Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-24
GENERAL NOEE~.

J0nn MCCULLOUGH, Jne acUOTS gave pl,VVV
to the SlaYback fund in st. Louis, and be-
sides this offered his services for the matt
nee benefit in behalf OF the family Of the
deceased, which takes place next Thursday,
and for which very large prices have been
paid for boxes and seats.
Over $500 900 worth of cotton seed meal
is imported annually into Great Britain, and
English grszers claim that through its ex-
cellence as food they can compete with
Americans. 1t appears strange, says the
New York San, that Southern farmers should
allow so much of this choice feed and
splendid fertilizer to go abroad.
The last stone in the masonry Of the tower
on the new capitol of Minnesota was laid on
Monday last amid the booming Of artillery.
The tower rises to height of 65 feet above
the main roof, and many persons toiled up
1t and listened to congrstulatory speeches
by Gov. Hubbard and Gen. Sibley. Gov.
Pillsbury, Mayor Rice, and many other gen
| tlemen decided not to undergo the fatigue
Of ascent.
When the supply of coal gets short else
where, the world can turn to China for
"black diamonds" Baron Richthofen shows
that in that country the supply of anthracite
coal is not less than $50, C 100000 OF tons
and the bituminous coal area is just as large.
| The Baron thinks that, taking what is left
In other parts of the world with the Chinese
coal area, we need not fear a fuel famine.
He thinks that the supply in the Chinese
province OF Shansi alone will last the world
about 4, 200 years.
Not many cities are as conveniently located
for people with differing moral afiinities as
Kansas City. The State line between Mis-
souri, and Kansas divides it, leaving quite
| slice in the latter State, which portion of
| the city is almost entirely given up to the
| gamblers, and contains no less than nine
thriving faro banks. By going to Kansas
| City, Mo-, the sports can get their allowance
of liquors in a State where there is no pre-
| hibition, but strict gambling laws; and in
| five minutes get into Kansas City, Kansas,
where there are no gambling laws, but strict
| prohibition laws.
Before ice became universal luxury peo-
pie were in the habit of hanging butter in
their wells to keep it cool and sweet; and
that is doubtless thecustom still where ice is
scarce and dear. 1t must have happened
| thousand times that the cord broke and the
butter disappeared, but there can't have
been many cases where it was recovered
/ after thirty years. Such an incident has
| just given local fame to M. Goodman's well
| in Bloomfield, Conn. A workman who was
] cleaning it found at the bottom ball of
butter and the dish In which It was suspend
ed thirty years ago. The butter is pure
white, and has the consistency and odOr Of
| spoiled cheese.
Mr.. Thompson Westcott, sometimes called
''the Historian Of Philadelphia" will get
himself disliked by PennsylvaniSns II be is
not careful. 1t has generally been supposed
that William Penn treated with the Indians
/ Under great elm on the banks OF the Della
ware, and an obelisk at Beach and Hanover
streets, in Philadelphia, marks the spot
where the famous treaty is supposed to have
been made. But Historian Westcott now
| boldly says that there is not Zone shred of
evidence to bolster up this lie about PENIS
treaty of friendship. There are no records
| of it anywhere. IN short, It rests upon no
more reasonable foundation than does the
legend of the twins Of Rome"
General Thomas Reynolds, who was pen
sion agent at Madison, Wis, during eleven
years ending July 1, 1877, has just been ar
rested by the United States Marshal of the
district, charged with forging pension
| vouchers and appropriating to himself pen
sion money mailed to persons who have
| been dead for many years. He is out on
81, OO0 bail, which the agents of the govern
| ment are working vigorously to have in
| creased. General Reynolds is 20 years of
age, was Colonel of the Sixteenth Wisconsin
| Regiment during the late war, and Is now
| Quartermaster General of the State militia.
| He is very warm personal friend Of Gems.
| Sherman and Sheridan, and the former is
always Reynolds guest at his suburban
| home when in Madison, while the two fami-
| lies frequently visit back and forth. The
aft air creates much excitement in Madison,
1 L ~ nAv,ln IL oh
shocked.
A New York correspondent writes: at
is up hill work raising money for the Ber-
tholdi Statute of Liberty Enlightening the
World At least two committees of pri-
| vate citizens have been at work during the
week to see what could be done about 1t,
but the measure of success which has thus
far attended their efforts, am sorry to say,
| is not such as to warrant the expectation
that they will be able to accomplish any
thing worth speaking Of. Mr.. Evarts and
| the other gentlemen who have the matter
| officially in charge have not commenced op-
erations yet; but now that the great major
fly of our wealthy citizens are back home,
| It might be as well to see what would
/ come Of q direct appeal to them. The
French residents and the French frequent
ers of the clubs are not very complimentary
| in their commentaries upon our lack OF pub
| lie spirit in the matter, and though we are
| disposed to ridcule the idea that Boston in
stead OF Bedloe's Island will be the ultimate
| resting place of Bertholdi's great work, 1t is
| Just possible that the thing will take that
| iufn Somebody has suggested that as Mr..
| Vanderbilt gave $50, 000 to have CleOpatra's
/ Needle brought over here, some other prom.
| inent Wall street magnate would entitle him
self to a like measure of public gratitude 6Y
settling the pedestal question; but, If any
| thing is to be done, as the man in the play
says, it should be done quickly"
1t is not unlikely that considerable diff
Guilty will arise in setting the claims for
war premiums under the Geneva award.
| Most of the American merchant vessels
upon which war premiums were paid were
| owned by a large number of different indi-
| viduals. Frequently a single vessel had be-
| tween thirty and forty owners. The insur-
| ance upon her was taken out in the name of
| her agent, or ships husband, as he is call
| ed. But under existing regulations it is not
| possible for him to make demand for the
entire sum of money thus paid out, for the
claim has to be made by the individual own
ers or their heirs This circumstance
| has tended greatly to complicate
| the preparation of claim demands
/ It has to be shown that each claimant
was at the time of the war citizsn OF the
| United States, aud that ne was In no way In
| terested in &C If disloyalty to the govern
ment. Probably half Of the original claim
ants are now dead, and although their heirs
NAV be confident Of the loyalty of those
| from whom they have inherited these claims,
| it may not always be easy for them to pro-
vide the proof needed to legally substantiate
| this fact. It would seem to be much the
\ best way to have the agent who paid the
| war premiums make the collections on his
own responsibility. The various owners of
| the vessels could then hold him accounta-
BILE for the disposition he made OF the money.
| In the sessions of the Tariff Commission
ers, says the New York Times, the cotton
manufacturers have been conspicuous
chiefly by their absence. The reason for
this ia mainly to be attributed to the fact
| that those engaged in this branch of bust
| nees have come to the conclusion that pro-
| lection Is no longer necessary for them.
| The makers of coarse cotton cloth were long
before the war able to send their products to
| China and India in competition with the
| OUTPUTS of the English manufacturers. This
advantage they still possess, and, what is
more. they are now able to compete on equal
| terms in the making OF q finer class of fabric.
All but the very finest cotton cloth is now
/ made in this country at a lower cost than in
anv other country In the world. The ad-
vantage which the goods Of American pro-
| ductfon possess in the worlds market is
| largely found in the honesty shown in their
making. A mill owner In England expects
| 10 receive one pound of cotton cloth for
each pound of raw cotton he purchases. In
order to secure this result the goods from