Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-13
GENERAL NOTES.

The Arizona Star declares that by the aid
of artesisn wells the desert lands of Arizona
can be made the most productive wheat
growing districts in the country.
There has been a rise in the price of COP
per In England, which is partly due to the
belief that the extensive use of electricity
will increase the demand for that metal.
In the census year 1850 the wooden mills
employed 16l, 231 persons; capital employed,
sl5S, FAC, OTO; wages paid, $47, 244. 900; mate
rial used, $l69. 05S. 92S; value Of products,
$3.50, 79S, asa.
An iron gate leading to the Confederate
soldiers graves at Hollywood Cemetery has
been named the Jubal A. Early gate. 1t is
in token Of his liberal subscription to the
memorial fund.
A suit is threatened in Texas to test the
validity Of the Confederate land scrip, upon
the ground that the act under which the
scrip was Issued is IN violation Of the Con-
stitution of the United States.
Mrs. Elisha G. English, mother of Hon.
VIM H. English, died at the residence of
her son, in indianapolis, on Saturday. She
was In her eighty fifth yesE. Her father,
Philip Eastern, was an officer In the revolu-
tiOnary war.
The iron workers and other residents OF
South Bethlehem, Pa, have presented cost
" gold watch to the Rev. William 3. Nor
row in token Of their appreciation Of his
unselGsh and untiring devotion during the
recent epidemic of smallpox.
They were talking about beauty the other
evening, when Miss Smith remarked :
"Well, say what you will, homelY people
are almost always unusually bright" Miss
Brown (sOttO gOce): "The egotist !"-BoStOn
Transcript.
When Cyrus W. Field first went TO New
York, he foundsemployment in the house OF
A. T. Stewart s. Co. on a salary of 50 week.
He was obliged to be the first at the store in
the morning, to sweep 1t out, and to remain
until the partners and most of the clerks
had gone at night.
Our importation of coffee from Mexico
has increased from 1851 $50 pounds during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1875, to 49,
GIL $40 pounds during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1881. This increase is very crafty
ing. During the last mentioned year our
total importation Of coffee was 455, 1S9, 543
pounds.
The Canadian press are congratulating
their readers upon the fact that the Cana
dian Pacific Railway, the construction of
which threatened to impose a serious pc
cuniary burden upon the Dominion, is being
paid for by the sales of lands along its
route, and is becoming great factor In pro-
noting the prosperity Of the country.
The oldest deed in America is said to be
in the possession of Major Leland, of New
York city. 1t was written eighteen years az
ter the discovery of the new world by Co
1umbus. This document is a conveyance of
Fishers Island, near the mouth of the Sound,
from certain Indian chiefs to the celebrated
navigator, John Cabot, whose signature It
bears.
The London Gazette announces that the
Queen has been pleased to grant unto VIII
liam Lehman Ashmead Rurdett-Coutts- Bart
lett outts her royal license and authority to
be called and known by the names of VIII
liam Lehman Ashmead Bart ett-B urdett-
Coutts. We beg leave to tender William,
etc, our most heartfelt congratulations, and
to his friends who occasionally have to call
him by name, our sincerest commissration.
A California Baptist brother presented for
the use Of the presiding officer at the recent
Baptist anniversaries in New York magpi-
ficent gavel made of oak from Florida,
holly from Mississippi, granite from Maine,
mahogany from Nevada, cedar from Alaska,
laurel, maple and redwood from California.
IL was ornsmented with silver from Califor-
MIA and Nevada. 1t was accepted as a
timely and tasteful symbol of State brother
hood and national unity.
Complaints have Of late years been OFTEN
made In Germany of the fast increase Of
short slghtedness among young people at
school, and similar ones are now heard In
France. A committee appointed to investi-
gate the subject have reported that the
cause of the evil lies In the school books,
which are printed in fine type on white
paper. They suggest that larger-faced type
be employed hereafter, and that white
letters be printed upon tinted paper.
King John, the monarch who rules Abys-
sinla with rod OF iron, is severely opposed
to missionaries. He has bsnished a party
Of them who recently arrived at Mass0wah.
These missionaries had distributed some
Bibles to the natives, but, under the influ-
ence of the native priests, King John
caused search to be made for these in the
houses and huts. In cases where copies Of
the Bible were found the owners were
chained and otherwise treated with great
CIuc4tys
1t seems as If many persons, otherwise
good citizens, will sign anything II only it is
brought to them In the form Of petition to
somebody. A fragrant illustration has just
occurred in Providence, r. / of which the
Journal Of that city thus spesks; "What
kind of police force can be desired by
those respectable citizens who signed petit
ton for the restoration of policeman who
In courts Yet there are the names In pretty
large numbers"
The colored minister who whipped his
wife at Alexandria, Va, was fined four dol
lars by Justice. He had no money, and
was given a week in which to pay. On the
Sunday he preached from the |
text, "Whom the Lord loveth He chasten- |
eth" drawing from 1t the conclusion that be !