Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20
GENERAL NOTES.

ouiry of the House that one appointment
was made at the request of Mrs. Logan and
one for Mrs. Malone.
The impression is gaining ground that the
Mr.. Tennyson who wrote "The Charge OF
the Heavy Brigade" is evidently no relation
to Alfred ". Tennyson, the poet.
Some of the finest residences ever erected
reek from top to bottom with cellar affiuvia
and sewer gas. Never judge a house by
what you see Of Ii. The same rule may
often apply to its owner or lessee.
Governor Hamilton, of Maryland, is suf-
fering from general breaking down Of the
system, the result OF overwork. He is Ill
IN bed and absolute quiet and rest are neces-
sarY to restore him.
Joseph Pancoast, N. D., Emeritus Pro-
fessor of Anatomy in the Jefferson Medical
College, died at his residence in Phila-
delphia Tuesday morning, aged a, OF pneu-
monia- His Illness was Of short duration.
Hans Christian Andersen had a great
dread of being buried alive. During his
last illness he was careful to display each
night on the table at his bedside card
hearing these words: 81 am probably in
trance"
Colonel John L. Lay, Of Buffalo, \. Y,
inventor Of the Lay submarine torpedo,
has been made BY the Gar a Chevalier Of
the Ancient ard Honorable Order of st.
Anne He is the only American who has
thus been hOnored.
Conundrum by President Arthur: "Why
is my friend, Mr.. Conkling, the most IN
punctual person of my acquaintance |"
| I The Cabinet all say they give Ii up. "Be-
/ he y-onff zaen his Qpn0infmPnt "
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Earl of Dunraven has arrived in Eng
land after having been killed half dozen
times by telegraph dispatches. Lord Dun
raven is a frequent visitor to Colorado,
where he and other noblemen have pur
chased extensive tracts Of land.
A well known spiritual medium is alleged
to have stated that all the Yankees who
have thus far got into heaven are at work
pstenting self-tuning golden harps, and one
| Of them has invented an sutomstic gate
which will work all right while st. Peter is
taking a nap.
The Emperor Of Russia has in his stables
seventy gilded chariots for use on state &C.
casions, all of which were presented by for
eign rulers. Colonel MartinOff, the Cars
stablemsster, has recently imported from
Hanover and Mecklenburg fifty nine blood
ed horses for use at the approaching coro-
nation ceremonies.
The Ontario Legislature, now In session at
Toronto, Thursday voted grant of 5000
to build a fence along the river front Of
| Niagara Falls, Ont to prevent visitors and
/ others from meeting with accidents by fall
ing over the precipice. 1t was suggested to
them by the town authorities In the shape
| of 8 memorial.
A valuable relic Of the war has been pre-
sented to Admiral Foote Post, G. A. R., Of
New Haven, by Mrs. L. a. Turner, of Bos-
ton. This is a gavel Cthe head of which is
said to be made from a piece Of Admiral
Farragut's flagship, the Hartford, and the
| handle partly from a chip OF the famous
| apple tree at AppomattOx and partly from
fragment Of the Andersonville stockade.
The conference called by the International
Sabbath Association will meet at Pittsburg,
in the First Presbyterian Church, On the
2Sth Of March, and continue In session three
4 DAYS. Many delegates from various parts
/ of this country and Canada are expected 10
unite in the debates. The question Of Sun
day mails will be discussed, as we'll as Sun
day theatres, Sunday newspapers and Sun
day street cars.
Twenty bronzes coated with vivid green,
and in excellent preservation, have been
found far below the surface near Liege.
They are supposed to belong to the third
| century. Some of them are admirable speci-
mems Of the best Italian work of that period,
and were doubtless brought from ItalY;Oth-
ers are apparently the rude efforts Of native
skill, ana al of them are supposed to have
4 formed part Of an ornamental fountain.
| Recently several distractions ere found
on the track of the Lancashire nd York
shire Railway, and each time q train mar
rowly escaped destruction. Investigation
| Of these diabolical attempts at train wreck
ing has resulted in the arrest of an imbecile
deaf mute, eleven years old. The obstruc-
lions were artisticallY constructed Of iron
| hospital chairs, and the supposition is that
the child had placed them merely In play.
The latest rage among ladies Of wealth
and fashion in England is for moleskin coats
| which, from the minute size of the animals
and the difficulty OF unearthing them, are
| likely to become as costly as the skins Of
the Russian sable. Lady Brassey is said TO
| possess the largest and most perfect mole
skin garment ever made. Over one thou
sand skins, all collected by herself, were
| employed in its manufacture, and she has
|
The will Of Sarah Burr, offered for pro-
bate in New York on Tuesday, bequeaths
nearly 100000 to various religious and
charitable institutions, the Episcopal Church
receiving the principal benefactions. The
| largest bequest is one Of 100000 for the
| foundation Of the "Goa1 Samaritan DIspen-
ssrv in the city OF New York" The sum Of
| $4,000 is left to the Divinity School OF the
| Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadel-
phia.
1t is said that the letters made public re
Gently in which Mrs. Scoville appealed to
Mrs Garfield to help save Guiteau's life and
20 the United States Senate to refuse 10 con-
firm Mr.. COnkling as Justice of the Supreme
| Court, were the volunteer work of Chicago
reporter, and that the Ostensible writer was
only called upon to sffix her signature to
them. We knew the Chicago reporter
| would retain his position as the champion
donkey.-BoStoR Post.
The cashier of a San Francisco banking
firm arranged an invalid chair at his desk In
such manner that he could work sitting up
or reclining, as he pleased. His employers
| objected, on the ground that It did not look
business like. They discharged him, but be
| refused to accept q dismissal, as he had
a ,
will called upon to decide whether the
easy chair prevented him from properly per-
forming bis duty.
At a late meeting Of the school officers of
Lincoln, Nebraska, a paper read by E. D.
Harris, advocating the teaching of vocal
music in schools, was warmly Endorsed by
sill present; and a resolution was adopted
making vocal music one OF the branches Of
study in the schools. 1t was also decided
that the time has come to take new depar-
ture in the general methods Of education,
by which the ideas Of the age shall have q
place in all systems Of teaching.
Aston was greatly astonished on one of his
voyages by some Chinese mandarins, who
offered him five hundred dollars a cord for
a lot Of firewood, which he had loaded at an
island and which proved to be sandal wood.
He afterward made millions in this new
trade. But he was not more astonished than
was the hungry owner of a Philadelphia
unk shop, recently, when an an 8 sthetic
lady offered him an enormous sum for his
entire stock. She called the junk "bric-a-
brac."
The State Superintendent of Public In
structiUn for California reports that not
much more than one-half the children emu
merated ia the school census attend the
schools regularly. He calls for a radical
The Legislature. he says, should either
adopt the compulsory plan, or else the heavy
percentage of parents who do not send their
ut.F cH 10 oil 60