The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Margaret College, Glasgow. 1t is said that the
de naud for highly competent women is con
tnuaily increa ng, as India and the east b.
come more enlightened and unprsjudiced.
A LADY obi aimed her husbands permission t.
try her luck at the gaming table at Monte Carlo
when a hystander remarked that ladies always
won when they staked their m )ney on the I'M.
Der of their years Then 1 will pit my stake
on 2" answered the lady. But 81 turned out
T. be the winning lumber, and then the morti
fed husband was heard TO mutter: There, you
see, wife, If you had only told the truth 7"
THE following is the original language of the
Lords Prayer, represented as nearly as possible
by the use Of roman type" says the ChicagC
| Tribune; "Abon 'bishmaya, nitkadash shmach
Tetei maikutah nehwei shivehanach afker
d'0ishmaya sfeo'araa. Hab Ian lachIna d'sur
/ knan-anaD yomana. U'shbuk Ian Oh ,benu
| Inlsyuaa liza pasaa min pesha (Mitul didloch
hamai<uta v'chila Y fish buchta, raiam almin.
Amen"
| DAN GALLAGHER of Morrow, o.. owned a
house in which man named Fries died. and
thereafter ''rappings' were said to have been
house was haunted Ghost WATCHING parties
heard the noises. but could { solve the puzzle
| Gallagher tired Of the annoyance. and sprin Sled
holy water in the house oae night last week.
| NO rappings nave been heard since, and Dan
is positive that he has driven out an evil spirit
! from the house,
| HousEBREAKERs cast dampar over a we'd
ding party at North Attic borough (Mass.) a few
| days ago. The residence of Mrs Coombs was
entered during her absence by thieves. who
ransacked the place, departing with all the
pare ID leWelry. Before, leaving the ma
RAIDERS cut in two handsome wed ling cake
winch had been prepared for a maria &c to axe
| place IN tn house the next evening After
helping themselves bountifully they deposited
the re ainder of the cake 10 the kitchen Ink
Tue robbery and raid did not postpone the
J wedding
| SOME LADIES OF Rhineland have sent a petit
Il n to the 5urgomasUer of Mettmann in the
following strain: I'VE, your petitioners. pray
tnat your police officers may visit the inns Of
| this place to prevent our hush ands and sons
IT m stayln there far into the night, while we,
| your petitioners, are at home anxiously await
ing them from their daily labors. Furthermore
| we are OF opldlonS that the MONEY souandered
there could be n-ore advantageously spent at
| hone In the hope that our appeal will meet
| with your sympathy, we remain vita highest
esteem signed The Wives of Several Nett
| mann Glue IS"
JOHN D. RYAN, stroke oar of the Bradford
Boat Club. having thrown Reporter Inness of
the Boston Hertttd into the Cnar.es river, has
Deem Sentenced for the offense to six months n
| the houa of correction. Judge SAWYER said
Had Ryan, the athlete, approached InnesS
| upon the street or elsewhere, accused him of
writing untruthS about him and proceeded to
thrash hlm, there would at least have been an
| opportunity for self-defense althouxh the
assault would have been brutal. To come b.
nind MIN and hur him, entirely uupreparei l.,
| from ght six or eight feet into the Charles
river was contemp. ible and cowardly act"
The sistersof Notre Dame convent, Cincinnati.
are ABOUT to send to Rome for presentation to
the pope, white vellum manuscript OF fifty
pages, elaborately Illuminated and bound in
! covers, with signs by one of the nuns, The
pages are pal lted by seven sisters chosen for
Che purpose from the the thirty seven houses of
the order in the United States There are three
addresSes-one to Leo KILL one to Cardinal
Gibbons and a third to Archbishop Eller, a
portrait accompanying each dedication There
Is sketcn OF the American branch of the order
since us foundation IN lS4O, poem by q nun,
with Illustrations; views Of the mother house at
, Namur, Belgium, and the Ohio houses.
