Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-31
GENERAL NOTES.

the Increase.
A Joint stock company has been organized
at Columbia, No, for $4,000 acre cattle
rancho in Texas, the lands being located
near railroads and about 100 mites wess OF
Dallas. The company have $l0O,OVO anu
will fence the entire tract.
The Prince of Wales killed three splendid
stays October 2 at Braemar, in Scotland.
The Duke of Cambridge killed four stays.
A stag dance by torchlight took place IN
the evening in front of the castle, In pres
ence of the Prince and Princess OF Wales,
the Duke Of Cambridge, and other olstln-
guished guests.
Garibaldrs famous victory In 1860 was
commemorated on the 1st of the present
month at Naples by procession Oh more
than 10 600 persons from that city 10 santa
Maria iii Capua Vetere. At Arco Feliee
wreaths were laid about the monument, ana
a patriotic speech delivered by slgnor
Crispi.
The London Echo, which has been most
active sympathizer with Arab Pashs, sug-
gests the following lines as applicable to
him:
Rebel or PatriotH Well. heads or tailsY
Define the terms. and this is how II reaus'
A Rebel is a Patriot who fails;
A Patriot is-a Rebel who succeeds
An extraordinary mode of committing
suicide was tried by woman at Buda-Pesth.
She bought sixty leeches, then went to
bathing house, put the leeehes on her body,
resumed her clothing, aud left. she hao
gone but a few blocks when she fell down
ssnseless, and was thus found by police
man, who forwarded her to hospital.
eli In W
Bismarck was so seriously defeated, was a
defeat also for the Protection party In that
kingdom; nearly all the great commercial
and manufacturing districts-Frankfort,
Crefeldt. E5erfeld, Bremen, Msgdeburg and
the rest-being swept by the Progresslsts,
who are for the most part extreme Tree
traders.
The wife of Mr.. Young, United States
Minister to China, is in very poor health.
A private letter says she is at Chefoo, a sort
of watering place on the coast, half way
between Shanghai and Tien-Tsen, suffering
from Inflammation of the lungs and fright
full cough. By advice OF physicians, Mr..
Young will take her back to Japan for the
present.
Vice Admiral Orenga, commander OF the
Italian squadron at the Pi@us, has visited
the works Of the Isthmus Of Corinth canal,
which he found advancing very slowly, only
200 workmen being employed. But next
spring the steam engines and perIoraVors
now In course of construction will come In
to action, and It is hoped that the canal
will be finished by 1887,
The Russian Royal Commission to abate
drunkenness recommends 1. Liberty to
communes to close all drinking shops. 2.
Permission to communes to establish COM
munal monopolies for the sale OF drink. ..
No public houses to be established above -
per cent. in excess Of one per l,OOO OF the
population. f. Tea and food to be sold
wherever drink is consumed on the premises.
5. Rigorous supervision OF public houses.
1t seems somewhat hard to mulct a de-
fendant in damages for breach OF promise OF
marriage when in open court he oilers TO
fulfill his contract, but is refused by the
plaintiff. Such, however, has been the late
of a London constable, who was ordered TO
nav a domestic servant e25 damages for
breach of promise. 81 am willing to marry
you now" he declared to the plaintiff, who
responded, amid laughter, "But am not
willing to marry you"
One day last week thirteen married cou-
pies on their wedding tours stood together
in silence before the tomb Of Washington at
Mount Vernon, and every pair seemed to be
utterly oblivious of the presence OF the rest.
This decorous assemblage would probably
have dispersed without giving utterance to
an audible sound except for 3 slender young
bride, with merry face, who at last took
in the humor of the situation and laughed
aloud. Then one after another they took
up the line of march for the house.
The Magistrates at Dummferline, Scot
land, recently proclaimed that the police
should no longer protect the Salvationists;
whereupon the mob acted upon the hint,
smashed the doors and windows OF the
headquarters of the army, and afterwards
took possession of the town, destroying all
sorts Of movable property. Stones, bricks,
boxes, barrels, ETC., we're freely used and
many people were badly injured. Inc
main streets were blocked, the police belng
utterly powerless to exercise the lessI
authority, and for hours the greatest dis
order prevailed.
A curious affair happened at Montreal the
other day. A man named Poirier is in love
with the daughter Of Henri Cote, hack
man, but was forbidden the premises by the
father. Notwithstanding this, Poirier got
into COte's hack and ordered him in an
Extensively ostentatious manner to drive to
II Plessis street. AS this was the abode OF
Cote, an also the abode Of his daughter, ne
naturally refused to drive man whom ne
had forbidden his house to his own door.
Upon this Porier had him arrested for re-
fusing a passenger. The case was post
poned for few days.
TIE following story is related OF the HE
In
Hopkins University, Baltimore, last year:
In one of his lectures, he became very deep
" interested in his subject, and as only an
hour had been allowed him, he forgot him
self ar d encroached coDsid rally upon the
time of the French Professor who was to
follow him, and who was walking up ana
down outside the door in no pleasant mood.
Suddenly Mr.. Freeman, taking out his
watch, said: "Well, gentlemen, as we nave
left the Russians at the gates OF CONSTANT
NOBLE, and as the Gaul is at our own doors,
l think we had better close"
English clerks are suffering severely from
the competition of Germans. No matter
how small salary the English clerk will
work for there may always be found Ger
man who will do the sameSwOrk for less
money. Furthermore, the Germans, as
rule, offer far better value for the money
than their English competitors. The Ger
man clerk is industrious, and, though a
Teutopic teetotaler is an undiscovered ami
NAL. he never gets drunk. He is almost
invariably a good linguist, while English
men OF his class seldom speak any but their
own language; he is generally reliable and
not afraid of work.
New York club circles and, in less de-
gree, the business circles Of the city are just
now greatly agitated over very queer oc.
currence. Mr.. William R. Travers, banker
and Mr.. William Petit, merchant, dined at
Dslmonico's the other day. Mr.. Petit went
first, and when he sat down at the table he
placed his silk hat on chair beside him.
Along came Mr.. Travers and sat down on
the hat 1t is reported that Mr.. Travers
made no apology nor offered any compensa-
tion IN Mr.. Petit for his destroyed pro-
nertv. Mr., Petit, disdaining to appear in so
shocking hat as was left to him after Mr..
Trayers had sat on 1t, went out into the cold
street barebeSded, got another hat, price
eight dollars, and had the bill sent 10 Mr.,
Trsvers, who, strange as 1t may appear, de-
cilned to paw It. These remarkable pro-
ceedinps create no end of talk in polite So
cIety. Law suits are limited at, and the
METROPOLITAN press finds space to discuss the
circumstances and points Of the affair at
great length, Notwithstanding the facts that
Mrs LsngtrY is in the city and an important
election is pending.
At the International Exhibition which is
TO be held in Amsterdam next year, is
probable that American industries will be
largely represented, as the United States
Agent of the Exhibition, Mr. s. A Wheel