The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

sad to fe the nrzt cremation 10 this Country
Z was conducted, that OF baron &c Palm
The following neat and comprehensive cpl
taph appears il the Glastonbury, Conn, church
yard:
/ Mrs. Mary Hole. deceased August 81, f7ia
/ Here lies one whose LIES threads cut asundsr;
She was struck dead by clap Of thunder.
The WEALTH of the United States is unoffi-
cially estimated at S71.s0O, 100000, an increase
in ten years of ~ per cent. EngIand's wealth
was placed at $4,000 900 600 in 1855, but divided
among smaller population taan that of tie
1 United States, while tue value of Frances
I property is put at $3.50 10000. Taxes in
| England average $40 per capita, and in the
| United States SIP So
TIE Swiss GOVERNMENT has officially pro
claimed its unbelef In the tradition that
! William Tell shot the apple from his sons head
ana mas ordered all books which contain any
reference to the episode from the schools At
| Altorf TWO statues nave been set UP, one of
Tell and the other of his son. and it is recorded
upon their pedestals that they stand upon the
exact positions occupied by Tell. Sr., and Tell
Jr-. when tie shooting was done! If there were
none, how came those statues thereg Every
rl2ht- minded person viii see that the Swiss gov
eminent is clearly in error.
PEOPLE in Newark, n. j., says the Lew York
Herald, are having the biggest kind of a laugh
at the expense of the gentleman who compiled
the names for the city directory this wear The
book has nsarly 1900 pages, containing about
| 30 ,0OO names and addresses of residents of New
ark. 1t Is very neatly got up and has lust
oeen published. The discovery was made yes
/ terday that practical joker had been taking a
| hand in arranging the names and addresses
! ana had succeeded 10 producing by his wits one
or the most amusing books Issued in Newark
| for many years. OF course, the publisher is
angry, but doesn't know what he can do about
| II now that the book is in the hands of the pub
| lie Fo lowing are a few of the fictitious names
and addresses: McGnty, Daniel, driver; ad-
| Snnnll 1ir,h,
| address. Stumptown. Robinson, Crusoe cast
| away; address, Lone Island.
The steamship La Normandie has arrived in
| New Y ork with the statue of Gen LAFAYETTE
| presented by the French government to the
United Stats. The statue will be placed in
| Lafayette square, Washington, D. c. 1t was
! consigned to Patterson, Sea & Eisele, who have
charge of the erection. The hight is fifty feet.
| The statue consists of square CELESTIAL of
| Italian marble. with bronze figures on each of
the four sides and elaborately carved. A series
| OF steps lead from the base halfway to the top
| On the top step, in front, is half-reclining
| inquire OF America Her I. ght arm is stretched
| upward, holding sword Opp )site is a group
| OF children. Figures Of Washington and La
| fayette clasp hands on another face side, and
on the fourth side are figures of Count Rocham-
| beau and an Americ IN admiral All the figures
| are bronze. The estimated cost of the. statue,
with ira deportation and erection, is about
| S2U,OOO, and is borne oy the French govern
| menU
NEW YORK ARCHITECTS design for a new
building, to cost a million dollars for Geofge
| Vanderbilt in North Carolina near Asheville,
! has been accepted. Work will soon begin on the
| building. she completion of which will REQUIRE
| at least two years. The house, which will be a
palatlaI winter residence, Will be in the center
of 6,Oo0acre tract of land which Mr.. vasder-
Dill has owned for some years. 1t is also his in
| tentlon to construct railroad from the regular
| station on the lile right TO lis house. A force
| OF men has already begun the work of grading
| preparatory TO the construction of the ne v
road. The house will be located on the side of
| mountain. Great expense will be necess ary
| TO the grading and improving of the land. A
park Will be made of what is now a mountain
| hillside. Mr.. "a lderblt is also going to build
| handsome and costly stables near the house,
| wlepe he will conduct stock raising on a large
scale. Dewitt c. Weeks of New York will
| build the foundations of this million dollar
| house.
