Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-06
GENERAL NOTES.

New York city shows an assessed real
estate valuation Of over 81, 000, 900, 900 and
tax rate OF 50 % per 800.
The Oldest ex.member OF Congress, Hon.
Mark Alexander, is living In Mecklenbere
county, Va, ia restitution, at the age OF
ninety.
During the past financial year the debt OF
New York city has been reduced 81, SOO,OO
and the net debt of the city is no"
$97, SOC, 900.
White Thunder, Chief Of the Brule Sioux
has written a letter to Chief Red Cloud, ad-
vising him not to go to war with the pale
face people. The letter begins frankly
thus; any friend, hear some bad news
about you that makes all your friends here
ashamed of you"
That Canadians are In future not to be al
lowed to smuggle one quarter of an inch OF
pine shsvings into the United States is due
to the owners of lumber vessels who do not
like to carry the extra weight of one and a
quarter lumber when they receive pay only
for carrying one inch stuff.
Mr.. Porter, of the census bureau, says the
census report will cost $1,000, 900. The work
was begun in 1879 and will be unfinished In
1888, after five years of solid work. 1t will
be The completest work of the kind ever
done. The English census cost only $780,
600, and was begun and completed in one
night.
To raise money with which to go to cir
Gus in Oswego, N. Y, q man and his son
walked ten miles to a swamp to pick buckle
ell fu bo A. \ IA
the fruit until their return. Their pick
netted exactly enough to purchase four
tickets for the family, and they walked to
Oswego, distance Of twenty-five miles, to
the circus and walked home again next day.
Some interesting objects were brought to
light few weeks ago at Pompeii. Among
them were these: A beautiful inlaid marble
table, with reclining bed ornamented with
paintings; a bronze vessel with revolving
handle; two Egyptian statues, covered with
a palma OF green glass; tortoise and frog
In marble; Bacchus in terra Gotta; two
marble busts, and a skeleton with bronze
hairpins beside it.
Fifteen lives are lost on the British coasts
each week on an average; and thus In
twenty-six years about q, COO have persisted.
chiefly in the occupation of fishing. These
losses have generally been regarded as in
evitable, but society has been formed for
providing places Of refuge on the coast for
fishermen and other mariners. Convict
labor is to be used In the construction OF
these hsrbors.
1t is alleged that star route Brady has
paid out 100000 in buying and running
newspapers at Washington. He justifies
the outlay as a commercial transaction by
saying: "What you pay a lawyer who ad
dresses a jury in your behalf is not con-
sidered wasted, and why should one regret
what he has spent on newspapers, which
speak a hundred times to the same men
where the lawyer speaks but Once"
Prince Charles, the brother of the German
Emperor, is said to be the greatest smoker
in Germany, which is equivalent to say that
he is the greatest in Europe. He consumes
from eighteen to twenty-four strong Ha-
vanas every day, and is reported to possess
a cigar holder by which he is enabled to
smoke three cigars at one time. The Prince
is now eighty-one years DID, is strong and
active; still follows game In the field;
works daily over military affairs, and wears
no spectacles.
The following is bill for the discharge
of a single round at the recent lombard
ment of Alexandria by the British fleet: