Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-08

A man and WIDOW eacn over seventy
five years of age, we're married at QuitmsD,
Miss, on the 25th ult.
The late Gen. William Sutton, Of Massa-
cbusetts, bequeathed his Masonic library to
the Grand Lodge Of Masons of Massachu-
sets, and his agricultural books to the Far
mers' Club of West Newbury.
Mr.. q. Marvin and wife, of Stow, Ohio,
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary OF their
marriage on May day. Their son, Judge U.
s. Marvin, and their two daughters were
present, and also many of their sixteen
grandchildren and twelve great-grandchh-
dren.
A Philadelphia boy, now twelve years old,
wss named for Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mr..
Emerson was informed of the fact and given
a picture of the child, and he sent back
set Of his books and a sealed letter to be
opened upon the occasion of his namesake's
twenty-frst birthday.
The London Economist says: cit is more
than four years since the Edison scare so
affected gas property, yet to day gas com
pauies are actually more profitable than they
were then. About the only large freehold
properties in the United Kingdom which at
the present date pay six per cent. are to be
found in the stocks of the large metropoli-
tan gas companies"
Ling John Herm, young CbiDaman OF
Boston, made love acceptably to Kate
EugIehardt, while visiting in Philadelphia,
and they were married. Although she was
a young and pretty girl Of good character,
the Mongol failed to appreciate his prize,
and whipped her brutally before a week
elapsed, besides spitefully cutting up her
clothes. Then they separated.
A writer in Land and Water describes an
attempt. made in 1870 on a grand scale at
the instance of the Khedive, to plant null
berry trees In the Diara, with a view 70 the
creation of a great silk culture in Egypt.
Everything favored it., but after few years
the 100 900 trees imported were neglec' ed
and then destroyed. ''No matter" saws the
writer, ''what it is that the Turk builds or
plants, he never repairs or nourishes it."
The London Tablet says that there are a
number Of young Roman Catholics at OK
ford and Cambridge, and people are asking
If the ban has been taken off those institu-
lions. According to the Tablet it has not
been, although in Cardinal Wiseman's time
it was removed. The conviction that q
| spirit Of misrule prevails at these seats OF
| learning, and not that Roman Catholic
youth would be seduced into Professionalism,
seems to be the chief ground Of objection.
Township Trustee Griffin disappeared
| from Bowers, Ind, and with him went
81, 900 of public money. He had just failed
of reelection, his finances were in some
disorder, and the belief was general that he
had abscoDded. Numerous friends, how
ever, steadfastly commended that he was an
honest man and now, after three months
of doubt, their faith is rewarded by the dis
covery OF his dead body. He was robbed
and murdered by somebody who knew that
he had drawn the money from the bank.
Henry Shook, guest at Toronto hotel,
ordered corned beef at dinner, and got a
particularly tough piece. Being eighty
four years old, and nearly tootbless, he ex-
planned to the waiter that, under the cir
cumstances, something tenderer ought to be
served. But he could get nothing better,
| and therefore undertook to eat what was on
| his plate. Suddenly he fell back in his
| chair, gasped for breath and choked to
death. A chunk of the beef which he had
tried to swallow whole had lodged in his
| throat.
The six torpedo boats recently ordered by
the German Admiralty from The Weser ship
yard at Bremen, and deliverable within four
months, are small vessels, costing, with
their armament, about $50 goo each. At
present the German navy list only contains
| three torpedo boats and four vessels for lay
| ing submarine mines, being in this respect
greatly inferior TO England, Russia, and even
| Denmark According to the Admiralty
| plans there are to be built altogether ten
large and twelve small torpedo boats, and,
besides, nine reserve gunboats of the
| second class are to be constructed In a
manner enabling their use for torpedo ser
| vice.
India tea is growing in favor, but 1t is
| probably also increasing in adulteration.
Merchants in England are going for 1t on a
great scale. A monster company has been
| fioated in Darjealing for the growing and
] manufacture of tea In Sylhet. This is a
| great district in Bengal, on the Soorna. about
/ hundred and twenty miles from Dacca,
/ and is said to be peculiarly favorable to tea
| growing. 1t is proposed to put 81 900 acres
| OF this in cultivation, at the rate of 1000
/ acres year, for the next three years. The
| vast property is to be divided into gardens
| of three hundred acres each. The project
must be either a great success or cause a
terrible crash.
The New York militia are trying to buy
two hundred acres of the historic Van Cort-
landt farm for parade ground. The tract
| is said to be we'll suited for the purpose, be-
| ing varied in surface and isnked by range
| of hills with ample room for manGuvring a
| brigade. There is a small lake which would
| afford opportunity for practice with pom
| toons 1t is only eight minutes run from
| High bridge. The old Van Cortlandt man
sion is situated on the grounds. In this
/ house Washington, Rochambeau, Knox,
| Green and many other heroes of the Revo-
| luton were often entertained. The estate,
consisting of seven hundred acres, has be-
| longed to the Van Cortlandt fsmily since
the early Dutch times, and the mansion was
erected early in the last century.
The German conservative press is cireula-
ting story told of Prof. Mommsen, who is
at present in Rome and will shortly return
to stand his trial on the charge of libeling
| Prince Bismarck in a speech delivered dur
| ing the heat of the late elections. few
| DAYS ago-so runs the tale-the well known
| arch pologist, DR.. Rossi, gave a lecture in
/ Rome, aud began by expressing his satisfac
| ton at seeing before him "a man who might
| be called the father of Christian geography. "
Before the LECTURER had time to pronounce
| the name of the scholar thus alluded to, the
| German historian of Rome promptly vet
| modestly rose and bowed his gracious
thanks for the compliment, which he did
| not doubt was intended for himself; but
/ great was his astonishment and confusion
| when DR.. Aossi, recovering from the inter
ruption, went on to quote ths name of the
| Jesuit Father Caruccf, who had few days
| previously returned from America TO Rome,
IS the person for whota the honor was in
/ tended.
Among thousand forms of benevolence
scarcely ene gives larger and quicker re-
turn for the money invested than that which
affords to the poor children of great cities a
breath of country air. The noble bequest
OF $500, 600 left by Mr.. Thomas Wilson, Of
Baltimore, in 1879, "for the purpose of Sc
curing a summer retreat for sick children
from the heat and unhealthfuluess of the