The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-08
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work OF the society. The society, that say, has
investigated cases which have involved the vel
fare Of as many as 19,OsS children. The ex-
pense Of the work is very great. averaging at
the present time Els. $50 year, legal proceed
1nEs absorbing large sums.
AKESTUcKX giant was drowned in the Ohio
river a few miles north of West Point Sunday
afternoon His name was Grant Wallace He
measured feet and 10 inches in hight. The
coffin which was shipped for his body was
feet inches from end to end. IL was one of the
largest ever made in this city, and. except that
used for the remains of the famous Jim Porter.
it has rarely been surpassed here in point Of
size. Wallace was not only remarkably tall, but
he was also we1-proportioned- He was % years
of age, and was said to have been possessed Of
unusually handsome features. His gigantic
stature caused him TO be looked upon with won
der and admiration wherever he went
TIE Mobile (AIa.) Register drags in an evil
dently suppositious wild Western exchange"
to bear the burden of the following: "a new
coin would be well to take the place of the gold
and 81 yer coins now in use. Face one side with
silver. the other with gold, and then when one
side would go up the other would 90 down, one
exactly balancing the other. No f1uctuat ons
IN the market price of either metal could affect
the value, as they also go in opposite directions.
When gold would be ID demand pay with that
side up, and if silver were wanted turn it over.
Then the two metals would circulate together
and neither drive the other out either to be
boarded or exported"
JOHN SCHLUHD and bis family have been sup
ported by the poormaster of Buffalo, N. Y,
since Dec "a. Schund stated when making his
application that he was suffering from rheum-
atism and had a family of nine persons de-
pendent upon him. An inspector found the
family in an apparently destitute condition.
Relief was furnished to them and has been
continued since. 1t was learned few days
ago that Schlund and his chill iren were working
and had money. A second investigation dis
closed that Schlund owns considerable valuable
property. He was told to refund an amount
equivalent to the relief he had received from
the city, and he promptly did so.
AN AMUSING STORY is current as to the Prince
of Wales and Baron Hirsch. Having heard
that certain great Spanish house in London,
with several members OF which the prince Is
on friendly terms, might be- troubled by the
difficulties attending the adjustment of Argen-
tine finances, the prince, IL is said, asked Baron
Hirscn TO offer the leading partner any assist
ance necessary to carry him through. The
baron, who probably knew that the Spanish
house needed no assistance, promptly replied
that he would do this with the greatest pleas
ure 1T is pity" he added, with a benevo-
lent smile, that your royal highness did not
let me know a week or two beforehand that the
Barings were getting into difficulty 1t would
have given me the greatest pleasure to carry
them round the corner"
A MAN who gave his name as ]. R. Gibson
was recently arrested at Sulphur Springs,
Tex, charged with vagrancy. He had bothered
the citizens no little with his tales Of hunger
and poverty, but when searched his pockets
were found to contain S100 in cash, two certih-
Gates of deposit-oue for 800 in Dallas bank
and the other for $50 in a DenisoR bank-a val
liable watch and eight fine gold rings. Gibson
was fined $40, and then demanded the return of
his property. After carefully slowing the diff
ferent articles in the bottom of his pockets he
asked the court If it was possible for him to
work out the fine on the streets. On being
told that he could, he expressed the Iiveliest
satisfaction, saying that times are SO hard and
money is 50 scarce he much preferred putting
tVrA " do tha Cfr at x &c iox
to paying out any of his hard earnings"
The terrific thunder storm that swept across
Massachusetts bay on Saturday night kept the
| shippers of homeward bound fishing vessels
guessing where the ligAtning would strike next.
The crew of the schooner Shenandoah had
| remarkable escape, and three of them had
| miraculous escape from death. The clouds
hung heavy and low about the schooner's masts
| all night, and at the main topmast truck could
| be seen ball Of fire with a comet-like tail
| streaming q number Of feet down the rigging.
| Hail followed RAIN and then the temperature
rose 200 in less than five minutes, falling again
| almost as rapidly. At about 1:30 o'clock on
| Sunday morning the new watch was called and
| before they came on deck the gale suddenly
abated and there was a calm. Like flash from
a cannon's mouth thunderboft. in the shape of
| a ball of fire. burst over the vessel and pros
| trated three men. William Flaherty was struck
| on the left breast and arm, William Leary in
the center Of the chest and John Leary's left
arm was rendered senseless for hours
ls
Mich. 1t lies at the foot of the great pine for
ests and overlooks Little Bay de Noquet, the
headwaters Of Green bay. Five years since It
| was practically village in the wilderness To-
! day finds 1t city with population of 5000,
| lighted by electricity, having well equipped
| fire bril- ade, waterworks with a capacity of
| 1900, 900 gallons per day, high school and
| three other schools, six churches, three news
papers. q railway station where ZIG trains ar
rive and depart daily, and it will shortly have
an electric street railway in full work. It's an
nual retail trade is estimated at 81, coo Goa and
its wholesale trade, including iron ore, pig
| iron. lumber and coal, at about S25, 000,-
/ 600. According to Mr.. Nursey's carefully
| written report, capable of the fullest vertical
| ton, Escanaba is the greatest iron port Of the
| world. he tells US that during the navigation
season of 1890 it shipped 1900 600 tons OF iron
ore, or nearly double that of all the ore ports of
| Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota combined.
| Its lumber output amounted to about Ii, 0g8 600
| feet while the freight capacity of the vessels
| entering and clearing from its port exceeded
| 10000 tons. This compares with the tonnages
| Of the greatest seaports of the world, who
| are: London. 19,0Q0,00o; Liverpool, 1900 900;
| New York, 100000. and next comes Escanaba
with 100000.
THE OTHER DAY a gentleman of Lewiston, Me-,
who is well known for his wealth and social
| prominence happened TO take up the bill of a
leading drygoods firm as it was lying on his
Office table, and glanced over the items. This is
| very rare proceeding on his part He usually
| gave a check, and then filed the bill without ex-
| aiming it. This proceeding was not business
| like, but he had perfect confidence in his wife,
| and also in the drygoods firm. But on this oc-
| casion he looked over the items and he saw his
| wife dev0tee to back silk. He couldn't
| remember that his wife wore q great many silk
dresses, and that seemed odd unoer the crcum-
| stances. When he arrived homo he jokingly
said to his wife that she ought to be able to rent
black silk dresses. Naturally the spouse asked
| him wnat he meant He told her. She declared
| that she hadn't bought black silk dress for a
year. and asked to see the bill. Her husband
| handed it over, when she identified more than
| half of the items as incorrect; that is, she had
| never had those goods The husband went to
| the store and interviewed the head of the firm,
| That gentleman referred the matter to the
| book keeper, who moved all the items charged
| properly on the books. Then the clerk who sold
| the goods was seen. s 10 remembered the black
| silk sales perfectly. The goods were bought by
| young lady, who said she was requested to
get them by the gentleman's wife. Gould she
| recognize the ladyl" 'Oh, certainly said the
clerk. The next day the gentleman again called.
| clad to see YOU" said the proprietor The
| lady is here. There she stands The gentle
man looked. and 10 and behold the lady was an
intimate friend of his wife and lady whose
| parents are wealthy. Subsequent developments
| showed that this was a nice little game on her
| part. She ascertaned who Of her friends
bought their goods by bill, which was paid by
Their parents. The scheme wouldn't have
| own. With the most Of them she only made
occasional small charges, like gloves, cuffs, col
lars or little lingerie, but where she found that
bills were not closely inspected, she plunged
| in deeper. Among parties who knew of the
| matter the affair has cauSed a dAen sensation