Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-05
GENERAL NOTES.

she choked 1t to death.
The enterprisiDg Texan who started a
goose rancho near Taylor has given up his
project. The geese, four hundred in all,
died, falling to find sustenance enough In
the grass on which 1t was thought they
would thrive.
By the use Of magnetic rod mine locs-
tor has found off the harbor OF Erie, Pa,
the wreck Of the schooner Vermillion, which
was sunk in a storm nearly half century
ago, with $50 tons Of copper on board, val
ued at $50, 900.
The old State House In Boston, Mass, has
been once more adorned with the lion and
the unicorn, the British emblems having
been placed upon the facade OF the building
as a part OF the work of restoration. The
figures are of wood, painted lead color.
Deacon Samuel Waldo, of Perry Village,
Wyoming county, Pa, who has attained the
venerable age of eighty six years, has lately
married a neighbor in the person OF Miss
Harriet Hammond, aged seventy years. The
bride, who is the good Deacon's sixth wife,
was an early teacher Of President Arthur.
The latest reported wonder Of the Yellow
stone National Park is a natural gold plating
apparatus in the shape Of a geyser. 1t is
said that a piece of metal held in the geYser
during the eruption becomes pla5ee win a
durable thickness Of gold. The Salt Lake
Tribune is responsible for the truth of the
report.
Moulton has contracted to sell Delmonico
and Leland enough of the beach at Canon
Chef to accommodate two grand hotels, get
ting therefor as much as he paid for the
whole, thus reserving for himself, clear Of
expense, the whole of the farm, the SPLEEN
did villa, and two-thirds Of the beach. 1t
was a pretty good spec for the mutual
friend.
The Virginia straightout Republican Ex-
ecutive Committee met in Richmond on
Thursday for consultation, and came to the
conclusion that it is expedient to nominate
straight candidates for Congress in every
district of the State. In the First district
they formally Endorsed the candidacy Of
Colonel John W. Wolff.
A paper published in the district of Con-
gresham Parker, of New York, tells story
ry that is a good deal at his expense. When
a young man he was proprietor of livery
stable, and had big sign painted, repre-
senting himself holding a'mule by the bri-
| asked an sdmiring friend. eyes, 1t is a
perfect picture Of you. But who is the Eel
low holding you by the bride?
Prof. Tommasi has written letter to the
Italian newspaper PiceOld describing case
of hydrophobia in which the powerful drug
pilicarpini was used without effect. The
Professor says: "The prodigious effects of
this remedy soon showed themselves-pro-
fuse sWeats and enormous salivation-and
vet the malady continued Its fatal course as
usual. was one of those who had hoped
in the good effects Of pilicarpini In cases Of
hydrophobia; and now this hope has van
sned, and 1t is necessary that the fact
should be known
A French savant, NJ. Regnard, has been
trying the effect of blood diet upon three
motherless lambs. The blood was fed to
them in the form Of dry powder, and they
thrived wonderfully upon it. They not
only grew very rapidly, but their wool
doubled In thickness, and their general
condition became all that could be desired.
NJ Regnard is now repeating the expert
ment upon several calves. What effect, II
any, the blood diet has had upon the
naturally gentle disposition OF the lambs,
the reports do not say.
The New York Erening Post thinks that
city is safer from the Salvation Army than
any other place in the world. cit is not
likely" 1t says, shat policemen who run
in householders for disorderly conduct In
sitting down on their own door steps, or stu
dents for engsgiUgsin the unnecessary study
of the habits of ants, would let an army sing
and shout through the streets under the pre-
tence that 1t was to do so for the purpose OF
converting sinners. In certain districts OF
the city, too, the revenues OF the Police
Captains would be sadly interfered with by
a general conversion OF sinners"
In the rooms of the State Geological So
ciety at Albany are the bones Of masto-
don, unless Saratoga man is right in his
belief that the skeleton is of late origin. He
was connected with menageries when he
was Young. He says that In 1929 an exhi-
bition elephant died and he assisted in bury
ing the remains In a gully near the highway
leading from Cohoes Falls. Slate from the
he'd of the enlarged Erie canal was subse-
ouently thrown in this gully. This spot was
not disturbed until 1866, when the supposed
mastodon bones were discovered. These
bones, the old man is sure, belonged to the
elephant whose death threw gloom over
the show in 1929.
A call has been issued for Prohibitory
State Convention to meet in Rochester on
Wednesday, the Goth inst, and to nomi-
nate full State ticket and a candidate for
Congressman at large. The call says that
all persons, irrespective of sex, who be-
lieve In separate party action as the most
feasible and pratical means by which the
legal prohibition of the liquor traffic may
be secured and maintained will be eligible
as delegates and will be admitted to seats
and votes upon presentation OF credentials
issued by county or town conventions, EX-
ecutive Committees, local temperance So
cieties, temples, orders, divisions, or
unions, or any church temperance societies.
The following lively letter from the young
and fiery wife of NJ. de Lesseps to the editor
of an English journal, was published in
Paris shortly before the British conquered
the great engineer: "The French papers
have given a translation of an article In
your journal In which you consider M. de
Lesseps q hindrance to your breaches Of
faith, and advise the authorities to ship him
on board steamer leaving for Marseilles.
beg you to 90 yourself and put this idea
into execution. You may rely on meeting
the reception you deserve. may add that,
though a native of an English country,
CONTEMPORARY trsmple under foot that
nationality In the face Of country which
seeks by dishonorable means to seize on
| what does not belong to it. Accept, SIR,
the assurance of the consideration due to
you"
The manufacturers of st. Louis have in
stituted movement having for its object
the establishment of closer business rela-
lions between that city and Mexico. The
| Spanish-American Exchange will shortly be
| in operation there and in the City Of Mex
leo, where the promoters Of the enterprise
| have a concession from the Mexican Gov
| eminent to put up building Of their own,
| in which to exhibit American goods and
| sell them through the medium of interpre-
| tiers. They will open another exchange in
| st. Louis, where Mexican goods will be ex-
posed for sale. The enterprise has been
supported almost entirely by manufactur-
ers, mercantile houses having declined to
| take an active part in it, on the ground that
| thev did no business with Mexico Both
| exchanges are expected to be in operation
| by the middle Of September.
New York EgeniRg Past: 4" A broker has
been arrested in Washington for doing bust
ness without "a license; and his defense is
that his business Is not that OF broker, but
consistsHin lending money to government
clerks at 10 per cent. a month. There are,
| It seems, a large number of brokers' in
| Washington who advance money on salaries
/ at usurious rates, some OF them getting as
much as IS per cent. month. They say
| that they cannot afford to run the risk of
| sickness or dismissal, and the absence of any
| security, for a cent less and economically
| their position is a sound one. Sometimes,
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