Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-16
GENERAL NOTES.

Great preparations are being made In Ger
many for celebrating the silver wedding Of
the Crown Prince and Princess on January
25th next.
Dakota offers special inducements fol
tree planting by exempting forty acres Of
land with 81 900 of Improvements for every
five acres OF trees.
A young woman at Decatur, Illinois, has
had one Of her hip joints cut out entirely by
the surgeons In hopes to save her life from
a disease of the bone.
Lady Florence Dixie has issued an appeal
for assistance In raising fund for the relief
of destitute small farmers and cottters OF
the western coast of Ireland.
The completion Of factory in Toronto
Canada, was celebrated, one day last week
by a lunch party of sixteen persons on the
top of the chimney, 100 feet from the
ground.
A Montana man, who is vouched for oy
the Helena papers as 'of well known veraci
ty," has discovered In the Yellowstone Ma
tlonal Park gorge where the atmosphere /;
absolutely a noncOnductor OF sound.
In his valedictory the retiring Governor Of
Vermont congratulated the people of that
State upon The fact, among other things,
that during the two years past they had
been spared confagrstion on land and water
Estimates of the damage done at Alexan'
dria during and after the bombardment vary
widely. Claims made by the owners foot up
to nearly 81, O,Oc), but it is said that an
eminent authority has expressed a willing
ness to rebuild and refurnish the entire
property destroyed for So, $50 600.
A lawsuit in Fulton county, New York.
involved the sum of seven cents. A man
bought two penny pears, and rendered 8
coin in payment. The seller gave him one
cent in change. The buyer said the coin he
rendered was q dime the seller asserted
that it was three cent piece. They went to
law about it and the jury disagreed.
Miss Burke, the sister of the late British
Under Secretary for Ireland, does not re-
cover her health. The effects of the shock
which the news Of the assassination gave
have never left her, and at present her
health is declared to be very feeble. She is
living at Ilfracombe, in Devonshire, with q
brother who is an artist. The family estate
has been inherited by Col. Burke, but he
does not yet live uponit.
The wife OF the Tichborne claimant has
become an inmate of a work house near
Southampton. She persists in calling her
self 'Lady Tichborne." Her chief means
of support since the conviction have been
derived from fund raised by the claimant S
sympathizers. On the birth of her third IL
legitimate child recently her benefactors
withdrew their support, and this compelled
her to seek refuge in the work houee.
Strenuous, but fruitless, efforts were
made to introduce John W. Mackay, the
bonanza man, to buy Kensington House as
an appropriate place from which to launch
Mrs. Msckay and her daughter on the sea Of
English society," voyage which has been fol-
some time in contemplation. 1t is reported
in London that Mrs. Macksy's daughter,
though formally announced to be without a
dowry, is engaged to and will soon marry
an attache of the British Embassy at Paris.
An efigY of Arab has been publicly
burned at Hollywood, In the north of Ire
land. 1t was an elaborate and costly efigy.
Kid gloves, watch-chain, and a medal
were among It's ornaments. In the midst
of large crowd it was strung up from the
platform Of a wagon to the cross-trees Of a
May-pole, where 1t was allowed to remain
about 20 minutes. Being then taken down
1t was placed upon the top Of tar-barrel
and set fire to amid what is described az
"great merriment."
A New York letter to the Philadelphia
Record says; "Mr. Vanderbilt never was a
popular man, but now he is actually hated.
The careless way he manages his road and
his contempt for human life has aroused
more than Indignation. But the fun Is not
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frightened to day than are any of the pa
irons Of his road, and with good reason,
for he has had stroke of paralysis. The
fact has been kept very quiet, but 1t re-
mains just the same.
The Alps have been crossed by bicycle
riders on their bicycles, which mnst have
been great feats, since going up hill is the
severest work, save perhaps going through
sand, that the rider encounters Very
recently an attempt to cross was made, but
It does not appear to have been entirely
successful. 1t has, however, brought out a
crossed twice In 197S-once by the Benner
to Venice, and again by the Gothard on his
return to London. He has never heard of
an earlier trip than his, but thinks 1t not
unlikely that there have been earlier ones.
Referring to vaccination inquiry prose-
cuted at Norwich, England, d.. Allnatt, of
Cheltenhsm, writes that in his youth he was
instructed to dip the point of the lancet
into the fresh lymph and insert it tenderly,
without drawing blood, under the skin Of
the forearm, and to protect the wound with
a slight compress. 81 do not think case
failed" he says. But now some vaccina-
tors use real instruments of torture. Ivory
points are driven into the flesh, and wounds
ensue which become erysipelatous, and in
the delicate constitutions of weakly children
fatal. The old maxim of former DAYS was,
"Never draw blood"
When the hop picking is over in Califor-
mia the Indian who has been earning 81 30 a
day, and feels the dignity of riches, betakes
himself to the nearest town and invests his
capital in gaudy apparel and other creature
comforts. He purchases for himself a
glossy black suit of cashmere and a pair OF
boots whose red tops he displays with pride
beneath his rolled up trousers. For his
souaw be selects a handkerchief OF many
colors, and, If he feels like doing her special
honor, d red quilt for her shoulders. Thus
adorned they seat themselves in lofty dig
nifty fat upon the sidewalk, and eat their
way through the biggest watermelon which
money can buy.
The frequent changes that have been made
in the name OF the gentleman now known
as Mr.. W. Burdett Coutts have caused an
noyances and troubles that do not easily
terminate. He recently came very near
losing his vote as q freeman of the city OF
London. One of the changes In his name
was made since he took up the freedom,
and on that ground his vote was objected to.
Mr.. Burdett Coutts is a member Of both the
Winners and the Turner'S Company. The
clerk of the former happened to be present
and able to give proof of his identity, but
there was no one present from the latter, and
his name accordingly was struck off the list
The Red River New Mexico) Chronicle,
after a suspension of several weeks to allow
its editor chance to drive some cattle over
into Texas, appears again with the funny
announcement; "There is considerable dis.
crepancy between the date of our headlines
aud the news contained in these columns.
During our EDITORS (Mr. HommeD absence
on account of his trip to Tascoss, Texas, mo
paper was issued; but we can Ill afford the
loss of over one hundred dollars Of each is
sue, and have therefore decided to date the
paper back to the days when 1t ought to
have been issued, trying to catch up in 8
few weeks to the regular issue day. The
headline says September 9, while our news
reaches up to the goth inst"
Three additional forestry bulletins from
the Census Bureau have been issued. They
show the condition of the forests in the
States of California and Oregon, and In
Washington Territory. The dark green
shade given to the map OF the Territory
shows an enormous amount Of timber, and
Mr.. Sargent says that the forests in Wash
ington Territory are the most extensive OF
ali in the United States. At present they
are not accessible except along the coast
and near the mouths Of rivers. But II the