Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-13

they suspended him to 8 tree, and pulling
out their long knives, proceeded to cut the
skin from bis body. They then sent back
the carriage to fits owner, telling he driver
to make known that they had hayed the
PaudOur officer because, some time before
he had caused q member of their band TO De
shot.
One Of the many places in this country
called Washington is in Yolo county, Cali
fornia. A railroad is being built through
IT, and ir such manner that one end Of
the town or the other must be damaged by
turning the course Of a creek. When the
time came to dig ditch through an en-
bankment, and thus let out the water, the
foreman of the laboreTs was surrounded by
women from both ends of the town He be-
gan TO dig one way, and was forcioiy stop
ped by the west enders. He dug the other
way, and was mobbed by the east enders.
Then the women began 70 fight each other,
anC the battle was fierce for half an hour,
though the worst wounds were only
scratches.
When the Duchess of Edinburgh was in
Paris the other day she went about a good
deal shopping on her own account. One
evening quite late she arrived at the estab-
ment of a celebrated dressmaker. Every
body was gone, and the maid sent the
Duchess away, saving that her mistress had
retired for the night. Next morning the
maid reported that "Mme. d'EdiDborg"
had called late, and that she had refused to
admit her "Do You know who it is You
have treated thus ?" asked her mistress.
"That was the daughter of a Gar of Russia,
aud she is the wife OF q son OF the Queen of
England" "Tge7aSP' replied the maid,
greatly exercised at her lost opportunity;
'and | let her go without having CO. d
look at her !"
was told the other day that the White
House steward was asked by the President
to send up box or two of cigars of Ger.
tain brand 'tBut they are all gone, Mr.
President" said Steward Crump. "Why,
got several hundred boxes not long ago."
II can't help IT, sir; they are all gone. You
can't see how, know, but do. You know
your friends smoke good deal and drink
good deal. They can't drink more than
they can carry away, but when they are
asked to smoke. SIR, they usually put hand
full in their pockets to every one they put in
their mouths, and when they smoke again
they go to the boxes for another handful,
not TO their pockets for a cigar. y Washing
ton Letter Philadelphia Times.
The riddle of the recent robbery of the
jewels of the imperial ladies at Rio Janeiro
had curious solution. After putting into
prison three persons on suspicion, and COM
plete failure to discover any trace of the
jewels, or to bit upon anything definite in
regard 70 the actor or actors in the theft,
the Chief of Police received an anonymous
letter declaring the writer the only author
of the theft, and saying that If they went to
a certain spot near the house OF the prisoner
Paiva the jewels would be found in two tins
inferred n the ground. The Chief and two
police officers, all disguised, set out for s.
Christovsm taking the prisoner Paiva out Of
jail on the way to showthem the spot describ
ed in the letter. The spot was soon found,
and, after some time spent in digging, q large
tin was unearthed in which all the Jewels
were found. After the jewels had been
valued judIcially, the Chief went to Petro-
polls and delivered them to their imperial
owners, who had previously come to the
conclusion that they were completely lost.
The value assigned by the experts was at
least $500 coo. The real thief has not yet
been discovered, but the three prisoners
were at once discharged on the recovery Of
the jewels.