Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-01
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOTES.
Cincinnati now opens her theatres on
Sunday night as we'll as on other nights of
the week. The first attempt, two weeks
ago, to do this met no disturbance from the
authorities during the performance, but
managers and actors were subsequently
arrested, and the former fined $50 each,
which they decided they could bear, as the
Sunday night patronage warranted the
| outlay. The practice is to be continued
until the question is settled.
Efforts are being made to have Salvini
and MOdjeslla appear together at Booths
theatre in ''OthellO" and 'Ingomar' this
season. 1t is even suggested that RistOri
NAV be added to the company, Fin which
event |'Macbeth" and 1.-THE Gladiator"
would be added to the repertoire. There
| seems to be a hitch in Minnie Hauk's en-
gagement, The Newark Harmonic SOcie-
ty claims her for December 6, but Maple
son says she must sing for him on that
date, as per contract.
A curious case is that of Mrs. Honora t.
Baird. Her husband, before marrying
her, induced her to sign trust deed con-
senting to the distribution of his property
| among his children by a former marriage.
After his death, the widow brought a suit
in equity for her legal rights in the estate,
and the court held that no act of hers pre-
vious to marriage could vitiate her rights
as the widow of man of property. Here
is a case where the law protected wo-
man in spite of herself.
By general consent the day is supposed
to begin in longitude $50 degrees from
| Greenwich, the meridian of which crosses
| the Pacific ocean. The only known land
upon this line where man could
! stand is in the northeastern corner of Asia
| and two or three little islands. BY looking
at q terrestrial globe it will readily be
perceived that the point where the day
begins must depend entirely upon what
| prime meridian is chosen, If we say it is
true noon when the sun crosses the me-
ridian of Washington, then the day began
on line running nearly through the CEN
| tire of Asia.
The effort to find the natural heirs of the
! late A. T. Stewart has resulted in the dis
| covery of seventeen cousins in Scotland
who claim to be able to establish their
| pedigree to the satisfaction of all parties
| in interest. If substantiated in their
| claims they can come in for division of
| over $4,000 900 of the estates value.
/ Judge HiltOn's representative says there
| is no foundation for the reports regarding
| them. 1t is incidentally mentioned in con-
nectiOn with the item that A, L, stewart
! obtained his start in life by rather ques-
| tionahle transaction resulting in his emil
| grafton to America, and that that is the
/ reason he never communicated with his
! Scottish relatives.
! Judge Hane, of Philadelphia, has
rendered a decision which, upon the face
| of it. seems little strange. A man named
Burkhardt held an accident policy i'll the
| Travellers Accident Insurance Company,
and met his death in this wise; He was
travelling salesman and was on his way to
| Louisville, Ky, The train was stopped on
! the railway bridge across the Ohio by the
! opening of the draw bridge, and Burk-
hardt arose from his seat, Went on the
! front platform, stepped on to the railway
track fell through hole caused by the
removal of some of the planks with view
to repairs, and was fatally injured. He
thought the train had arrived at Louis
Vile The court held that the death of the
assured resulted from his voluntary and
needless exposure to danger, and con-
sequently the company was not liable.
Nov" saws the New Orleans Times
Democrat, eve should like 70 know what
a real simon pure accident is"
Sir Henry Thompson, who established
the society some years ago for the purpose
of introducing cremation into England, is
project has met with anything but a cor
dial reception. The society spent 1850
in the erection of a crematory at Working,
but only succeeded in using it once and
that was with the body of a horse.
The rapid calcipation of this carcass
convinced the society that the ap-
paratus was a success, but the peO-
pie of the neighborhood sent deputa4
ton in great alarm to the Home Secretary
and frantcally demanded the destruction
of the apparatus, as they did not like the
idea of having their atmosphere cOntami-
mated with the gases from human burn
ings. The authorities DECIDED that it was
lawful to build a crematory, but that it
must not he used except safeguards were
provided that the victims of prisoners
should not he disposed of through 1t and
evidence so DESTROYED. The means of
providing these safeguards have not been
yet devised.
The province Of Ontario, formerly called
Upper Canada, has produced a very fine
crop this past season, as the following
report from the Canadian Bureau of Sta
tistics shows: The total number Of farms
in Ontario is POI, 766, embracing an area of
$500, 397 acres, of which 1921 800 acres
are cleared. The value of farm land is set
down at $651, $50, 030, and the total of land,
buildings, implements and live stock at
$685. 024, 400 The area under grain this
wear was 5,002, 007 acres, or AZ per cent. of
all the cleared land. The acreage and
production of each crop are given as fol-
lows: Fall wheat, 1,1SS,520 acres, 81, 255,-
4O2 bushels; spring wheat, 5S6,S17 acres,
$685., $3.50 bushels; barley, s4s,6l7 acres,
"a, 2S4, 40T bushels; oats, 1,3l5,4l5 acres,
aO,093, 997 bushels; rye, 1S9,03l acres, 81
549,S9S bushels; peas, 557, 157 acres, TO-
943,357 bushels; corn, 2O6,924 acres, 49,
420,9S4 bushels in the ear; buckwheat,
40. 5S6 acres, 1,247 ,943 bushels. The total
of spring and fall wheat is l, 1881 acres,
yielding 1922. 4O1 bushels, or an average
of %, 05 bushels per acre,
The cable announced a few days ago
that fire in William Whiteley's London
shops had caused damage estimated at
100000, Whiteley's is an extraordinary
establishment. Less than twenty years
ago Mr.. Whitley opened in what was then
the extreme northwest of London a little
shop with two assistants. To-day he is a
universal purveyOr, employing 5000 peO-
Die and 800 horses. His buildings cover
fourteen acres. and he has, besides, an inn
mense farm for supplying milk, garden
produce, etc. This remarkable Yorkshire |
man is the greatest purYeyor in the world. |
He undertakes to provide everything that |
human being can desire from earth, air |
and sea. He is baker, butcher, milkman,
tailor, furniture maker, jeweler, builder,
druggist, cobbler, banker, blacksmith, |
dealer in cattle, horses, and wild beasts, /
florist. house agent and draper TO all man
kind, and will supply tiger and rosebud |
with equal ease and promptness. His sue |
cess has been largely due to his recogni- /
ton of the fact that there was growing up /
around him a popuious community which, |
could he meet its wants, would be gladly
saved the trouble Of going further.
Good for Babies.