The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| TIE NzeUs of Abyssinia he's just ordered a
new crown Of pure gold. Weighing three pounds
and containing 30l precious stones. Why should
| not the Ssgus or Aoyssina De happy'
H. C. ANGEL Of weatherford, Tex, was in
goo health last Sunday. but he told his wife he
would die Monday night. He made his viii.
attended 10 business Monday as usual. and that
night lay down and died.
TIE German builds mis- railroad cars for men.
He puts his cigar holders and match receivers
into nineteen compartments out Of twenty, the
twentieth being nominaly, not often actually,
| reserved for 'non-Smokers.
The largest dynamos so far constructed are
said to be two OF l00o0-horse power each.
which are soon TO be set up at DeptforI. The
most powerful dynamo in 1881 was the Edison
machine Of 100 horse power.
President LINCOLN appointed more justices
Of the supreme court t1al any other execu tive.
! They were: Swayue. Davis and Miller in 1852;
Fle in 1858. and Chase to succeed Roger B.
fancy in 1864. All of these, except Judge
! Field, are dead
ONE Of the most magnificent private collec-
tons of pictures and art objects in the world
| will soon be sold 1t was gathered and owned
| by the late Dom Fernando. King consort of
Portugal and grandfather of the present ruler
or that country.
IT Is SAID that in many shops in Portugal at
Here" has replaced the traditional English
| Spohen, which is put out as a bait to foreign
ers. Tlis is because of the intense hostility to
| tee British nation.
THE United Stats have TO- 800 miles of tele-
graph wire, and in 1889 no less than $4,000, 900
messages were sent through the country.
| France Eas go. 800 miles Of wire, on which IN
| 1883 were transmitted 001 dispatches.
| Great Britain has 10000 miles of metal line,
| and In 1889 sent 5000, 900 messages.
DURING his visit to the Ottumwa Qa) Coal
palace, says the St. Joseph Neus, President
Harrison sat in a chair in which the first four
PRESIDENTS OF the United States and also Presi-
cent john Quincy Adams had sat during their
terms OF office. The relic is the property of a
citizen or heokuk and is over 200 years cd"
THE extensive preparations for railroad build
ing in the northwest have induced the Seattle
Press to make some calculations That paper is
informed that in the next three years fully
Soo,OOO.OOo Will be expended IN railroad building
Union Pacific, 1t is said, Will eXpend $50 900 COO
BIcYoLIsT was riding his wheel through
| portion Of France, when up came storm of
rain The storm struck him Just as he started
| 10 coast down nicely graded hill some five
| miles long. He proceeded on his Journey, and
all the way down that hill il rained on his hind
wheel while the front wheel ran along in the
| dry.
|
front of Petersburg, Va, gentleman, who is
now Washington attorney. found an old
Iamily Bible, in which was genealogical tree
! OF the Hatcher family. He did not succeed in
| locating the owner until few days ago, when
ne forwarded the priced volume to Thomas G.
| Hatcher OF Chesterfield county, Va.
LARGE plum tree growing in a garden in
Santa Barbara, Cal, sent a root into an old and
disused sewer and followed it for some distance
Finally 1t came TO where the sewer was cut off
| by stone wall. The root here paused for some
| tme, then went up the wall foot above the
ground, passed through q hole, down the other
side where, it re-entered the sewer and con-
tnued It's course.
WHILE the annual banquet of the Electric
Club was in progress in their New York club
house on Thursday evening a band in the offices
of the Long Distance Telephone Company, two
mics away, played for the entertainment OF the
asse olage. the music was transmitted by
curious c0ntrivance the transmtter of which
was conc ealed in the chandelier above the table
in the Electric Club.
SEVERAL ATTEMPTS have been made to es-
tablish the tack industry in the south. but they
have failed from difficulties in handling the
material. This brauch of the iron trade is in
the hands of New England manufacturers and
| is practically confined to Massachusetts,. More
| than two-thrds of the tack business is con-
| trOlled by the state. and fully three-Quarters
| by all OF New England.
JUDGE JOHN A. VAN OERLlP OF DanSVIlle, N.
Y, is 20 years old He has four sisters, all in
good heslth-Mrs. John McClaury of Mac
Oregon, Ia, who is 90; Mrs. Isaac Merriam of
Boston, Mass. 81; Mrs. Willard Trull of Brook
Ign. IS, and Mrs. Seth Billings of Allentown,
Pa -; total, Ala years. Judge Van DerIip's
brother. the late SamuelA. Van Deriip, died at
the age of 49, His death was the result of au
accident.
PARIS AND LONDON may soon be connected by
telephone. The two capitals have already been
connected with their respective coasts by aerial
lines, and q cable to complete the circuit is
being manufactured The cable will be a double
one, and will be laid between Kent and Sangate,
the French and English governments sharing
the cost. The circuit between the two cities
will be meta lie one, and will have the resist
ance of $500 ohIns.
SPECTATORS have bought for exhibition DUR
poses the side wheeler Beaver, now lying on the
fats at Victoria, B. G. According to a San
Francisco paper the Beaver was the first
steamer on the Paci1c and came around the
Horn 10 1873, In which year, it is claimed she
was built in London for the Hudson Bay Trad
ing Company. She is 101 feet long, 20 feet
broad, and 1 feet deep. She has very broad
square stern, and has her paddle-box away
forward.
On the plantation of John H Roberts. near
Robertsville S. c., there is tree, that does not
touch the ground by six feet. A pine saping
cut down at some period unknown to the Oldest
inhabitant, Lodge on the limb of an adjacent
tree. The growth of the tree and limb grad
ually closed around it until 1t became com
pleteiy Embedded. Drawing its life from the
tree, 1t grows and presents a luxurious appear
ance. All trace of the stump from which it was
cut has long since disappeared.
A YOUNG WOMAN who was a passenger with
some friends on one of the steamers leaving
Boston for Maine city was asked In the morn
ing whether she had a comfortable night and
she replied that her sleep was disturbed be.
cause she mad not got used to the life pre-
server, which prevented her from getting into
an easy position. 1t turned out that she had
fastened one around her body on retiring for
the night, and, imprisoned in its folds she had
become black and blue from the pressure
THE French government has given to the
New York Societe Franchise de Renaissance
one of the famous Gobehn tapestries II repro
duces the painting, Les Pestiferes de Jaffa."
by Gros This valuable piece of handicraft is "a
feet in length aud Il feet in BREADTH and it took
twelve years 10 make it. 1t is now in Washing
ton, but will probably be brought to New York
soon. Mr.. Theron does not attempt to estimate
the value Of the gift but says it will be sold to
cover the society S Indebtedness, which is about
$4,000
1T APPEARS" says the New York Sun, that
Arabs swarm along Washington street, from
Battery place to Carlisle street, and are now
spreading along to Norris and Rector streets.
on the lower west side of the city Very few of
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