Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-20
GEN ERAE NOTES.

The country people at Bean Hill, Nor
witch, Conn.,, are proudly pointing out to
strangers an old fashioned, modest, two
story dwelling house, jusJ south OF the
Methodist Church Of the village, and saying
that there Governor elect Cleveland, Of New
York, was born.
A San Francisco Judge, in granting
prayer for a divorce recently, held that 1t
was cruelty on the part of the husband de-
PENDANT hsbitually to use vile language
toward his wife, especially when 1t was
done in the presence Of their children.
Also, that It was cruelty to the wife for the
husband to take from bank certain family
property and devote it to his own exclusive
use.
The Toronto Globe says that one OF the
questions put to the candidates at a recent
examination for the civil service held in
that city was: ga man left 500 600 by his
| will, the sum to be divided betw en- his two
sons, one Of whom was 10 receive 81, 600
more than the other" The question was
100 hard" Tor the applicants. Every one
| of them answered that the one son was to
receive 81, coo and the other $4,000.
Another step forward has been taken-bV
| China IN the Improvement OF her naval de-
war ships, she has recently adopted the
| German system of ordnance and torpedoes,
| and she 10 lends now, Il is reported from
| Berlin, to introduce the new German sYs
| tenn Of plated Notifications for the defense
| Of her new naval fOrs. Krupp guns Will
! be employed exclusively in mounting these
forts.
Gov Perkins, of California, has appoint
| ed Thursday, November 30, as a day of
! thanksgiving, rest, and recreation, and de-
| scribes the occasion as "the annual Sabbath
| OF the American nation, on which occasion
! all men Of all beliefs and creeds may con-
| gregate around the affairs of their respect-
! i've faiths and render grateful thanks TO the
! Giver OF all good for the blessings He has
| bestowed upon us as people, for the rights
which civil liberty has given US, and for our
/ uninpaired endowment OF religious free
! dom" The Chinese must wonder If they
are inclnded among ''all men OF all beliefs"
On All Saints day, and the day following
! Il, the large grave in which were buried the
400 victims of the Ring Theatre fire in Vi
emma was visited by throngs of people, who
| are estimated to have numbered fully half
| million. As an outcome OF these visits a
| tragic event is recorded Frau Peter, of
! Gotha. whose son persisted in the flames,
! and who has since lost her only daughter,
was among the crowd, and on returning to
| her hotel room in the afternoon shot herself
/ with a revolver. Her remains on the fol-
| lowing day were buried in the common grave
containing the ashes Of her son.
An interesting experiment has just been
tried to test the powers Of endurance Of the
officers of the cavalry brigade Of the Rus
sian Imperial Guard qnartered in Warsaw.
| Eleven officers took part in the ride, at
/ which Gen. ShOukOH, commanding the cav
| airy, also assisted. The distance ridden was
| one hundred and thirty-three English miles,
and was performed by all the officers COM
peting in exactly eleven hours, OF which
| twenty minutes only were occupied In rest
and refreshment. The ride was round the
Mokatoff plain, adjoining Warsaw. None
| OF the officers was much fattgued, nor did
! the horses, of which each officer used six or
seven, seem distressed. The weather was
| favorable.
The law of emancipation of 1880 has re-
suited, in the opinion of the British Consul
General, in the first accurate return ever
made of the number of slaves in the island
| Of Cuba. They amount altogether to about
! 1877 500 The number, however, is steadily
! diminishing, the work Of emancipation be-
! ing constantly going on. The returns show
that since the law came into force l66l5
/ individuals have been granted their liberty.
/ L is estimated that &C per cent. were freed
by the voluntary act Of the masters, IA per
cent under the provisions Of the civil and
/ penal laws in force before 1880, while only
! % per cent of cases resulted directly from
the new law. OF these % per cent. four
ifths, we learn, obtained their freedom by
| purchase.
Indian Agent Roman, at the Flathead
| Agency, Montana, informs the Indian Blu
reau that 7,4O0 lsborers on the Northern
Pacific Railroad are approaching that agency
from two directions. They are accompanied
by crowd of gamblers, fakirs and portable
| saloons The agent asks whether or not he
| shall admit these persons TO the reservation.
| Toe Commissioner has replied that the ven
| ders OF legitimate supplies, such as food
and clothing, may be admitted to the agency
| uhder license, allowing them to sell goods
only to the railroad men, but that the
| whisky dealers must De kept out. He has,
! therefore, made application for a detail Of
| troops from Fort Missoula to carry the order
into effect.
a new point, and better than most ones,
that is made against the London Times
treatment Of the days news was made re-
Gently In Mr.. Labouchere's paper. It said
| that. whereas the Times printed only a quar-
/ Ter OIL 8 COLUMN VI MI MdJbu6W AluOiu .
| Liverpool address on luciditY, and only
thirty five lines Of Professor Tyndall's Car
lyle statue address, it gave over one hundred
| and forty lines to an assault case tried in
one of the Police Courts. 1t was certainly
odd that no more space was given to Ar
| nold's and Tyndal's addresses, since Lon
don pspers that do not reach anything like
so large an audience OF educated people
| gave them three and four times as much
space as did the Times.
The price Of ivory has gone up rapidly In
the London and Liverpool markets. A fort
night ago the highest price ever realized
for 1T was paid in London-$500 ton advance
on the prices of the previous sale. Re
| ports further declare that Sheffield ivory
| has advanced 100 per cent. In four years,
| and that further advances are imminent,
| the stocks were never known to be so low as
thew are now. Hard Egyptian ivory two
weeks ago fetched 81 600 ton, soft EgYp-
tiap about 81 $50, West Coast African "a
large portion OF which goes back In the
| form OF bangles to adorn the wrists OF Afri-
can belles) realized from 81, 100 to 81, 10,
| and several lots OF Angola ivory brought the
| unprecedented prices of 81, 800 per ton.
In consequence of these advances the Shelf
| field ivory cutters have advanced the prices
| for the fourth time this year, and have re-
solved to cease making the cheapest quality
| of handle owing to the dearness OF small
tusks.
A citizen of Auburn, Cal, about six
months ago carried home a bunch Of
bananas, among which was found a small
egg. about the size of that OF q canary. The
EGG was put in a small covered toy dish on
the mantelpiece Recently a young girl
lifted the cover OF the dish, but dropped #
with a scream that started the household.
She declared, amid the derisive laughter OF
the family, that there was some sort OF
animal in the box. The lid was again care
fully raised, and sure enough out jumped
an animal. In the excitement OF the
moment 1t was stepped on and killed. II
was Of the crocodile species, from four to
five inches in length, and 1t had been hatch
ed from the little egg put in there some six
months previously Pieces OF the egg shell
still remained in the dish, but some bird
seed that was In the dish when the egg was
nut there had all been consumed, and on
this alone had the animal subsisted.
Mr.. W. w. Story, the sculptor, who is in
New York, in reply to question as to the
progress that had been made concerning his
| Of the late Chief Justipa