IHE expenses of Rock county, Wisconsin, for
the services of the Sheriff and other De zee
officers for the last five ears have BEEN Ia round
numbers, GOD, 5O3 06. Of the amount named
there was paid out on account of tramps and
Migrants, to sheriffs, deputy sheriffs cousta-
bles, Justices of the peace, marshals srecial
police, clothing and shoes, medicines and drugs
guarding IL amps, etc, S37 65S Al. showing that
three-fourths OF the total expense to the county
was on account of Migrants ana tramps The
democratic candidate for sheriff offers to con-
duct the Office Tor 3 900 per year and promis.s
to rive the tramp ( .om the county The re-
publican candidate for reelection is keeping
quiet on the issue.
The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikai
in Siberia. Its area of over 9, 900 square miles
makes it about equal to Lake Erie in superficial
extent It's enormous depth of between 1000 and
4,5OO feet makes its volume of waters almost
equai TO that OF Lake Superior. Although ITS
surface is $50 feet above the sea level its bot
tom averages 200 below the same level
America has lake which, although it's waters
ore not as deep as those of the Siberian wonder
also bears a unique distinction. II is located in
the Yosemite valley and Is called Mirror Lake.
On account Of the hight and sheer descent of
the surrounding mountains the sun does NOT
rise upon it until 1880 o'clock in the morning
ana sets 1o minutes later.
ALTHOUGH electrocution is a dismal failure nc
mode of infiicting the death penalty on crimi.
nails, 1t is claimed to have great commercial ad
vantage when applied to hogs. 1t is claimed
tnat the passage of the current not only kills
the hogs, but kills trchinR at the same time
whether this claim has any foundation in fact
say the Etectrlcdl RerietC, we cannot nj the
time OF writing, say; but it seems plausibIe If
supslanllal the dlscoverer should be canonized
as great benefactor of the human race and
deserves of congress a gold medal for a clear.
cut solution OF the International question raised
by the. American hog Perhaps the patent
office might be willing to give him the nrtviiege
of reserving all rights for this method Of curino
ham.
A BROADWAY SURFACE CAR ran into the rear
end of an express wagon at Fourth street ves.
terday with ST CT force as to tin it comn,eta,v
over. says the New York Tribune. ( littls
girl OF about years was sitting on the cat ~ |
the wagon with the driver. When tho Shot,
came the driver was pitched forward r. ~
curostone and landed on his hands and knaas
and received only few slight bruises Rnt |
the child, who chung to the seat fell undernesth
the wagon. fortunately, the high seat Of tn.
wagon had prevented the weight of the trrsS
from railing on the little girl who was nnllsd |
out from under the wagon-box unhurt A
stander by asked her if she was hurt in :,
she replied Papa wouldent let me get hnrt',. |
Her father refused to give his name and attar
the wagon had been righted drove away.
THE FINAL ACCOUNT of James L. Flood and r.
l. BergiD, executors Of the will Of .James r |
Flood, has been filed in San Mateo ssvstha
san francisco CdU. They ask that thsv he /
discharged and the property Distributed n tbe
nelrs Mrs. Flood, Miss Cora J. Flood an lanes
L. Flood. Tne widow will receiv, on half os
the property and the children one-fourth eacb
The final account shows that the eracntors
have received S135S9S 81, and have cash nn
hand. 80, 1870 The amount of nronartu u
hand as per inventory, is So 23f. 555 10 Tbeu
have paid o It SS6,S1472, and their com missio1S
as allowed by Law on S. $50 437 GO. the annrsieed
value OF the estate, are Sl3022 IS The tofoi
amount OF claims presen ted against them waH
Sl,9o2, ol6 70, and the amount a lowe was 81
40s,O73. TO- of which s.. 232 OS has been ma
These claims include tne $500, goo said to baya
been loaned James G. Flood by .Tamas T
Flood, and the SS79, zoo loaned him bv bie uifa
The OFFICIALS at the Armory police station
received a genuine surprise dav or +rro -