The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-26
ITEMS or INTEREST.


snake brousht 20 any town chairman.
Frequent INJURY 70 persons and stock In
duced this action.
The killed and wounded IN London's
streets during the year 1899 numbered
1891 Of whom ~ were Killed. No battle
OF che south African War resulted in
such list OF casualties.
Immigration 20 the United States was
larger ia the last fiscal year than & has
beeu Ia ans year since 1850. and the WORSE
of o. d that many Of The Immigrant are
the most siehascd who ever SET foot on the
shores
The problem how 10 strike a cipher on
the Old siatehou-e bell "a Phalidalphie.
90 indicate the incoming Of ieol has been
solved hy a plan which omlts striking SO.
The belriuger viii make nineteen strokes.
then pause aud then strike one heavy
single stroke.
Texas used TO have a state Eeologist.
bu, his office was abolished In iSsi An
effort o. now being made TO have the po-
siIion rcestsbIsbed though the Texas
Academy % Science has done much to
explore and publish the mineral and geo
logical resource OF the state.
The American Historical Associs.ion
la 20 hold as sixteenth annual couven-
ton 60 Detroit and Ann Arbor. Mich be-
ginning Dec. "a and continuing throc days
Addresses will hc made and papers read
by large number 81 learned professor
iu Eastern aud Western colleges aud
others.
The new Indian lands that are 20 De
opened Tor settlement are said 20 compose
one OF the richest tracts in The world.
The Apache. Comanche, kiawo snd Wich-
ga reservations. which are 90 d. opened,
contain about 350o.V0o acres OF land, Of
which ,wo-thirds Is available 20 white
settlers.
some al least ~ the great redwood
trees az California will be preserved the
state having recently come into posses
sion Of about ~ acres of redwood forest
through the will ~ the late Col. J. D.
/ Arm rong at Cloyerdalc Sonoma coun-
l'ty. Tue tract Is 10 Boz held a. a public
I park.
The Minneapolis Board Of Education
[ is agitatug jbc matter 81 introducing che
study Of agriculture into the public
schools The ldol i- 90 parsue "a some
I what. practical study 81 the subject un-
der skilled teachers during tho summer
months. but whether outside OF the city
or wi.hin 81 nor stated.
South Dakota stockmeu from the re-
gion west OF the Missouri report that a
movement Is on foot among big cattle
men 10 have biii passed lt Pierre this
/ winter having for De- object the crowding
out of small rauchers. During the past
Cos NJ fNf
crate means have gone on the ranges.
About 81 milo south Of the Michigan
state line and near Cedar Lake Ind. is
a small spot of land upon which vegeta-
I ton absolutely refuses to grow The
/ surrounding soil. though apparently the
same s. very productive. The spot f.
less than twenty feet foo diameter aud is
located in q grove which tradition de-
ciares 10 have been che torture ground
Of the Bawbeese Indians.
Tho shiphuflding industry in Maine
has been very active during the past year
and is cstma "a that the new tonnage
mruei out nt The shIpyarls OF the pine
cree state viii amount 70 about $500 tons
! Boy Dec $1,000 tons in excess or the
4 output Tor 1889 Tnirty-three schooucrs.
most 81 which are Of very large size. have
! been launched this year and the outlook
for next season IS very encouraging
-Hlryari's financial statement Of ath-
I leiies when i@ doubtless Representatives
/ shows that the nee pronts from football
/ last season were 1929 making good the
/ deficit in other branches OF sport en-
/ ahhu the expenditure OF more than
/ $4,000 in permanent Improvements, and
! leaving not balance for the year Of SIC
go. Bias bah cleared $40 and tennis
| and la crosse came out slightly ahead.
Tho yvi,,eb,oo County po,rd has
adopted memorial 20 the Wisconsin Leg
stature asking hat body 20 prohibit che
playing OF the game Of football in the
state or Wisconsin on the ground that
j "a IS dangerous 90 Oh" health and to the
I lie OF The persons playing 10, as u IS now
played. The memorial was introduced
/ hy supervisor Nash of Menas ha. whose
/ leg was broken in game OF football
tyv. ara ,.iog T., ,,uit rn,t-in, Inn -,
W. ~" - ''''
ton people. says the Kansas city Jour
s,'i,, 80. = -, - - -. -,
| ,rbe pioneer maj ~ mi niovged ~
some crinods belonging to the paleozolc or
mesozolc age. as well as some snurlan
| trllobltcs and brnchlpo.ls"
i"' ''',''"" % INC "iili"'h h'"cN
memorial tower on Quart Point, IN the
| Sound Of Mull. Is rapidly proceeding
] When the structure shall have been com