The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ EMPEROR WILLIAM is in future to appear at
| great reviews and at state functions, when he is
| on horseback, mounted on a magnificent Arab
| which has been presented TO him by the sultan.
CARPET TRUST is said TO be in process of
formation, and most Of the Brussels carpet
manufacturers at KidderIninster and in the
| north of England. and some of the London
! houses have Joined il
THISGs are being made pretty hot for the
loafers and idlers of Nays Landing, n J. A
| band of White Caps has been organized. whose
| especial duty it will be to fog all those who
| refuse to work. Already some Of the loafers Of
| the place have been warned, and one of them
| has precipItately left for parts unknown.
| WASHINGTON SPECIAL says: There was a
strong crusade last winter started against long
! dinners and luncheons It began to bear fruit
| then, but this season few dinners last an hour
/ and half. The most successful are only one
| hour from the soup to the walnuts Instead OF
| the twenty-five courses so fashionable five or
/ SIX years ago, the dinner of 1880 is limited TO
/ five or six. and everybody is delighted with the
| reform. There are a few men brave enough to
decline all cotillion invitations that do not
/ promise to be over by 1870 o'clock, but the
form for early hours is not sufficiently earnest
yet to mean anything.
AT A GROCERY STORE on Church street, Belfast,
Mass, recently, while quite number of persons
were gathered therein. the prophet or got them
| to guessing on various things finally coming to
pea beans 4 number of guesses we're made as
/ TO how many were in a bushel The most reck-
/ less person in the party guessed high as
| $1,000 From that there were various other
estimates of a smaller number. We'll, sir. >"
| said the grocer, 'theFe are 119000.n OF course
no would believe him until he explained
| that there were sixty to a half ounce and proved
1t. Then how many bank notes will it take to
%9gH as gsn as SILVER cT5 ont ss
| Not right, said the grocer, lust 2, b" which
| he illustrated and proved.
| THERE is talkof building gravity railway up
| the rugged sidesief old Dunderberg Mountain,
| on the Hudson, for the purpose of accomodat-
| ing pleasure travel. The proposed starting
| point / < on the West Shore railroad near the
| river level and the road will ascend the noun
| tam by an inclined plane worked by cables
having a grade of % per cent. to ar altitude of
| ,lOO feet. From the summit of this plane the
| gravity of road is TO run by a circuitous route
! all around The Hanks and foothills of the noun
| tam, and finally returns to its starting point.
The total length traversed is about fifteen miles,
| SO located as to give passengers the best oppor-
| tunity of enjoying the wild scenery of the
| region. The total cost of the railroad and its
| equipment is estimated at S5O0,00)
VERY SAD TALE was related by little girl
at a Boston police station, Monday 1t was
thought TO be without foundation, but on in
| qIiry the Jouuut says, an officer found her
| statements correct The child said she had
| three sisters, and that her mother having
| through sickness, got behind in the rent ($2 IS
/ per month"; the landlady ordered two constabes
| to eject the family from the house. The CON
| stables removed nearly all the furniture Mon
| day afternoon, it is said, and also took the
| sasheS out of the windows and poured bucket
| OF cold water on the fire, at which the oldest
| girl was at the time preparing some medicine
/ Tor her mother. The only thing left in the room
was the bed on which the mother lay. About 3
| O'Clock the poor woman died from the effects
OF the exposure The officer sent to Investigate
| replaced the windows and built another fire
and the children staid with their dead mother
until Tuesday morning, when they were pro-
| vided for by the police The husband was killed
a Few years ago in railroad disaster.
A VERY PRETTY GIRL did gracious and cour-
ageous act at the Chestnut street crossing in
| front of Wanamaker's store in Philadelphia
| yesterday afternoon. A ragged and wretched
boy stood on the south side of Chestnut street
| with tray of violets swung from his shoulders
| His flowers were'not exceedingly fresh, and his
appearance was not tempting to buyers. He
was crying his wares in an unpleasantlv shrill
voice, and seemed to have lost heart. A fashion
! ably dressed young man came up Chestnut
street, and as he started over the crossing to 20
| into Wanamakers threw away a. cigarette that
was only half smoked. The boy darted after il
and slipped on the stone pavement The strap
| that held the tray to his shoulders broke and
| ms flowers fell to the pavement, He was stunned
| by the fall and laid prostrate. heavy car
| rage, drawn by two horses, was almost upon
| him when the young lady stepped upon the
cTOSSiilg- oUe Helu up her mana a warning to
| the dryer, who rein9d his horses back until
they were nearly on their launches Then she
| stopped down lifted up the boy, helped him to
| pick up his flowers and pressed a coin in his
| hand as She made her way through the crowd.
INTERESTING New YORK NEWS by way of Lon
don is to the effect that the Duchess of MARI
| borough has directed the trustees of the Hamer-
sley estate to sell large slices of the real prop
| erty in New York, which are among the estates
| most valuable belongings There is some prop
/ erty in Broadway, near Franklin street, and a
| block running from Sixty -frst to Sxty-second
| street and Fifth and Madison avenues The
proceeds of these sales will of course not 90 to
| the duchess, as she is only entitled to the in
| come from the estate during her life. She has
| power, however. to order the sales and have the
| ayallS reinvestsd so that the revenues may be
| increased. It's said that the duchess has drawn
| S45OOOO from the estate since her marriage a
! year ago last July. good deal of the estates
! income. IL VIII be remembered, accumulated
| during the time that the litigation over the will
| was ia progress This money has been used for
| putting Blenneffn castle into repair, and it has
| been fixed up with all modern improvements
! Besides this town house has been purchased
| and magnifcently furnished The Duke and
| Duchess OF Marlborough are said to be very
| happy in their union and their friends say that
/ they viii make q visit to this side during the
| coming sprinWpo
A CORRESPONDENT of the London Field re-
lates the following instance of canine retribu-
| ton which came under his notice: Two shep-
| herds on the North Derbyshire moors living in
| adjoining cottages far removed from any other
| dwelling, had each a dog of the cur breed that
| were sisters One of these gave birth a few
| weeks ago to u litter of five whelps and all
| seemed to go well with them until Dec % on
| that day in the early morning. the mother of
| the pups was in the yard eating her breakfast
| when the sister appeared on the scene An at
| tempt was made by the intruder To
| share the meal. This was resented bv
snari and growl, which failed
TO drlvs on the hungry sister, and again she
essayed to appease her appetite when she was
hercely attacked and severely mauled and went
| Hmping away bowling with pain About an
| hour after this incident, the owner of the err
| with family went on his round of inspection
| taking his dog along with him. Their departlIre
| would appear to have been noticed by the van
pushed sister, for about an hour afterward
she stealthily made her way to the stable
wherein were the whelpS before named and
! worried them all. Having accomplished this
terrible revenge, she proceeded to carry off her
| victims to place of concealment but was
| caught in the act by one of the shepherds chill
dren
| THAT is a moss-backed Islander and scandal
concerning Mrs. James G. Blaine Jr, and De-
lancy Nicoh that New York dramatic paper
has printed, and on account of which the editor
has been arrested for libel" says Charles
| Metcalf, who represents Daniel Frohman. and
| IS entitled TO speak authoritatively Mr. Met
calf was talking of it between the acts at tha
new Park theater in Philadelphia He does
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