The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-23

much liberty as the officers and abuse it no
more than the latter.
THE most remarkable short line of railway in
the world is probably the submerged railway at
Onton near Bilboa, described in the current
part OF Chdm6sr's Journal II runs down an
evenly slipping shore in double line to a distance
OF $50 feet, and has been constructed by a
Spanish engineer for the sole purpose of faciI-
ltatlng the shipment Of iron ores The only car
IS a massive IRON tower o. wheels in the shape
of pyrami rising seventy feet from the track
Upon the platform OF this tower the ores are
placed. and thus they are conveyed to the
veSsel-the pyramidal car. whose wheels are
always under water, returning automatica ~ as
soon as its cargo has been mechanically shot
into the ships hold.
The number Of immigrants into the United
States last year is about 100, 600 less than 1888
when there were little over 100000 There has
been steady decline since 1892, when the tide
reached It's highest pontiac, 600 Germany
continues to send the largest number-nearly
100000. England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
combined send about 140, 600 The totals for
1889 will complete the record for seventy years
These will show that the United States have re-
celved from foreign countries, since 1S20, an
aggregate of about $1,000 900 people, of whom
Great Britain has sent about 1000, 900, Germany
about 456O,O Norway and Sweden about
oOO,OOO and France about 350000. Ireland alone
has sent nearly 3,500, 60
THE word gazette seems to have Seen a IA
vorlte name for newspapers from the earliest
times down, says Printers Ink. The first news
paper In the world. printed at Nuremburg in
l457, was given this name. In our own country
the ma Ie was very common in connection with
the early history of Journalism. The first per
manent newspaper in the colonies was the Bos-
ton NeIDS Letter, the second being the Boston
Gazette. which appeared Dec. 49, 1919. Six
years latter New York's first paper, called the
New YORK Gazette, was established. This same
name was also given to the papers started in
the following states: Maryland. in 1123; L lode
lslani, in 1882; South Carolina, in 1872; Virginia
in 1876; Connecticut, in 1855: North Carolina in
1855. and New Hampshire, in 1856.
THE most modern Blu beard is a farmer near
Bristol, Del. He employed Katie Naman as a
domestic and warned her against peeriug into
q certain closet, OF course that meant that
Katie peer ed, aud sle saw the dead body of a
man lynn on the oset floor, and the circum-
stances attending indicated That the BODY was
IN an advanced stage of decomposition Katie
he'd These Aer3neS always Tee and in this
instance she notified the authorities, VINO made
RAID on the BRISTOL farm After considerable
clrcumlocutlon-an easy t'rm fer preyarica-
tlon-they got into the houSs AMI demanded
entrance to the closet. Tnis was granted after
a time, and as the door opened the odors ema-
mating almost Overcame the officers. They per-
sisted IN their duty, however, and fouud--nos
the corpse which Katie s imagination had pro
duced. but q scarecrow, which hal done good
service wniie the corn was young and tender.
A DISPATCH from Middlesborouga, KY, says:
Letters and tele ;ramS are pouring into tn,
banks here from all sections of the country,
asking If checks angling from $40 to $500 and
signed by B. Won KatScher," are good This
man has been passing himself off as an Austrian
baron, claiming unlimited capital and stating
he mai just married an Ohio hereSs His com
plete record is now known, and the Cincinnati
and dcago authorities are after him. He has
served a term in the Hamilton county work
house, and is one of the greatest sWindlers and
most gigantic frauds in the country. II is
claimed he is now route to New York to try
bis tricks in the metropolis, Won KatScher was
looked upon as glorious humbug and some
what of a tricxster. He used his masonic con
nectlOn for all it was worth and PLAYED his
noble birth racket with but little effect upon
the hard-working people OF this Industrious
city. He lett Mid 1lesboroIgh only few days
ago, after all his effects had been seized by the
sheriff.
THERE are said to be but 135 of the famous
goloid dollars in existence The first one of
these ever coined is in the possession of Col.
John A. Stephens of Augusta, Ga, having
formerly been the property of Alexander H.
stephens, ex-governor of Georgia and chair
man OF the committee on weights, measures
and coins at the time these historic pieces were
struck. The gooid dollar is about the size of a
silver half dollar, but hardly as thick and much
lighter. 1t has a bronze color, darker than
gold which is due to the copper contained in
ITS composition On one side are the words
United States of America, 100 cents" on the
RIM ana IN tle center these words, letters and
figures 'Gooid, metric. l, G.; 49,, s.; 10, C.;
'E Pluribns Unum, 1873 on the rim, and in
the center the head of female, with the word
''Libsrty" across the brow The figures ind
cate the composition which is the invention Of
man named Hubbell. The composite metals
in its makeup are worth exactly 81 in cash
Golold is composition u nineteen different
metals, of which but one part is gold tt6 Il
sixteen and on -tenths silver and 4 81 one and
nine tenths copper.
THE new counterfeit Sc silver certificates ara
SO well executed that they would easily deceiva
anybody who did not examine them closely.
If the man is offered 81 silver certificate is in
doubt as to its true character, and has a gen
ulne bill in his pocket he can quickly settle his
doubts. II the doubtful bill is laid on the gen
tune and IS found TO be quarter of an inch
shorter aud one SiXteenth narrower. its charac-
ter IS at once settled. 1t is counterfeit In case
there Is not genuine bill at hand, the COULTER
certificate in several details which
would not be noticed in
hurried glance All the counterfeits have the
check 'B' and the figures 1863 underneath
AS some of the genuine bills have the same
check mark its presence only suggests a M IRE
careful examination of the bills in other re-
spectS. None of the counterfeits has any other
cneck marks, however. The vignette of Han.
cock on the counterfeit is poorly executed. and
IN the tuc Sin1ite signature of W. s. Rosecrans
the letter "a" looks more like ''un in the
printed words underneath Register of the
Treasury the letter st" in the" is not crossed
1t IS seen on holding the bill up to the light thai
1t has no silk threads.
J. B. ALLEN, Block Island fisherman. had a
thrilling experience with swordfish a few
days ago while fishing in ore of the Block
Island schooners eight or ten miles at sea. The
harpooner had thrown the lilly iron" and fast
ened it deeply into a monster swordfish. and
Allen attempted to throw overheard the float
that goes with the harpoon. He became en-
tangled in the line, and just then The fish made
terrific plunge. Allen went overheard with
the rope coiled tightly about his body, and the
great fish, lashiDg the ocean into foam made
of rapidly, dragging the fisherman out To ses
Allen made q desperate effort to extricate
himself, but half the time he was drawn along
turlouSly beneath the oceans surface His |
companions on the vessel turned her pro,y in |
the direction he was being drawn, but could do |
nothing else to aid him. Every one believed |
that he must be drowned, as he went bobbins |
and plunging out to sea. But Allen preserved |
his presence of mind, aud finally succeeded in |
releasing himself from the coils of the rome
he rose to the surface and fioated. few mo-
ments later his vessel came along and he was
pulled on board. He was almost comnleteIv
exhausted. Then the vessel put chase after tbe |
swordiish, which was killed 1t was the largest
swordfish of the season. Its weight was 500 |
pounds. wv
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