The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

are tie.
AN AGED LADY died suddenly in a hotel in
Alabama, and in her hustle S2,0l0 was found
concealed.
BERLIN FIRM pays to the city 10000 marks
annually for using the 400 official town posts
for private advertisements.
CENSUS ENUMERAroRs in Philadelphia report
that they have encountered no difficulty in OBJ
tanning answers to their questions.
The income of the University of oxford for
the present year is about eco 200 During the last
year the university has increased its capital by
nearly $4,000.
The street cleaning department of New York
has appointed three physicians to examine all
applicants for positions on the force, to deter
mine whether they are physically fit to do the
work required.
The HUMBOLDT RIVER and its tributaries at
Wells, New, are gorged with carcasses of cattle
that persisted last winter, and the stencil is un-
| bearabe. Many railroad employees have been
made sick by it.
THE INCREASE of about 100000 people in
thirteen years in Spain is attributed in great
measure to the success that has attended the
| changes IN the hygienic condition of the large
| cities and towns.
posed silver mine in Pennsylvania, an expert
who had been called from Philadelphia decided
| that there was no indication of anything of
value except a fine bed of clay.
An OFFICER sent from Washington to look
into the fbustering story about Lower Cali
| fornia is said to have reported that those who
| made up the yarn have been unable to produce
a single man who was recruited for the So called
| expedition.
| IT is RELATED of a Johustown (Pa.) boy who
| was drowned the other day that as he was sink
| "a lad 10 hic fba
| shore: Steve, be sure and take the milk
| home" This was an errand on which the boys
| had been sent.
| The ORDERS and suspenders of the BROOKLYN
bridge are being painted for the second time
since the completion of the structure This
| dangerous work is done for the most part by
men who have had some experience in the rig
| ging of ship.
THE Pennsylvania railroad is experimenting
with shaking CRATE on its freight engines. and
| the result is said to be satisfactory. An engine
| equipped with CRATE ran over five days with
| out clogging, and the fire continued brisk Nc
| blower was needed.
FEW DAYS AGO it was stated that Harry
Hine, the actor and member of Hallen & Hart S
Later On" Compony, had fallen heir to $50 900
Dy inc death OF Horace S. Lanfair, wealthy
| merchant of Baltimore. 1t now turns out that
| he will only get between S., 900 and $4,000.
LEADING AUTHORITIES seem to agree that while
electricity is an unquestioned success as a sub
| stitute for horses in street car propulsion its
| use instead of steam locomotives on ordinary
| railroads must be postponed at least until many
| Improvements have been made in electric engi-
| neering.
IT COSTS less tn an S160,G year to keep the
streets of the city of London clean, and about
| tenth of this amount comes back by the sale of
| sweepings and refuse The rubbish amounts in
| the year to $1,000 tons, about $4,000 tons of
IxHyhfO &c ,,a1o 1xr;- ~, l..
| and cinders.
DION BoUccIcAULT has been paid for his
various plays, among which are London AS
| surance," The Shaugraun" and Colleen
| Bawn, upward of $1,000 O00 Yet he is today
| poor, and at GO he is hard at work on new
| play, being in need of the money that he ex-
| poets it viii bring him.
| A PRICED PALM TREE in Rome was blown down
| during recent gale. 1t stood in the gardens of
the British embassy, and was. perhaps, the tall
| est tree In Rome. 1t was historical as having
| been pierced by a cannon ball during the attack
| on the city in September. 1870 1t was strapped
| with iron where the ball had pierced it, and was
| the only object in the vicinity which showed the
| traces of the attack which opened Rome to the
| Italian army.
| CURIOUS how perfumes are one day the fashion
and the next forgotten. few years ago
Jockey Club had many adorers; now it seems
| to be given over to elderly beaux and IadieS
| who are little bit nervous when the question
| of age comes in. Following it there was a rage
| for Opoponax; then white rose received all the
| attention; after that we suffocated under tube.
| rose; this was succeeded by an ocean of violet;
| now we are all perfumed with white lilac,
| although the coming odor is said to be vervain,
| most delicate scent, and one that at its best
| is really difficult to procure.
A HORSE belonging to a Brewer Me-, grocer
appears to hold the palm for politeness Just
| now. One day recently he had been backed I'M
| door hat q
| wagon stood directly across the sidewalk
Turning his head he saw some one coming on
the sidewalk. and deliberately, although those
| In the store kept calling to him to stop stepped
| into the road and stood there with plenty of
room for passing, nor would he return in spite
of all commands, until the traveller had gone on
| his way, rejoicing that he had not been Obliged
| to go out into the muddy street
A SUMMARY of vessels built during the year
1889 gives a total of 1856, Gro tons for British
ports and 1920 reported from continental
yards. Northeastern ports head the British list
| with 717,699 tons. the Clyde standing second
| with 1886, POI tons and Belfast next with 20 s55
| tons. the exports of engines and machinery
| were the largest ever recorded in the history of
| British commerce, namely Ell, ,65S. against
| 812,932625 in 1888, an increase of 60 322 033
Taking simply steam engines and parts thereof,
| the Argentine Republic was the largest Gus.
toner last year, taking e61O.296 worth.
HELEN KELLER of Memphis. Tenn, now 10
years of age, has been deaf, dumb and blind
| since her recovery from a severe attack of
! brain fever, at the end of her 80 year. But
having been taught by the methods Of the Per-
| kns Institute for the blind, at South Boston.
she speaks, by the finger alphabet, French
| German and English with great fiuency. and
has studied natural history, zoology, political
| history mathematics geography with the use
OF raised maps-and, strangest of all. music
She writes good hand, and expresses herself
with ease, while her questions snow phepom-
email intelligence. Withal, she is an exception.
ally cheerful, happy and affectionate child
THE officers and crews of the steamers plying
between Tacoma and Olympia are on the look
out for an immense octopus or devil fish which
is reported to exist in the waters between the
mouth of the Nesqually river and Henderson's
inlet. The monster has been seen at various
times for week past, and steps are being
quietly taken to capture it. Tine men on the
steamers are very backward in speaking of it
they fearing that others will attempt to capture
| the prize. When last seen il was lying on the
water, vigorously splashng one of its thousand
tails, and it looked to weigh at least 500 pounds
1t measures from tip to tip, as nearly as can be
| estimated, fully fifty feet. Such fish liz IN
usual in Puget sound waters It's peculiarly is
a sort of deafening roar which it makes in
quick succession.
S. S. LArCA of Verona, N Oak, and Miss
Minnie Thompson of Cincinnati, O.. were mar
ried by Justice Hemenway at the West hotel in
cakes, Mimi, recently. The party had been
corresponding for some time aud photograps
had been exchanged, but they had never met.