Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-17
GENERAL NOTES.

The room In Francklyn cottage, Elberop,
in which President Garfield died is closed
ana draPei heavily with mourning. In this
condition 1t is stated 1t Will always remain.
Mr.. Hewitt Chandler ard Miss Mary II.
Grant, two prominent Shakers, have lately
left the "fsn.llyr in New Gloucester, Me-,
gone to Boston, and married. Tue COM
muuity mourns its loss greatly.
Philadelphia has new branch Of indus
try. tits the 6Firdiug OF cocoanut shells
into powder and mixing the same with pep
per. The next thing Will be to lad way
to aduitsrate the coeoauut powder.
The Grant family Il again in luck. This
time It is Ulysses s., Jr., nephew OF his un-
Gle, and his plum is promotion to a sixteen
dollar clerksbip 10 the Sub Treasury AZ New
York. This IS altogether modest for Grant.
Senator Anthony, who was re- elected to the
UGited States Senate for the fifth time, With
ONLY eight dissenting votes in the Legisla-
| ture He is The only man, except Thomas
Benton, who, in the history of the govern
meut, has teen given six consecutive cleo
lions to the Senate.
Heard on farm: ayes, wife, the old COW
has served us faith fully for twenty years
and that Yoke OF oxen have worked hard
for nigh onto forty year, but they will have
TO 90 row. We can't afford to say mo- to
the bu'c1ers when beef Is selling 10 the city
at thirty cents pound"
Building contractors 10 Louisville, KY, SIS
they never had buster spring in the history
OF the city. 1t is said that over !, 900 OOO. 900
brick have been made for city use, aud the
lumber market is exceedingly active, with
large and constant receipts. New houses,
some very isrge ones, are being erected 10
every part OF the city.
General T. L. Rosser says be will sue the
Canada Pacific Railway Company for mali
clous persecution, and its General Manager
and Others for libel. He predicts: "When
the case comes up at the next regular term
g. the court in October you will see how
infamous the scheme for NY destruction
was, and how promptly Canadian jury
will redress my wrongs and punish those
Who have so maliclously and wantonly Sian
dered ne"
A correspondent of q Boston paper hes
found an old peasant" on the south shore
of Long Island, and has got him to tell how
pleasant life is there. "But," asked this
correspondent, slappipg bis face With lis
handkerchief, "don't yOu have great many
mosquitoes and sand flies" "Ya-as," said
the man, "but then we sorter like them"
"How can that ben "Ws,sl, you see we
feel so kinder good when they go sUsy."
On Saturday last the town of Gallatin,
Tenn, was thrown into an intense excite
ment because OF a ramor that Frank James,
the noted desperate, had reached that point.
4 detective gave eitiz IN q note which said:
Crank James is n town inform the banks
Of the fact" The banks we're informed,
and In a short while the whole town was IN
4 stir OF excitement. The Sumner County
Deposit Bank closed It's doors for fear of
being robbed.
Madame Paul Minck, the notorious Paris
Communist, recently presented her husband
with q son, and the parents, naturally
enough, thought themselves entitled to give
their offspring z name. But when they IN
formed the Mayor Of their district that they
had decided to call their youpgster Lucifer
Blauqui Yercingetorix he refused to register
him under that name, on acc suut Of the law
passed in 1903, which "forbids the employ
ment Of names not found in the Gregorian
calendar"
The President OF Yent zdela has declared
the steamship Cartabro, or Uncolon, a pr
rate, and has applied to the United States
snd al friendly governments not to receive