The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST


The total imports Of bananas at New York
punches to which Jamaica contributed about
one-third, or $40, O62 while Colon sent 2l6.52S
FARMER CAMP employs $50 Pluto Indians in
picking hops near Folsom, Sacramento county.
Their time is to be kept by young woman of
the tribe. who is a graduate Of the Reno high
| school.
TIE New Hampshire Historical Society is in
terested in what is supposed to be the grave OF
a Norseman Of the tenth century. at Hampton,
] Three-fourthS of mile nort1 OF the beach is an
| uncovered boulder, feet long by thick,
which had scratches IN the form of cross at
| the bottom and top, and certain marks claimed
TO o. OF Morse origin. The grave" is near by,
| but has not been opened
THOMAS ADDISON of Fairfax county, Virginia.
took from the hoof of an old family COW the
other day, it is related. "a handsome gold finger
| ring, vito large green stone setting" On the
| seal was engraved a Mexican coat of arms and
on the insiie was the name D. ]. Hunt and a
| mexican clphar, and dates showing the ring to
| have been in the Me xicau war. How it got on
his farm and in the hoof of his COW Mr. Add
| son does not know.
DIR. GEORGE C. FELL related at a meeting OF
the American Society of Microscopes, held in
Detroit, that Kemmler's blood had been exam
lLea win the microscope Immediately after his
execution, anu that it was indicated therefrom
th2t the criminals death was instantaneous
ana paluless. The blood showed interesting
changes. Hs theory is that death is not due to
tle lesion OF the tissues but to a shock such as
oIIen results from surgical injury.
In RECENT LETTER to Prince Bismarck, from
Troy DR.. Henry Schliemann tolls about his ex
cavations there. He is making comparatively
| SLOW progress, he says on account of the
| depth of deposit of earth on the ruins. Seventy
men and three locomotives are employed by
Dr. SchliemGnn The doctor writes that the
art treasures which he will give to the newly
| fonnded museum of Trojan antiquities at Ber-
lin are OF great value and beauty.
SNAKE two feet long lately emerged from
the water faucet on the seseath floor of the
! New York Tribune building It crawled out
| on the Moor, and was about to proceed through
| the building on an exploring tour when the
| Janltor closed its career with stout stick The
| possibility of snakes infesting the Croton
| should deter persons from drawing or drinking
water from faucets in the dark. Even q sma
| shade would certainly prove an unwelcome in-
truder among person digestive organs.
THERE are but two words in the whole range
OF the English language containing all of the
| yowels in their regular order. They are alb
stemlous ana facetlous. The following words
each have them in Irregular order: Authorita-
| tive Instantaneous. encouraging, eficacious,
| lnstaneous. importunate, mendacious, nefari-
| Gus, precarious, psrUinacous. sacrilegous, sim
ultaneous, tenacious. unintentional, objection
able, unequivocal u adiscoverable and vexatious
A short search through the dictionary might
| bring several others to light.
AN IMMENSE DEvILFIsH, weighing over 1900
pounds, was recently captured in Mobile bay
Lying down, it had the appearance of a mon
strous bat with outSpread wings. It measured
fourteen feet from tip to tip. or sideways, and
from head to tail eight feet. Its huge mouth
was two feet wide, aud Instead of teeth there
was rough covering over the lips. tt ap-
peared to have only backbone, the rest Of the
1sh being burberry, like the seal, and of dark
tuO
lSlnch hukes that projected from the head.
ALEXANDER PAUL JoHNsroNR's accurate de-
scription of photograph last Saturday night
at Central Music Hall was the most remarkable
act that he did says the Chicago Tribune A
gentleman in the audience selected photo
graph from an album he brought with him to
make this test, and standing in the rear of the
nall pictured it in his mind tombstone re.
mai ned on the stage and from his position de-
scrloed the photograph with )ut failure in any
particular. THE audience was inclined to bs in
creduous but after the first test was apparently
converted and became appreciative."
ISLAND No "a, on the Mississippi, has an
| owner but belongs to no state, county or town
ship. From paper read before the Engineers
Cluo, OF ST. LOUIS, it appears that, according
/ to the enactment whereby the states of Arkan.
| sas AMI Mississippi were created, the river
| boundry of the former extends to nidstreGm:
That OF the latter to midcAdnnel. Herein is the
| difficulty. diSSipated freshet turned the cur
| rent against the Mississippi bank and shifted
| the former position Of midchannel many rods
| to the eastward, so that the fortunate or I'M
| fortunate owner found his possessions lying be-
| yond both the m1drver point of Arkansas and
the midchannel line Of Mississippi
The delicate operation of skin grating was
performed in st. Marys Hospital at Astoria, a
| few days ago, says the Portland Oreooninn.
| The patient was Ole Anderson, who had his left
| foot badly crushed at the jetty about two
months ago. The skin from the ankle down the
side of the foot for the space of four or five
| inches square was tor off and the flesh left
exposed. From the leg of Anderson several
strlps were taken, but not enough to cover the
space necessary An other Ias ent offered to
lend Anderson little section of his cuticle
The offer was accepted and from the PATIENTS
arm enough was taken to complete the opera
tlon, and four out OF The six pieces are growing
nicely, and in a short time Anderson will have a
skin all over his injured foot.
DR.. F. 2. BLoDGErT and wife OF Ansonia
Conn.,, had an odd experience with electr;citv
the other day. After heavy down-porr of
rain, during which there was only one flash of
lightning, Mrs. Biologist went into the kitchen
to get knife, which was placed over the sink
between the water-pipe and the wall AS her
fingers touched it she was sent staggering awav
oy severe snock OF electricity. She called her
husband from his office and asked him to get
the knife for her. He had all he could do to
keep from falling to the floor In
attempting to draw water from the
pipe DR.. Blodgett received a severe
SAOOnf NhOdSA plpo III HIS ONCE on the
Moor was not affected in the least Under the
SINK were kept the iron pots and kettles used in
the kitchen. On opening the door of the sink
says the chronicer, sparks were seen Jumping,
from one point to another with a loud noise
Inc utens Is were removed with difficulty for
rear OF hre. During TIE display DR.. Blodgett
topk up cake of soap from an iron soan iish
he dld not touch the iron. but ne received n
shock from the soap that made every nerve
Jingle, and the shock continued as long as he
held the soap.
FORT RILEY is now the headouarters of the
Seventh cavalry, made famous by Gen. Custer
IN his Indian campaigns. The only survivor of
that part of thecommand led by Gen. Custer Of,
the battle of the Little Big Horn is Cononcba
the dun-colored horse ridden by Col Ksoeh'
VINO was slain early in the battle. At midnigRt
ate the battle says the Kansas Citv Stnr'
Comanche was found on the field of CARNAGE
with scarcely spot on his body that was frse
from wounds inflicted by Indian bullets and or,
rows Another hors4 was found alive but a leo was
broken and 1t had to be killed When Consncbs
was raised to his feet his wounds bleed 60 nro
tusely that the soldiers tore up the clotbas -
some OF their brave comrades who had faIan q
Iew hours before and stanched the flow Of
blood, thus enabling them to get the slffsrne,
BEAST few miles away to a Steamboat wberss
It's wounds were carefully dressed. after ,vbicb
he was taken down the river Comanche ;s tba
nero or the regiment, and has never been riddan
since his brave master fell There ia a stand
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