The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

near NytneVlIie, va.
A Moorestown On. j. man is dead from
the enects OF an insects bite.
Niles, Mich, is filled with beggars who
have been driven out of Chicago.
Pittsburg man has taken second wife
TWO days after his divorce from No. l.
The official lists of Berlin are said to con-
tain $4,000 persons named Schultz, Schulze
or Schultze.
The little town of Chicopee in Massachu-
sets In one week ordered 500 worth of
chewing gum.
The Brooklyn bridge derives an annual
rental OF $500 for allowing cables to lie on
the iron strlngers.
In sections of Florida cabbages are being
given away for cattle-feed, such drug are
they on the market.
Life in Troy. N. Y, is thus summed up
by paper printed in that city: "Time
| flies and flies bite"
handy Southwark Pa) girl utilities her
brotners Leather waist-belt to piece out a
| strap on l0ckless trunk.
Where there were ten camping-out par
| ties i'll the Adirondacks last season there
will be twenty this year.
The largest bay in the world is Hudson
bay, which measures $50 miles north and
south by 900 miles in width.
Brooklyn has a 15-year-old boy pauper
who has been charge on the community
since he was years OF age.
st. Paul (Minn.) BARRIERS are endeavoring
10 abolish 10-cent shops. They claim that
they cannot pay fair wages at that price,
Philip Smith of Brooklyn. n. Y, aged
96, recently succumbed to his first illness,
which was OF less than a days duration.
One OF the amusing errors of the census
Is the enrolment of those who attend the
public schools as scholars instead of pupils
George Fleischer of New Albany, Ind.
died while asleep. of hemorrhage, the result
OF rupture OF varicose vein of his right
leg.
long list of imported brands of French
peas Is excluded from Massachusetts by the
Board OF Health, because of artificial color
| ing.
Texan cattleman SAYS that the outlook
at present Is that the supply of cattle from
| that State will fall short 100000 head this
| year.
! The Unionvile (Mich) Echo twill sus-
| pend publication for three weeks to enable
the proprietor 10 collect the accounts due the
paper"
One of the sights at Springfield. Mass, is
handsomely dressed woman who never
walks cut unless accompanied by at least
! nine dogs.
| OF the 14l. 1873 pupils on the public school
| rolls OF Chicago 1891 have just graduated
from the grammar schools and 307 from the
high schools.
| There resides at the little town of Port
Allen, IN West Baton Rouge Parish, La, Il
| family of five living generations housed
| beneath enc roof.
movement is on foot in several English
| shipping ports to establish electrical c1m-
| muncatiun with the principal lighthouses
| along the British coast.
The second vote of school children in New
| YORK State for a State flower has resulted
| III the choice OF the rose by majority of
| oo,0J0 over the golden rod.
hutchinson (hans.) claims that the salt
| plants in and about that town create a sa-
| line atmosphere which is converting that
| place into huge sanitarium
| At Bloomington, Ind, brute in human
form who whipped his SICK wife was dragged
| from his bed and given 100 lashes on the
bare back BY indignant neighbors.
The Coreans (Asia) are the largest eaters
| known. Their stomachs are generally abb
| normal In size, and the one possessing the
largest is generally considered the richest,
| The band saw is fast supersedinG the cir
cnlar saw for all kinds of work. The latest
| application is made by the tailOrs, who are
using it with great success for cutting
cloth.
George Knox, a prosperous colored resi-
| dent OF Nashville, Tenn, but formerly a
| slave, recently met his old master, who was
| In destitute circumstances, and provided for
| his wants.
| An investigation In Switzerland shows that
| mortality from organic disease of the heart
| decreases as the altitude of the habitation
rises, and that it is greater in towns than in
| the country.
| Twenty-Five years constant service as the
| leader OF church choir is the record of an
indianapolis man, who, thinking he is en-
titled to rest, has resigned to give place to a
| paid quartet.
One of the most peculiar marine curiosi-
| ties found on the bottom of the sea is the
| brain stone, which in many ways resembles
| the head OF human being, with its many
braln-like burrows.
| A Huntington Qnd.) court rules that
Miami Indians living in that county must
| pay taxes, and the case will be appealed
| The Indians claim that the original treaty
| exempted their lands
A Pit,sburg man has designed pleasuIe-
boat to be made of aluminium. 1t will have
screw propeller, and although it will carry
six persons it will not weigh more than
from sixty to seventy pounds
During recent tornado at Kyle, Tex. n
| mouse was torn TO piece and man sleeping
| In the second story was blown out of the
| top OF the house and carried a distance Of
| 200 yards, escaping without injury
A careless coachman slammed the door of
| the carriage in which Mrs. Kate Chase Raj
| ston Seymour of Lockport was taking her
| seat, and the result was the catching Of her
hand and the cutting off its fingers.
| To avoid separation from her lover, an
| Allegheny Q'a.) girl donned male attire and
started tor Chicago with him. They were
arrested at Alliance, and the girls father
took her home. Both are Of well-to-do
families.
AT Plainfeld. N. j.. recently, woman
| VINO was aoiaze from the explosion of coal
oil stove was saved from a horrible death by
| the heroic action of her ten-year-old son.
! who wrapped rug about her and smothered
| the flames.
A thief in New York stole the bed from
the house in which he had engaged lodg-
ings; and was preparing to make off with
the bedstead when he was caught. He car
| RED the bed down stairs on his back at
| o'clock in the morning.
Not less than 172 crimes were committed
on Spanish railway cars last year. and in
! consequence the Government has decided to
abolish the closed coupes and introduce
more Of the American style cars, many of
which are now in use.
| A Milwaukee (Wis) editor Is reported to
have been robbed OF $1,000 worth of dia-
monds and jewery. There must be some
/ error as to the victims vocation, as no sane
newspaper man owning such Golconda
| would hesitate for moment in rendering
| his resignation.
The first blind person to pass the examln-
| alton of the New Y rk American College
OF Musicians is Henry Tschudi. who is only
II years old. He has shown remarkable
| musical talent from childhood it is stated,
Should lie keep on as he has begun Ischudi
| VIII have big name some day.
| An Allegheny Pa.) woman who was sus-
| pected of stealing beer from brewery was
| followed aud searched. and under her ging-
| ham apron was found one of the missing
! kegs held in place by leather straps. Her
method was so ingenious that the brewers
did not prosecute her. She promised to steal
no more.
The ideal lighthouses are in Birmingham.
| England. and are from 80 to 100 feet oug.
| and from to feet deep. The poor battle
| for penny, or two of our cents, while the
well-to-dO get towels and dressing-room
| for IL cents. These lighthouses develop
swimming classes, and from these expert
| swimmers are made
| An Atchison man met a pretty little girl
| on the streets the other day, and she was so
fnat ha haA