Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-10
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WI $500
hurled at MarysyiIle on Monday, required 6
coffin S feet long, 2L feet wide, and 2 feet
bi0h. His brother, George Orr, who sur
wives him, is 6 feet 1O3 inches In height.
The Boston Advertiser makes the sstound-
ing assertion that president Arthur dimes
every day at S q. m" Imagine the con-
sternstion of the conservative Bostonians
who never, by any chance, din before IL
O'Clock noon.
London footmen are In despair over the
name of the Countess ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
The lady is announced in an astounding
variety of ways, as might be expected of a
title in which vowels are dealt out so parsi-
moniously among c~onsonants.
A few days ago Edward Finnessey, OF
Midway, Mass, observed 3 flock Of crows
lowering above one Of their number and
making q great noise. The bird was on the
ground, apparently disabled, but by closer
observation # was discovered that It had
been securely caught by q huge mud turtle.
Tue reptile refused to break his hold, and
the crows leg was broken in the struggle.
One of the latest London notions is 10
have a light on the forehead OF the horse
which is said to give perfect safety against
accident when driving after dark. NO nre,
no LIQUIDS, no lamps, yet q neVer-failDg
bright signal light st q great distance. 1t is
made of metal and covered with q combina-
tfon NJ luminous compounds; is easily
attached and detached; is made In different
designs, and, therefore, very attractive If
It should be carried In the daytime.
A prize fight for $500 a side has been
arranged to come off within ten miles of
PIttsburg within three weeks. One Of the
principals is a Plttsburg lieuor man ard
the other is a man from Binghampton, n.
Y. Neither OF them has been In q prize
ring before. They are to fight at catch
weights. The names Of the principals are
q secret, as they desire to keep the police
authorities in the dark. The Pfttsburg
man, It is said, is backed by a prominent
coal man.
DIR. Charles K. Mills, of Philadelphia, who
was one of fifteen or twenty invited physi-
clans from different parts Of the country
present at the autopsy on Guiteau, says that
Il would be premature, If not impossible, to
speak with any degree OF positiveness OF
Guiteau's mental condition, so far as was
sscertained by the simple removal Of the
brain, and its hasty examination. The brain
weighed a tri1e less than the average brain.
No argument or opinion, however, can be
based on that fact, he says, for 1t is not so
much the weight or quantity of the brain
as 1t its quality and component parts that
indicate intellectual strength or weakness.
Chester D. schaeffer, the brakeman
whose hip was dislocated and fractured by
an accident at Reading, Pa, about two
weeks ago, said recently that he had not
slept an hour since the accident, although
he is apparently free from all pain at the
present time. The first week he suffered
terribly, and 1t was decided by the physf-
clans to transfer him to another bed, and
while In the act Of doing so one Of the ply
sicians slipped, and the jar resulted in the
dislocation Of the fracture, neeessitating the
resetting Of the limb. Since that time the
patient has been free from pain, but is I'M
able to sleep. Notwithstanding remedies
have been applied for that purpose.
The Hon. Marriott Brosius has formally
accepted the Republican nomination for
Congressman -st-large in Pennsylvania, say
ing: believing that a disposition to pre-
serve and a desire to improve the party,
accompanied by every Just exertion to those
ends, constitute the true standard Of Repub-
lican fealty, and, recognizing in the plat
form of the party adopted by the convention
NAV 10, the highest code Of political ethics
ever promulgated by any political organiza-
ton within my knowledge, l cheerfullY
and promptly pledge my best efforts, If
elected to Congress land whether elected or
mott to cooperate in making the sdministra.
ton Of the party conform in every particular
to the principles ~enuacisted In Its plat
foEm,p
His Majesty of Siam has been celebrating
the centennial anniversary Of the founding
of the city of Bangkok aud Of his W dy-
nasty. From London he ordered more than
six thousand medals to be worn on the occa-
sion, some of them of pure gold, others OF
silver gilt with gold, and still others Of
bronze, and silvered bronze. They
are described as having on
their faces busts of the five sovereigns Of
Siam Of this line, with the fun state robes
of their times, While around the busts are
inscribed in Siamese the names and titles
under which the Kings were respectively
Known. Surrounding the medal, spreading
outward, are one hundred rays, typical of
the centenary. On the reverse is an inscrip-
ton in Siamese.
St. Louis Republican: "Among the arti-
cles affected by the revenue reduction bill
now pending in Congress are cigars. The
reduction proposed is 81 per thousand or
one-third OF the whole amount now taxed.
At first thought it would not seem that this
tightening Of the tax one-ffth OF q cent on
each cigar would be OF any advantage to
the The difference is too small
10 affect the price Of his daily smoke, but it
is not unreasonable to suppose that he
would get a little better cigar for the same
money, and this, in the cheaper grades,
would amount to quite a percentage. For
instance, a cigar which now costs 8 little
too much to sell for five cents or for ten
cents, would, by the reduction of 81 per
thousand, be brought just within range"
Mr.. Thompson, who was Secretary Of the
Navy, and is counsel for the Panama Canal
Company in this country, says that the
stories Of death and failure along the pro-
iected line are all malicious lies, circulated
bv the Ship Railroad and Nicaragua Canal
men to Influence people against the De Les
seps scheme. Mr.. Thompson asserts that
the company has already done a tremendous
amount of work, considering the time they
have been at 1t, and that the canal Is sure to
be built, "the Monroe doctrine to the con-
trarv.U This labor has been chiefly in i'm
porting material, and machinery, and food,
building houses and q hospital, making
drawings of the route, and clearing the
surface. A San Francisco firm, he says, has
| COQITdCB6u u G4CANdGC 1yOOO,OOO CuOlC 1dIues
and a New York company has agreed to dig
as much more. The ex-Secretary lauds the
Frenchmen and Germans as thrifty, eau
tious, forehanded men,, aud says they never
make financial blunders.
In many respects the recent proceedings
at Alexandra form a singular copy, OF
rather parody, of the British siege of the
Syrian port Of Acre in 1910, during Eng
lands last quarrel with Egypt. Mahmoud
Bey, the Egyptian ~commsndanto OF the place,
was officially notified by the English Ad-
miral that any attempt to strengthen the
seward defenses would be treated as an act
of hostility. The Bey replied politely, but
II was soon discovered that the work
was still going on by stealth.
The Admiral then demanded the surrender
of the Bey's cannon, and received the con
else answer, "Come and take them" AT
2:3O D. m. the British fleet opened fire, and
the action was very warm till 4, when a shell
from the Gorgon man-of-war blew up the
great magazine In the citadel, throwing
down the walls, killing several hundred OF
the garrison, and causing such q panic that
the fire ceased almost instantly. Mahmoud
Bey had his officers slipped out OF the town
unperceived, and when the British landed
they found no one to oppose them.
In Brooklyn a few days ago an exhibition
was given OF the manufacture of Vass
MurrIhna glass at the works of the Farrall
Venetian Art Glass Manufacturing Com