The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-12
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the United States, the Universalists IS. the
Unitarians 10, the Congregationalsts 6, the
| Methodists and the Lutheran and Free Bap-
| tlst several.
Mr.. JONES of Chicago attended the annual
meeting Of the Browning Society of Boston
and declared that he had read The Ring and
| the Book" aloud to the members Of the sewing
circle Of his church, and had found that it in
terested the street gamins Of Chicago far more
| than did Hans Breitmann or Uncle Remus
The Bostonians audibly smiled. They do not
| know the street BOYS OF Chicago.
| IN 1850 an appropriation was made from St
Peters cathedral NOW Westminster Abbey and
st. Paul's cathedral to make up efficiency in
the accounts of st. Pauls. This action met
with much opposition. the people saying: why
| rob st. Peter to pay st. Paul?N The proverb
| was afterward revived on the death of William
| Pitt earl Chatham) in I779 Each Of the metro
poitan cemeteries laid CLAIM 10 the honor of his
| burial. The city of London argued that SO
| great statesman as William Pitt should be
| buried in St Paul's; while parliament took the
| ground that the dust of so great a man as he
| should come near to the dust OF kings, and that
not to bury him in Westminster Abbey would
again be ''robbing Peter to pay Paul"
THERE Is" says the Boston Transcript, zone
| public personage-a small, sghtless, speech
| less little fellow, whose appeal is powerful di
| rect-who is in favor of DR.. Brooks. This is
httle Tommy Stringer the only deaf and dumb
aud blind boy who has been brought within the
| wonderful influence of the kindergarten for the
| blind, where several little girls are taught
| Tommy CHANGED to be next to Phillips Brouxs
| on the platform at the fremont temple yester-
| day. at the graduating exercises of the Perkins
| Institution for the blind. Tommy'S teacher
| was beside him. Tommy insisted upon getting
Or. brook s big walking stick away from him :;
| then be insisted upon sitting on his knee, and
| he finally returned the stick latter examining
| lt), with some reluctance, it is true, but APP
| parently with al earnest conviction that the
| gentleman who carried that stick was great
| man"
| L HAVE HELPED in very large number of
poisoning cases, says DR.. o. A Hortwig in the
| ST. Louis Globe Democrat. and succeeded in de-
| feating the intentions of several would be
| suicides, but, until quite recently, never had
case, nor, indeed, heard of one, in which a man
| or woman who had selected the rough on rats
route to eternity recovered under medical treat
| ment. A young lady was saved week or two
ago after she had taken a small quantity of this
| peculiar poison, but her sufferings were excru-
| c1atlng, and she may never fully recover There
is hope after almost any poison except rough
on rats has been taken II physician is sum-
| moned promptly, but there is something in this
vermin- killer which seems to defy medical skill.
| This is probably due TO the presence of arsenic
| and corrosive sublimate or phosphorus At any
| rae, it is absurd to place restrictions on the
sale of pois0ns. called and yet let this deadly
| compound be sold practically without precau-
| ton or limit.
| ADDISON CAMMACK is on of the few men who
| admire the speed with which district telegraph
|
| OF this rare admiration is unique, says the New
| York Journal Two months ago Mr.. Cammack
| was confined to his room uptown by a cold. He
| thought he knew good thing in q cetain rail
| road stock, and at o'clock wrote out an order
| to his broker to buy 5000 shares OF the stock.
| messenger boy was then called, and Mr..
| Cammack gave the boy explicit directions
about reaching the brokers' office The bow
! started off, and three hours after MIR. Cammack
| received a long telegram from his broker
stating that the order had not reached his Of
fee until after the exchange had closed for the
| day. The broker also wired that in the after
noon the whole bolt ON dropped out of the
| stock, causing it to fall several points. Mr.
Cammack figured that if the boy had delivered
the message in good time it would have cost
| him something over SIS 900. The next day the
| big speculator went to the messenger Office
| and made the boy handsome present for his
| slownesS.
MRs. ELIZABETH T. HARRISON, widow OF the
| Presidents brother, Archibald j. Harrison;
| lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-seventh Indi-
ana Volunteers. received $500 93 on Thursday
last in settlement of a pension claim which was
| tavorably passed upon Washington within
| the past three weeks Mrs Harrison has lived
in Chicago for nearly six years The pension
| was granted upon the declaration that Lieut.
Col. Harrison s death resulted from consump-
| ton, which he contracted while serving his
country in the field. Lieut.. Col Harrison died in
$50. Twelve years elapsed after Col. Harri-
sons death before his widow presented claim
| for pension. The claim was forwarded to
Washington and placed on Ale in the tension
Office early in President Arthur's administra.
ton. The papers withdrawn after long
| and useless fight. which was marked by a good
deal of bitterness on the part OF the men push
| ing the claim, but they were placed on file
again during President Cleveland's admiuistra-
ton. 1t seems that the claim was renstated In
the pension office shortly after President Har-
rison was inaugurated.
IT HAS BEEN decided TO erect at Ledbury, Eng.
"a town closely connected with the child.
hood of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and n
the churohyard of which many members of the
Barrett family lie buried-a monument to the
memory OF our great poetess For some time
the idea has been entertained by the inhabi-
tants, and the funds have been collected by the
energy OF one of the townsmen who is an en-
thusastic admirer of our English Sappho. Bar
rett Browning, before leaving for Venice last
week, saw the design of the proposed monument
to his mother. 1t will consist of brick tower,
with Stone copings about 100 feet high; a large
cock will ornament one side. In a niche below
| will be placed the bronze bust of Mrs. Browning
with an inscription in gold letters, recording
her connection with Ledbury. Above the bust
| will run quotation from Aurora Leigh" The
| monument is to stand in the market place.
This is the first public memorial erected to the
| memory OF the greatest poetess of modern
| times. Robert Browning wortbiiy lies in West
| minister Abbey; bis no less gifted wife, buried IN
| Florence, has, hitherto, not bad so much as an
inscription devoted to her memory In her native
| land
| A PECULIAR MIsHAP accounted for VIM. Hyde's
appearance In the Armory ponce court the other
morning, says the Chicago Herald. Hyde, who
| is a clerk in the Office of a car wheel company,
| was with party of young men who were out
| in hilarious frolic last night. At the corner of
| Monroe and Clark streets they met two ladies,
| whom one of the parties addressed in an indie
cent manner The women screamed and De-
tectives Duffy and Farral Of the Central station.
came up. Here's the coppers!' warned one of
the crowd, who started to run. The man who
| was guilty of the insult snatched Hyde's silk
hat from mis- head and replaced it with
his own derby and then disappeared ''That
man there with the brown stiff hat
is the one who insuted us, ;" said the ladies in
chorus, pointing at Hyde, who stood bewildered
| at his chum'S curious action. Hyde endeavored
| to explain, but his explanations cut no figure.
The brown derby was positively identified by
the ladies, and on their statements the officers
locked Hyde up. In court the women told the
same story. Hyde made his explanation, Ut
| refused to reveal the name of his friend wh)
had played the prank Justice Prnd viIe f1ued
him SIS. An hour later the owner of tn brown
derby appeared and paid Hyde's fine, and
claimed his hat. Hyde has recovered his hat,
| but feels himself a loser in the game after ALL
FARMER FRANK CHATTERToN of Bernadotte,
ILL.,, was called to his stable Friday afternoon
last by the terrified screams of one OF his horses
AS he entered the barnyard huge beast sprang
| from the open door, and bounding into ada
cent field crouched low. emitting deep growls.
while it slowly waved its long tail. Fearing
| N ah or rafr ho off ricrbf tod Mr.