Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-18
GENERAL NOTES.

estimates that the population OF the Onleeo
States. June l, 1890, will be 64,476. 0OOi 5Y
1900, 81, 529 600; and June l, 1910, lOl,5lO,-
900.
Charles n. Ahstrom, a swede, writes from
Stockholm that he proposes to bring to
America Swedenborg's little summer-house,
the only thing connected with that theolo-
gian remaining in Sweden.
The population of the three principal cities
of Japan, as shown by recent census, is:
Toxic, 974 900; Ktoto, $50 s29: Osaka, 5S7.-
99o The census gives the population OF
japan as &c, 1856, 994-sn increase of g OOO,-
600, almost equal in numbers to that Of the
United States in 1870.
A misery beggsr named Rheiberg ap
piled at Pennsylvania slmshouse for food
and lodging. When told that he must sub
NIT to scrubbing, he produced from the
inner recesses of his tattered attire gold
silver and securities valued at S21, 600. The
next day he was taken sick, probably from
the bath he had taken, and two days after
ward he was corpse.
A wealthy and philanthropic Russian pro-
poses to put free library upon sill the rail-
ways in Russia, the street lines In st. Peters
burg included. The books will be put in the
cars with nobody to guard them, the passen-
gers will be at liberty to help themselves, and
If they are grateful small box will receive a
kopeck (about half cent? for the wear and
tear OF the volume while in the passengers
hands.
The notorious Pat Grove, of Peoria, was
in La Sale, ILL.,, on Tuesday last, selecting,
it is said, delegates to national dynamite
oo1vaDtiou vubiob e oppopnoa5 20 r,oa+ ~
Chicago next month to select agents to
carry out the objects Of the organization,
and blow everything English to atoms.
O'Uonovan Rosa is stated to have sent in
structions to select no Land Leaguers, but
only disciples of his school.
California is likely to have the Sunday
question as a prominent issue In the ap-
preaching campaign. The Democrats, at
their recent State Convention, took strong
ground for the repeal OF the law forbidding
Sunday traffic, and it is expected that the
Republicans will declare in favor of the law.
There has been great deal of controversy
over 1t in the courts and both sides Of the
question have their ardent supporters.
The cost Of living cannot fail to fall now
checks are free of tax and the tax on cigar
cites Is only seventy. five cents Der thousand
The freight. handlers OF New York and the
iron-workers of Pennsylvania and Ohio may
be expected to return to work at the old
wages, which were insufficient while
matches, cigarettes, perfumery and bank
checks were taxed, but which will be amp'e
now that Congress is lifting from the shout
ders Of the people the burdens of taxation.
Chicago Times.
A coachman calls upon the doctor to ask
what can be the matter wi him. "MV
good man." says the prince of science,
"vou've got dropsy-that's what ails you"
"Dropsy. What's that?" sit is morbid
collection of fluid In the Serious cavities
within the bodY-in your case, l take II,
hVdroperitoneum caused by cirrhosis of the
liver, but durable by paraceDtesis" 81
know, but what is it in English?" you're
all full Of water inside" ''Water? 0, that's
nonsense Reflects a moment. That
scouudrel of a saloon keeper must have
watered his liquor, and yet he swore to me
he didn't"
most valuable discovery (for our gov
eminent especially has been developed in
Southern Oregon. Nickel ore in abundance
exists in Piney Mountain, Douglas county,
eight miles from Canyonville, and three from
the Oregon and California Railway. The
ore is a siicate of nickel and msgnesi8, al
most identical with that of New Caledonia,
whence the United States derives it's chief
supply. The Oregon ore will realize in
practice III per cent. of nickel protoXida,
rather more than Caledonia ore. The Ore
.gon ore is in larger BODY, and it is much
more cheaply smelted. 1t is worth 500 q
ton on the dump. This increase of supply
will greatly expand its uses.
The crop reports show that the United
States will this year make better showing
in grain products than last year, and in some
localities 1t is claimed that they are harvest
ing the greatest cereal crop ever raised. The
success of the crops, which is now assured,
was the basis Of the little boom in stocks
which has marked the dealings in Wall
street for week or two past. With big
crops there is a good outlook for the rail-
roads, and this is a card that the stock specu-
lators generally play for all 1t is worth. But
an abundant crop is of more importance to
the general public than 1t can be to the
spectators, because 1t ought to ensure low
er prices for the necessaries of life, which
will be a blessing to the poor people and
relief to all.
An Englishman. writing from Alexandra
three weeks ago, declared that a foreigners
life in that town was Greatly not worth
davis purchase" The day before, when
going to steamer with friends, he was
stopped by soldiers, one of whom at once,
without provocatiOn,. drew ard cooked
revolver at his head. Bscksheesh 10 less
violent soldier than the one with the re-
volyer produced a more peaceful situation,
and the company were then allowed to pass
on. "You have no idea," the letter fur
Their says, "of the iDsolence and haired of
these men now. and II there is resistance to
Turkish occupation we must all clear out or
be mastered. Banks won't receive money
and It is not safe to keep anything in the
house. The weather is frightfully hot"
One of the most remarkable cases of
mysterious disappearance" on record is
that of the engine of the Kansas Pacific
Railway that went down into Kiowa creek,
some thirty miles this side of Denver, one
black, stormy night, several years ago. The
stream, which is ordinarily insignificant, had
been transformed by a sudden food into a
roaring torrent, which swept the bridge
away, and the engine plunged in and was
swallowed up in the quicksand. Repeated
efforts have been made by boring and dig
cling to find the lost locomotive, but we
learn from good authority that they have all
been to no purposes the thirty tons Of iron
and steel have burrowed beyond discovery.
Possibly they are working down toward
China, aud will ere long turn up as the first
locomotive in the Celestial empire.
The New York directory appears this
year with 1902 pages and 2S9. 724 names, an
increase of 4, 577 names over last year. 1t
begins as 1t has done for many years with
Elizabeth Aab and ends with Jacob Zy-
press. Among the noted names which dis
appear this year are Henry W. Bellows, Lo-
renzo Delmonico, whose name first appears
in the directory of 1929, Fletcher u Har-
per, one of the original firm; George Law,
Clsrkson N. Potter, Samuel d. Ruggles, j.
Cotton Smith, z. w. S;oughton, Moses
Taylor and James R Wood. The first d.
rectory of New York made its appearance
In 1856, paper-covered pamphlet of eighty
pages. Since then there has been one regu-
larry with one interval-17SS-when the
changes were deemed too slight to need a
new book. Tire shortest name in the pres
ent directory is OK, and the longest is
Pfeiffenschnieder.
As though Ireland had not troubles
enough on hand, her fishery commissioners
report remarkable decline in the catch Of
salt water fish. Once Dublin bay was IA
nous for its behring's, and the neighbor-
ing Ravens would every autumn be crowd
ed with Cornish luggers, but now COM
paratively few will return. The catch
last year was only one-third what it was
10 1878 and the worst of it Is, the
decrease seems to be gradual and
continuous. simultaneously with this
the msckerel catch has also declined. These
fish were not such staple OF Irish food as
the herring, and generally were most plenty
on the south coast. At the mouth Of the