The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ACoNIhiBtTIoN OF one egg each was called
for from each pupil IN the public schools OF
Harrisburg. Pa. in aid of a hospital. and 500
eggs we're contributed
The FRIEzE which decorates the dining room
| Of Mrs ". c, Whitney represents not only
Shakespeare's heros and heroines in life size,
but also the modest sum OF $1,000
CEDAR STUMP stands on W. s. Gays farm,
near Snohomish City, Ore, that measures
twenty feet in diameter. A photograph was
taken of It with thirty men and five horses
standing abreast.
CANNON BALL, believed to be revolutionary
relic, was unearthei on South High street,
! West Chester, Pa, on Monday. It was about
| three inches in diameter, and was heavily in
crusted with rust.
AN ARTEsIAN WELL on Charles Smiths farm.
near Anaheim, Cal, Is constantly throwing out
| small FISH. Smith has built a number of ponds
| that he will stock with the fish supplied from
nature S laboratory.
POTTER COUNTY (PA) MAN owns a Berkshire
sow which is raising two bear cubs. The owner
| believes that the sow stole them, as the mother
OF the cubs day or two previously had de-
voured two OF the pigs.
| A REMARKABLE FEATURE of the large coal
mine at St. Andre du Poirise, France. which is
over 5000 feet in depth, is the comparatively
| low temperature exDerlenced which is seldom
more than 75o Fahrenheit
| TIE pet names of the four baby states are as
follows: North Dakota is the Flicker Tail
state South Dakota is the ''Swinge- Cat state ~
| Washington is the Chinook state, and Mon
| tana Is the "Stubbed- Toe state"
| MORE bridal couples are said to have visited
Washington this spring than ever before. One
| or the hotels makes a present of a bouquet To
each BRIDE that enters its dining room, and its
flower bills this season have been enormous.
! g. A. R. POST in Palmer, Mass, has in
vlted Mrs. Eva T. Cook TO become its Memorial
day orator, and she has accepted. She is the
wife of Col. Benjamin F. Cook, formerly com
nander OF the Twelfth Massachusetts, regiment.
A KANSAS WOMAN is the legal wife of two
husbands, her first having had decree of di-
vorce set aside after she had married her sec
ond. 1t is not quite clear whether No. is object
| was TO get her back or to worry the other
| fellow.
| MISS ALICE ELLIOTT of Ottawa, Ont, aged %
years, while suffering from dementia swallowed
small penknife with the blades open. So far
she has experienced no unpleasant results, but
her physician is watching the case with great
anxiety.
The FALSE TEETH swallowed by Lorenzo Hink-
ley of Madrid. Me-, few days ago, were taken
| from the oesophagus through the stomach at
Portland at the State General Hospital The
operation was difficultand trying one and the
patient survived.
HISTORY of all the wars in which Russia has
been engaged since the time of Peter the Great
is soon to be issued 1t will be edited by Gen.
Leer' who will be assisted by some of the best
known Russian authorities in military matters.
| lhree volumes are nearly ready.
| TIE finest work in silver since Benvenuto
Celiini' is said TO be new centerpiece for the
| queens table, upon which Alfred Gilbert
A. k A, has been working for two years
| past and which is now nearly Completed About
| 2,OoO ounces of silver have been used.
| COMPANY has been formed to exploit the
auriferous sands of the Rhine A calculation
has been made that from Rhelnam, in the con-
| ton OF Zurich to Phillipsburg in the grand
| duchy of Baden, at least $4,000, 600 worth of
| gold is mixed with the sand of the river.
AN EXTRAORDINARY FEAT in telephoning was
| recently accomplished between St. Petersburg
and Bologne, a distance of 2,465 miles, Con
1 VerSatlon was kept up, notwithstanding a rather
| high induction The Russ an engineers propose
to converse by telephone over a distance of
| 1850 miles.
SAULr STE. MARIE YOUNG MAN fell in love
with girl. but her mother objected One night
last week the young man took the girl and her
| mother 70 snow, but got the seats widely
| apart. While the play was in progress the
| lovers slipped out and were married before the
| curtain dropped.
| The Monterey and Mexican Gulf railway is
using ebony and mahogany in the construction
OF its bridges and the stations are being built of
| BLACK marble: The country through which this
| road runs abounds in those kinds Of woods
| whereas the commoner kinds usually used in
constructing bridges are wholly wanting.
| ACCORDING to the laws of Italy fathers are
| responsible for their sons return when thew
| leave the country, aud. should they not return
to do the military duty required of them, are
| put ID prison young Italian, who had been
| living IN Waldoboro, Me-, returned to his native
| land last week to save his father from a term
| of Imprisonment.
The trunk of rose bush growing at Ventura,
Cal, is said to be three feet in circumference.
| and the first branch it throws out is twentv-one
| inches in circumference 1t runs over a lattice
| work, and though more than a wagonJoad of
| ooughs have been removed, it covers a space of
| about 200 square feet. 1t Yields thousands Of
| flowers and is IA years old.
| The TOTAL NUMBER of souls who have pro
| fessed salvation at the Salvation Army penitent
| forms for the five months ending with April is
9O,COJ AT the commencement of November
| the officers of the organization, upon Gen
Booths instructions, set about to obtain 100 900
conversions in Great Britain alone during the
| following six months and this number has now
| almost been reached
| Nor long AGO Moses Short of Woodstock.
| j., aged 81. while working in saw mill. was
| thrown against the saw and part of his shoulder
| sawed Off Becently his daughter fell from the
| hay NOW while hunting eggs and broke her leg
| Then his wife fell down cellar and broke her
| arm and received other serious Injuries
Finally, few days ago. old Mr. Short went to
| the hay NOW himself to hunt eggs when he fell
to the barn floor and broke two ribs.
The TRAP-DooR SPIDER found in various parts
of Europe has obtained its popular name from
| the ingenious nest which it constructs 1t makes
| a hole in the ground, and lines it with moss md
| silk when this has been completed it closes the
little pit with an accurately fitting lid that turns
| on hinge of silk. The spider retres into this
| den when threatened with attack, and is said to
! hang on to the trap door when an attemnt is
made to raise IT. In this retreat it rests during
| the day, leaving it at night in search of food
| To gain further safety it sometimes forms a
| chamber leading off from the Dit and conceals
| this recess with kind of curtain.
THERE is a mine just above Howardsyille
| Col, that is curiosity to tenderfeet and a
| source of profit to the saloon man who lives
| near by. 1t is an ice mine, and the ice is as
| clear and pure as that to be obtained from the
purest lake. The claim is owned by the
| Neigolds. who, in early days, ran tunnel
| through the frozen ground and struck spring
| beyond. At the water flows out of the tunnel
it freezes, and the tunnel is now filed nearly 10
the roof with ice 1t has long supplied ali sthe
saloons of Howardsville with ice and as IL never
| thaws, winter or summer, the place is an OBJ
| jective point for curiosity seekers
DURING a thunderstorm few nights aro a
large oak tree in the Masonic graveyard of
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