Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-29


A check drawn by a business man Of
Lynn, Mass, and presented at bank In
Portland. Me-. called for the payment OF
''atey 2, 90 cts"
Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
is more than six feet tall, light complex
toned, and wears an immense flowing beard
and moustache Of tawny red color.
A letter addressed ''gin shed, mastusit,"
mailed In Champlain, New York, was for
warded by a sharp -witted clerk to Indian
Orchard, Mass, and found its owner.
A man in Wayne county, New York, is
suing school teacher for the value of a
Jack knife which he took from his son,
pupil in the school, two years ago, and failed
to return.
The woman suffrsgists of Michigan are
appealed to for contributions to carry on the
| fight in Nebraska, where, as the appeal says,
| can amendment for suffrage will be sub
mitted to the vote OF half the people at
the next election.
In Iceland, during severe winters faint au-
reoles of light like those round the heads Of
the apostles are often observed on the faces
| of persons exposed to the cold. DIR. Kane
noticed the same phenomenon in his explo-
rations 10 Grinnell Land.
A man bearing the remarkable name Of
Exum Saint, and formerly member Of the
Legislature of Indiana, has BEEN put under
one thousand five hundred dollars bonds in
indianapolis to answer the charge OF exsct1ng
illegal fees in pension cases.
An overcoat was found recently hanging
on the fence near the whirlpool of Niagara
Falle, in the pocket of which a note was
| a hat ha
H. Croft, Of Canada. had committed suicide
| by jumping into the whirlpool.
Edward Rosner's wife deserted him FIVE
days after the marriage, at Pennington, Mo-,
drove him to suicide by her heartless per-
| fi1y, and married his rival one day after be-
coming a widow yet she claims his entire
estate, and will get it, there being no other
| heirs.
The Princess of Wales, having herself
been plainly brought up, desires her chill
dren to grow to maturity with as little
'coddling' as possible, and 1t is In defer
ence to her wishes that the bows have as yet
received none of the orders and decorations
that otherwise would have been showered
| upon them.
A severe-looking gentleman once COM
planned to Frederick the Great that a local
minister had detained against the doctrine
| of eternal punishment. "Weu," said the
monarch, with al emphatic shrug Of the
| shoulders, 'Tf my faithful subjects OF
Shausmanschlippensch prefer to be
eternally damned, let themm
Andrew Charles, of st. Johns, Mich, has
a walking stick four feet long, around
which is coiled snake six feet long. 1t is
supposed that the snake was sick or indis-
posed when 1t took its position upon the
growing sapling, and, the bark being moist
aud gummY, the snake adhered without
| effort, and there died and dried.
Somewhere in England-the report does
not name the place-a portrait OF the won
derful boy Chstterton, that Gainsborough
painted, has been brought to light. The size
| is % inches by 80, and 1t Is framed In one OF
those carved wooden frames that were com
| mon in the time when 1t was painted. The
picture is much daTkened by age.
Official returns are published of the total
emigration to all ports from Liverpool in
the month of April. The number of vessels
was 90, and of emigrsnts IS, S65. OF the
smigrants, 16, 734 were Eoglish, 161 Scotch,
1872 Irish, and 17,76S persons foreign to
| the British Empire. In April last year the
| total emigrsnts was 81, GA. For March this
year the total was 20 4l0, or 1885 less than
that for April.
The tricks that imagination will play ap-
pear in Canadian account Of the burning
Of the steamer Manitoulin, where 1t seri-
ously said: GAN who heard the whistle
declare It was the most melancholy and dis
| tressing sound they ever listened to, sourd-
| ing like the terrified wall of a hound at
| ,gr tod AZ faff
| thrill of horror go over them at the sound,
and some Of the crew say 1t sounded as
though the boat knew that dissolution was
approaching"
Mr. James g. Hueston, General Agent of
the New York Associated Press. has re-
ceived through the Department of State
from the German Government the "medal
| for saving from imminent danger" Mr..
| Hueston rescued Therese Enke from death
| by drowning. on June Is, 1881, while he was
sojournirg at Ems Germany. The medal is
about two inches In diameter, and has on
| one side wreath surrounding the words
eur Rettung aus Gefahr" On the reverse
side is the head of the Emperor William.
Darius Brimmer. of Berlin, New York, is
the owner of very valuable cat. A trout
brook runs through Mr.. Brimmer's farm,
and the cat brings In a fine mess of trout
| about three times week. Tommy will 90
to place in the creek where the water
runs between two rocks very close together.
Here be will watch for his prey, and the
| first trout that attempts to go through the
| narrow place is bounced upon by the cat
and carried in triumph to the house. He
then returns for another, and has brought
In as many as six good sized trout in one
afternoon,
Several significant pieces Of news concern
iug the colonization of Palestine by Jews
have been recently made public abroad.
One is that early in April body of settlers
numbering 500 left Ruesa en- route for the
Holy Land, among them being number of
students and a chemist. Land had already
been purchased for them by agents. The
Central Emigration Committee has recently
held a meeting at JassY, in Roumania, and
appointed commission OF three Israelites
70 go to Palestine and purchase land. At
Jassy alone has been raised the sum Of $780,
000f. to aid the work.
Gen. Chalmers in one of his recent letters
alluded to Col. Joseph Rodgson, Of Ala
bama, as one Of those faint-hearted gentry
10 Forests cavalry who sought surgeons
certificates and went to the rear, and that
gentleman has published a two-column
letter, which he closes as follows: 81
refuse to conciiate him, and | defy his
utmost venom. He WAS an imbeclle In war
and is an imbecile in peace. He may reach
the elevated niche In the temple of fame
occupied by Judas Iscariot and Malone, but
he can never convince the people Of Ala
bama that have ever proved untrue to any
trust confded In me-"
young man Of Red Bluff, Cal, dressed
himself as an @sthete, and on wager invited
Miss Emma Voler to accompany him to an
entertainment. The young lady did not
know that her Escort was dressed In this
ridiculous fashion until she reached the
rlace of amusement. She was mortified
and indignant at such treatment, and when
she learned that he had requested her CON-
paDy only to win bet she became morbid
and excited, and seemed to dwell so heavily
upon what she considered a disgrace that
her mind became disorganiZed and she re-
fused all sustensnce, suffered most in
tense mental agony and died.
David Miller, aged twenty-one years,
committed suicide at Atsks, siptan county,
Tenn, Monday morning, by shooting him
self through the brain with pistol The
deed was one of the most deliberate ever
committed He had been in Ill health a
number OF years. On the morning men
toned he took bath, dressed himself neat
ly, DOMINIC clean linen and underwear gene
rally, bandaged his neck aud shoulders with
towels and handkerchiefs, With the appa-
rent intention of preserving his clothing
from the flow of blood, took a position in
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