The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
LOOKING over the entire south, it is seen that
there is very decided improvement taking
place, says the Baltimore Manufacturers Rec
ord, and that this section. ike the rest of the
country. is rapidly recovering from the effect
of the panic. The people OF the south are TAX
ing holj of industrial enterprises with renewed
vigor. while there is an increasing movement of
outside capital seeking investment in tdis re-
gion. Manufacturing enterprises are Yen en-
ployed, railroads are nuSy trade is increasing,
COLLECTIONS are getting easier, and all signs ndi-
cate that the south as a Shole is entering upon
period of much prosperity.
THE French hairdressers are circulating pc
tition which they will submit to the minister OF
fine arts when it has $50 coo signatures. The
purport of the document is that women BE- pro-
hiblted from appearing i'll their hats in the the
Gters suosid zed by the government, and that
c0lfTure of the ladies' at such entertainments be
according to the fashion devised by the Hair
dreSserS' Association. The cause of this strange
request is that the trade In fe Sc hair has greatly
decreased for the last few years and the pres
ent fashion of dreSSi z the hair in Grecian style
threatens a still greater falling of in that
trace.
A CAVERN was discovered lately on the slope
of the mountain at Baden which had evidently
been used in the middle ages. Remains of the
foundation Of a vestbule were found at the
trance. In niche hewn out or the rock was
an altar with the sscrfcial stone table. In front
of the cavern was regu arly constructed bull
ding, fully ten feet below the surface of the
ground above, designed probably to conceal the
cavern behind. which may have been employed
as temple to Mithra. There were two stalls
for horses, fragments of utensils, knives. flint
arrow-heads and carved bones, mixed up with
Roman coins, lamps and stamped titles
KILTAN VAN RENssELAER's house in Rens-
selaer county, opposite Albany, is said to be
the Oldest inhabited dwelling house in the
United States 1t stands near the Hudson
river, at the south end of Greenbush, is of
BRICK, ald has gambrel roof. Two port holes,
out OF which the early Van Rensselaers shot at
Indians pierce the front walls, aud little plate
in the rear. set up By the Albany Commemo-
rative Society, shows the ediice TO have been
er cted in 1912. Be1ind this venerable mansion
is a vel, on the coping OF which Yankee
Doodle IS said TO ma Z been composed curing
the French war preceding the Revolution. In
the old hal the Dutch reformed settlers had
religious services.
THE UNDERTAKEN who furnished Mrs. Folks
coffin performed the same service for President
Polk forty three years ago. The casket was of
what undertakers called the monarch" style,
which Is reserved for state occasions. " 1t was
of red cedar, with copper lining and silver
trimmings, supported by Norman columns
covered with BLACK broadcloth. 1t is said that
President PokS will will be declared void by
the courts, which viii thus defeat his intention
of entailing his property on his male heirs for
ever. Ia case the w Ii is broken the property
will go to the children OF Col. NJ. T. Polk repr5-
senting his brother, Marshall Polk; the children
Of his brother, Col William Polk who resides
in New York and Soutl Carolina; the children
of his sister. Mrs. Walker, living in Columbia,
Tenn, and of his sister, Mrs. Richmond, residing
in West Tennessee.
ONE of the most radically diff ,nt customs
which the eastern housewife finds zen she mi
CRATES to the Pac fc coast is the universal prac-
tice of selling ali manner OF fruits and vegeta-
bles By weight. Thac this practice meets with
her warmeSt commentator need hardly be
said. She has 50 long been the victim o. the
falSe-boti oned small measure, haiti eek, and
other standar Is o. me t,Iremelt that she wei
C mes the weigh system OF selling goods as O
de.lVerdnce fro i bondage. ut perhaps the
que rest development Of this system is the fact
beer is also sold in the same why
when called lorin quantity 70 be drawn from
! The KY. Tho barkeeper leigh the GROWER nr
other receptacle. then ills Il with b 'er, wei rs
il again. and so on unt tie proper quantity II
havA bsel drawn The uSnai rltc Is - pou d
and a half of beer for 10 ca1bS Gai Il is quite
5 ock for the p .rsOn acrustomed to schoppens
AMI ScSOoncra Und such like measurements TO
Lear q ca fer ''tHrae pounds of beer, or some
other de nands which the tAirs; OF the customer
demands.
ANNETTE DAISY was killed in the ru h for lots
a. Chandler Tuesdly last by being thrown from
! her horse as she was making her way up a
rocky defle. Her body was tranDlcd upon by
/ tre aadle . thropg fastening to lnd their
S''Hr''Ntt
I city OF Rocks - lis, Daisy was well known
! through the vest and 80 18th as n new iDlp;r wo-
, man. she vas il the Ola IONA rush of April
! -, 1857. taking q claim mar Eimu I'd, ami
| was tlcn shOJ thr1u:h the arm by q man
! VINO cOntes cd her right. She p.uckily held
/ her own, a q. wounded as she was, secured
| h-r rifle aId drove tue intruder away. She wss
in the rush OF the y reporting it for Texas and
Louisiana papers, and then went to Chandler to
| await tue final grab meeting her death by being
J in the front She was a Kentucky girl. and a
in az n n Ia
| ness in her little pdy that endeared her to all
| whome in contact with her. Several others were
/ injured in the rus, but none seriously. Men
and women climbed the rocks or worked their
I way through the assures, all anxious 10 leave
| the creek bottom where theT had suffered so
mucn. They ne " have their lots. valueless as
| most OF them VIA be.
SHORTLY after the close of the secession war
| Gen. Forrest and his wife stopped at hotel in
| Memphis, and after examining their purses
found the sum total of their wealth amounted
| to 81 30. The general being due that evening at
! a house where he knew poker was sure to be
| played, proposed tina: he should tempt fortune
| TO the full extent of his means, and asked his
| wife to pray for his success. She would not
! promise. but he felt that she was Tor him and
! knew how 1t would be. But let him tell the
/ rest in his oHn words: They had tables one
/ was quarter dollar table, one half and one a
/ dollar aud al half l wanted TO make my 81 last
as long ! could, 50 ! sat down TO the quarter
/ table. BY dinner time had won enough to do
better. and after we had eaten. sat down TO the
| dollar and half table. Sometimes won and then
again I'd lose until nigh upon midnight, when
| had better luck. I know Mary was sitting up
! anxious and that made me cool. l set my hat
/ upon the floor and every time won I'd drop the
money in the hat sat there until day broke,
( and then l took my hat up in both hands.
smashed it on my head and went home. When
/ got to my r on there sat Mary in her own
/ She seemed tired aud worried, and though she
Z looked mighty hard at me she didn't saw word
{ ! walked right up to her and emptied my hat
right into the lap of her gown. and then we
counted it, Just $500 even, a d that gave me