The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| a competitor with France in the growing of
grapes, yet time may prove it such. The first
| grape growing in New Jersey was done in the
| sandy region around Bridgeton and Vineland,
/ but the industry has since followed the piney
sand belt almost to South Amboy, and grapes
are now considered in the categories of half the
| farmers of Ocean and Monmouth counties.
| There have been bad years recently, when
| there was overproduction, but nothing has
hlndered the growth of the business, and this
year more acreage than ever is devoted to
| grapes There is as yet no wine making to
| speak of, but the outlook is that shall
presently all be drinking New Jersey claret and
| wondering whether IL comes from France or
| California.
a vvERY SENSATIONAL STORY comes from Rus
sia and is substantiated by the prosac medium
of the court records at Minsk. Some time ago
| Baron Arthur Mashewski died, leaving fortune
of over million roubles to his brother, Narzis
| NashewSki. The baron had originally made
will bequeathing three-fourths of his property
to his natural daughter, Maria Mashewski. A
| Few years ago, however, NarZis informed his
| brother that Maria had died while visiting his
| estate, and he produced certificate of death in
corroboration OF his statement. This news
| caused the baron to alter his will, and he made
| Narzis his sole heir. After the harons death it
/ transpired, through accident. that Maria was
still living, but that she had been imprisoned by
| Narzs and kept from all communication with
! the world. friend of the unfortunate girl dis
| covered her whereabouts and forced Narzs to
release her. She at once applied to the courts
Tor re 1reSS, and decree has been Issued reStor-
ing her to her rights in her fathers estate.
THERE is a fine chance for some enterprising
young man with taste for adventure and geo
| graphic research to make himself famous by
settling the question of those mysterious Grand
Falls of Labra ior Two men have asserted that
the Grand river tumblss over the edge Of the
| great plateau of inner Labrador, and that in a
| single leap the foamng waters reach mother
earth 1900 feet below the spot where they
dropped over the wall. The story is stupendous,
| whether the falls are or not. Geograpers are
Inclined to be doubling Thomases whenever
| these falls are mentioned. though we have
never heard anything against Messrs. Maclean
and Kennedy, who visited them entirely indie
| pendent of one another and told the same won
| dertul story about them. Big little there
they are, only 100 miles up the Grand river, all
ready for some young American who is willing
| to invest little money and do little roughing
it in order to learn the truth about them. Who
| Will attempt it this summer?
SMOOTH sMUGGLER, who has been doing
| thriving business on the steamers between Vic
toria and Port Townsend, Wash, came to grief
| Tuesday night. He came on board the steamer
| North Pacific carrying a valise and box. in
| which was set luxuriant geranium, and at
| once hunted up Inspector Learned aud asked to
| have the valise examined He was very affable
| handed out cigar to the officer, and overacted
| the part OF a pious unsophist Gated passenger
| The inspectors suspicious were aroused and
| when the time came he not only examined the
vaise, but probed the earth in the box con-
|
fully concealed. he found nineteen hve-tael tins
| of prepared opium, or 91S pounds of the drug
| The snuggler gave the name of Elder Gerard.
| He was brought before United States Commits
sioner Swan and was held in the United States
court, his bail being set at 1926 AS he could
not find bondsmen he is still in the hands of
Deputy United States Marshal Jones' Gerard
claims tn be a Methodist minister and is a sue
| cessful worker in the opium trade He has
| made several trips under various names, carry
| ing boxes of plants. aud has escaped suspicion
| heretofore
FEW PEOPLE have any idea of the value of
the Nicaragua canal to this country" said
Warner Miller to New York reporter but
thinking men know that it is an absolute ne
cessity. had long chat this morning with
Secretary of the Navy Tracy, and he spoke to
| me of the imperative necessity of the canal. He
| said to me that in war alone it would be of in.
| calcuable value. In such state of affairs as
exists at present between the United States and
| Chile, said the secretary to me, could send
| the West India squadron into the Pacific ocean
| inside OF forty eight hours. That, of course, is
| now impossible, and we must virtually sustain
| two navies. If the canal existed in fact, the
money now spent on the maintenance of the
Pacific squadron could be expended for the
benefit OF the navy in It's entirety, and the
! facility with which either ocean could be
| reached would enable us to save money In con-
| struction, repairs and equipments. The canal
will positively be flashed in six years." con-
cluded Mr.. Miller. at will take about $75, 0O0,-
900 to finish it, and at present we have spent
only about 100000 Our plans are perfect
and we know TO pound just how much we
must excavate."
ALONG the shore of Oneida Lake in New York
there is an Indians grave where, at times,
weird and supernatural light makes it's ppear
ance 1t is described as ball of fire about the
size of large orange, and sways TO and fro in
the air about twenty feet from the ground, con-
ining its irregular movements within a space
about 100 feet square. People have attem pied
to go near enough to solve the mystery, but it
sud nFtlr hafA NhAxr al
reach it. very peculiar story is told by the
neghbors near the spot. They claim that many
years ago The locality was a
man by the name of Belknap frequently
dreamed that there was crock in the Indian
cemetery containing immense treasures, and
that if he was there at the hour when grave
yards yawned he could secure it. These dreams
were repeated so often that they had a strong
effect, and he went there with pick and shovel,
according so instructions. but he failed to turn
round three times when he found the crock, as
the dream directed He stopped to pick it up,
but was stunned by a flash of lightning, and the
crock disappeared. Since that time the spot
has been haunted by the mysterious light.
Tbs s BREATHING" of a locomotivs-that is
to say, the number of puffs given by q railway
engine during its journey-depends upon the
circumferences of its driving wheels and their
speed. No matter what the rate of speed may
be, for every one round of the driving wheels
locomotive will give four puff two out of ca CHI
cylinder. the cylinders being double. The sizes
of driving wheels vary. some being eighteen,
nineteen, twenty and even twenty-five feet in
circumference, although they are generally
made of about twenty feet. The express speed
varies from hfty-four to fifty-eight miles an
hour. Taking the average circumference of the
driving wheel to be twenty feet and the
speed per hour fifty miles, a locomotive will
give, going at express speed $50 pLffs per min
ute. or $500 puts per hour, the wheel revolv-
ing g. 200 times in sixty minutes, giving 1O5O
pIffs per mile. Therefore, ar express going
from London to Liverpool, distance OF POI ID
miles, will throw out 2lS,0zS puffs before arriv-
ing at its destination. During the tourist season
of 1883 the journey from London to Edinburgh
was accomplished in less than eight hours the
distance being 40i miles. giving speed through
out of fifty miles an hour A locomotive of an
EXPIRE train from London to Edinburgh
subject to the above conditions, will give ABB, :
ass putfs.