Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-08
GENERAL NOTES.

Hogs in Nevada are good friends to the
lawyers, furnishing them with business as
well SIS meat. Eight lawyers in that State
are now retained In a suit involving the
ownership Of eight hogs-one lawyer TO
each hog.
Patrick Carey, q 'longshoremau in New
York, who was crippled for life By the fall
of a coal tub into the hold Of the steamer
Batavia, sued the Cuuard Steamship Com
psny. claiming $4,000. The jury sWardea
him sl5 900.
Mrs. Labouchere, Mrs. Langtry's chsper-
one, was an actress, with whom Labouchere
fell In love and ultimately married. He has
almost revolntionized the journalism OF
England by mingling news with editorial
comment, being the foremost reporter In
the kingdom, and only incidentally editor.
a Washington special saye: sit is gen
orally believed that President Of the Senate
David Davis is to be married, and that the
young lady will be Mrs. David Davis in the
winter. She IA a very attractive woman.
This will put Mrs. Keifer's nose out OF joint,
as at present she considers that she takes
rank OF all the ladies OF Washington.
The Rev. DR.. Charles Clinton Beatty, who
died at his residence IN steubenYille, Ohio,
last Mon Jay, was probably the Oldest Pres
byterian minister in the country, having
been licensed to preach in January, 1892.
10 1929 he established the Steubenville Fe-
male Seminary He contributed to public
institutions during his life over $4OO, GOO,
and leaves an estate valued at $4,000.
Members of the Japanese Legation in
Washington deny the statements recently
received from Japan rejecting upon the
japanese Government, and charging that
ths St cretary OF the Legation was appointed
because of his supposed influence to secure
the action OF Congress upon the Japanese
indemnity bill. They assert that the charges
emanated from a disappointed otfice-seeker
in Japan.
A funny accident occurred at Springfield,
ILL.,, on Thursday last. In transferring bag
gage to the Cincinnati train one trunk con-
tanning the trousseau of lady passenger
who was to have been married in Cincin-
natl that night, fell off the wagon into a
creek, and the contents were completely
soaked. The lady employed an attorney
and demanded damages of the railroad
company. The wedding was declared 'off,"
for that night at least.
The sale Of the Nashobah estate, near
Memphis, recalls the fact that It was once
the property of Fanny Wright, an accom-
plished, elegant and eccentric woman, who
there tried a philanthropic plan for edu-
GAZING negroes. This was in 1925, and the
result was a failure. A sister, named Sylvia,
married a boOrish, ignorant, brutal and
handsome farm hand on the place, who
abused her, and faally drove her back to
Eogland. The property remained in the
Wright family until few days ago, though
managed BY an agent.
A fve-year-old son of Benjamin Smith,
near Dardsnelles, Ark, died on Wednesday
last, from sores supposed to be caused by
salvation. A post-mortem examination
convinced the doctors that death resulted
from what are known in that latitude as
"screw worms" which penetrated the skin
and had literally honey combed the child's
mouth. The case is attracting much at
tention among the local physicians, but
nearly all maintain that medicine strong
enough to salivate would kill any species
of worm.
Jay Gould's family could have recovered
$1,000 had he been killed on Mr.. Wander
bilt's road at Buffalo the other day. Had
he been ir iured so as to render him unable
to attend 10 his business, writer curiously
and somewhat humorously remarks, she
could have recovered damages based on his
earning capacity. In the last twenty years
he has earned $50, 600 600 or So 600. 600 a
year; and a verdict based ON this rate for the
rest OF bis life would net him, perhaps, some
$50, 900 600 to $50 900 900 more" This would
have knocked a big hole in Mr.. Vanderbilt's
income.
General W. \. Hsncock's farm near Sc
dalia, Mo-, comprises $50 acres. Ali Of the
tract j. high, rolling prairie, with the excep-
ton of about seventy-ive acres, which lie
on little creek called Elm, and upon which
there is a slight growth of timber. The
entire tract is incosed with a barbed wire
fence, and there are numerous cross fences.
Five hundred and fifty acres are set in blue
grass, and the remainder Of the tract, ex-
ceptiDg the timber land, is what farmers
term pillow land. There are two ordinary
tenant houses on the tract, but the General
on a recent visit gave orders to have very
respectable frame house erected on q beau
tiful site. The General says the greatest
enjoyment he experiences is his visits to
this farm.
Senator Voorhees, thought he had asked a
poser in a recent speech in Indiana when he
inquired: 'My farmer friends, what is to
become of your great corn crop in this
county If prohibition is adopted ?" There
was a brief pause, and then an old Demo-
crat spoke up, saying "Do l understand,
Mr.. Voorhees,, that you really want an an
swer to that question ?n eyes, my friend -
said the Senator, strengthening himself to
his full height; 81 am seeking for intorma-
ton" "Wen, then" replied the farmer,
Il will tell you what we will do with our
corn crop. We will raise more pork and
less whisky" The Senator had asked the
question at several meetings before, but be
has omitted it since, not caring to listen
again to the laughter that greeted his dis
comfture.
The superlative tramp OF the world died
near Sydney, New South Wales, a few weeks
ago. He was Christian Frederick Schsefe
by name, and by birth a HessIsn. Though
afflicted with a spinal complaint and deli
cate constitution, he was q wanderer upon
the face of the earth to an extent which the
Wandering Jew never conceived Of, and he
must serve for all time as model In his line.
He never asked for nor would accept money,
saying that he had no use for It go long as
he could beg food and clothes. 1t Is sup
posed that he had walked more than $50, 900
miles in making succe ssively the tour of
France, Germany, Spain, Northern Africa,
Turkey, Italy. Greece, England, the United
States, New Zealand and Australia. Oc-
casionally, when absolute necessity required
#, as for instance on shipbosrd, he would
do little work, but his apparent feebleness
always excited pity and saved him from
hard labor. He was honest and harmless;
thousands of people the world over thought
kindly of him; when he fell sick he was
tenderly nursed, and when he died his body
received a decent burial. It is thought
that he was a little wrong in the head, and
his last DAYS were spent in lunatic asylum.