Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-12
GENERAL NOTES.

he was totally blind. At noon his eyesight
returned TO him as myeteriOusly as 1t had
gone, and he could see as well as ever.
The thoroughness with which a Canadian
journal occasionally gathers the news may
be inferred from this brief extract from the
Breckville Recorder of recent date: 1.-THE
Governor Generals hair wants shinghng.
He passed west yesterday for Toronto, and
we had a chance to see the back Of his head
only. and his hair is altogether too long"
President WEIGH, OF the Iowa State Agri-
cultural College, has gone TO Europe, max
ing the journey by appointment of the
United States Government to visit and
thoroughly inspect the agricultural and in
dustrial schools of the various countries,
and, after such examination, make a report
as to the systems and methods Of such
schools.
Typhoid fever has been endemic In Paris
in recent years, and in 1880 and 1881 the
mortality from this disease was more than
four times as great as in London. During
one week recently only eleven deaths from
interic or typhoid fever were registered in
London, against LOG in Paris. Judging
from the Freuch official returns, typhus,
however, is now unknown In Paris, al
though the disease is far from extinct in
London.
Winnemucca, Princess of the Putes, lis
of the opinion that within fifty yesrs there
will not be an Indian alive. 81 dare say"
she resentfully adds, "the white man is
better In some respects; but he is bigger
rascal, too. He steals and lies more than
the Indian does. / hope some other race
will come and drive him out, and kill him,
like he has done US. Then l will say the
Great Spirit is just, and that 1t is all fight.
The Omaha Republican says that Nebraska
has had this year the best distributed rainfall
Ia its history-that the early spring rains
covered every portion Of the Safe, and
the showers since then have been Of fire.
quent intervals and spread over nearly the
entire territory. cone thing is CERTAIN" the
Republican adds, Nebraska is no longer
raiuless any more than It's timberless State,
and we shall continue to improve In both as
the years come and 90, making the question
Of crops q matter about which there will be
no doubt"
On Sunday afternoon, August 20, the old
French flagship MuirOn, carrying twenty
two guns, foUndered off Toulon. This vessel
was the very one upon which Napoleon
Bonsparte embarked to return to France
from BIS memorable expedition to Egypt at
the close Of the last century. The Mu!ron
has for some wears been used FOR the police
service OF the port. That the c1reer of
vessel with the particular associations men
toned should have been naally closed on
the very day that England planted her foot
so firmly in Egypt, is regarded as a curious
coincidence. The disaster is attributed to
the vessel having been struck few days
before by lightning. She went down In i've
minutes. The small crew and the prisoners
on board had a narrow escape.
The German Government has adopted
magazine rife, the invention OF Messrs.
Mauser. The magazine consists OF tube
contained in the stock, and has a spiral
spring which keeps the cartridges up to the
breech action. When the bolt is withdrawn
a cartridgc-which has been forced out of
the magazine By the spiral spring-is raised
up to the level of TIE cartridge chamber,
TITO which It is driven Ly the bolt as It re-
turns. The whole action OF leading is COM
prised in the backward and forward motion
of the bolt. In order to avoid waste OF AIM
munition, level IS attached TO one side of
the action, by which the magazine can be
instantly closed, the gun being then loaded
and fred as an ordinary bYecch losder. The
re!oading OF the magazine is stated to occu.
py only few seconds.
Mr.. r. NJ. Daggetf, the new United States
Minister to the Sandwich Islands, was ten
dered a reception by the American residents
OF Honolulu on his arrival. 1t was a genu-
inc American welcome. They hired the
Royal Hawaiian Band, and marched IN pro-
oeesiOn to the Hawaiian Hotel, carving
no Ia rfr,ff
"The bird which no man can inveigle or
put salt on his beautiful TALL" "Dlggett
and Mckinley stand by the good old flag"
"Comrades tried and true;'' Better late
than never, but never lste;" "Diggett and
Mckinley mean representative protection"
"Nelcome to our island home" The band
played American airs, and Mr.. Daggett
touched off an oratorical sky rocket. This
demonstration seems to show that the ap-
pointment OF Mr.. D9ggett pleased the
American population OF Hawaii.
The japanese Government is DESTROYS of
annulling fits trade treaties, which prevent
it from charging the low range OF duties IN
its tariff. At present fcur-ffths Of the rev.
enue of the government is raised by land
tax, the custom dues bring in but enc fifth
Of the gross amount. The people do not
bsccO TO any extent, hence no revenue can
he derived lrom these sources. The tex on
land weighs hesVily on agricultural enter
prise, as 1t amounts to twenty per cent. OF
the annual agricultural yield, and q Large
amount Of land is not used for the cultiva-
tion of cotton, as Il is not possible TO use It
for that purpose In competition with the
land of other countries not so heavily handi-
capped by taxation. England will not
&c aIr to tie - =
lXes ten per esnt. al Valorem as the maxi
mum charge In the scale Of duties.
The large amount CT practical liberty now
enjoyed by the Japanese people In the mat
ter of political discussion appears to have
its limits. Lately, according to the Japan
Mall, Yokohama paper called the Tscza
Shin6un published the following announce
ment; "a friendly meeting of revolution
lists will be held on the Asuka bill in the at.
ternoon of the 29h inst. at three o'clock.
All gentlem IN are INVITED t. attend" This
appears to have been too much for the pa
thence Of the police authorities, who having
failed to obtain from the editor or publisher
the name of the author of this manifesto,
formally suspended the paper, and inter
d!eted the sale Of the offending number.
The CH"yd Shfnb1tn, It appears, had only
sn official embargo, circumstance vhica
may possibly have auickened It's perceptions
OF the necessity for a radical change in the
law and constitution Of the empire.
Nine. Frances Amelia Bartlett Oviedo,
whose marriage in 1859, at st. Patrick'c
Csthe lral, vas famous ct the time as the
diamond wedding" was married Tuesday
In Trinity Church, New York, to Colonel
Bodo Won Glumer. an officer in the Mexican
army, son OF Baron Won Gunner, of
Germany, and formerly of the Confede-
rate army. Col. Won Gunner, who is
about fiity-three years OF age, wsa IN full
Nf Xlcan uniform, and tho bride wore msny
superb diamonds. The ceremony, which
was witnessed only by q few personal friends,
was followed by wedding breakfast and
reception at the Park Avenue Hotel. In
the afternoon the married pair left for
Saratoga. The BRIDES first husband, Don
ESteban Ssncta Cruz de Ovie1o, an ira-
wealthy Cuban planter, died about
twelve yesrs ago, leaving all his estates TO
his wife. The latter, who has lived In Ha-
vana nearly twenty years, has passed the
last year In New York at the Park Avenue
Hotel. She has no children.
Sixty millions OF dollars was collected and
paid by the government of New York city |
during the twelve months ending July 3lst !
last. Although there is not much to be said |
Tor economy in management. the finances |
Of the city are in much better shape now
han few years ago The debt has been |
steadily diminished from $1l4 94S, GIL in |
1876 to $97 ,503, 1873 in 1882, and for the first
lime in thirteen wears tax rate of 50 d Der