Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-14
GENERAL NOTES.

residence Of the late Cornelius J. Wander
bilt, On Vanderbilt Hill, Hartford, was never
occupied by its owner. 1t looks deserted,
and the entrances of the two roadways are
placarded ono admittance."
Evansville, Indiana, boasts of an old col
ored woman, Fannie Mckinney by name,
who is the mother Of twenty three children,
the grandmother of seventy-five grandchil-
| dren, and the great-grandmOther of thirty
| one great-grandchildren. Her second hus
| baud was killed during the war, and she Is
| applying for pension. She ought to have
It.
Benjamin Webster, the actor and theatri-
cal manager who died in London few
DAYS ago, was born in Bath on September 3,
1900 and. though educated for the navy,
vent upon the stage in L 0ndon IN 1925 In
| 1887 he became manager of the Haymarket
| Theatre, and subsequently had the manage
ment of the old Adelphi Theatre. He did
much to encourage and bring forward the
English play wrights, and annually expended
large sums for original works by Bulwer,
Knowles, Jerrold, and others.
Jay Hubbell, who runs the political as
sessment machine, is native of Michigan,
and large owner of the celebrated Calumet
| copper mine In the Lake Superior region.
| from which he derives an income of twenty
| Thousand dollars a year. He Is medium
| sized, thick.set, strong-necked man, with a
| full beard, which is generally neatly clipped,
and very quiet manner He is not man
| who wastes words. Like many Of the strong
Westerners. he smokes most of the time.
| He lives Ia fairly good style, and keeps his
own carriage In Washington.
Ina procession of horribles in Bristol, ~
H July 4, was chariot on which was seat
ed Oscar Wilde and Joseph Smith, the Nor
mon prophet, with Satan as driver. The
horse attached to the chariot became fright
ened at an exploding frecracker aud ran
away, throwing the occupants to the ground.
| Joseph and Oscar were run over by the
wheels of the chariot, the former being
knocked senseless, while the latter was
/ badly bruised. Dr. Galley, who persOnated
| Joseph, was the orator OF the daV, but as
| he was incapaeltated by the accident his
| companion in misfortune, b. M. Bedford,
| read the address.
The Troy Times has a curious correspond
ent who asks II the 'turn of the day" when
| eighty out OF one hundred sick people die,
has ANYTHING to do with the atmospheric lull
| that comes on twice daily between IL and 3
! O'Clock, when the land and sea breeZes are
| about to change places "ln hot climates"
| he saws, hDU near Iu6 sea, gi6ab IhSSlluue IL
| experienced in the daytime after II o'clock
| till the breeze comes IN from the sea, and
| equal lasstude in the night before the land
| breeze springs up. Midday and midnight
are alike suffocatng for want Of air. Eve
| ming is famed from the sea, morning from
| the land. Both are bracing, the mid-lull en-
feebling."
There was a strange incident in a murder
trial in Mflin, WIS the other day. A young
bride, Mrs Emma sisley, was found dead in
a wood near the house of her mother-in-law,
on the second morning after her marriage.
| Her husband, his mother, and two other
/ residents OF the house are accused, on cir
| cumstantial evidence, OF killing her. Fri
| day her father was on the witness stand, and
| testified that he is 8 Spirttualist; that he
| had received a communication through
third party from his daughter, and that she
accused her husband OF having murdered
her, and described in detail the manner In
which the deed was accomplished. The
court permitted him to tell the story.
The centenary OF the founding of the
City of Bangkok and Of the present dynasty
of the Kings OF Siam took place April 81.
To commemorate the occasion the King Of
| Siam had 5000 medals struck off In Eng
| land. which were worn at the centenary
| eel bration. Some OF these medals are in
pure gold, and others In silver gilt with red
| or yellow gold, silvered bronze, and pure
bronze. On the face are the busts OF the
five sovereigns of Siam OF this line, with the
| full state robss OF their times; around the
| busts are inscribed in Siamese the names
and title under which they were respectively
| known. Surrounding the medal, spreading
| outward, are 100 rays, typical of the century.
| On the reverse is an inscription In Slamese
Mr.. Childers stated in the House Of Com
mons the other night that he did not know
what became OF the 100. 600 to 200, 900 rifles
| sold in 1873 by the War Department The
| Pal NGu Gazette says: eve can tell what
became of some OF them. The Mayor of d
town possessing a large number of Irish
residents bought some thousands OF them
at about half crown or three and sixpeuce
a piece He then advertised throughout
| the district that any one who cared to buy
goods at his shop to the value of ten or
twenty shilliugs should be presented with
one of the discarded War office firearms
The bait took. In a very short time the
whole parcel was disposed OF, and some
thousand rifles were, BY the agency Of this
enterprising Mayor, placed in the hands OF
| private Individuals"
The other day King Louis of Bavaris's
favorite Secretary, Herr ziegler, struck
work for this reason: The King always turns
night into day; that is to say, he gets up
| when the sun sets and goes to bed at sun
| rise Thus business is always transacted bv
him during the night. Poor Iiegler used
| constantly, therefore, to be deprived Of bis
natural rest, All the State business passed
through his hands, as the Ministers have
ALWAYS declined to read their different re-
| ports personally to the King, who would
| only listen to them lying in bed and con-
ceaied behind screen. egler has, how
| ever. taken up work again, but under cOndi-
tions, the principal OF which is that he is to
be allowed to go to bed at ten O'Clock In the
evening, and not to be disturbed before
eight the next morning.
A Hartford man, who was broken down
in health, but had plenty Of money, settled
In Southern California. He is now the owner
of two splendid farms, one of 600 acres and
! the other of 3 600, and his health is In per-
feet condition. In his orchards there are
% varieties of apple trees, % varieties OF
| cranes, 1000 pear trees embracing Ii va
| rieties), II varieties of peaches, $50 olive
| trees. $50 japanese persimmons, varieties
of nome grauates, nine varieties OF figs, 10
| acres of English walnuts, besides pecan and
| flbert trees. He has also AZ varieties Of
| roses and II magnolia trees. He would
| plant hIs whole land in grapes for raisins
| and table use II ne could get help to pick
| TlGUl Wubu AoDCA S'D III ~ W.
| demand there. He thinks there is no place
like Southern California.
At the fashionable hotel at Old Point
Comfort the other day, beautiful young
lady made the unfortunate mistake of en-
teripg the dining room unchaperoned. AS
no one speaks to another there without an
| Introduction she was unnOticed, and some
wiseacre gossip started the story that she
| was the wife of winchester Of New York
| bostelYv. Beautiful as she was, all admira-
ton instantly died away, and. In the eyes OF
many. she became a most imperfect crea-
| ture- Judge of the general distress and
modification when, the day before her de-
! narture. her husband, a prominent naval
| officer. for whom she had been waiting, re-
! turned from China. The busybodes too
| late found that she was an heiress, and that
/ her father, a retired army officer Of high
rank, was an invalid incog. at the same
| hotel.
10 view Of two successful balloon voyages
across the English Channel by EuglishmeD,
the eronautists Of France are planning to
do something wonderful in order to main
tain their own reputation for courage in
! naviratiDg the air. At their request the
| Municipal Council of Paris has voted the
money for a series of balloon sscents to be
made to-day for scientific objects. 1t has
been arranged that two OF the balloons shall
be connected by telephone, by the use Of
| which verbal communication will be kept
up during the ascent. Observations will be
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