Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-17

The Sacramento Gal Uisioa says that a
tramp was forced of train on the Southern
Pacific near Benson, Arizona Territory. =
few nights ago, while 1t was running at the
rate Of forty miles an hour.
a Mrs. Clifford, Of Westfeld, New York.
was so badly frightened by an approaching
storm on Saturday afternoon that she ran to
a neighbours and urged them to take refuge
inthe cellar. They persuaded her to sit down
and attempted to pacifY her, but presently
she sid from the chair to the floor, dead
from fright,
The success of the Paris Salon for the
present year has been decided. The total
receipts amounted to about $4,000, and
over half OF this sum was clear profit. The
exhibition was managed, as it was managed
last year, By the artists themselves. The
society formed BY the artists has now
capital of $4,000.
Col. George n. Folk has formally ae-
cepted the anti-Prohibision and Liberal
nomination for Associate Justice of the
suprene Court Of North Carolina, and saws
that he has been surprised to hear there
exists doubt as to his cordial concurrence
in the principles and objects of the Liberal
party as announced In the resolutions com
posing its platform.
A hackman in Cleveland, Ohio, who had
a colored competitor has been fined $50 and
costs by Police Justice for soliciting pas
sengers at the Union depot by crying out:
"Come this way and you can ride with a
white man." Language said Judge
Kennedy, "that tends to degrade or insult
a man who has the misfortune of being col
ored, and who is in honest competition,
seeking to earn his living, is an outrage and
cannot be tolerated"
An exceedingly curious letter has been
sent to the French newspapers. 1t reads as
follows: "You are invited to visit the tomb
of Josephine Carrier, medium and inspired
writer, resting faithful to spiritualism to
the last moment OF her bodily existence.
To be born, to die, to be born again and
progress without ceasing-such is law
April -. 1861; June 81, 1881. This inscrip-
ton will enable you TO find her new tomb
in the IvrY Cemetery"
A patent has been granted to the cele-
brated German, Herr Krupp, for a new sort
of floating battery. This is designed for
coast defense. The new battery is Circular
in form, and is said to combine the greatest
stability with the greatest amount of BUOY
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use of air chambers. The battery is easily
moved from place to place, and is steadied
bv ballast. l. Is not provided with either
steam engine or sails, but 1t carries a very
heavy gun. It is designed to be drawn by
steamtugs.
The local journals at Censtantinople
stated few days ago that young girl,
aged from ten to twelve years, had been
publicly sold as a slave in the court of a
MOSQUE situated in the business part Of
Galata. During the bargaining the poor
child was held by the hand of her seller, a
Moslem woman, and vainlY protested, with
sobs and shrieks, against being thus dis
posed of. Only one bYstander ventured TO
demonstrate, but his appeal was not noticed,
and the young girl was borne away without
hindrance.
Several Of the wealthiest fnanciers of
Holland have determined to reclaim tract
of lard long lost to their country, tract
now covered by the waters Of the Zuyder
Zee, and they are already engaged in making
su veys for a new set OF those Gigantic
piles" commemorated by Andrew MARVEL
The great works on the island of Walcheren
will be outstripped by the new dikes which
are to be built, and these will be made high
and thick enough to Withstand the shock Of
the heaviest seas. These bikes, when they
are completed, will demonstrate the enter
prise of the Dutch.
Speaking Of yellow fever reminds us that
smallpox in this city does not ssem to be
stamped out easily. Every day new cases
are reported, and although they have, so
far, been confined to distinct localities, ib
does not follow that the boundary will
| always remain as limited as it has done.
The difficulty met with by the health off
GERS is in not having sufficient authority to
| draw a Gordon around these infected dis
tricts and keep them isolated until all dar-
ger has passed away, and it is to be hoped
that the next City Council will pass an ordi-
nance similar to that which failed to become
| a law the past session, and vest the city
with larger powers during the outbreak OF
contagious diseases.--BaltnaOre Day.
The person calling himself DIR. slade,
who, having been exposed in his medi-
umistict ricks at Belleville, Canada, confessed
how the slate-writiHg was done, said that
when he took the slate from the stand
behind him It contained the message which
he had written while he was alone before
the sitting began. By slight-of-hand ma
nipulatiOn he made 1t appear that ne wiped
| anu EQOW0u TIC bWO blucS VI taCu 5lalei
while the fact was that he wiped aud
| showed only the outside of the one that had
TIE writing on. The scratching noise was
produced by his finger, and the final tap on
| the slate denoting that the message was
complete, by the same means. His identity
with the genuine Dr. Slade is denied b
some spirituslists,
The Emperor Francis Joseph's Parliament
in the Agram Landtag is inclined to be IN
commonly lively. Discussion is usually
brought to an end there because the excite
ment Of the members Is so Intense that fur
ther speech becomes absolutely impossible
When the projected law for the iucOrpOra-
ton Of the frontier was under debate re-
Gently, Baron 0zegono protested against
the insults which were offered to
| Magyars in the House. ThereupOu
arose a whirlwipd of violent discussion
Several imprisoned gentlemen whose
names end 10 lie took part in this and
tried to annihilate each other. "The Mag
vars are robbers" cried Deputy David
Stavievic. The Baron demanded an apology
| The President insisted upon silence and
order. But protests were useless. The
widest yelling and shrieking sounded
through the House, and the eminent Depu-
ties behaved themselves like iGosed saVages
| Deputy StavieVic outdid HIS competitors
| finally by throwing forward his chin, fixing
his eyes on the government benches, and
lolling out his tongue to its full length.
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