The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

tween st. Petersburg and Boulogne, a distance
of ., ;65 miles. has recently been accomplished
DURING a marriage ceremony in Christian
burg va church recently a goat walked up
the main aisle and charged upon the bridge
groom The bride was forced to fee into the
pulpit for safety.
A BOOM has just struck Bona. They have
street railroads in Bona now, palatial hotels,
with all the comforts Of a home, and busi-
ness blocks. Bona IS the leading town of the
Congo Free State.
TIE first sewing machine was patented in
England by Thomas Saint in 1860, sixty years
before Elias Howe was born. One of Saints
old machines IS now exhibition in the Royal
Agricultural hall, Islngton, England
FARMER in Warwick. R. l., finding that
words wouldn't induce a gang of tramps TO
leave his yard. overturned hive of bees. His
visitors then departed in a hurry, some of them
taking with them very unpleasant reminders OF
the call
TIE TOWN CLOCK at Sarnia Ont, stopped re-
Gently, and its custodian, in seeking the cause,
found that the hands had been securely tied
down with strands of twine.and grass by pair
of English sparrows that had selected the angle
formed by the hands as a site for a nest
The French postoffice department is examin-
ing new and original system for distributing
newspapers through the mails. Every publica-
tion is to provide the central postoffice with the
list of its subscribers and every number is TO
be sent to the subscribers without wrappers or
printed address.
ONE of tn queer condolences of the census
is reported from eastern Maine, where the gain
in population in two cities for the past ten
years is exactly the same. Brewers popula-
ton was 3,l7O in 1880, and is nov 4,095 Calais
had 6,176 persons in 1890, and now has Z, 100 the
gain in each case being 925.
THE great Bear River canal in Utah, for the
construction of which 100000 has been pro-
vided, is expected to be one of the most extern
slve irrigation works in America To get the
river along the side hill along Bear creek canon
and out on the plain near Plymouth will neces-
state moving 100000 cubic yards of solid rock.
This LITTLE STORY is from New Orleans
journal: Little Floribel Detch, years old,
died suddenly at Morgan City, aud her pct
pigeon flew into the room where the corpse lay
surrounded by weeping relatives and friends.
The deep grief of the mournerS so impressed
the bird that it dropped its head and died. 1t
was placed in the coffin and buried the next
day with It's little mistress"
DR.. CHARLES W. DULLES, a prominent physi-
clan of Philadelphia, holds to the opinion that
there is hope for consump tives and that medi-
cal science will be able soon to control the dis
ease. In a recent paper on the subject re
pointed out that while in En- gland half a cen
tury ago there were 5000 deaths annually
among IS, 100000 people there are at present in
population of 100000 but l4o00 death due
to phthisS.
WEARERs of neglige shirts ought to be thank
full to a New Haven man, who has hit upon
means by which all the advantages of suspend
erS and belt can be had without any of the dis
advantages. His plan is a very simple one and
consists of wearing the suspenders next to the
undershlrt, the silk, cotton or flannel shirt being
outside At the waist of the outer shirt hori-
zontal Sits are cut and stitched like bu stonholes
Through these Sits the straps of the suspenders
are brought and fastened to the trousers
broad belt or sash covers the waistband, Sits
and straps, and the result is a belt effect with
suspender comfort.
LEMONADE and buttermilk are as good as
anything drinkable that you can find for this
weather" said a physician to Cincinnati
Times Star reporter. They both are great
things to quench thirst They both act as a
pleasant tonic to the stomach, and they have a
stimulating quality. but they should not be
drank ice cold-that is, bits of ice should not be
in the goblet. Let them be as cold as the ice
chest or refrigerator can make them, but not
throat pint or SO of fluid that is fresh from
the ice temporary paralysis of the stomach
follows If man happens to be very hot such
thing not infrequently is as fatal as a stroke
of lightning"
THE following figures represent the fortunes
left by English women during the past year:
Lady Ossingtou left S2O45 900: Lady Sim
81 OBS, 900; Lady Rose, $3.50. 900; Lady Forster
$3.50 600 Twenty other titled women whose
wills were admitted to probate in 1889 left a
total of more than s., 600 Among untitled
women Miss Ryland, the heiress of the late
head of a great firm of iron founders left
So 135, 600; Mrs. Margaret Platt of Staleybridge,
$500 600; Mrs. Ellen Walker, S1,l20,OOO; Miss
Catherine Wood, $4,000; Miss John Wood,
S725, 900; Miss Sarah Ann Cawston of Folly
House, $685. 200, and Miss Mary Eason S565, 900.
Nineteen other unmarried women bequeathed
to their heirs total of 5000, 900.
A NAVAL REVIEW of the old-fashioned Chinese
sort took place last month at Foo Choo The
part of the river where it took place was
crowded with boats full of spectators while the
bridge was thronged to the utmost. On the eve
of the review, while the braves were exhibit
ing their proves before the commander
wooden veranda constructed for him and his
friends gave way and over forty of them were
thrown into the river, most of them being
drowned On the day of the review one of the
stone rails of the bridge gave way, owing to the
pressure of the crowd, and fifteen men were
drowned. The mandarins who witnessed the
review were delighted with the tactics of their
braves, which consisted chiefly of attacks on
the enemy'S junkS during which the braves with
life buoys, threw themselves into the river,
swan to the hostile junks and went through
the maneuver of setting them on fire.
THE GENERAL OFFICES of the Northern Express
Company, Chicago. were entered by masked rob
bers few nights ago. After covering two clerks
who were in charge with revolvers, the robbers
secured between $1,000 and $4,000 and made
good their escape. The officials of the express
company, including S. B. Cooper, the manager
say they know nothing whatever of the rob
berry. They also refuse to give the names of
the clerks who were in the office at the time and
refuse to say whether or not arrests have been
made. The facts Of the robbery came into the
hands OF the Plnkerton agency through a Pink
erton patrolman who was called into the ex-
press Office by one of the clerks. The young
man was in a dazed condition. and told the
Waterman that three men with covered faces
had entered the Office, presented revolvers and
pressed chloroformed handkerchiefs over the
faces of himself and partner who was ap-
parently still under the influence of the drug
The Waterman, disregarding the wishes of the
clerk, sent for physician. His examination of
the saturated handkerchiefs failed to reveal any
trace of chloroform. and a subsequent exami-
nation of them led to the same result
THAT the time of Christ's crucifxion NAV be
approximately demonstrated by astronomical
calculation, after paying due regard to the his
torical data in our possession, is asserted by
Judge Joseph P. Bradley of the supreme court
of the United States. Tbs cardinal conditions
required are: First, that the time must be
brought within the procuratorship of Pontius
Plate; secondly, it must be after the fifteenth
year OF the reign Of the Emperor Tiberius and
after the thirtieth year of Chrst'S age; thirdly
it must occur on the 18th Of the Jewish month
Nissan (or Abib), and on the sixth day
of the week, or Friday. After a great
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