| A STRANGE INCIDENT is told concerning the
fatal thunderbolt at Homer n Cnase's at Buck
| field, says the Lewiston, Me. Journal AS has
been stated, Mr.. and Mrs. Chase were in Auburn
| on Thursday afternoon, and before the shower
were in the National Shoe and Leather Bank in
| Auburn. Mr.. Chase was talking with some of
| the bank officials and was asked if he was not
| gong TO stay over in the afternoon and see the
races he said tina; he thought not. Il noticed
just as came in, be said, that black cloud
| was hanging over the west. and it looks to me
as though it was right up in our vicinity Light.
nlng has struck there good deal. Our house
| 10 Oll a huOll WIFI q l6QSe, ana L nave had
| idea that there might be some sort of attraction
about the ground" Mr.. Chase accordingly left
for home, and as s known. reached there only
| to find that the lightning had descended upor
ms nome prostratlng his son and killing his
| hired man. AS near can be learned at the
very moment that Mr.. Chase made the above
sta ement, the lightning struck the house
AFTER long experiment with patent anchor.
the new navy department has decided to return
to the old-style anchor Several new-fanglec
affairs have been tried, and one the inventor
OF a naval officer at present on the Baltimore
| obtained quite general adoption. This anchor
was recommended by Capt. Schley, the chief of
the bureau of equipment, and at present com
| mander OF the Baltimore, with whom then as
now, the inventor was associated. The anchor
had been placed on the Miantonoulah, Newark
San Francisco, Baltimore, Chicago and Other
| vessels. 1t is now directed that the patent
anchor on these vessels be discarded and re
| placed by the old-tine stock anchor-a change
which will cost in each instance nearly 81. 900
Admiral alker, willis I'm Europe on the Chicago
found Inc anchor unServlceable, and so report ed
| TO the department 1t will be very interesting
| however, TO the taxpayers who have to pay for
this oungle to know That the officer in question
Will lose nothing by the failure of his invention
as he has parted with his patent to an Ohio firm
| for large sum OF money.
| HOWELL OssoRNs ATTENTIONS to Fay Tempe-
| ton have not been exceeded even by Fredd,s
| Geohards expressions of admiration for Mrs
| Langtry. When Miss Templeton was in Paris.
| Wnere OSBORN lives for the present, runors Of
| an approaching wedding reached Osborne
| friends here, and the public announcement of
| his engagement to the favorite singer was daily
| expected. 1t never came. The wedding has
| never taken place, although the young mans
| affection for Miss Templ-ton is not wholly one
| SIDED. once, when she was singing in (;incn-
| natl, message came from Osborn in Paris
| Inc next train took Miss Templeton to New
York, whence she sailed on the next steamer
| for Havre, although she was booked for several
| months In America. She never wrote back to
| explain the broken engagement Some surprise
| has been expressed at the fact of Osborn * an
| sence from New York while the lively Fav is
enjoying herself after stage hours In that city
The trouble is said to be the fear of Osborn's
creditors. Although he has an income of about
S2OOOO year, he has not fit or felt able TO
square himself with his New York tailors in a
long while. When he has been there it is said
That his presence was not known to his
creditors. His next visit has been so we'll adj
vertised that, perhaps, Osborn will decide t.
postpone it.
WILSON BARRETT, the English tragedian. saws
the St Louis Post Dispatch, refers to Miss Mig
non Shattinger of ST. Louis as his Child sweet
heart The story of the meeting between the
| actor and this charming little miss is a pretty
romance which, 10 doubt, has brought MANY a
happy hour to him thousands of miles away
| from his own four little ones, and many mora
| 20 the less occupied object Of his love- When
| Barrett was here in February asst Mignon who
| has just entered her teens, saw his picture in
tue window and on the fences, and liked them SO
| well that she wanted to go and see the man in
| one of his great plays. she went with her
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