The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LAKE ONTARIO is still open. A schooner
loa led with harley from Kingston, Ontario,
arrived at Oswego the other DAY. Never before
mas vessel arrived at the latter port at this
season Of the Je4r.
VERDICT Of a corouer's jury 10 Delaware
county, New York; The jury finds that de-
ceased came 10 his Death through the iu1uance
OF Liquor and careessneSs on his part and
While Ling on West bounded track. and killed
by tram NO. l exOneratiEg the Company from
, blame.
An oFFIcER went all the way from Cass county.
Michigan, 70 WILLIAMSON, in that state. the
other day 10 arrest B. D. York. the Williamson
lawyer, Tor burglary, and wOul have done it.
TOO, n they hadn't convinced him that the hat
LETT behind 0y the burglar, which contained Mir
1ofk name, was given TO a tramp by Mrs.
YORK last summer
IHE WORK Of making public park out Of Gen
humans revolutionary headquarters at Red
dlng, Conn, carried on at the expense and by
tue direction Of the Connecticut legislature has
zen Lhlsned A thlcket surrounds the park,
an Iuo FuInam monument faces tee entrance
mere are mile and half of driveways seven
springs OF water, apple trees century old and
many log houses.
HE YOUNGEST COUPLE ever married in North
Carolina have just been joined together in
Davis county. The groom is John Richmer
aRGd 10; the bride Elsie Westake, a ed II years
couple assented to the rriage Of the children.
ana all We're present at the marriage of the chill
dren. great number of their relatives also
witnessed 1t. The bride weighs only seventy
three pounds.
The WORD GUINEA owes its origin to a peculiar
circumstance. In the year 1866 Sir II. Holmes,
a highly distinguished admiral having con
tributei to the total discontinue OF the Dutch.
under De Ruyter. was s-nt with q strong di-
vision OF the victorious feet to the coast of Hol
land' where he had the good fort ne to cap
lure or destroy. in Schelliug Roads. l6) rich
merchant ships valued at about S5.001000, part
OF whIcn bling fir lighted with bullion and gold
aust from Cape Coast Castle, an African SIT g
ment belOn ing to the enemy. This rich prize
was soon after ined into guineas-2l shilling
pieces-and acquired the name of guinea, with
reference to the country from which it was de-
rived.
A TELEGRAM transmitted to Gov. Ross from
Texarkana, Ark, TO the effect that "a Mrs.
Page of this place had Just given birth to four
fine girls. and the mother aud babes we're all
doing well was no canard, but an actual fact.
The atten Jag physician, who resides in Texar-
ka "a, reports that ths mother and babes are
doing well. The people cannot divine the OBJ
Ject OF the committee in teegraphiny the event
to the governor, unless il is preliminary TO hav
ing the state militil called out. Mrs. Page had
twins by her former husband and once by her
present husband. making eight children at
three births The ladies' have formed sewing
society Tor the occasion, and large quantity of
infants wearing apparel and soothing syrup
viii be forwarded to the little ones.
The RECEPTION of 400 poor Partisan school
children by President and Mme Carnot on
Christmas a vry grand and successful
AFFAIR. The children were carried in omntbuSeS
TO the Eysee, where the festival was held.
Ihey were first entertained with a play and
farce by the Dartbenay's marionettes. Then
tney were fed all the chocolate aud bread and
butter they coul1 hold. aud were led into a big
saloon contain 8 ten Christmas trees. Maj
Clamoin Santa Ga 81 From him every
child present received a savings bank book with
deposit OF 20 francs. volume of the "Bibo-
theque Education Mater ellie. half pound of
chocolate, an a basket to carry the presents
home IN. In addition 10 these presents, every
boy got an overcolt and little musket and
every girl doll and a wrap.
WHITE RIVER at Hazeton. Ind, makes reg
ular hors shoe bend of some five or six miles,
enb acing several hundred acres of bottom
land, through which runs the Evansville and
Terre Haute railroad Oh hiyh enbankment
this being the only land visible for miles Dur
ing the recent flood it was the refuge of rnyr-
lads OF quail, pueasants, wild turkeys SOUR
rels, foxes, deer raccOOns, Opossums and rab-
bits. Altogether over 10 600 of the fowls and
animals mentioned were slain or captured dead
or alive 10y hunters. Amo z tn III was q arge
catamOunt or wild cat which was captured
after hard fight. 1t nearly ate up half a doZ n
dogs before il was overcome. BeSid IS those
killed by hunters several were killed by the
cars as the ira II went steaming through the
living mass of fowls and animals on this long
narrow strip Of earth where they had taken
refuge from the flood.