The morning call., 1890-10-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A negro ATTEMPTED to shoot his wife at
Kissimmee, Fla. The bullet missed its
mark and hit little girl, killing ner in
stantly.
A Philadelphia girl staying at Highland
Lake picked up small rattlesnake a lew
days ago and the reptile never made the
least attempt to bite her.
Some candidates for naturalization at
Reading displayed such ignorance of the
United States that Judge Erdlich refused to
grant the necessary papers.
Robert Ingraham of Philadelphia, guest
of Captain EicholtZ, at Gettysburg, found a
gold chain on that battlefield. 1t was prob
ably dropped during the battle.
Names hay crop is estimated at 1,5OO, 900
tons, worth at least Sl5.000,000. The ice
crop brings in perhaps as much more, and
the summer visitor crop over S6,U00.OD0.
The stream of lava flowing down the south
eastern side of Vesuyius advances, slowly
and majestically, and is said to be a beauti-
full spectacle from the observatory at Pom
peii.
A mouse gnawed away the cord sustain
ing the chandelier of the Bad Axe (Mich.)
Church, and on recent Sunday it fell with
a crash, startling minister and flock almost
into fits.
A fair in Madison-square Garden in aid of
the Grant memorial in New York City is
now contemplated. 1t is proposed 10 make
il as imposing as the sanitary fairs held dur
ing the war.
A blind old soldier, asking for aims at
Manchester eng land chur Indoor, had
board hung round his neck inscr bel rs fol
lows: Engagements, s; wounds, 10; chill
dren, 6; total, "A.
Emigration Commissioner Valentine of
Vermont is much pleased with the Swedes
who have settled in that State. They have
been more than self-supportlng since they
came to Vermont.
What is probably the largest rose-bush in
the world grows alongside the residence of
DR.. E. b. Matthews in Mobile, Ala. 1t was
planted in 1913, and now covers the entire
house and neighboring trees.
A Yankee has invented chicken hobbler,
consisting OF a spring attached to hem leg,
which, when the hen attempts to scratch,
Will move her onward, and will, in fact,
walk her right out of the garden.
Texas is wonderfully prosperous. From all
sections come reports OF Increase of capital.
The moneys invested for the School Fund
and the lands held by the State for the
same are estimated at $50, 100000
A Williamson (Mich) man whose well
ran dry found that the roots of d willow had
grown distance of twenty-four feet, coied
up on the bottom in solid mass, and were
carrying all the water into the foliage.
Herbert A. Clark of Chaplin, Conn.,, fell
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to his declarations. He then pestered her
with anonymous letters, writing as many as
150 He has finally been arrested, and q
commission has adjudged him insane.
Any patriotic and unsophisticated couple
that will stand up in cotton Dagging in the
fair grounds of the Piedmont Exposition, at
Atlanta, during Alliance week, and there be
welded for better or worse, will receive
500. The second couple that fancies this
sort of Il wedding will get $50.
The other day white man sat down on
the steps of "a store near the courthouse in
Americas, Ga, and went 10 sleep. While
asleep he fell off the steps and cut his head
quite badly. Strange to say, the man did
not wake at all, ana he did not know any,
thing of his injuries until a patrolman
awoke him. An artery was cut, and the
man might have bled to death had he kept
on sleeping. The man was not drunk
The Berlin Fire Department has lately
received novel fire engine, which has ex-
cited much interest in that city. The car
rage is constructed entirely of papier
mache, all the different parts, the body.
wheels, poles and the rest, being finished in
the best possible manner. While the dura-
bility and powers of resistance possessed
by this material are fully as great as those
of wood, the weight is of course much less.
A Toccoa (Ga.) man is totally blind, and
has been so from a babe a few weeks old.
Although Ht received DC education he pos
sesses unusual intelligence and can solve
difficult mathematical problems, giving the
month and year in which a person was born,
tell the day of the week; can tell dav from
night by the atmosphere. and when travel
ing can tell when he is passing objects some
distance from the roadside, such as a house
or a tree.
In England and other parts of Europp.
horse-shoeS are now in use made of coWhide
instead of iron. The shoe is composed of
three thicknesses of the hide, which is
pressed into a steel mold and afterward
treated by a chemical preparation. The
shoe is quite smooth on the outside surface,
no calks being needed, as the shoe adheres
firmly on polished pavements. 1t is claimed
this shoe is much lighter than the iron one.
lasts longer, and that the hoofs of horses
wearing them never split.
An amusing case of observation-disclosures
happened at Chesaning, Mich, as the south-
bound train pulled out. A lady in the rear
car frantically Jumped 10 her feet. clapped
her hands to her head and ran for the Plat
form, from which she would have thrown
herself but for the intervention of the con-
ductor. who seized her around the waist
with one arm and pulled the bel-cord with
the other. 1t was afterward explained that
the mother in the excitement to make the
train had forgotten her baby and left it In
the depot