Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-15
GENERAL NOfEs.


the Catholic Church devoted to the educa-
ton OF young girls Of their own race.
The Boston Journal prints rumor that
/ Minister Lowell has made known at Wash
ington that he is inclined to return home.
General Weaver, the Greenbscker, is wire
pulling for Congress in an Iowa district
/ which has / 400 Republican majority Be
| is now stumping his State to raise $4,000
| for the good Of the Greenback cause.
A cougar seized a six-yesr-old boy in Ore
gon, and had dragged him nearly out Of the
| door yard when discovered by the mother,
who dubbed the beast off, but not before
the lad had been fatally bitten.
/ The execution of two Indian murderers
by shooting instead of the usual method Of
hanging, in the Indian Territory, few days
ago, was done on the urgent plea OF the doom
ed men. They had an awful dread OF the
moose, but professed fearlessness as to death
| by the rife.
In the event of bill to restrict or suspend
| Chinese immigration becoming law, 1t is
said the shrewd Mongolians have a scheme
for still reaching this land of freedom and
good wages They will land in the British
possessions OF North America, and invade
US across the Canada line.
| ed with Peter the Great. 1t is recorded that
when he was advised by foreigners to intro
| duce hospitals and dispensaries into Russia
he was wont to reply that while Russians
had baths they needed nothing else as
heslth-giving remedy against mortal Ills"
The whole amount Of the thetts OF ex-
Auditor Palmer, Of Newark, will reach three
hundred thousand dollars. The investiga-
ton Of the expert will not be finished for
| two weeks. The loss has been provided for
By the issue Of temporary loan bonds, so
that the tax levy will not have to bear the
burden.
While winter is lingering selishly in the
lap of the American spring, it is aggravating
to learn that more than a fortnight ago in
England the fields were brilliant with daffo-
dis, aud the gardens rich In violets and pan
| sizes; that honeysuckles were in full leaf in
| the hedgerows and plum trees everywhere
in blossom.
Messrs. Charles Crocker and Leland Stan
ford have bought for $4,000 and presented
to the California Academy Of Sciences the
| Ward collection Of geological, mineralogi-
cal, and natural history specimens, thus
| securing permanently to San Francisco the
most valuable collection Of the kind on the
| Pacific coast.
Since Parisians learned the merits OF
horsefesh as an article OF food during the
siege, hippophaey has made steady progress
| in the French capital. In 1875 the butchers
| disposed Of Z, 900 horses, in 1880 OF 1000 and
| Ia 1881 Of g. 300 Last year the supply OF
meat was further increased by the carcasses
of 400 asses and mules.
The Cincinnati Gazette records the elope-
ment of Mr.. Peter Shinkle, an estimable
| citizen of Copington, Kentucky now in his
| eighty-seventh year, with Mrs. Martha Bed
| coed, widow Of fftY-four years, and also
resident of Covington. They gave the
/ young folks the slip, took the train for
| Louisville, and were there married.
| A recent fire in Pittsburg, Pa, destroyed
the residence OF Mr.. Friend so quickly
that the family barely escaped with their
| lives, but by some queer accident chest In
| the attic containing Mr.. and Mrs. Friend's
wedding suits fell through into the cellar,
and has there been found underneath the
rubbish with its contents unharmed.
a French mining engineer has discovered
an extraordinary hot spring near St
| Eienne. He was boring for mining pnr
| poses, and when ne had reached depth
| of l 500 feet be came upon this spring, fIOu.
which The water rushed upward 10 column
nearly eighty feet above the surface OF the
ground. The water is strongly impreG
mated with carbonic acid.
Il is related that having tested the gen
crosby of Mr.. Greeley to the utmost, the
late Mr.. Vanderbilt wanted another loan.
| Cant do it." said Fl. g., "you owe me too
much already" "Only hundred dollars
| for six mouths" ono sir" For thirty
| dsys." "No, no, DO; you might die"
| "Who ever heard Of ma borrowing
money for thirty days and taeu dyinR?"
| Horace handed out the amoUa;; the argu
| ment vas too convincing.
Tae ConnecdcEt Legislature provides that
If twelve adults, male and female, in q town
shall petition the School Board TO order in
struction in the public schools concerning
the effect of Intoxicating beverages OF indi-
| viduals and on the community, the board
shall consider aud decide upon the petition.
| Is is thought that In the smaller country
towns, where the temperance feeling Is
| slrcng, the law may come into operation,
but not in the larger places.
In conversation recently Gen. Francis E
Spinner told how he adopted that marvel
Gus signature Of his. "It was when l was
praetieing law in Herkimer county," he
said, ''years sgo-well, let me sect was
| in 1880. Judge Osborn was my law part
ner. Twas scrswliDg with my pen at my
/ desk one day, and wrote my name several
times in that manner. Osborn happened TO
see IT, He said. Hello, old FishhoOks, I'll
bet you can't do that sgain.' | sald i bet
| | cam and l did. l adopted Il rs my sigma
ture then, and l have written nay name that
| way ever since"
A performance OF the "school for Scan
dal" in the opera house Of Madison, Wis
consin, one night last week was diversified
by the appearance in the parquete Of the
Sergeant.at Arms Of the State Assembly,
| who began to pick out q member here and
| there, and notify them that there had been
a call OF he House and they must 90. The
rest of The audience laughed when they saw
| bald headed legislator led reluctant to the
door, especially II he was observed fret to
| expostulate earnestly with the officer then
grow red in the face and gesticulate fiercely,
and finally get up and go out in a towering
rage.
Political economists will hear with regret
that VIM. Newmsrch Is dead. About year
ago he made all the necessary preparation
for retiring from business, when he was
stricken with paralysis, though apparently
in the full vigor OF life. Mr.. Newmarch is
| best known for his work In completing
Locke's "HistOry OF Prices" standard
publication, long out Of print, and held by
the old book dealers at high prices. He 10
tended to revise and complete the work
| after his retirement from business, material
for that purpose having been collected, but
| it is doubted If he ever did anything that
can row be published TO advantage.
From the Scotch census of 1881 it appears
that of the total population OF s,735, $3.50
those who speak. Gaelic number 23l, 6O2.
There sre eight registration districts in
the entire country, aud of these that in
which reside the greatest proportionate
number who speak Gaelic Is the northwest
err, where ll7,2j4 out of the total 165, 500
speak it. That in which the least number
reside is the southern, in which the proper
ZION is 81 in a total Of 209, All. OF counties,
the three greatest Gaelic speaking ones are
Inverness. with GO, Az, Ross and Cromsrty,
with Sc, 767, and Argyll, with 50,113; the
three least are PEBBLES with 3; Snkirk, with
8, and KiTkcudbright, with IL.
Speaking of the new comet, the Albany
Arqus says: "The comet isnow about 1885,
600. 600 miles from the earth. 1t will con-
tinue to approach until May 20, when its
distance will still be about 100000 miles
from us. It now seems certain that the
comet will be visible by the first of May
II will not be conspicuous, however, until
the middle Of May, and by the end OF that
host AaWTfNf