out of the mining
claims. The laws ere very crude and unsa ,ls.
factory, and SO we made a law OF our own to
the effect that if man did not work on his
claim for thirty days it could then BE- taken
possession of by another One
poor fellow. named Harris, took a
claim aud worked it for week or two and than
fell SICK. We after week assed and he grew
no better and finally the thirty days and then
forty and more had elapsed since dirt had been
turned over on his claim. Tdere wasn't a man
in camp that would jump the ella m, but a
stran ger came along, sized up the situation and
| took possession. AS soon as Harris was able to
leave his bed he brought suit OF ejectmens in the
| alcades court II a clear case The evil
dence was overwhelming that the original
claimant had lost his rights under the local law
and nothing remained for the alcade to do but
to decide IN favor of the defendant This he
was very reluctant TO do and was hemming and
having over his decision when Harris see ne,
that the case was going against him
| lost his temper and Sprang at the throat
| of the man VINO had dispossessed him of his
property. The men cnched aud rolled upon
the floor, with Harris on top, and in a fair way
to choke the wind out of bis antagonist Two
OF three bailiffs ran forward to pull the man off.
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