The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Daily Courier of Bristol has information
that Lillian Young. a daughter of John T.
4 Young, who resides about two miles from Edge
mont. Tenn, near the foot of Clover mountain,
/ was attacked and carried of by q large brown
bear that has been ssen in that vicinity mum
was some distance ahead OF the one carried
away, gave the alarm. and searching parties
\ went In pursuit On Rip Shin creek traces of
the girl were found, but the trail was lost in the
/ rocky businesses of the mountain.
EMMA RICHENBEaY, si3 Washington street. St.
Louis, has been forcibly detained at her home
/ for over five years by parents. She has been
actually q prisoner that length of time, ami has
| not been allowed to leave Der room. I'D to
July, 1881, the Girl came and went with perfect
| freedom. Some painters were at work at that
time in an adjoining house. One day Emma S
mother caught painter kissing Emma and ask
| ing her 10 let him come and see her. The old
| lady rushed out and pulled Emma into the
| housa. That was the last time any one ever saw
| the girl. Since then her room is locked and the
shutters tied and no one sees her.
THE BIR TIL Of daughter OF the Duke and
Duchess of Fife has excited national interest in
England. Some degree of the Importance at
tacned to the occasion is showed by the fact
mat no less Important a member of the cabinet
than the Right Honorable Mr.. Matthews, the
nome secretary, was present in his official
| capacity in ORDER TO be aole to csrtify 70 the
| birth of the child. A point on which general
/ comment has been made since yesterday morn.
ing Is that, as the Prince of Wales two sons the
| Duke OF Clarence and Prince George OF Wales
are still unmarried, this infant is after them and
Duchess OF Fife, the nearest heir to the British
| crown
ONE of the earlier yeomen OF Bridgeton, Me,
was pump maker. good citizen, but with mo
religious preferences. One day he was waited
upon by one of the church assessors, who
handed him bill for the support of preaching
l nam { heard MP preaching, said the old man.
somewhat surprised. well brother it's your
OWE fault, replied the churchman. Its been
accessb g to all every Sabbath for a year." He
paid Not long after the parish received from
him bill for pump. I'VE have bought no
replied the old gentleman, with twinkle in his
eye, it's your own fault. for have been max
ing them for years"
PRoF CARL BARDELEBEN of the University of
jena has discovered an imprinted work of
Goethe. While examining the literary relics of
the poet in the Goethe and Schiile museum"
OF Welmar he came upon manuscript entitled
The Comparative Anatomy of the Heads of
Mammalia, which was written during the years
1893 anu 179I, and is in excellent condition. The
Grand Duchess Sophie of Sake eimar, under
whose auspices new and complete edition of
Goethe's works is to be published, has ntrasted
Prof Bardeleben with the arrangement of the
writings upon scientific subjects. The professor
VIII deliver lecture upon the contents of the
manuscript at the anatomical congress" to be
held in Munich.
POLICE CAPTAIN Cross of New York had
Sergt. George Brennan before the board on
charge of intoxication the other day. The
captain put the sergeant to test of sobriety
that might be followed up by wives whose hus-
bands come home late at night, but swear them
selves sober In fact, let the reader try iU on
himself sober and see how it works, and what
its result would be if he saw double but was
steady on his pins. Il asked the sergeant to
close his eyes and stand on one foot" said the
captain. Il was told by the police surgeon that
That was good way to test man. He refused
to do it unless allowed him to place his back
against the wall. 1 said no; he must do it with
out prop. He said ne couldn't do it, / then
told him 10 90 to his room"
S. L. SMITH, the editor of the Silver Lake
Signal, at Silver Lake, a little town near Fort
Wayne, Ind, Is the father of child who is
creating great deal or excitement in his neigh
borhoOd by his wonderful and astonishing DOW
ers of what the father is inclined to think is
mesmeriSm. The boy is almost years of age
and is capable OF performing any of the feats
of the famous Davenport brothers, such as
ropetying, the chained-boX trick, table-rap-
ping reading sealed letters, slate writing NOV
ing tables with heavy weights on them etc The
little fellow may be bound hand, foot and neck
TO chair, and in five seconds will liberate him
self without untying a single knot no matter
how securely he is bound. These and many
other mysterious feat6 which he performs have
given him the name of the spirit Child" His
powers are all natural, having been in no way
developed. Visitors say the child is truly a
wonder.
THE WORK of an industrious and fairly skillful
| connterfeter who copies silver certificates with
| pen and ink has been called to the attention of
| the sub treasury officers. They have had sew
| eral of his bills presented at the sub-treasury
| within few weeks. One, which turned up
| yesterday, was $40 certificate. While the
| work this bill IS we'll DONE it doesn't 90 far
| enough. That is, the penand-ink artist has
omitted part of the Inscriptions. For instance
the genuine bill bears the words. This certifies
| that there have been deposited in the treasury %"
| while Inc counterfeit does not have these words
| The titles of the register and treasurer are also
omitted, although the signatures of these
| officers are cleverly copied. In spite of these
tion in the course of ordinary business transac-
| tons. The first of this bogus issue to reach the
| sub-treasury was $50 silver certificate A
little later $50 certificate came in, and now
| one for $40 has been found. The officials believe
that all of them are the work of one man.
ROMANTIC STORY goes with the marriage of
DR.. Charles w. Gregory and Miss Elizabeth Coe,
| in New Haven, Conn.,, recently. DR.. Gregory
came from England few years ago, aud has
| been very successful His bride is a bright
lively and han some mulatto. He became ac-
| quaInted with her at Newport last summer
| lie was bathing in the surf, became exhausted
| and Miss Coe. who is an expert swimmer rushed
into the pillows and rescued him. She brought
| him ashore without aid DR.. Gregory who
| had practiced his profession in Boston re-
| moved to New Haven about five months ago
| The wedding took place at the brides hand
| some home, at 1H Cedar street The Rev. Mr.
| Meserve performed the ceremony The bride
| was attired in magnificent satin gown. wore
| diamonds and carried an elegant bouquet
| Among the wedding gifts received by the bride
| was a check for S5.0 900 from her father, Sidney
| Coe, who is wealthy. DIR. Gregory is SIS wears
| of age. and had been a veterinary surgeon in
| the English army. He used to do professional
| work in the royal stables He had been mar
ried twice before. His bride is young.
| PRIV Rpouy1 q rro,,;aon.
| Saints minister, formerly of Harvey, Kan, now
| of Richmond NO. is in Independence. Mo.
selling his real estate and effects for cash with
| which he purposes going to Jerusalem and
| there witness the second coming of Christ He
| says that the second coming of Christ is not far
| distant; that the Jews are fast returning to
Jerusalem, and he takes this as indicative of the
! great event. He belongs to the Whiternite
| branch of the Mormon chorch, and has
been at Richmond studying the ORIGINAL
| manuscript of the Book of Mormon
| for the purpose of figuring out the ex.
| act date of Christ's return Richard
| Whitmer is the present guardian of the man
| uscript. He is the son of David Whitmer. who
| sat on one side the curtain and wrote down
| while Joseph Smith, the prophet, read and
| translated the Book of Mormon on the other
| side, by means of the spectacles made of stones
| known as the Ur1m and Thummim From this
manuscript the Rev. Mr. Brown has figured ont
| this great event. He will leave his wife and
| three daugh here while he goes to Jerusalem
! in the early part of this summer He saws he
1 does not know lust what day Christ uillc ay,,a