The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-01
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started a saloon in tue basement and now there
is seen beer key on the corner Of fine structure
with tall steepie on II
WHEN the United States flagship Omaha was
doing rapid firing practioe recently in Japanese
waters. one OF the guns went of unbidden, and
/ neously disappeared. Fragments of one OF the
men were picked up, but Of the other not
/ trace was discovered.
A DESPERATE lHoRsE rHrzv in Maine. who es-
capped from jail. has been captured by boys.
Discovering him, they gave chase and cornered
I him in a deserted house. where one OF the lads
I drew a toy pistol and fired several blank cart
ridges at him. The fellow then gave himself
up. A carriage was obtained and he was re-
/ turned 20 jail by the trump ant youngsters
EAST TAwAs, Mich, is no place for a woman
hater. as here is a town which the ladies do run.
| One is postmaster, another runs the telegraph
| Office and has female messenger boys. another
runs the best hotel, lady printers get out the
weekly newspaper, a lone woman manages
| big house and two others have general stores,
, the school teachers are women and so are the
store clerks. This is a good town to tie to.
A SPECIAL EXHIBITION for architects will be
held at Tunis from Sept. Is to Nov. IS One
section will show reservations Of ancient monu-
ments and designs for their rehabilitation.
Another Will contain pottery, glass, mosaic,
decorative paintings. bronzes carvings and
other objects used in the adornment of the
house Still another will be devoted to pubica-
tons on architecture and the allied arts
| together with photographs and their reproduc-
| tons.
THE AMERICAN EAGLE 10 still a resident of
Cheshire, says the Pittsfeld (Hass) Eagle. "a
fine specimen is often seen sitting on a stump in
the reservoir, waiting for fish It is probable
that the family home is somewhere on the cliffs
OF the rocky hill west of the reservoir So fire.
quent are the visits of these birds to the reser-
voIr that regular travellers on the trains watch
time NVhit ia
head and noble form of the American bird is
not seen on some stump.
A FRENCH DOCTOR has been giving some ad-
vice to persons who are unable to give up the
pernicious habit of taking a hook 60 bed with
them and reading themselves to sleep. In the
1rst place. he says they should every evening
oathe their eyes with salt water-not salt
enough to be painful, however. The reading
should be done In a reclining position, but sit
ting up, as rede ng on Iones back is hnrtful to
the sight, almost as much a feeble Light
which should be carefully avoided.
ACCORDING to a London paper, "a discovery
| of considerable interest for archeologists was
made at Contains during the cutting of a rail
way from Argenteull 10 Nantes. One hundred
| and eighty-fve plaster tombs Of the Merovin-
| gian epoch were found, the skeletons in them
are described being in q state of perfect pres
ervatlon. One of the tombs contained two
| skeletons, one placed on top Of the other. An
| official commission of the Department of the
Seine ct Olse has gone to Oonhsns TO visit the
cemetery and to insure the preser vation of the
| historical curiosities 1t contains"
| WHEN Lord Nelson was breathing his last in
the Victory his thoughts seemed to be ooncen-
trated upon little church at Burnham Thorpe,
| his native place, where his father was the
| rector, and he expressed wish to be buried
| there. An appeal has been made for subscrip-
| tons to the church restoration fund " propo-
sition first made by the Prince of Wales to re-
| store the church to the condition in which it
was during the lifetime of the fighting admiral.
Nearly $4,000 has been subscribed to the fund,
OF which the queen has given $50. the Prince of
| Wales $500, and the Duke OF Edinburgh $3.50.
The RELIC hunters on the shores of Lake
| Auburn. Me-. where an Indian burial ground
was unearthered few weeks ago are meeting
| with good success. Several Of the tools and
weapons have the appearance of being but
partly finished, and Indicate that workshop
was near by. small mine Of relics was found
| In the city of Auburn few days ago on New
| bury street. 1t was about four feet under
| ground and included several fine specimens
Another prospecting party OF The shores of the
lake gathered forty-four pieces Ground has
been broken by the greedy searchers in scores
| OF places along the lake.
In THE BERLIN LAW COURTS, o person who was
caught red banded has been proceeded
| against for stealing roses from a prettiy deco
| rated grave. The accused produced in court a
| copy of the inscription on the tablet over the
grave which runs as follows: Traveller, pause
a moment at this spot, and pluck a rose in
remembrance Of what was" The defendant
| on the strength of this, commended that he was
acting simply in accordance with the expressed
wishes of the deceased; but the judge thought
| otherwise. He said the inscription stated
| plainly that the traveller to pluck a rose
| and not handful of roses, and he therefore
| pronounced the defendant guilty
| THE IDEA of erecting a monument in Rich.
| mond to Gen. A. P Hill, which had its origin
about the time Of the unwilling of the Lee
monument. is still being pushed. The Hill mon
ument committee have already secured about
| $1,000 for this object Maj. Thomas A. Brander
who is prominent in the movement saws: "Mrs
| Hill was in Richmond recently and conference
was had with her. 1t was decided to postpone
| the erection Of the monument until next spring.
| 1t will probably be about Memorial day. We
| have had designs made, and shall have a very
| handsome monument. Gen Hill should have a
monument worthy of his great services, and
the important part he took in the great struggle
in which he lost his life. This cannot be erected
with the small amount now in the hands of the
| committee. "
| IT is SAID that an electrical riding school is
shortly to be equipped in Paris This intention
is doubtless attributable to the success which
| attended the opening of the electrical riding
| school in Nice last year. Here, it will be re-
| membered. wooden horses were used and pro-
PEELED round the ring by the power of electric
| motors Ihere was series OF rings, on which an
| the horses depended on the radii of the respect
i've rings, those inside of smaller circumference
| being patronfzed by the steady-going and older
| individuals, while the delights of rapid locomo-
ton were secured to the riders on the outer cir
| cles At the same time the rider could reduce
the speed or stop instantly by means of a CON
trolling arrangement. This refinement of the
| primitive merry -go-round created quite a fu-
rore IN Nice, and it seems not improbable that
before long it will find its way to this country
GEORGE CRANFIELD of Greene, R. l.. farm
hand, who has been working for the past three
| months for Sc month and board. has received
| news of the death of an uncle in Melbourne
Australia, the sad tidings being somewhat tenn
pered by the information that he is heir to mora
than 81, 10000 worth of property The uncle's
name was Michael Cranfleld BESIDES being a
| heavy land owner, he engaged in the hotel brsi
ness at inland Australian points. and had a bio
branch house in the East India trade at VIadf
vostock Cranfleld left this country about fiftv
years ago, and at one time during the Yachan
| dandha gold excitement he was estimated to he
worth SlO.OO0,0O0 made fnsspecuation in crude
gold. Young Cranfield is believed to be the only
surviving heir of the Australian speculator
| Correspondence has been opened with sydney
| and Melbourne attorneys, who for some time
past have been looking for young Cranfield
A LINK with the past is severed by the death.
at Bedford, England, at the age of "a years. Of
Mrs. Caroline Catherine Hill, second daughter
OF the late Gen. Sir Robert Sale. G. G. r
whose gallant defense of Jellalabad against the
Afghans nearly half century ago was the one
red66miQg featIre the all ~ tha tor.,l.I. IL