The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LENS Oh IN IbRESI.
Miss CALDWELL. the Baltimore heiress. who
rejected prince for husband because his de
mands on her fortune were greater than she
was willing to grant-in no other words, be-
cause he came too highs likely to marry
an American of large fortune who is now in
Newport paying quite attentions to her. 1t
will be love match if it comes off, the gossips
say. .r-.-
The Epworth Methodist Episcopal church at
Newcastle, Pa, has just come into $4,000 in
peculiar way. Mary Greer was an eccentric
old lady of nearly four score years. About four
weeks ago feeling that her time had come she
sent for her lawyer and friend to make her
VIII. She first asked to be carried to a wood
shed in the yard. There she pulled aside some
rubbish and disclosed a can containing $4,000
IN shining gold. Then the old lady was carried
INTO the house and made a will beQueathing
$4,000 TO the church. She was informed that
II public bequest was made within thirty days
OF death it was Of no avail, so the old lady
handed over the money in cash.
A LOCAL foLTLAND tNIE.) PAPER tells the fol-
lowing story: "a woman living on one of Port
lands elm-shaded streets noticed a couple of
young orioles that had fallen from the nest to
the street, where they were in imminent danger
OF being run over or devoured by the numerous
cats and dogs in the vicinity. She asked the
lrst man that came along to watch them for
her while she rushed into the house for a
basket, in which she carried them to the top of
a shed and left them. In a short time the
parent birds had found their lost babies and
carried them away Each placed wing under
one of the little fellows and then each one
Mapped its outside wing, two wings serving for
both, and thus they safely supported their
precious burden. How they found the little
ones so quickly is wonderful. as the top of the
shed was quite distance from the street,
A LETTER from Salem, Va, says that several
weeks ago President Julius A. Dreher of
ROaDOKa ('Oliprre a.
Thomas, jeweler, in Missoula Mont, informing
him that this ge ntleman had Just bought a gold
medal awarded at Roanoke College for excel
lence IN oratory in 1871, and that before melt
ing up the medal he wished the owner to have
an opportunity to redeem it, as it was probably
stolen from him. DR. Dreher replied that the
owner would like to get it. and asked the lew
eler to give the crcumSta under which
the medal was bought. He replied that he
got 1t from soldier at Fort Missoula who
claimed to have receive it from some one who
found 1t. Mr.. Thomas forwarded the medal to Dr.
Dreher, and it has been received by him and a
curious feature Of this strange case is that il il
the medal which DR.. Dreher himself won at
Roanoke College in 1871. AS he had not looked
Tor the medal IN good many years he supposed
it was stolen from his trunk, but it is a mystery
how 1t got to Missoula, Mont. The medal is in
GOOD condition, and the leweler could hardly
have known that it was DR.. Dreher's, as he had
never had his name engraved on it.
A ROMANTIC STORY comes from the pretty
NllidS6 Ol 1Iltl. 1uere, IL Is SAID, James III.
buried his crown end the valuable relics of his
family, and for more than forty years all over
the neighborbood, from time to time DeOpIe
have dug for the buried treasure. Nearly half
century ago mys eriOus woman appeared at
Trel. She bought house and large estates
and went up and down the village, having no
dealings with the inhabitants, and arousine
great curiosity, but after time some neigh,
, oors made her acquaintance, and learned that
she was in search of the crown of James H.
Legend romance rN,t
in the soil upturned by this odd woman's mys-
FERROUS diggngs on her estates, and rumor finally
said that the lazy Nine; Deville. was daugh-
ter of George ". and Queen Caroline, and in
proof thereof the Fleur de Lis, as everybody
knew, was on her shoulder. Moreover, in her
bedroom was an ancient bed adorned with
said to nave visited her. Finally she died, but
the legend did not die with her. The land was
sold TO a person who had received her conf
dence, and who continued the quest This sue
cessor is Partisan shopkeeper. The digging
Still continues, and still the crown with its
priceless stones remains undiscovered.
A STORY comes by cable that Miss Tenant,
famous London horsewoman, last week IN ade a
bet with a society man that she would dance
that night with the German Emperor at the
state ball. Next morning. bright and early,
Miss Tenant was riding up Rotten Row in HYDE
park at furious rate The glorious sight met
the emperors eye and full staff on horseback
suddenly her horse grew frantic. No one but
DeFseh knew OF SWORD Dla1o spur secretly
driving the animal to madness. With mighty
leap in the air the horse rushed toward the
emperor and came within a few inches of knock
ing him out Of his saddle. A terrific struggle
then followed Miss Tenant rode
like a goddess and then turned
to the emperor, muttered her APOLOGIES and
bushed. The young monarch poured out com
piments and rode by her side for some time
Then he ra sed his hat and babe her good by
and said he hoped ne would see her at the ball
that night. She went to the ball, so did the en-
peror. Vanitas vanitatern. He never even
looked at her This ambitious young lady
should ready the story of the young man who
wished to make an impression upon young Iadv
by hiring horse ana man to frighten him in
front of the fair ones house with the hone of
being carried therein and cared for, Alas she
was not home. He was carried TO the corner
grocery and thence to the hospital for repairs.
SAYS St Louis man: Il was a witness of
funny scene at the fair grounds-then known as
Benton barracks4tlfat took place In 1851.
New Yorker named Strong was sent out here to
look after Quartermasters supplies, and in or
der to give him some military status he was
commissioned origadier general. He neither
knew nor pretended TO know anything in the
world about military matters. It so happened
That all the higher officers were called away
and that he found himself in command of tSs
troops at the barracks The adjutant, a young
west Pointer, came'to him for the order of the
Gay. Gen Strong knew fully as much about
Sanscrlt as ne did about this. and for q moment
was completely nonplussed. But he was a
man Of ready resources and soon extricated
himself from the difficulty. Order of the day
order OF the day. he said Well, you can do
To-Day just what you did yesterday. Wait
minute, he called out as the astonished ad-
Jutant was retiring Convene all the troops in
prayer meeting to pray for the success of the
government and the suppression of this wicked
Teoelhon. The adiutant gaSped, stared and
stood lrresolute, but, being accustomed to obey
ing orders implicitly, he said nothing and the
prayer meeting was held. Gen Strong after
ward laughingly boosted that all the union vic
tories were due to his peculiar innovation on
ordinary military rot1tineH