The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-08
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an ingenious apparatus, which takes the form
/ OF number of parallel grooves Az operative
| takes handful OF pencils and rolls them along
| the b ard in which these grooves are, with the
result that each groove is filed and the board is
! set aside. As the number OF grooves in the
| boards is known this prevents any further trou-
| bic in counting.
ONLY three golden eagles were ever shot in
| Maine, so far as Known. The last OF these was
killed last week in a field few miles east of
| Bangor, The eagle was discovered feasting
| upon lamb by q farmer. Two foxes came
| along and attempted to join in the feast, but
| the great bird fought them off and continued
JUS meal until the farmer put stop 10 the
splendid specimen, with wings spreading six
feet, was taken TO Bangor to be mounted.
HE is fine looking fellow, - said all Austrian
lady not long ago, as she looked at his highness.
the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in his carriage.
her remark re ched the ear of the public pro-
secutor. who, deeming the word fellow" dis
respectful, ordered her arrest, and she was
sentenced to six months impriso lment. The
lady was rich enough to be able to appeal to the
supreme court in Vienna, which ordered her re-
lease. When the Emperor of Austria recently
visited ReicheDoerg woTan who was kept out
OF the street through which the emperor was TO
orlVe grew lmpati Mt and exclaimed, 'Es Ist zu
DUNN" lit Is stupid. She was instantly ar
rested for contempt of royalty and sentenced to
TIRES months Imprisonment. In Austria it is
an indictable oHense to neglect saluting the EN-.
pcTOF WQ0u lie appears In pubic, A few
20 university student in Vienna was arrested
for this ofense Of omission. He only got of
by pleading that the & Il Of the emperor had
SO oa1ed him that he lost all his presence of
mind.
IN CooPERsTowN, n. Y, amory the many
isitors, none is perhaps more entertaining
than Miss Elizabeth Margaret Gordon. For
| years she had en seen upon the streets. She
| visits the cemetery very often, and NAV be
seen standing near the grave of James Fenni-
\ mel fha Unu IuF Ehs su .,I
each guest at tue hotels, and even the children
| seem to know who this strange woman is Miss
| q. Is very pr possessing in appearance, and the
| strong features Indicate unusual intellectual
| power Her hair is iron gray and Is simply worn
| her eyes have no weakness in them be-
| cause OF their fine characteristics She is
/ Philadelphian and passes her time in her studio,
! which she spea S of as ''home" Hiss q. Is not
SpirituallSt. yet she claims TO be the spiritual
/ mother of God, aud can SEQ many things that
| others cannot. She says the mil enium will &C.
| cur Il 1884, by CONFUSION Of nature and that
SO far we have had already many signs in our
| cyclones, cart quakes, etc. Her ADVICE is to
! build railroad at once TO connect the two con-
| tnents, as all water communication will be cut
| on She expects to see the end Of time, and
| will then be los years old.
The RECENT DEATH Of Mai. William G. Man
ming of Newport, Me-, recalls the curious coin
| cidence OF two men Of the same name both be-
longing in Maine. both enlsting in Massachu-
sets regiments, and both attaining the rank of
major IN e volunteer service. One was the
deceased, the other being Maj. William @. Man
ming Of the regular army, now stationed in
Texas, a brother OF Prsntlss G. Manning a prom
/ inent merchant of P, rtland The similarity in
the names and rank of the two men has fire.
! quently clused annoying and ludicrous mis-
taxes on The part o the peoI lie who mixed the
! soldiers up. On one occasion the New
port major visited a western CITY and
his arrival was mentioned in the local papers
| Next day he received note from a lady
whom ne had never heard of before. asking
| CURLY why he had neglected to call upon her
| Was he too much taken up with other people to
! pay any attention to her, or did he not consider
/ II worth his while to call, aud the epistle
| plainly leading UP to flow OF tears The as
! toniSned We eFan did call upon the lady and
wnen they met sle felt more foolish than neg
| lecUed. She was the intended bride OF the other
| major The two soldiers occasionally happened
| 60 be In the same CITY at the same time and as
| both were weil-kuown, innumerable bluniers
bothered them uatil they got far apart again.
| and they often congratulated themselves that
they lived great dis ance from one another.
AsHEvILLE and its surrounding are revela-
tions to all when the matchless mountain view
breaks upon them. It is now hive of industry
as well as the Mecca Of pleasure a nd health
seekers in tho south. Its altitude ranges from
2,40o to 5000 feet above tide water The city,
with It's permanent population of 900, Is the
county scat OF the famous county of Bun
combe, and it is surrounded by innumersbls
broken hills with frequent sharply jutting
peaks, all adorned by beautiful residences
whila across the Swanuanoa the Indian term
for beautiful river, is an enchanting view OF
mingled foot-hill farms and broken noun
tains. One prominent elevation some three
miles from the river is the center of the mag
| nifcent estate Of George W. Vanderbilt. con
tanning 200 acres in one body and now employ
| ing from 900 TO 1.00G uen IN beeutifving It, The
land alone cost $3.50, 600, and his improvements
are So colossal in conception TO fnd parallel
only in the grandeur of the ancient Romans
.hls house is now in cou Of erection on the
western slope OF the central elevation. with a
bawltching view of mountains river farms and
CITY IL is 400 feet in length, with solid walls of
| fifty feet in hight from the deer park on the
western front to the first floor and the lawn
tennis court alone, with its huge walls from
| thirty to fifty feet in hi -ht. would make q
TO ndaion Tor the grandest OF the ancient tenn
pies ip the old world. A private railroad some
f1ve miles in length is Kept busy transporting
materials for the palace. for bridges, for roads.
etc, aud when completed the cost of the estate
will reach s., 100000 There will be 100 miles of
elegant roads traversing the Vanderbilt estate.
or which thlrty-eiRht will be macad amized and
scores Of bridges, OF every conceivable form az
exquisite architecture, will ID to the beauty Of
the place. The building Of the palace will be q
five years task, ever with every bra oh Of
mechanism employed in its construction filed
with workmen. This will be the most magnih-
cent estate the continent, surprising the
oldest and largest English estates 10 natural
beauty aud with its game preserves eQualed by
few in any country of the world