The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

money value the cOuntry's annual total pro-
duction Of iron.
| The Methodist Book Concerns new building
IN New York has been dedicated. 1t cost
Si,uo1o0O The business was started about a
century ago. with capital OF 500
MRs. CLEVELAND, Richard Watson Glider
| and number Of others interested in educa-
tional affairs ara organizing a society to intro
duce Tree kindergarten schools in New York.
The FAMOUS How-Qua Forbes Sang de Boeuf
vase, of which so much has been written and
SAID, and which belonged to the late S. L. NJ
| Barlow Of New York, has been sold for $4,000.
| OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT is posted up in the
| London Stock Exchange to the effect that after
/ March % next the entrances fee for all new
| members is to be raised from 300 to 500 guineas.
| SINCE Oct. over half million dollars worth
Of horses have been sold in four counties of
| Kentucky alone. Kentucky easily leads all the
other states in the busin SIS of raising blooded
| horses.
WILLIAM RICHARDS aged 81 years. was Clark
| ing with his sweetheart when she happened
to scratch his thumb. The scratch which fes-
| tered, resulted in blood poisoning, and he died
4 from it,
| THE CERTIFICATES of the American Cotton Oil
| Trust, of which some have not been deposited
under the plan of reorganization have been
| stricken from the unlisted department of the
| stock exchange.
Z. NJ. Bower of 1922 Main street. Richmond,
Va, is the possessor of the shaving-cup and
| razor presented by Gen. Robert Z. Lee to Justice
| AsplnWau April ID, 1865. Mr. Bower is anxious
10 dispose OF this Interesting relic for cash.
FARMER BECKER of Coolbaugh, Luzerne coun-
", pennsylvania, found 3O0-pound bear under
his hay stack a few days ago. He and his son.
a Swapping young fellow of %, had a tussle
with 1t, and after hard fight they killed it.
| IT IS ANNOUNCED that the Russian government
is about to issue a decree prohibiting further
| German colonization in South Russia. The
| Germans have acquired millions of acres of
| rlch agricultural land in that part of the coun-
| try within few years.
The Mexicans have no confidence in a young
| doctor until he has had a couple of years prac-
tice, Then they make an inventory of his pa
rents and If he has cured more than he has
| Killed they recognize him, no matter whether
he has diploma or not.
REGENT STREET PHmDELPH1A) restaurant
| company who sell Hungarian confectionery and
other dainties, have hit on a new idea to attract
customers. If a shilling's worth of edibes are
| purchased, the customer gets a ticket emitting
her or him to photo taken in a studio up
| stairs The photo is carte size
| A CORRESPONDENT at Constantinople states
with regard to the position of the Russian war
| indemnity that the encashments during 1889
| snow marked increase, and that the account
as made up to Feb. II shows that the arrears
| Whch at the end of 1888 amounted to S54 167
iiras, are now reduced to $50 72a liras.
| AN INVENTORY of the wardrobe of Queen
Elizabeth, made in the year of 1000, recently
| published, shows that the queen then had 90
| ropes, 10 klrtleS, 1863 gowns, 1856 "foreparts
10 pettlcoats, q fans, SO cloaks, SO safeguards
90 uouo!etS, ana Is lap nantes. The gowns all
| appear TO have been of the richest materials
|
gosue of Vienna for sixty years past. died re-
Gently at the age of Sc. He was composer of
sacred music and a reforner of the Jewish
ilVufgy as we'll as a singer and as such was
known throughout the world, his ritual songs
oelng used everywhere by the reformed Jews.
AT THE PRINCIPAL PORTS of the United States
last year over 100000 punches of bananas
were imported. New York heads the list with
3,o39,593 punches; New Orleans comes second
with 2,9iG,05S and Boston third with 1 299 g46
! New York draws most of the West Indian cron
whereas New Orleans absOrbs that of Honduras
| NOVEL FLOWER has been found at the 18TH
mus of Tehuantepec This floral chameleon
| has faculty of changing its colors during the
| day In the morning it is white, when the sun
Is az lts zenltn u Is red, and at night it is blue
| me red, white and blue flower grows on a tree
| ABOUT inc size OF guava tree and only at noon
| Goes II give out any perfume.
| The JAMES A. GARFIELD and the Vulcan. two
| New York tugs, raced down the Narrows to get
| the patronage of the steamer DunboIusa inst
coming IN: The Garfield reached the Dunhofuse
| IN such hurry that she punched hole in the
| steamers side. The damage is estimated Mt
several thousand dollars, and the Question
seems to be as to who will pay for it.
THE health of Lord Salisbury is causing seri-
GUS disquetude in tory and unionist circles. 1T
IS, says the London Truth worse than is al
| lowed to be stated publicly" adding. s1lnder
| q
| desperate in their efforts to induce Lord Hart
| lngton To come over bag-and- baggage to them.
| anu Ohey are quite indignant that he declines to
lnoarK III their nearly stranded boat
| LoTTA who has not appeared on the staga
this season, owing to an accident which befeI
her late last spring, has been engaged nv
| Samuel Fort of Baltimore to begin a to,,r on
| April 10 ana TO travel for the balance of the
season under his management. 1t is understood
IhaO Mr. Fort mas enga ged the actress for next
season as we'll Lolita will travel as far as Cali.
| lorna, and Will produce new play during the
season. wv
| The ORIGIN of the word sterling is very
curious, Among the early minters of coin in
Northern Europe were the dwellers of Eastern
Germany; They were so skillful in their calling
that numbers of them were invited to England
10 manufacture the metal money of the king
dom. These strangers were known as Easter
llngs." After a time the word became
STERLING, and in this abbreviated form il has
or character. P-N'0
PARIS JEWELERS. have been duped by thieves
who kept watch on the windows of the chief
stores and had made paste gems to initate
those displayed. Then on a given day members
of the gang visited the different stores mads
small purchases, looked at the iewery disnlaved
In the windows but declined to buy on Account
OF the high price The jewelry they looked at
however. went with them, and the ieweler
calmly restored the substituted bogus pelns to
his window all unconscious of the deception.
a CASE in some respects similar to that of the
famous man who jumped into bramble hush
is reported from Kennebunk, Me- Mrs. A +
Wood, lady who had been lame for several
years, went to the barn loft to gather Soma
eggs, and in sliding down upon the hav WITH
her lame Limb, hearing something crack She
teIt she had broken some bone. She called 10
her husband for help, and when he came and
helped her up she found she could walk bettar
than before. The ligaments which had adha-ad
to each other by nOnuSe were broken anart
improving her lameneSS. '
JAPANESE ADvICEs giving the details of one of
the most terrible volcanic eruptions in the rs-
cent history of Japan, say that Mount Zoo. near
the top of Eukuyama, in the Ringo district ha.
gan to rumble at s O'Clock on the evenino ~
Jan. IS This continued two hours Soon the
top of the mountain was lifted off. AT the en-
trance of the town the ground ,Uav ooranaa