Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-14

A letter carrier In Meriden, Connecticut,
whose wife has inherited sixty thousand dol
lars, still goes his rounds, although the Post
master has several applicants for his place.
The Newmarket (Va.) Shenandoah VdlIey
reports that that section was visited by sew
eral earthquake shocks on Sunday evening,
ID inst, the direction of the movement
being northeast and southwest. Some Of
the houses were perceptibly shaken.
Some think that Secretary Folger will be
Presidential rival Of Arthur's in 1874. The
Louisville COatrier-sloaG7ldl thinks that as
both gentlemen wear the same style OF side
whiskers, the convention will have its hands
full In making a selection.
The Tichborne claimant is saving wood
and unloading timber in the dock yard at
Portsmouth. He weighs about sixteen
stone, as against twenty-five when he was
first sentenced, but is in good health, and
thrives on a prison ration a quarter larger
than that allotted to the other prisoners.
The first step toward Outstanding"
Russia has been taken by altering the pres
ent uniform Of the army to the ancient Rus
sian costume, which consists of sheepskin
cap, a loose coat without buttons. and haggY
trousers gathered into high boots. Promo
ton, too, is now denied to all officers Of
German descent.
General Vuillemot, the new chief OF staff
at the French war Office. when a school
boy while carelessly playing with pistol in
the room of a professor named Debette,
accidentally discharged the weapon and
wounded the professors little daughter in
the side, mishap for which later In life he
made atonement by marrying her.
The members Of the Boston Photographic
Association are trying to come to uniform
rule about the number of sttings to give
without extra charge in cases where the dis
satisfaction does not arise from any fault of
the photographer. They do rot seem likely
to agree, however, as some favor the utmost
indulgence, while others wish to make peo-
PIE pay for every additional sitting.
It is said that the bushes of number Of
small New Eugland firms. depending on 25
and so cent orders, was ruined at the time of
the withdrawal of fractional currency from
circulation, their customers not being willing
TO take the trouble to buy postage stamps
for remitting such small amounts by mail
All that is needed for new issue, to meet
many demands Of convenience, is an appro-
priation by Congress.
Mehemet Rushdi Pashs, who is dead at his
country seat In Smyrna, was one of those
Turkish statesmen who took part in the
dethronement Of Abdul Aziz, but owing to
his great age and the critical state of his
health at the time Of the trial, he could not
be taken to Constantinople for trial He was
born of humble parents, and rose through
ri lab 70 4oha Eefo
times he was Grand Viz'er.
The city of Philadelphia has In its twenty.
one large hospitals two thousand five hun
bred and forty nine beds, and at present,
fortunately, not enough patients by seven
hundred and thirty-nine to occupy them
This lack Of sufferers somewhat disturbs
the equanimity of the philanthropists who
conduct these harbors for the sick and
manned, and somewhat of a rivalry has
sprung up among them in the scramble for
patients.
The Natchez (Miss.) Democrat says that a
man in that city who wished to engage fifty or
seventy-five men sent an agent among the
many idle persons in town from the over
flowed districts, thinking that he would
have no difficulty in procuring the lsbOrers
he needed. But the agent reported that he
could secure but four or five, although the
wages of 81 so a day were offered. The
Democrat adds: "This is but one of many in
stances we have heard OF where these people
refused work when offered. They know
they will be fed anyhow"
writer in Land and Water says: ''In the
the course of my experience in using male
elephants in Bengal 1 have known many
which were called by their keepers
'khoonees'-murderers One magnificent
animal had killed five persons when he was
placed at my disposal for the conveyance Of
baggage. After a sixth murder he was shot.
The parents OF the children accustomed to
ride on Jumbo should shudder at the idea
Of allowing their little ones to encounter the
peril which must attend them since the AMI
nal has once been 'Must'-tbat is, subject
to the madness of elephants"
One of the most marked traits Of the Chi
nese is their worship of ancestry and obedi-
ence to parents, which are in utter contrast
with the American character. A "China boy''
was recently arrested for stealing a $3.50
wstch from his mistress in San Francisco.
His excuse was that he had received letter
from his father In China, ordering him to
send $50 to bring his brother from Yokoha-
ma to San Francisco. AS he had no money,
and regarding his fathers commands as
imperative, he felt compelled to take the
watch. He seemed to regret his arrest
chiefly because he could not comply with
his fathers request.
A nephew of John Gibson Lockhart, the
son--in-law of Scott, and a writer of stories
which have been greatly liked in England,
IS dead in Colonel Lawrence W. NJ. Lock-
hart, who passed sway last month at Men
tone. His military career began in the
Crimea and ended not long afterwsrd in
India, when he turned to literature. As an
artistic writer of fiction he outdid his more
famous uncle. Among his works are
"Domble or Quits" ''Fair to See," and
"Mine is Thine" During the Franco
German war he was for time a newspaper
correspondent, and wrote for the London
Times an account Of the battle of Forbach.
Miss Lumley, who was better known as
the Sister Clara, of the male accident ward
of GUYS Hospital, in London, died three
weeks ago under distressing circumstances.
On a certain day man was BROUGHT into
the hospital suffering from a fall from an
omnibus. An eruption something like
smallpox appeared on his face, but he said
1t was nothing; he had had the same thing a
few weeks before, and so no further atten-
tion was given to 1t. But q day later, still
under Sister Clara's care, he was found to
be suffering from the worst form of hemor-
rhsgic smallpox, and in a few hours he
died. Sister Clara, who had never known a
days illness before in her life, soon died
also.
John Vallanie, an English weaver, who
has just died at Bsrnsley in his eightY-eighth
year, had been concerned IN many labor
demonstrations IN his time. First he was
tried st York in 1920 for taking part In the
Grange Moor affair, and sentenced to death
for high treason. The sentence was after
ward committed to fourteen years. trsnspor-
tation, but, owing to good behavior, he was
released on pardon after year. Returning
to Barnsley, he took an active part IN the
demonstration there in 1922, and in 1929 was
concerned in the great weavers' ptrike
though he had no hand in the acts Of VIC
lence committed, and always deprecated
them. During the Chartist agitation of
1888 and 1889, he was an active leader of the
movement in the north, and was called for
trial at York, but judgment was never pro-
nounced upon him.
An autopsy, without parallel in American
demonstrations of comparative anatomy,
took place at the National Museum few
days ago. A young elephant, just dead,
was submitted by the owner OF menagerle
to the knife with view to discover the
cause of it's death. This elephant, grow
ing African, had been named "Mungo" by
Mr.. Forepaugh, its owner. 1t had been sick
several times, but its ailments became seri-
Gus, and death followed. It's carcass was
presented to the museum. The post mortem
showed that our climate had been too severe
for the African animal, and that It died of