Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-13
GENERAL NOTES.

\ New England Senator who arrived at
his Washington residence last week was
surprised to find that the servants who
had been left in charge had kept the hand
some mansion open as a boarding house.
and had accommodated bOarders, both
white and black. The owners visit was
unexpected, hence the discovery. There
is good reason for supposing that undis-
covered performances of that general
description are numerous at the capital
certainly the crooked devices of New York
servants would fill volume. A gentle
man who returned to this city for a few
days two summers ago had the pleasure
Of seeing from the hotel at which he stayed
a wedding party enter and funeral pro-
cessiOn leave his own hOuse.-Ne,c York
Tribune.
1T may be that you are right" said
Mrs. Langtry. II have not cared to say
anything about these reports before, for
fear that l might make bad matter
worse. But perhaps, it will be as well
to say something. There is no breach
whatever between Mrs. LabOuchere and
myself, nor is there the slightest trouble
between us, all rumors to the contrary
notwithstanding. We are the very best
of friends, and there is no reason why We
should be anything else. Mrs. LabOu-
chere babe me goodbye when | left New
York for Boston Sunday morning. She
has gone South on strictly private busi-
ness, and will meet me again in Philadel-
phia. That is all there is the matter, and
all reports to the contrary are entirely
without foundation
Mr.. Preston, author of ''Unclaimed
Money!" has startled LOndOners by an
pounciag that the new Palace of Justice
has been mainly raised with the surplus
interest of suitors' money, the Courts of
Justice Building act, 1865, giving power
to apply FL ,000,00 of the Surplus Interest
Fund for this purpose. Mr.. Preston as
serts that { 5,00O,0O0 are in the Chancery
Funds, the number of accounts being 3d.
545. a hundred years ago it was f $780,
600, and 1885 accounts. This employment
of the money in building the courts need
not alarm the numerous families in this
country who claim these funds, inasmuch
as there is an understanding that the gov
eminent will make good all the money
thus appropriated to all claims which
shall be substantiated.
The construction of one of the largest
ironclads vet built, the Benbow, twin
screw, steel armor-plated barbette ship,
has been intrusted by the admiralty to the
InaIlcS 1TOn Company DldChNCh' nc
vessel is to be of 10000 tons. and is to
have engines of 800 horse power, work.
ing UP to, urder forced blast, $500 horse
power. She is intended to mount four
siXty-tOn guns, but ultimately 1t is likely
that she will carry guns of much heavier
calibre. The cost of the vessel, hull and
engines will amount. before she leaves the
contractors premises, to close upon
f6OO. 900 $4,000, 000). A similar vessel,
the CamperdOwn, was begun short time
back at the ROYAL dOckyard, Portsmouth,
and it will be interesting to note the pro-
gress made in the building of the two
ships and their comparative cost when
finished.
A company is about to he organized to
buy and improve a tract of land in the
CITY Of Mexico, lying on both sides of the
Paseo de la Reformer, which extends vir-
tuallv from the centre of the city to the
castle of Chapultepec. The tract COM
prises more than 5000 ordinary city lots
The price TO be paid for it is 100000, a
part of which was paid recently in the
CITY of Mexico, and the remainder is to be
paid in this city about the middle Of this
month, on the arrival Of Senior salvador
Malo. the former owner of the land. The
persons who are interested in the purchase
are Stephen ID. Hatch, Henry Cummlns,
Vice President Of the Postal Telegraph |
Company; Austin COrbin, Thomas b.
Lewis and others. 1t is the purpose OF |
the new owners TO improve the property /
by building houses, ranging nom $lo,OO0
10 500. 600 In value, along the PaseO, and
lIso large American hotel. The banks |
Of the City of Mexico will take mortgages