The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-14

JOHN H. ROCKFORD took his family to Savin
Rock, in New Haven, few days ego, and left
them there to spend the day. In the afternoon
Mrs. Rockford and a few friends were seat ii at
a table in the grove, and in order watch the
dancing walked over toward the pavilion. When
tdey returned they discovt red that their wraps,
which We're done up In shawl strap, had dlsap-
peared. Cor able Peck was notified and he set
out to investigate. In his rambles he noticed
woman EN- rye from the ladies' toilet room in
he grove. He had seen her enter abe u half an
hour before, and then the obserN ant officer had
noticed that she did not wear a OrStle. When
S he came out she wore one The constable
m ace up his mind that the stolen articles were
on her person. Hs placed her ind - arrest, and
when she was searched her bustls was found to
cons st OF Mrs. Rochford's shawl. tue wraps of
her friends, ami the nursing bottle and a few
cookies belonging to the chi d. The woman had
utilized the shawl strap as garter.
DAVID G. GALE and Jennie Mathews were
married in Detroit and Immediately started on
a weddinr trip in a fifteen-foJt double pointed
cedar Skif. The first day they had head winds
and made but twenty miles, and found lodging
for the night beneath a farmhouse roof near
the shore For two subsequent days they had
delightful rowing weather aud got along swim
mingy The third day came a storm, a, d it
was thought advisable for Mrs. Gale t. get out
and walk along the oeacn. which she did a dis
lance of about eight miles, while her husband
pulled along in sight Wind and oar, and an
occasional tow from steam barge and launch,
TOOK tne Drldal couple along rapidly, ana at
noon of the fifth day they arrived at OaSdale
harbor, just 10 miles by the coast line measure.
The longest distance ma in any one day was
ninety-two miles, and the average was sixty
two miles per day. They returned by rail,
irving at their home IN Detroit q few days ago.
Both were Drowned by exposu but delighted.
OTTo RUDOLPH, a promising youth of ~, en-
poyed by the Postal Telegraph Company in St.
Louis as a messenger. had his honesty tested a
few days ago, but was bally pail for his in
tegrity. Walking along the street he noticed
something drop from the back pocket of q gen
tlemen walking ahead about eight or nine Yards
AS he got nearer to the spot he NV chat large
roll of bills had been lost He picked it up and
ran after the man and gave him the mo Iey. ex-
planning how he had seen it fall from bis pocket.
The gentleman showered praise and thanks upon
the boy, euloglzing him to high degree, and
then putting his hand into his pocket he ex-
tracted a handful of change and gratefully gave
Master Rudolph quarter. The delighted
youngster deposited his reward in his pocket,
and while relating the story to one of the boys
gentleman passing the pair told them that the
roll contained Sis. Meagre as the reward was
the boy was glad to have it, but learned with
dismay on presentation at the counter of
tobacco store for package of cigarettes that
his quarter was so badly worn that il could not
be passed. He tried several places to change
the money. but was always refused The boy
says the gentleman whose money he found is
broker.
WHEN Henry G. Steven of Bridgeport. Conn.
him mi hit think he had a pile of thin cedar
boards in his lap, and as be turns leaf after leaf
| they crackle aud fall with thud. Another re-
maIkabe thing about Mr.. Steven reading his
| Blnl9 is that he needs no light to search the
| scriptures with and it is not necessary for him
| to look at the book. He has the biggest
| heavieS5 AID queereSt Bible in Connecticut He
! is deaf and blind soldier of the rebellion His
| wonderful Bible was presented to him by the
| American Bible Society and it cost S2S to pro-
| duce the BOOK tor him. Il is IN eight volumes,
| with embossed print. and he reads it by touch
| feeling the letters; yet he is apt and quick at
| that kind OF peruSaL The whole eight volumes
are quite lit for mau of ordinary strength
| Each volume is i515 inches long, l2 inches wide
| and about inches thick. Pile the volumes one
on another. and the aggregate thickness of the
| stack is feet and inches. Altogether there are
| 1,S49 leaves in the Bible. on each one of whica
is full page OF raised letters. Mr.. Steven is 81
years old, and began to study raised letter read
| ing less than three years ago. He is now a
| ready reader. Many curious persons call to see
him read with his finger tips.
THERE is a little green card in the use by the
postoffice department that is terror to some
of the more lreless letter carries. 1t is a ter
| ror only VIE they have once been caught
| Very seldom, indeed are they caught the secon
time This card is dropped IN Ii letter DON and
| on II is marked tne time 1t was put in and also
also the time it should be taken out by the
| carrier A record is kept by the chief Of the
carriers. and il that little card does rot turn II
with the other mail with which it is due il Il
clearly TO be seen tn II the carr Ter has not a zen
| the mail from that particular box rhe object.
of course. is to test the re liability of the lr-
| rierS. Where there is any cOmnaint on the
mart of the citizens about the hardness Of local
mails, then little green card is dro Jp-I M o,le
/ or more boxes in the district from which the
complaint comes Sometimes it shows careless
ness on the part of the carrier and sometimes
it does not. 1t is, however, not necessary that
til re should be complaints, for frequently he
cards are put 10 the boxes of toe most efficient
men. or course they are happy when they dis
| cover them. But where a box is missed in
which there is green card. then the carrier IS
bound TO get into trouble. and very serious
| trouble at that. This card has been In use by
the postoIice department for gooi many
years ia all parts of the country.
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