The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

reade may be surprised TO see the shark in
GUIDED, but il is a numerous family and an are
not man-eaters The shark fishery is a regu-
, larry established industry 10 some parts OF the
. world.
\ REMARKABLY FIND has just taken place at
St. Paou, Fanisterre On removing a granite
block to the southwest of the village, a Roman
Hanged tile observed. which had, an
parently, served as a cover to a box of wood.
now fallen into decay. Inside were found over
10, 900 small plated Roman coins of Valerian,
Diocletian. Constantine. Maximus, Luc. Mus,
Constantine the Greek, and COnstantinus II.
Iney are ali well preserved, and date from 200
to $50.
= CASE of considerable interest to men who
insure their lives for the benefit of their wives
was recently decided IN st. Louis. The case
was one In which man had taken out such a
policy. His wife died and he married again.
having children by both maria yes. AT his
death a dispute arose as to who was entitled TO
the insurance The decision of the court was
that as the insurance had been taken out for
the benefit Of the first wife, her children alone
were entitled to the money.
PRINCE MALCOLM KHAN's DISPUTE with the
grand vizier, which has led to his being deprived
of his post as Persian minister in London, is
due to the dissatisfaction which prevails in
official circles at Teheran about the cost of the
shah's European tour. His majesty ordered
goods to the value of $50 600, and payment for
these was required before they were delivered,
appears to have considered that the shal's rep
reSentatives at the various courts should make
themselves responsible for his majesty's labili-
ties.
In WARSAW q young Jewess from Kieff was
visiting her friends, who gave ball in her
honor. The latter purchased for the occasion,
at a fashionable shop. a pair of long Danish
| gloves. While dancing the young lady felt a
we're pain in her LETT wrist which she had acct
dentally prcked with pin. A medical exami-
nation showed that she was Sutfering, from car
| buncle and blood poison contracted from the
| glove, which the doctors declare to have been
made from the skin of an animal suffering from
car6uncle or anthrax. The Jewish lady died
| within forty-eight hours in great agony.
THE original postofice pox used in the town
| of Pomfret Conn, 100 years ago is now owned
| in that town, being the property of Benjamin
| GrosvenOr, one of whose ancestors. Lemuel
| Grosvenor, was the first postmaster appointed
| between Hartford and Boston. He received his
appointment from President Washington and
hel the office until the election of Martin Van
buren,. when the infirmities of age demanded
his REIMBURSEMENT OF Office. The box itself is
"a feet in hight and four feet i'll length There
are two apartments at tie top with five
drawers underneath, making curious relic of
the earliest postal days and service in Con-
necticut
A CURIOUS LEGAL QUESTION has arisen in the
German courts in connection with q find of old
letters. While removing various documents
from the old law courts to the new palace of
justice at Frankfort-on-the-M Main, a bag was
folnd containing l15 letters, dating from the
year 1885 They were of Italian origin and
many of them were directed to persons VINO
llVed In the Netherlands. The correspondence
Is not damaged in any way, and as several of
the lett rs contain large sums of money, the
question now arises as to whether the descend
ants of the persons to whom they were ad-
dressed can claim them.
A SOMEWHAT singular inquiry has recently
been sent to the Secretary of the Treasury. II
refers to the question of whether an importa-
ton of lightning bugs would have to pay duty
1t seems that in Cuba these bugs are large and
very luminous, and it is intended to bring them
here for the purpose of ornamenting ladies'
dres es. Assistant Secretary Tichenor's reply
Is rather amusing. He says that the dutiable
character of insects does not seem to have been
considered by the department The provision in
tue tariff act prescribing duty of 20 psr cent.
ad valorem on live animals has at various times
been held to be applicable to bees, birds and
live fish, respectively.
JAPAN HoIsTED her new flags for the first time
on the emperor's birthday. Though handsome.
they are not so artistic as the old Japanese pro-
auctions, and lustrate the d cadence of popu-
lar taste. The emperor'S flag has a plain red
ground with gold chrysanthemum in the CEN
ter; the empr IS uses the same device, but her
nag is swaliow-tai ed, while the cir apparent's
banner is distinguished by a narrow whi e Dor
der. The imperial princes and princesses also
use gold chrySa themum, but on a white
ground with broad red border The naval on.
sign has red bail on ground of red and white
rays, the naval jack displays red ball on white
ground, and the pennant is white with a red
star.
BURIED TREASURE is being sought in North
west Bengal. poor Brahmin at Mon ,hyr pos
sessed an amulet which had been in his family
for generations and, as he was almost starving
he took it TO goldsmith for sale. The gold
smith broke it up TO test the metal and found
o. N
with minute writing. This being deciphered
by learned pundit, the Brahmn learned that
close by the shrine of Pr Shah Nepal is a well
dating back to Mohammedan times and at a GER
tam distance from the well are hidden fourteen
laSs of rupees. TIE Brahmin has obtai ed
government sanctIonto excavate the ground a
rich neighbor furnishing the funds on condition
OF receiving share of the treasure.
THERE is a species of acacia which is COM
monty called the angry tree. 1t reaches the
hight of eighty feet after a rapid growth. and
somewhat resembles the century plant One of
these curious plants was brought from Aus
trala and set out at Virginia. New, where it has
been seen by many person. When the sun
sets the leaves fold up and the tender twigs coil
tightly Ike a little pigs tell. If the shoots are
handled the leaves rustic and move upeasilv for
time Ii this queer plant is removed from one
pot to another it seems angry, and the leaves
stand out IN all directions like quulis on a porc,l-
pine. most pungent and sickening odor said
TO resemble that given off by raft ies axes when
annoyed, fills the air, and it is only after an
hour or 80 that the leaves fold in the natural
way.
EVERY GoURMAND in London, writes a CORE
spondent, has had his mouth set watering with
desire by the appearance of basket of truffies
gathered in Epping Forest which have all the
stiffness and resistance to the pressure of the
finger dee ned by connoiSseurs necessary to in.
sure convection of their having been dug from
the ground only twelve ours before For a
long time past the inhabitants of the little villas
that border The forest have had their Gu 10 ,itv
exclt by the frequent visits of a party of
Frenchmen, armed, some with tridents and
some with queer-shape pointed spades |
and rakes, but what excited the
most curiosity of all was the |
range pack following them in the chase con- |
sisting OF three or four extraordinary looking |
pigs animals with long, peaked SHOUTS, and |
mounted upon long, lean legs. which trotted |
along, grubbilg hther and thther and floppinp |
their ears in disdain as they obeyed the cali of |
their masters hurrying them on their road The |
sport generally took place before dawn. These |
Frenchmen were trut1ie hunters and the queer |
looking pack follow ng at their heels were |
French pigs from Periyord, whose scent is |
never at fault when truffieS lie hidden beneath |
the ground.
THE PEARLS OF the Empress Augusta were
famous, but are inferior to those now possessed
by the Duke of Cumberland, which are the
finest in Europe. These pearls and other
jewels, the whole being worth about 100000.
were awarded to the lace King George of Ham |
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