The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A COMMUNITY on the Henry George plan has
been started in Sullivan county. n. Y, by about
800 Of his followers.
THE present theatrical season has been thus
far the most improbable that the Anne rican
actors and managers have ever known
THE IRIsHxEN who took part in the Fenian re-
bellion in Ireland twenty-five years ago will
have a dinner in New York on March 5.
A MOVEMENT is being made to secure the es-
tabhshment of a mint in Canada. British
Columbia has alone sent about $50. 900, 600 to the
San Francisco mint.
ENGLISH MANUFACTURERS are said to be max
ing good Roadway in the attempt TO compete
with the Germans in toy manufacturing. The
business amounts to S10,OOO,OcO a year.
a BAR OF WELSH GOLD has been forwarded to
the British Geographical Society, with the re-
quest thatit be used in the making of the medal
that the society is to give to Stanley.
IT IS NOT AN UNCOMMON THING for party Of
pcknckers to be caught in a storm and have
their clothing drenched. but it remained for n
Colorado picnic party to be caught il q blizzard
and have their ears frozen.
CAPT TREv1ER, the French explorer who re.
| Gently crossed from the west to the east coast
of Africa, is of the opinion that no commercial
| ventures are possible in those portions of the
country through which he travelled
AT AUBURN, CAL, a woman, while watching
her hens scratching in the garden, saw them
| unearth bright object, and try their bills
| upon it. She took it into the house, and it
proved to be piece of gold worth S57.
| A SINGULAR CASE of insanity is reported from
| Nebraska. A young man named Post was sun
struck about four years ago, and each winter
| since then he has become insane, his mind
| nearly righting with the return of spring.
In the last twenty years more than $4,000
worth of pearls have been found in the United
States in that family of mollusks known as
| ''unois, or fresh water mussels, the same that
/ abounded at one time in the rivers of Scotland
| 1T IS SAID that this years maneuvers of the
English navy are likely to be held in the Med
terranean, instead of about the English coast
| and to include an attempt to blockade the
| Straits and defend from attack the fortress Of
| Gibraltar
| A PETRIFIED TREE was found recently in a
coal mine at Osnabruck, Germany. The trunk
| is almost four feet through, and the roots cover
surface about fifteen feet square The tree
| has been set up in a special room in the Berlin
| School of Mines
THE WIDOW of Lieut.. Yates who fell by Gus
ter's side, makes her living in Carlisle, Pa. By
| teaching dancing class The widow of Lieut..
Calhoun, Margaret Custer, who lost both her
| brothers as well as ner husband in this battle,
| is an eocutionist.
THE HUGE iron and steel shipbuilding estab-
lishment, which is approaching completion at
| Sparrow Point. near Baltimore, is another tan
gIole and very gratifying bit of evidence of the
| boom which the shipping interests Of the
| country are experiencing.
FRANCE produces annually 20, 100000 tons of
coal; Germany 100000. and England 165, OOO,
| 900. The annual consumption of France
amounts to 1850 pounds for every inhabitant;
| (rpPmanU q rnHc in RAJ oriV A
| pounds, and in England 400.
! THE New York 400, who support the Metro
politan Opera House, congratulate each other
that the tenors of the company are not of the
| sort that women fall in love with. They are fat
! and uninterestng and no daughter of an aristo-
cratic house would look twice at them.
THE MEXICAN VETERANS have sent beauti-
fully engrossed copy to Mrs. Davis, at Beau
voir, of resolutions they lately adopted, lauda-
tory of the gallantry in action, the consistency
| in craftsmanship, the consciousness, and
| the fortitude of the late head of the confed-
I eracy.
PETER o. MATTHEW'S, a full blooded Digger
Indian officiated as chaplain for the Iowa legis-
| lature last week. He served in the Iowa infan-
try during the civil war, and afterward as In
dian scout in the regular army, Later he went
! through an Iowa college, became minister and
| now teaches an Indian school.
THE famous scandal in the Vanderbilt family
! which occurred in May, 1888, when young
! jake Vanderbilt, son of old Capt. Jacob Van
derbit Of Staten Island, married woman
| called Violet Ward-has been revived The
| discarded wife has sued Capt. Jacob for $780,
| 900 for alternating her husbands affections
| WORD comes from London that the irrepres-
| sible Col. Mapleson is about starting for Amer
! lea with an imposing scheme for Italian opera.
| with Nilsson, Trebelli, Sembrich, Masini,
| Galassi, Scalchi and Gerster as his stars. The
| old impressario exhibits letters from all the
/ singers whom he names, giving him practical
| option on their services. Mapleson is expected
| March 1.
| AMONG the pictures of a recent exhibition of
| old masters in London was Romney loaned by
! a maiden lady, who wanted it insured for $4,000
| because it was a family heirloom. This sum
was thought excessive, but soon after the exhi-
bition opened the old lady was offered S., 800
l for it. and in a day or two afterward dealer
raised the bid to 100000. She took time TO con-
slider and another dealer offered $4,000 She
hash accepted that yet, either.
| In THE Province of Ise the most remarkable
woman in Japan, as to size, has just come to
| the public notice. She is a trife over feet in
/ hight, has a breadth of palm of hand of 10
/ inches, foot II inches broad weight Of 80 900
/ momme, and is only 16 years of age. She is so
| well proportionea that at distance she has not
1 the app sarance of being overgroWn. and she
| has regular features, and beautiful complex
| ion. American tourists and Europeans are
| going miles to see her.
| AMERICA isn't slow even in minor accomplish
| mnnts. 1t came to the ears of certain young
| American skater that over in st. Petersburg.
| Russia, there was 10 be a skating contest for
the championship of the world, and he slung
| his skates over his arm and went over
! there to have shy at the trophy. The record
| shows that he won the prize without difficulty
! Even the Russians, on their own ground and
with their own crack skaters competing
couldn't find any excuse for cutting the Amer
| lean out of the worlds championship. Ameri-
canism means whole heap.
| SINCE a recent earthquake at Santa Ana. in
Orange county, Cal. the well of Mr., Hunting
ington, in Los Bolsas district, which for years
has never flowed to any considerable extent.
has given forth large quantities of mud, stones
/ and other materials, the eruptions being yul-
eanlc in character. The supply of water is now
| far in excess of the means provided at the sur-
face for its care and it has been found necessary
| to ditch from the well to the river to carry II
| away. The pipes are at all times in danger of
| bursting-the sudden blasts of air and foreign
| substances rendering it more or less dangerous
| to go near the opening.
| THE value of the Astor property in New York
is estimated at 500, OO0, 900. all of which. with
the exception of few trifing millions, is in
real estate. Abner Bartlett, who, with Mrs.
Bartlett, is guest of the Bellevue and will re-
main there several days, is the absolute mana
ger OF all this vast wealth in ground ana houses