Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-06
GER ERAL NOTES.

satisfactorily. The dead letter office, TO
example, last year received 594, SIS letters
postal cards, circulars, ETC., while IS, -
were sent for improper address or INSULT
Client postage. making 617,712 in all, agains
592, 3S5the previous year. The total valu;
OF contents OF dead letters received las
year was 1871 1886 Is. or this sum, abou
$50 COO was cash.
Toe dates OF retirement Of the general
officers Of the army under the provision Of
the act OF August z, 1882, are as follows
Gen. Sherman, February 8, 1884; Lieut.. Gen
Sheridan, June, 1894; Major Gen. Hancock
March, 1888; Major Gen. Schofeld, Novem
Der, 1895; Major Gen. Pope, July, 1886; Brig
Gen. Howard. June, 1894; Brig. Gen. Terry
1899; Brig. Gen. Augur, 1885; Brig. Gen
Crook. July, 1898; Brig. Gen. Miles, 1905
Brig, Gen. Mackenzie, August, 1904.
The late Rev. Tbomas Guard, highly es-
teemed Methodist pastor of Baltimore, was
q very sbsent-miEded msn. It is said that
once he wrote to oue of two sisters who had
gone to California. He meant to address the
younger, but made a mistake in the name
and so sent the letter to the older. Attel
considerable correspond nee he made sn
offer Of marriage, and was sccepted-bY the
wrong woman. He got released, but Wai
never successful in the other quarter.
The sample taken from each bale nf CO.. "c,s
ton In New York for the purpose OF exami-
nation is worth about five cents, or fifty dol
lars to the enc thousand bales. There IL
widespread complaint that these samples are
In many instances stolen, and though ap.
parently the amount is very small, the total
in years. business is very large. The
warehouse Committee Of the Cotton Elk
change recommend that the samples shall
be weighed by both the weighers for the
buyer and the seller, and the weight dis
tinctly written on the face Of the returns
made by them. A rule will be established
to that effect
The agricultural returns of Ireland for
1882 do not indicate very prosperous state
Of things. The acreage under crops, includ'
ing meadow and clover, has decreased since
1881 by ia 1877 acres. The total acreage OF
the country is 20. 1928 ,753rOf which one-hali
is under pasture, one-fourth under crops,
and almost fourth left to marsh, fence, ROAD
and water. There has been a gradual dimi-
mutton OF the area under cultivation for the
last twenty years. The country has 1874 ,692
fewer sheep and 1929 fewer horses than
1t had year ago but 1t has 1884, 100 more
pigs, $4,000 more head Of cattle, and 26, 225
more poultry.
One morning last week some gentlemen
observed a negro mailing an unstamped
letter at the post ofice. They asked him
what he meant by mailing unpaid letters.
"Oh," replied the negro; II does that req
lar" You dor" "Yesser; wen de Post
master amt lookin' | draps my letter In; do
dat often. | sabes de postage, yer see. l
jes write letter, don't pus no stamp on to
1t, and slips here and lets her drsp. Oats
de way l sends my let ers and gifts de best
OF the post office-hal ha! hs! takes dis mig
ger to be sharp, It does" He candidly
thought that he was getting ahead of the
United States vernment.-EqydatIG Times.
Il is expected that the grant of 6. 400 acres
per mile made by the Canadian Government
to the Southwestern Manitoba Railroad will
be revoked. There is no possibility that the
road can fulfil the conditions under which
the grant was made. The sections unre-
served have all been taken up for some
time, and many settlers who have so lated
on the railroad sections are pressing for
title. The amount of land thus tied up Is
two million acres, an amount too large to
be allowed to remain idle with the govern
Ient full OF zeal to COLOMBO the Manitoba
region. Opposition papers are hsmmering
away at the Council on account Of its mac.
tioD, and 1t is no longer doubted that the
lands win soon be in the market for govern
ment account.
The qusrrels between the nationalities In
Bohemia are not new. They have now ex-
tended, as will appear from the following
advertisement in the Bohemia, the iufiuen
tisl newspaper published in Prague: ga
family of good social standing near a con-
siderable town In northern Bohemia wishes
to engage Immediately maid for its two
cows. She must be a German Austrian, and
her correct pronunciation Of literary Ger
man is fundamental requirement Knowl-
edge OF Bohemian ia not required, and not
desired, as Czech accent would be an OBJ
stscle, notwisns; snding eminent abilities in
other respects. Perfect ability on the piano
is desirable, but not absolutely necessary.
Applicants should send in their testimonials
and photographs"
The affection between stage lovers is often
so well acted that no one suspects the real
feeling which exists between them. A wri-
knew two actors of the opposite sex who
positively disliked each other, but were
forced by their parts into the most devo-
votional tenderness OF conduct. One night
as he was playing at love she was to rush
into his arms; being true artist, she did
her work With energy aud between speeches
he muttered, "You need not swallow me. "
She replied, "You are too bitter a dose. "
While holding her In fond embrace, wrapped
in delicious transport, he groWled In wnis-
per, Don't lean so hard against man.
With her head In tender repose upon his
breast, she retorted, "You are paid for
holding me, and intend that you shall
earn your salary" They never made up
and never married She married ano her
actor, and clings still to the dislike for the
man with whom she plays.
There is serious trouble with the land
question in Scotland, and symptoms of dis
turbances of the same sort in England.
Ireland is not the only part Of the British
Empire that hiss land grievances. A Scotch
man wri ing very. recently to the London
Times says: at is easy to drive an agri-
cultural population into towns, but it is
impossible to send people back from
the towns to agriculture. This process
has been long since completed in England,
to the grievous injury OF the country, and
there is, practically speaking, no ural popu-
lation in this part OF the Kingdom equiva-
lent to the Scotch crofter or the small ten
ante in Ireland. There are people who look
complacently upon this operation, and
speak of the growing wealth OF the country
as a proof that all is well. | cannot agree
in that opinion, for l hold that the man who
produces food out of our own soil Is more
valuable citizen than the worker in factory
who earns the same amount and lays it out
In the purchase Of foreign bread. That
country is, in the long run, the richest that
supplies the greatest proportion OF its own
necessities"
Old St.. Paurs (EpiscopaD Church, in
Broadway, was the, scene. few days since,
OF deeply interesting ceremony, the occa-
sion being the ffLieth anniversary of the
conservation of Bishop Smith, of Kentucky,
Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, and Bishop
Doane, of New Jersey, on the 31st of Octo
Der, 1882. The last two have long ago
passed to their final account, but the Tenera-
BILE presiding Bishop still lives, and is in ex-
cellent health, though in his ninetieth year.
The church was thr0nged TO Its utmost ca
pscity, and after brief religious services,
the Rector of Trinity Parish, Rev. DR.. Dix,
presented the Bishop with feeling address,
after which he asked his acceptance OF
massive gold chalice and paten as q souvenir
from the clergy of his diocese. DR.. Smith,
in a few fitting words, replied. On behalf
of the Board of Missions Bishop Potter next
presented him with series OF resolutions,
thankfully recognizing the great value of
the long service which he has rendered to
the church, aud in the spirit OF the address
read by DIR. Dix, "cherishing the hope that
the richest blessings and consultations of
Heaven may attend upon the portion yet
remaining before he shall be called to the
full reward of the better life On high" On
hnhaIf NJ the Chnrch Temnaranca Sncietv