Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-28
GENERAL NOTES.


ing along, but held his place until the crash
came. The mule came out of 1t all right,
but4he engine and car were thrown down
an embankment.
A man who Is a cross between DR.. Tanner
and Captain Webb would be very forlu-
nate BEING in case Of shipwreck, the New
York Graphic observes. A man who can
live week in the water without dissoivingf
combined with the ability to fast for four or
five times that long, would stand pretty
good chance OF floating around until he
drifted ashore or was picked up by some
passing vessel.
A Philadelphia csbman, whenever he
failed to get fare on the arrival Of train,
was 10 the habit of venting his dissppolnt-
ment by thrashlng his horse numerically.
The animals patience gave way at last, and
one night, when its owner was In the stall,
It seized him deity by the nape OF the neck
with its teeth and choked him to death. It
is human, If not divine, to consider this the
best days work the horse ever did.
A fountain IN a public square of San
Francisco needed painting. An artist agreed
to do it for nothing, provided he could take
as much time as be pleased for the JOB and
erect fence to protect him from idle Gu
IlOBlLN MEltb al MOIhs AuS NOhhAGNe Woo
made on those terms. But 1t seems that
the painter has sold the surface OF the fence
to advertisers, and nobody knows how long
he will be painting the fountain.
There were over 2O6 600 tons Of fish car
ried inland last year from the fishing ports
OF England and Wales, and from Scottish
ports SO, 600 tons. Ireland, on the contrary,
did little where much Is possible. Only
1912 tons were sent from the Irish fishing
ports. II proper appliances were az hand,
the Irish fisheries might do something
toward amellorating the poverty which de-
presses the country.
An old clock, made by John Green, of
London, England, In 17l5, and for ninety
years past in the possession OF the Rees
family of Lynchburg, Virginia, has just
been sold to resident OF Philadelphia for
one hundred and fifty-fve dollars. Ii is
described as curious piece of mechanism,
standing nesriy nine feet in height, and
having an attachment of chimes which play
beautiful notes every three hours.
Vienna is in fair way to reslize soon her
wish for an elevated railway. The govern
ment hiss already decided, it is said on trust
worthy evidence, to grant the necessary con
cessons to an English company, so that it
only remains for the local authorities to
agree upon certain details in the construc-
ton. Some 10000 tons of iron will be
needed for the work, and Austrian furnaces
will supply it all, contract for the most OF
it having already been concluded.
The electric light hiss been successfully
employed in various parts Of the Paris Opera
House, extensively and conspicuously 10 the
foyer, where the elaborate decorations hsve
undergone grave injury at the hands OF gas.
Ten chandeliers have been used for the gas,
each chandelier containing forty-eight burn
ers. 1t was found that two Of these, when
fitted with forty-eight Swan lamps each,
gave out light almost equal to the eight re-
naming gas-liJ chandeliers.
The emigration from the Mersey in the
month Of September was 1858 less than in
the corresponding month last year. The
number OF vessels leaving was eighty eight,
and they carried 20, 635 passengers. Three
fourths OF these emigrants were bound for
this country. Only l. 2S2 were Irish, while
Is, 422 were English. Two unusual incidents
are recorded, that no Scotch emigrsnt sailed
in September for Canada, and that no vessel
carrying passengers sailed in the same
month for Australia.
Philadelphia has night schools for work
ingwomen, in which the studies are divided
as follows: Those which every woman needs
for herself, such as reading, writing, and
neutrality-suspicious. aud hyglene-seW-
ing and cutting and fitting; those which
contribute TO her enjoyment OF her leisure,
such as French, German, history and htera-
ture; and such as contribute to her power OF
improving her home life, viz cooking,
reading aloud and singing. The teachers
are competent volunteers.
A New York artist is now in Orange, O.,
making sketches of Garfeld's birthplace.
''The old log hut" says the Cleveland
Leader, Gin which the late President was
born, with the old Weff-knd its long sweep
beside It, stands on Boynton's Corners, 60
named in memory Of one OF General Gar
fields uncles. The artist has also made
pretty picture OF the natural bridge which
spans the creek a short distance above the
corners, and which has no doubt often been
crossed by the feet OF the martyred Presi-
dent"
A marine hospital is to be erected at Gin
cinnati, and commission is now engaged
In selecting the site. "This," says the
Chicago Tribune, lisa step that should have
been taken long ago. For years the storm
buffeted mariners who navigate the treach
erous shoals Of the Wabash canal and p9ne-
Little Miami, have had no place where,
after being wrecked by inadvertently ep
preaching the rear mule they could recover
health and strength; and that this blot upon
our civilization is at last to be wiped out is
indeed gratifying"
Some time ago, when deep excavations
were made at Chsring Cross, in London, for
the foundations of banking house, a num-
Der of fossils were unearthed. They have
since been identified. There are more than
100 specimens, and they include bones of
the cave lion, tusks and bones of the nam
moth, tusks and bones of extinct elephants,
remains Of extinct Irish deer. remains OF
red deer, remains OF species allied to the
failow deer, remains of rhinoceros, remains
Of extinct oxen from the pleistocene gray
els, and bones OF the horse, the sheep, and
the ShoIthorn from recent deposits.
The editor Of a newspaper in Japan
known as the Nichi Aiehi Shim5u'I, appa-
rently does not find it an easy matter to fill
its columns. A recent number appeared
with large space left entirely blank, save
for q number of straight lines that crossed
1t, and with an apology for this extraordi-
nary appearance that is amusing enough.
The editor says that, at the last moment, he
found that what he had writer. for that
space was entirely wrong, and hence it had
to be taken out He had no time, added,
to obtain matter enough to fill up the vacant
space, and so was obliged to leave it with
nothing there.
OIL wells have been put into operation in
British Burmah. The springs were found
by company known as tn esBaronga OH
Company, and are said to be already yield
ing one hundred barrels a day, and this
quantity is expected to be doubled during
the present year Hitherto oil has formed
large item among the imports of India, al
most the entire supply coming from Ameri-
ca. Reports from Indis, however, say that
the Burmese import OF Oil,fell off last year
nearly 81 per cent, without, however, oe
casioning a fall of more than 10 per cent.
IN the price of the article, and that these
facts seem to be entirely attributable to the
new Burmese oil wells.
During the year ended in June last the
sum of 100000 had been expended in
Cyprus for the campaign against the locusts.
Compared with the revenue of the island,
this outlay was very heavy. 1t has done
some good, however, so much, in fact, that
the authorities intend to continue their
work for one or two years longer, when 1t
is believed that the evil will be practically
removed. Should this be the case, the
country would be reimbursed in very
short time for its outlay by the increase OF
crops. The locust of Cyprus is species
indigenous to the island, and one that no
propitious gale conveys to other shores. He
STAYS, and transmits his mischief power to
remote generations with unfailing certainty.
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