The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

GEN. FRENoSr's CANNON, ''old Sacramento"
which he took across the plains on his first ex-
petition, IS at the Kansas state capitol
TEE monument erected TO Gen. Stannard at
Gettysburg so the trustees report. cost 81. 2s9,
of which amount 500 was covered by the ap-
preparation of the state OF Vermont, and the
residue was contributed by the Grand Army
and other military orders and friends.
Rev. JAMES W. FORD, for more than half q
century missionary in China, and founder Of
the first Christian church in that country saws:
after studying the Chinese language for ten
years, translated the New Testament and
other religious works. began to preach, in a
way, Immediately after l entered Siam, but
thou Sh | have studied for fifty years | do not
yet think that | have mastered the Chinese
language. Mr.. Ford IS now 81 years of age.
and is physically so in1irm that ne has been
obliged to abandon further active work.
IT Is RELATED of Admiral Sslfridge that
during Grants second administration he was
spending an evening out, informally, in some
what tinguisned company, and, on being
Joked upon MS withdrawal at the early hour of
10 o'clock, replied if thu others kept on eating
late slppers they might not live as long as he,
though they were all. or nearly all. younger
than he The admiral is now 90 years of age /:
ami OF the Others present on that occasion ex-
Secretary Robson alone survives Gen. Belk-
nap Justice Miller Gen. Garfield ami Senator
Lacn. Chandler were among the guests
Geneva, \. ", is spending a few days in the
the city in Connection with bis work as the ad-
vocate AMI general secretary of the Episcopal
Church University board of regents During
tne last few months he has been visiting vari-
Gus Episcopal institutions of learning through-
out the country in order & lay before them the
OBJECTS OF the board, which are in brief to make
the work Of e1ucaJ ion the concern of the whole
church. and Ultimate to unite all Episcopal
colleges. The response of Ep scopal educators
generally has been very cordial and DR. Potter
declares that the board will do much to stimu
late and develop education in the Episcopal
CHURCH.
PARTY of young men from Winoua, at Mar.
shall, were out duck hunting a few days since.
As they we're watching the flying of the ducks
over the lake one came within gunshot OF them
1t was shot by Harry Z. Melvin and came down
into the water few rods from the shore 1t
lay toundering there. the hunters having no
way OF getting it. The dog was lame and no
boat was at hand. While bordering and trying
10 devise some means to reach the game large
hawk came flying overhead. The hawk spied
the duck and soon began circlin2 around and
IN a few moments shot down out of the air
selzing it, and began flying over the young
hunters head. Thereupon Mr.. Melvin blazel
away at the hawk, which came down with a
mud Few test away with the drcS, thereby
saving all trouble of wading or swimming after
the game Who will say that Winona hunters
a @ not ahead this year? By the by, this was
was the flrst duck ever shot by Mr.. Melvin He
mas another one retrieved in this fashion.
HERR GEORGE KREUzBERe. who lived at
Ahrweiler. had a vineyard on the left bank of
the River Abr, at a short distance from the
village of Neuenahr. He noticed tuat the
vines would not flourish on a particular spot.
and he learned that carbolic acid gas issued
from the ground there. An eminent geologist
Prof. BISHOP of Bonn, was consulted as to
waeth r anything could be done in the matter.
and he suggested that search should be ma
Tor a mineral spring. which might prove quite
as remuneratve as the most productive vines
that the earth could produce Accordingly
well was sunk, and at the depth of forty feet
spring was reached which rose to the surface
with the force and effect of a small Icelandic
geyser. This occurred in 1851. The Apollin-
arlskrche is not lar distant from the spring
when was named after il Chemical ANALYSIS
showed close resemblance between the Apol-
hnarls spring and those at Settlers and Ems
wnlle in one respect 1t differed from any one of
those which were then in high reputA This
consisted in its containing such an extraor-
binary proportion of carbonic acid as to cause
the water to boil upward as if it lad been fore ID
from below under stea n pressure The volume
OF gas is so great that it is dangerous to ap-
proach the spring on MINDLESS day More than
one fatal accident has been caused by approach
ing the spring and inhaling the gas At the
outset 1t was found difficult 70 bottle the
water However, means was devised for do
ing so.