Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-21
GENERAL NOTES.

The widow OF IRE sl0enb 1incOAA oIc"
from the pension agent at Chicago on We'd
nesday $4,000, being the amount OF the
pension recently granted her by Congress
Mr.. Gladstone's presence at the Hay
market Theatre on Friday evening occasion
ed an unusual demonstration Of applause
and one or two Kisses, followed by louo
and general outburst Of cheering.
President Nunez, of the Republic OF Col
ombia, in his recent message to Congress,
EXPRESSED the hope that the American Gov
eminent would not insist upon Mr.. Blaine's
idea Of a protectorate over the Panama
canal.
1t Is said that Prince Leopold's marriage
NAV never be celebrated at all, as he is sub
iect to epileptic fits, which have been oc-
curing more frequently of late, and when
his physicians think will result in an utter
breakup of his body and mind In time.
The Sultan of Turkey is described as
middle-aged man Of medium size, dressed
in plain black clothes made after the Euro
pesn fashion, white kid gloves, and tar
boosh, such as is worn by all other natives.
He looks careworn and his face is CHASTITY
pale.
Colonel Oliver Beirne, of Monroe county,
w. Va, who was recently stricken with
paralysis in New Orleans, is improving. He
has been removed from the city to one Of his
plantations, some forty miles distant, and is
in fair way to the recovery of his usual
health.
James F. Wilson, the newly elected Sena-
tor from Iowa, is described as tall in stature,
with a compact, square figure, solid neck
and square head, covered with hair now
quite gray. He looks something like COM
mon soldier in the regular armY-one who
has won his way by hard fighting.
The Saturday Eyening Gazette says: "Sen-
ator Malone talks well in his correspond
ence addressed to Boston. But before
gushing over his professions It will be well
to remember that be is a shameless repudia-
| tor of the debt of Virginia and scanda-
lous debaucher of her politics"
Oscar Wilde met a number of Changers at
Indianapolis the other day, and subsequent
" mentioned them as "the peasantry of this
young and undeveloped country" The
| youth was told somewhat more plainly than
| politely by an angry listener, that all Ameri-
| cans are what al aristocratic small potato
would call "peasants."
Mrs. Garfield has directed number Of
improvements to the farm buildings at Men
tor, and men are now at work there. Her
fine span OF bays have been moved from
Washiu gton to quarters on the farm. 1t Is
likely that Mrs. CARTEL VIII pass part of
the spring and most of the summer there.
Her boys will be with her.
DR.. James McFadden, well known Pnila-
delphia physician, died on the Is inst.
During yellow fever epidemic in the South
be was a volunteer physician, and when the
smallpox ragged in a portion OF Maryland
several wears ago he went there and render
ed efficient service. DIR. McFadden was
also a Federal surgeon during the late war.
The Edison Electric Light Company is
doing more work than a great many people
suppose. 1t has run its wires into nearly
l 900 houses in New York and has put in
over IA 900 lamps. Six other districts have
been canvassed and work will be begun on
the apparatus soon. Fourteen miles OF wire
are required for the district where work il
now progressing and over half OF it is al
ready laid. The wires are run under
ground.
The most astonishing lawsuit on record
has been begun in Charlotte, Mich, where
Joseph Morgan has brought suit for $40 00C
against his sou-in-law, Jeremiah Delhi
Morgan claims that Delhi enticed Mrs. Nor
gan away from him, and received her intC
his house. The incredible idea that mar
should deliberately set about "enticing" hi
mother-in-law to come and live with he
daughter could only have originated IL
Michigan.
An exchange says that, after all, Wander
bits palace, which cost 100000, is no
an entire success. One of the visitors q
the time the house was opened says thu
kitchen is so arranged that the fumes Of tht
cooking pervade the entire house and adver
tise to the guest what he may expect TO
dinner. A house so defective In arrange
ment as that is not a success whatever mag
nificence it may possess in decoration
furnishing.
It is said that the fifteen dynamite manu-
factories now under the control Of NJ. No
bel. the man who introduced nitro-glyce
rine in its various forms into public use
turu out about 5000 tons year. In thi
country and in Europe It is estimated tina
the production of explosives containing
, nitro glycerine is between 1000 and 500
tons a year, and this quantity has tn
ennfdTseffs et least IA llin tons of nrdinar
Congressman Chace, of Rhode Island
| WuO Is h OA bAO DOCAONy VI ~AAS
has declined to nominate cadet to Yves
Point because of the conscientious scruple
of his sect concerning war. Whereupol
, the Washington Post remarks: $50 man,
!, men have lost all scruples of all kinds whei
a little patronage was to be welded that 1t |
gratifying to find man occasionally VIII
, doesn't lump at the chance to make frieni
who will assist him in the next election"
The life of a railroad conductor is neces
sarily fast one. His wants are great an
2 his wages usually small. Heis consequent
sometimes driven to extraordinary expedi
+ ents 10 order to exc out a subsistence, tn
most common of which is known In tn
parlance Of the road as knocking down,
! | or pocketing fares that legttimate1y belon
. to the company. For INDUCING in thi
species of highway robbery one hundre
and sixty-fve conductors Of the Union Pa
, cifc have just been discharged, and at las
adyices-were organizing an independent re
! form party in Nebraska.
From information recently received fror
q Bangkok it appears that the King OF Star
/ has determined to construct several lines O
q telegraph connecting Bangkok with th
O British system on the eastern side of tn
empire, and the French lines now extendin;
: from Saigon through the Province Of Cam
5odia. The construction OF these lines is &
be entrusted to Mr.. Davidson, an expert
creed English engineer aud electrician, anC
one Of the proposed routes has already beer
surveyed. When Siam has thus been con-
nected with foreign countries by telegraph
the King has announced his intention of in
PRODUCING postal system in Bangkok and
extending it gradually to the provinces.
The Liverpool Post pays a tribute to the
talents of the late Count Schouvaloff as
diplomatist, declaring that in critical times
he contributed materially to keep the peace
between England and Russia without in any
single instance yielding anything that Rus.
STA sought TO attain. His first visit to Eng
land was to assure the government that
Russia had no designs upon Khiva, but very
soon after his assurances we're given the
Khan Of Khiva became vassal Of the Car
Almost his latest achievement was the Sal
isburY-Schouvaloff secret agreement which
was to enable Lord Salisbury to bear a gal
liant front at the Berlin congress, while II
secured for Russia the valuable port OF
Batoum. Still, while he served the Car
he maintained his popularity in English
society.
Connecticut has on its statute books q
Sunday law passed in 17O2, which has OF
late been raked to the surface and drawn
upon the German citizens of the State to put
a stop to their Sunday excursions. The
| native Puritans have their own views aboy1i