Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-27
GENERAL NOTES.

corner OF Eighth and trace streets.
A whale ship arrived recently at Shetland
from North Greenland, with two hundred
bottle-nosed whales and five hundred seals
on board.
George Morrison, IN England, Captain of
the workshop branch Of the Salvation
Army, was fined for stealing pair Of stock
ings at an inn.
Representative j. Proctor Knott is def
nitely announced as q candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor OF
Kentucky at the next years election.
Special Agent Cottrell, of the Fire Relief
Commission of Michigan, reports that the
wheat in the burned district is Of splendid
quality, and the prospects are goou Ior Tue
largest crop ever raised there.
DIR. William N. Hill, one OF the city vac
cipators of Baltimore, Md, is down with
the smallpox Though he has vaccinated
thousands within the past few months he
has not himself been vaccinate1 since early
childhood.
A learned German barrister, DR.. Hans
Blum, son of the famous Robert Blum, has
been fined LOO marks by the German
Courts for review of "Lstters by Jurist"
in the MGgdebatrgeT Zeit1tn0, criticising the
government. conduct of Socialist trials.
Admiral Porter's office, in his handsome
house at Washington, is nautical curiosity
shop. In one corner are half a hundred
models OF torpe1oes, on stand in one cor
ner of the room is a working model Of the
steamer Alarm, and bits OF chips and various
naval relics are scattered around.
A brutal Philadelphia father recently
kicked his little sons into the street. One
was five years old and the other three. They
were subsequently found by a.Ninth district
officer lying on vacant lot In the rear of
the house weeping bitterly. n. B.-This
did not occur in the barbarous South.
A Cincinnati clothing dealer extorted
twenty-five cents from colored man for
''lost time" after the failure of a bargain
through the false accusation OF the dealer
that ffty-cent piece rendered in part pay
ment OF the bill was a counterfeit. The
colored man called a policeman, and the
court fined the dealer $25 and costs.
In Cairo, Egypt, there is a Mohammedau
theological seminary. The Rev. Mr.. Man
gasarian, a returned missionary, recently
made the very large statement that In this
seminary 10000 students are from sunrise to
sunset studying the Koran. He says that
vast numbers OF missionaries are sent out
from this school through Africa and Eastern
Asia seeking converts.
A Scotch laborer went into a Glasgow
eating house and asked for a "cup Of tay and
a scone." He expected that the cost OF
these delicacies would not amount to more
than ".hree bawbees Being served, he
was told that he could not have them for
less than 215d. contention en- ued, and
the tea was upset. The hostess, however,
kept the three "bawbees." The laborer
brought suit and was worsted.
Srvants are particular whom they serve
in London. The wife OF fashionable ply
sician recently answered the advertisement
OF a cook When the latter learned, after
entering, the profession OF the master Of
the house, she sailed into the drawing room
and said ''If yu please, mum, l said par
k'er in my advertisement that | wanted a
stu ,tion In a gentleman's family, and |
won't trouble you no further" and she sal
lied out again.
Mr.. Jack Helton, workman for the Ches
tatee company, killed large rattlesnake
last week by cutting IL in two. leaving
foot or more with the head Mr. Helton
undertook to examine the fangs of the ser
pent with a short stick and was struck at by
the snake, or what was left of It, and it's
fang came in contact with his hand, since
which time the hand has been badly swollen
and throwing Mr.. Helton into spasms
There is some chance for the bite to result
fatally. NeaOS.
At Birmingham, England, a sailor induced
boy to go into the canal by promising to
teach him to swim, and carried him into the
middle upon his back. He then pretended
he could not swim himself, and throwing
the boy off got across to the opposite bank.
The boy Immediately sank, and although
the crowd called upon the sailor to save
him he declined to do so. The crowd set
upon the sailor, knocked him down, Kicked
him, and then gave him into custody.
Cetewayo, according to some of his pho
tographs which have reached this country,
is Of melancholy countenance, such as very
fat men usually wear in hot weather. He
leans back, as II exhausted, In cane chair
OF formidable proportions provided by the
governor of the prison. They say, how
ever, that this is not his usual expression,
and that when in converse with Bishop
Colerso his visage lights up with eager
earnestness as his reverend friend struggles
with the difficulties of the Zulu language.
An ingenious New Yorker has invented
new arrangement for the printing telegraph
for business offices. 1t combines the usual
stock indicator, which may be run to twice
the present ordinary speed, and has an au-
tomato adjustment; q clock that is kept at
correct time by electrical connection with
the regulator az the Stock Exchange, and
call which notifies the central office OF any
desire to establish direct communication
without the trouble of sending a messen-
ger. A fortune is already predicted for the
inventor.
The most encouraging reports come from
the coal fields of Alabama. Large amounts
of capital are being invested there, and the
development of a number of properties is
now proceeding with great vigor. The coal
area In the State is estimated at over 10000
square miles, and some of the finest coal In
the country is to be found there. There
has already been a wonderful increase in
production, which last year was 400, 900 tons,
while in 1873 1t was only 10000 tons. While
the State will find it's coal mines an invalu-
able source of wealth, the railroads will also
largely increase their earnings from the
coal traffic.
A Newark IN. j. merchant left his store
for few moments the other evening and
when he came back six dozen hats were
missing. A neighbor told him that he saw
two Hebrews come out OF his store with a
bundle. He rushed to the railroad depot
and policeman told him that the two He
brews were on the train which was just
leaving. The merchant grasped the rear
rail of the last car and clambered aboard.
He spotted his men and when the train en-
tered Jersey City he threatened to shoot
them II they attempted to leave their seats
An officer was called, the Hebrews estab-
lished their responsibility, and, preferring
charge of assault, the merchant was locked
up for the night.
Since Mrs. Lincoln's death some interest
ing "reminiscences relating to her are told.
1t is said that Miss Todd had always insisted
when quite young girl that her husband
would be the President of the United States,
and as she did not appear o~be one who
would attract the attention of young men,
not being as handsome as some OF her COM
panions, many of the latter would laugh at
her prediction. After her engagement to
Mr.. Lincoln she wrote to friend playful
description of the man OF her choice, men
tioning hisunprepossessing appearance and
awkwardness, aud with a merry apprecia-
ton of the humor of the prediction again
said: "But [ mean to make him President
of the United States all the same. You will
see that, as l always told you, will yet be
the Presidents WIFE,"
At last President Grevy has submitted to
be ieeced-that is, to be relieved OF hand
some amount of the money he loves so well,
and to be invested In return with the Order