The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MAN who went hunting near Holland. Mich
the other day, got so mad az the stupidity of
his dog that he threw his gun at him. thereby
shoWihS that ne cidn I know an alarming sight
! more than the dog. The gun struck the ground
WITH thump was d scharged, and thirty bird
shoJ went INTO the hunters legs.
THERE was man over in New Jersey who
took out an accident insurance policy for s.. goo
One day, while pairing his corn he cut deeper
tnan ne intended TO- blood poisoning set in. and
f ne eied Now his widow is suing the company
I0r the amount OF the policy. the ground
that his death resulted from an accident
A PETALUMA (CAL-) MERCHANT found in his
papers recently note of hand given him in
January, 1860 The face of it called for $500
with per cent. month interest. com pounded
monthly II not paid. He got a number of sharp
accountants to figure up the present value Of
the note with interest. The result was startling
-SS,9J7 ,337 So
A BILL HAS BEEN introduced in the MARYLAND
house OF delegates in reference to the gas dues-
non IN Baltimore It provides that the price of
gas In Baltimore shall not exceed 81 70 per 900
Ie>t. All prontS above & per cent. dividend to
stocE holders. and per cent. for reinvestment,
shall become the property of the city. In CON
SHERATON thereof the company shall be pro-
tected from competition for twenty five years.
The rush for places in the public service is
sufficiently frantic in England but it is far
more overwhelming in France, where there are
9eNiA " NC upward Oh SU.uDU applicants Tor sfHt
vacancies, which are filed up every year in the
department of the Seine. For the post of qarcOn
ne Oufeou at the Hotel de VILE there were
l,OOO applications, three of these situations
Oelng vacant.
ALFRED FRASER, who left New Albany. Ind.
nearly eight years ago for the west, astonished
the natives of his old home the other day by
TTTialng through the streets on shaggy broncho.
ne was rugged out in the typical cowboy style
with long hair and the usual profusion of fire
arms. He rode from the ranch in New Mexico
on the border of old Mexico and Arizona a dis
lance OF 800 miles, on horseback and was five
months making the trip.
DIR. VoELcKER the eminent chemist. is now
engaged in an important personal investigation
INTO the state of agriculture in India at the
request of the government, one of the special
ooJects OF his mission being to ascertain the
causes that have impeded the progress of India
as wheat exporting country. Dir. Voelcker
mas been impressed by the evidences of careful
cultivation, in spite of the difficulties in the way
OF the Introduction of machinery and the free
use OF manures among the poor people.
AT WASHINGTON socialist club, composed
OF workingmen, professional. literary and bust
ness men, has inaugurated a novel plan for
furthering agitation of the eight-hour move
ment' An Eight Hour Dining Club"
dulge in banquet once a month.
each plate to cost 30 cents. The members are
TO seat themselves at table at exactly O'Clock
each speech is to be exactly eight minutes long,
ana each member is to wear a small pin con
siSting of the figure eight.
HE LARGEST BLACK DIAMOND ever found has
recently been brought to this country from the
mines of Bahia, Brazil. 1t is a sort used for
such mechanical appliances as tipping drills.
glass cutters, etc, and to an ordinary observer
the stone looks more like q lump of anthracite
coal or a bit of coke than like rare jewel This
diamond is about two inches in length, weighs
56l1s carats, and is valued at S., 900 Unlike
other diamonds, this one will not polish, and
hence no jeweler would care to purchase it save
FOR the purposes indicated
ZONE of the most intrepid explorers Of the
day, says the Paris correspondent of the Lon.
don DAILY Telegraph, lis a Partisan lady, Nine
lie Ray, mother of the Due 'Abrantes, who has
been for several months engaged in Eastern
travel. After having visited Babylon and Nine
ven, she traversed the Persian deserts amid
terrible prvatlons, in order to reach India For
flVe days and five nights her little caravan had
TO encamp in the wilis without meeting a living
soul, or even discovering the slightest trace of
a human being. During all this time the cold
was so intense that Nine. 10 Rays fingers were
frostbitten, and her guides became seriously i'll.
she managed, at last, to reach the Persian gulf
where she embarked for India"