The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-20

saved many lives by throwing Kissing confed-
crate she'll overheard from the gundeck of the
Hartford in April, 1862 now lives in Baltimore
FOR TINS act or bravery Admiral Farra1ut made
special mention of him in his report and con
Rress voted him a medal. The medal is the
size OF $50 gold piece, and Mr. Robertson is
proud of it.
CARL SEIZURE has great, gaunt hands, but
they are very artistic in performance and more
ueIlc To than the touch or a woman when thew
wander over the ivory keys of piano. There
Is probably no amateur pianist In the country
equally gifted with the German college profess
SUI SUI, VINO sIter only lew years in this country
became member of a Presidents cabinet
A FUNNY STORY is told of a minister who es-
corted party of American friends round the
sights OF London. At the Zoo, being an enthu-
siast In natural history, he showed great inter
est In an American monkey. His friends prom.
1sed in return for his kindness they would send
MIN, on their return. specimen of the animal
subsequently he received letter from his
friends, regretting that they had been unable
TO procure monkey of this choice Species but
tney thoughttuly enclosed a diploma of doctor
OF divinity to mitigate his disappointment
Few PERSONS know the origin of the common
name OF tomato. 1t originated in this way: The
earlier experimenters with the fruit believed
tnat 1t had great effect on the spleen-that
is TO say, it made persons liable to crossness
good natured-gave them, so TO speak a lovely
disposition, and for this reason the plant was
known to the ancient Spaniards as the love .ap-
pie. By the name of love apple it is still known
In many English speaking countries. The word
tomato is derived from the same source-that
is to say, from the original Latin word amo TO
love- although we use 1t now as Spanish de-
rlyatiVe, tomato being Spanish expression.
A CHINESE WEDDING PARTY in Canton recently
lost one Of the most important items in the
wedding ceremony-the bride, says the North
China ne add The little lady had been carried
to her bridegroom's home hidden in the GUS
tomary red satin chair, decorated with flowers
aud put down at the door to await the auspi-
cious moment for crossing the threshold,
Her escort had come long way and were
weary. so they retired into a neighboling opium
den and went to sleep. They awoke late ia the
evening rushed to the door, and. concluding the
bride had left, carried the empty chair back TO
its lof Soon after the bridegroom and
his family, dressed in their best.
lighted the candies and the incense
and opened the door. No sign Of either chair or
bride T. ey immed ately decided that she had
been carried off by bri lands, and alarmed the
whole district, the search going on for hours
fruitlessly At last the distracted bridegroom
woke up the chair bearers. and they, struck bv
sudden IDEA, ran off to the loft. They opened
the chair. and there sat the poor little bride,
stin frightened and hungry She had felt tn at
she was being carried Off but dared not cry ont
as no well bred bride ought to open her lips
till after tho marriage ceremony Hence all
the trouble.
HENRY B. MILLER, one of the most daring
robbers in the west since the famous Black art.
rested at the city prison in San Francisco the
other night with Sheriff Paul of Arizona. who
is taxing his prisoner TO San Quentin to serve
ten-year sentence for highway robbery The
robbery itself had several novel features
About three and half years ago Miller planned
TO rob the stage running between Florence and
Casa Grande, A 7. While waiting for the
stage Dr. Hurley of Florence and his coach
man drove along the road and were halted
by Miller. The highwayman robbed the
: doctor and his man of $50 and then
compelled them to assist him In hol
ing up the stage. After dr. ivinL their team ln.o
the brush he tied their hands behind lei. nut
masks on their faces and ordered them TO stand
in the brush by the side of the road While
they were In this position a man named Saix
drove up. and after he had contributed $500 to
swell Dr. Hurleys contribution was treated in
the same manner as the other two. When the
stage arrived Miller stood out In tina road and
ordered the driver TO stop. The driver did So
and, without waiting to be told threw ont the
mail pouch and express box and started on his
way. Miller released his unwilling Assistants
and cent them after the stage. They renortad
at once to Florence, and posse went out and
captured Miller.
SoME of the metropolitan newspapers are
just now goin through fire of criticism for in
accuracy. Many of them de serve it, The slim
shod way in which sometimes news" ia re-
ported is disgrace TO the noble profession of
journalism. ludicrous illustration of this oc
CURED in a western journal, and 1t might he
duplicated in 100 other places The even.nU
edition Of this journal printed this item of local
news under the heading. SERIOUS Accdent:',
Yesterday afternoon the little son of John B.
Harris while playing in the street, was run
over by heavy load of hay His right arm
and ankle were broken. and he was
otherwise seriously injured. The Rev
John McGuffy the accident. and
carried the boy to his homo Drs. Smith
and Jones we're summoned, and set the broken
arm and leg, but fears are entertained b at the
poor boy will not recover" The next day the
editor of this journal received the following
letter, which, however, he did not publish in his
paper: Il was much Interested in reading in
yesterday paper the account of a serious ac-
cident. 1t was good description of a heavy
load OF hay, but permit me to make few little
corrections as to the rest of the account.
presume am the gentleman referred to as the
Rev. John McGuffy. My name is Henry Nc
Grath and am minister, and | picked up a
boy who was hit by hay wagon yesterday So
far the newspaper account is pretty close 20
the facts. But you will allow me to saw that
the ankle was not broken, nor his right arm
neither did he sustain any serious injuries. His
little toe was run over and the flesh taken from
the bone, and that was all. Allow me- also to
suggest that the boys name was not Harris but |
Hurst. and his fathers name is not John B. but |
William H. Iwould also like to say that neither
DR.. Smith DR.. Jones was summoned DIR
Robinson, who lives near by, was called. and |
successfully bound up the injured toe and the |
boy is DOM well, and will be playing in the |
street in day or two"