Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-19

Some Of the finest walnut trees In the
mountains of North Carolina have been
sold at $40 each Just as they stand in the
woods, the purchasers reserving the privl-
lege to take them away within q certain
number Of years.
The suicide of D. z. Ardis, in Louisville,
was preceded by solitary religious service
He sang a hymn, read a passage Of Scrip
ture, and made few remarks In extenua-
ton OF what he was about TO do. Ihese
were found fully written out.
Somebody down IN Maine telegraphed to
one of the Senators from that State last FRI
day terrified message reading "Before
voting for Worthington's confirmation have
General Butler promise not to stump Maine
for the fusionists this fall as he did In 1873
and $780,
Three old books which arrived in New
York from Europe by mail were found to
have been neatly followed out and filed with
diamonds and iewelrY valued at So 800. The
package was addressed to leading jeweler
of Cincinnati, but found its way to the Gus
tom house.
The current statement that Barnum in
sured his baby elephant for $780, is con-
tradtcted. II seems that at the time of Its
birth Mr.. Barnum offered 8 premium Of
81. 900 per week, to run a year, to any com
pany who would issue a policy on It's life
for the sum Of $500, 900, but the offer was
not accepted.
A little Boston girl who had seen an en-
graved copy Of Millais' "The Princess in the
Tower" in q picture shop window. went In
the other day and said to the shopkeeper:
ftT ~ non ron uvorlG nlnaep take
that picture out Of your window. Every
time pass look in, and the picture is so
sad. It makes very unhappy. Won't you
please take it away?"
The Cincinnati Commercial tells the (per-
haps a. big story Of big walnut tree. In
1854 an Indiana man, as the story runs.
bought the tree for 81, and he subsequently
sold Il for sos The buyer sold 1t to Gin
cjnnati lumber dealer for $7G0. The Gin
cinnati dealer sold it to New Yorker for
g. 200. aud he cut It up into veneering
which he sold for $27. 600.
A young medical student of Bowdoin Col
lege once asked Prof. Cleveland If there
were not some more recent works on ansto
nv than those in the college library.
tfYoupp man. said the Professor, measur-
ing the entire mental calibre OF the youthful
scholar at one glance, "there have been very
few new bones added to the human body
during the last tee years"
Although Sarah Bernhsrdt, or Madame
Damala, has made large sum since she
left the Francois, her managers have had
the lions share. In the future her husband
will be her business man himself. AS,
although a member Of the Greek Church,
he IS of his wife's race, he will know how to
keep the ball rolling and the quid nuncs
talking. There is not a sharper man In
Paris.
Honeybrook. Pa, boasts Of female bar
Der. She has the reputation of being an
expert in the tonsorial line, and her shop is
well patronized. It is stated that a number
| OF Young men who, before the advent OF
| this LADY barber in town, only used 70 get
| shaved once a week, now find it necessary
to be operated upon three or four times
week. and usually have their hair cut IN the
bargain.
Some magnificent lace worn at the Duke
OF Albany's recent wedding by the Princess
Beatrice has a strange history. She was, in
girlish curiosity. few years ago turning
/ out an old cabinet In the Queen's apart
ments, and came on parcel OF extremely
old laces. Among them was a suite 10
| which she appeared at the wedding. %
| being repaired and cleaned, 1t proved to be
almost priceless; connoisseurs say 1t is worth
| $50 900.
One Of the recipients Of the new Afghan
medal, lately awarded in England, is the
Right Rev. Thomas B. French, D. D, Bishop
| of Lahore. who did duty with Peshawur
valley field force previous to the signing of
| the treaty Of Gundamuk. The Bishop went
/ I'D from Peshawur in a bamboo cart with
his chaplain to minister to the spiritual needs
| of the Peshswur valley field force. This is
| said to be the first time on record that a
| Bishop of the Established Church has been
| decorated with war medal.
In several French papers attention IS
drawn to the inequality of the salaries OF
diplomatic representatives Of the French
republic. AS regards the Ambassadors,
| these range from $50, 900 francs, which is
| paid to the st. Petersburg post, to 10000
| francs, which is drawn by the French Minis
| ter in Switzerland. The London Ambassa-
/ dor gets 200, 900 francs, the Vienna 10000
| francs, and the one at Berlin 40 900 francs.
| There is likewise q considerable difference
| in the salaries Of Plenipotentiary Ministers.
These vary from $4,000 to $4,000 francs.
Z New York policeman has been arrested
and put upon examination by his superior
officers for carrying on Irritation with a
Young woman living close by the station
| house. This is certainly the most novel as
we'll as the most absurd complaint ever
| lodged against a custodian Of the peace.
| Does New York expect patrolmau to travel
| his beat. keep awake nights and maintain
/ an Indifference to the charms of the fair
| domestics OF bis distTietF This is asking
/ too much, for under those circumstances he
| r711hlfa Oh
cagO Herald
Chief Eogineer Melville, of the lost Jean
nette, is a New Yorker by birth. He is
heavily built, weighing about one hundred
and ninety pounds, and is about FIVE feet
eleven inches in height. he is light com
| plexioned. and has bright, piercing blue
| eyes. He is very quick and active. When
| he returned from the Arctic in the Tigress
in 1873 he turned handspring TO show the
| officers of the Brooklyn Navy Yard that he
never felt better In his life. When servin 2
| his time in machine shop he was noted for
| his power of endurance, strength and agili-
w. These qualities have stood him Ia good
stead in his perilous 1ourneyings in Siberia.
Shelley's house on the bay of Spezis, &C
cording to Mr.. Alfred Austin in the At6en-
rum, will lose its chief attraction, If it is
not destroyed altogether. 1t stood on the
edge of the shore, with the murmur Of the
ocean waves echoing through its rooms.
| Sometimes, indeed, in such storm "as late
| DER pale Britannia past" the sea would
| burst the door Of the house and rush madly
| through the lower rooms. A projected road
| from San TerenZo to Lerici will, If carried
| into execution, inAict upon it irreparable
damage. The road may be made through
| the garden at the back of the house, 1t may
pass between it and the sea, and so deprive
| it of It's charm in the eyes of the poet, or
it may be constructed on the site Of the
house itself Even IL the carcass of the
building should be left, the solitudes which
surrounded It will have been destroyed.
John sharpless came to this country in
1852, and landed on the Gath of August at
the mouth of Ridley creek, Pennsylvania,
two months earlier than William Penn did.
He proceeded up the creek to point about
one mile and a half northwest from the
present site of the city of Chester. where he
felled a large tree and made house Of the
boughs. There he and his wife lived for six
months, while they constructed a cabin
against the side OF rock. There were
seven children born to them, and after two
hundred years have elapsed 1t is estimated
that there are not less than twenty-five
thousand descendants OF this pioneer. The
FAMILY are tnlckly ee1lAeu III anu S9Ouhu
Philadelphia. in Delaware and Chester coun-
ties, and it is proposed to celebrate the BIZ
centennial of the landing Of the original
sharpless in August next by family re-
union.
The authorities in New York have discov-
cred building in which very little regard
is had for the safety of the employees. II is
a factory in which from two hundred and
fifty to three hundred girls are employed.
They are engaged at work on the top floor
During working hours the girls are locked
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