Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-13

tend to his engine and fell dead.
Two small boys, attendants at a Sunday
school in Oswego, each between six and
seven years of age, quarreled in their class,
Sunday, and one whipped out his jack
knife aud gave the other a severe stab in
the thigh.
The resident population of Great Britain
in the middle of 1882 is estimated by the
Registrar General at 35, 2SO, 299 persons; that
of England and Wales st 26 406, $40, OF
Scotland at 3,7S5. 400, and of Ireland at
sos, org
Venice and Amsterdam are the cities OF
bridges. The first has $50, the last 300.
London has Is, Vienna 20, and Berlin will
soon have so. Altogether, the most oeaud-
full and striking bridge in Europe Is that
over the Moldsu at Prague.
A boulder in Conway, New Hampshire, is
represented to be little more than seventy
feet in length, thirty feet in height and
twenty FIVE feet in bread b. 1t lies almosi
on the surface of the ground, supported on
bed OF small blocks OF granite, one mile
from the Shattigee village. It's estimated
weight is g. 500 tons.
The Washington Star reports Pres dent
Arthur as having said on Friday last that he
had heard a great deal about the malaria OF
Washington, and 1t was possible he might
find what 1t was before the end Of the sum
mer, but that up to the present time he had
found the atmosphere and surroundings OF
the White House very delightful.
w. A. Red6eld, an operator, who, in 1874,
deserted from the army while stationed In
Southern Utah, was arrested in Chicago on
the 4th OF July, upon information given by
a man he had befriended, and taken to Co
lumbus, Ohio, for court martial trial. He
deserted because HIS earnings were INSULT
Gent to support an invalid sister, who was
wholly dependent on him. Much sympathy
is felt for him in Chicago.
The custom in China of stopping the
growth of women's feet is thus explained
in Progress: Gin the twelfth century there
reigued in China an Emperor called Tchou-
Koung. He was great tyrant, and he had
a wife, ia Kys, who was still more d. spotic
and severe than her husband. She was
beautiful, but had crippled feet; In order to
hide that defect she wrapped them in all
sorts of bandages and put on little shoes
The ladies OF her court FASTENED to follow
her example, and the strange habit has been
handed down until now"
The victory Of the Prohibitionists of Iowa
has stirred up TIE temperance men in other
Western States, specially Wisconsin and
Minnesota. Concerning the "cause" in the
latter State the st. Paul Pioneer TffSS says:
can il fluential official, who lives in the
southern part OF the State, writes that the
temperance wave has swept from Iowa into
the southern tier of counties, and is carry
fur rvfb w OF hafn
1t. He says people are wild with excite
ment, and that the question of prohibition,
or certainly of local option, will cut large
figure 10 the fall"
The importation of potatoes from Great
Britain aud Iceland to the United States
and Canada is increasing. For the first
quarter Of 1882 the receipts at New York
were 500 927 sacks, or 742 $40 barrels. An
average of seventy cents a bushtl was OBJ
tanned in New York. Deducting duty and
freight, profit of nearly million dollars
was the result. Potatoes are about $40 per
ton In the old country. This prof. is en-
couraging shippers, and the Canadians are
expecting to see a decrease in the cost Of
native potatoes In consequence Of these i'm
portations.
The whole number Of punishments in
during the past year was 43. Csc. These
penalties were adjudged by courts-martial
aud by commanding officers. The number
of m IN represented in the list of punish
ments was % 255. This statement shows
an Improvement over the average for the
past ten years, but the otfenses exceeded
those OF the previous year. The home
establishment is composed OF 1920 men
of all raj ks Excluding comm ssioned and
non commissioned Ulcers, 100, OOO men are
left, so that ne ariy twenty-three per cent. OF
the men were guilty Of drunkenness.
Prussia contt mplates the building of a
railroad from Rostock to Sralsund, dis
lance of A kilometres, which would secure
to her an uninterrupted line along the entire
Baltic coast. The ports along this coast she
is now strengthening with new and impor-
tant fortified ions. KEEL already has forts in
her harbor. and four strong works at the
entrance Of her bay, whileth town is be-
ing surrounded in a wide semi-ciTcle with a
number of detached land Notifications. At
Piilau two iron-clad forts are to be erected; ;
at Memel one is to be, while at DantZc five
are to stand on the left and three on the
right bank OF the Vistula. At several other
points works are either liz contemplation or
in progress.
The Richmond State states French gen.
tleman recently from Paris was invited by
one Of our popular citizens to indulge in the
"American CUSTOM at the Exchange. Not
knowing our "colloqual American" well
enough to call for mixed drink, it was
suggested that he take a 'brandy punch, F"
which he did. The next morning he called
alone at the bar, and being asked by the
polite Young man who concOcts cocktails
what he would have, and having forgotten
the name of the drink of yesterday 7, he replied,
81 will take Won grand contra-dic-ton--Wha
YOU call 1t wis very much lemon to make
him sour, very much soogare to make him
sweet, plenty OF brandy o make him strong,
and a great deal of wasser for make him
weak" On, yes; 1 know - returned the
bar ket per; you want punch" "Yeez,
Eat ees eei; Won ponch."
The monopoly of the Australian trade en-
loved by British steamship owners is said
to be in danger of invasion at the hands of
the French. Already one steamer has been
sent out by way of the Cape, but in future
the SueZ canal route is likely to be adopted,
as the return voyage was found to be t %
excessively long. Meanwhile, one of the
great French companies, induced by spe-
cial subsidy from the government, is about
TO establish u llub E4uuAAS OuGO q mObbn
from Marseilles to New Caledonia, calling
at Mauritius, Adelaide, Melbourne and
sydney. Vessels are now being built for
this service, and before the end of the pres
ert year It is expected that the first of them
will have been sent upon It's voyage. Says
an English newspaper "The high character
of the company lthe Messageries Maritimes
Company and the magnifcence OF the yes
sells which it employs on the longer voyages
will make it a very formidable rival to those
already engaged in the trade"
Friends Of soldiers who fell and are buried
in historic places on the Black Sea are bear
ing testimony to the care bestowed by the
English representatives. upon the graves.
The cemeteries round SebastOpol are dis
persed over q considerable TRACT OF thinly
populated country, but the tombstnnes and
the walls that enclose them are, with few
exceptions, in good order. 1t is said to be
impossible to guard against isolated cases
of Dissertation by Tsrtsrs, who believe
that the graves contain objects OF value,
but assistance is rendered Oy the Russian
Authorities for preventing or Furnishing
euch offenses. GAS a Iule," says writer
on the spot, 'the marble monuments have
not deteriorated: but time and weather are
telling upon those OF Inkerman stone. Some
begin to show signs Of crun4bling away,
aud require a renewal OF their epitaphs,
which are filing up with moss and lichens."
On the field of Alma the few monuments
are in as good condition as could be ex-
pected, while the cemete y at Scutari, as is
well known, has become one OF the most
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