Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-19
GENERAL NOTES.

MT. DTcNSltI HAS duOpltu tllc Ely liSll
style of attaching his signature. A COM
munication forwarded by him to Congress
the other day was signed simply "Brew-
ster. Attorney General"
A church in Bavaria. accommodating
one thousand people, has been almost en-
tirely built of papier mache, and can be
taken to pieces i'll a few hours. This
church is evidently thinking of having a
Brooklyn pastor.
A Wisconsin millionaire divided his es-
tate among his three children, with the
provision that half of each portion is to be
kept by trustees until the child TO whom
it is left is thirty years old, and then it is
not to be delivered until proof is given that
at least one-half of the portion previously
paid has not been squandered.
The six cities in Massachusetts which
voted on Tuesday last all gave majOrities
for license, the total vote on the question
ton being 56,057, and the majority in
favor of license 10, ll5. Fifteen cities
which voted last week gave for license
y. 1903 votes. against it 1868, a majority
for license of 1865. Last year, with
twenty cities voting. the total vote on this
question was about 1000 greater, and the
majority for license about half as large.
Last wear eight cities voted against license
and twelve for it. This year five voted
against and sixteen for license.
While driving recently from GodOllo to
a hunting meet, near the Hungarian viii
lage of Magoroyd, the Empress of Austria
saw an old woman almost on the edge
of high bank Overhanging a rapid
stream. Without uttering word to any
one. Her Majesty sprang out of the car
riage and ran to the poor creature, whom
she overlook Just in time to save her from
falling into the river. 1t turned out that
the old woman was blind, and that the
mere child who acted as her guide Jagged
behind. When the little girl came up the
Empress gave her a ScOlding and the old
woman handsome gratuity,
All the preparations for Miss MortOn's
wedding were made at HOpkinsville, KY,
excepting choice Of a bridegroom. She
preferred Mr.. Holman, while her father in
sisted upon Mr.. Mcpherson. Parental
authority seemed likely to be maintained,
and Mcpherson was told to be on hand.
Accordingly he was there; but Holman
was there too. Although the front door
was locked against him, he got in by the
back Wav. and pleaded his case so earn
estIv that the girl recalled her promised
obedience, and declared that she would
marry him or nobody. So the guests, after
being kept in suspense until the last mo-
ment, finally saw her become Mrs. HOl-
man.
During the taking of dispositions in Mrs.
Slayback's civil suit against Col. Cock
Grill, of the st. Louis Post Dispatch, re-
Gently, John NJ. Glover, the lawyer whose
published card calling Slayback a coward
led to the tragedy. was interrupted while
giving evidence by Frank Bowman, Mrs.
Slavback's attorney. Warm words passed,
and Glover seized Bowman by the throat
and bore him to the ground before the by
ISLANDERS could respond to BOwman's cries
for assistance. The notary before whom
the dispositions were being taken threat
ened to send both lawyers to Jail for con-
tempt. Frank Bowman prints card, in
which he calls l.. ID. Seward, the lawyer
who declined to be associated with him i'll
the civil case, liar.
The gold coinage at the Philadelphia
Mint during the last fiscal year was con-
fined almost exclusively to eagles and
half eagles, the former amounting in
value to $3.50, 700, $50, and the latter to $22,-
9TI, 72j. The number Of five-cent pieces
coined was 400, 775, while ~, 461, 475 pen
MES were turned out ready for circulation.
The amount of gold and silver handled
this wear is unprecedented. The coinage
of currency was by no means the eXclu-
sive work done at the Mint. There were
produced during the year 924 gold, 4,667
silver. 100 bronze medals, and six of white
metal. OF the medals manufactured, there
were 2,147 Lincoln and Garfield of the
larger size and 2,675 of the smaller size.
in both gold and silver, The earnings of
the Mint during the year reach $1,S45,-
145 30. while the expenditures were only
S6l5,954 50, leaving a margin of $1,229,-
100 81.
A recent visitor to the Dismal swamp,
in Virginia, found it much reduced in ex-
tent compared to what it was twenty
years ago. 1t now contains some Of the
best farming land in the state. \ rail-
road runs across il. and it is on its way to
final extinction. The drainage of Lake
DrummOnd, a central body of water lying
higher than the average level of the
swamp. would make the whole area fer
tile This is project of Governor Benja-
min F. Butler, who once had SURVEYS
made. but at length abandoned it. The
yreat industry of the swamp is lumber
nc. 1t is penetrated by small bitches in
connection with larger canals, and by
ude tramroads, over which the logs are
hauled to be sawed up into shingles, rail-
Dad ties and fencing. The lake ITSELF
however. with its almost impenetrable
ringe of cypress, and its projecting roots
md broken stumps, is quite as dismal as
,yer,