Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-16
GENERAL NOTES.

Vincennes, Ind, has produced boy
who, though not yet five years old, is a
surprising performer on the organ and
piano. He is said to be a prodigy, and
can reproduce any piece after having once
heard it played. He is the son of Bap-
fist minister named Hammack.
1t will cost $3.50, 900 to put the passion
Play on the stage in New York. Among
the properties" will be reproductions OF
the furniture of the Temple of Jerusa-
lem," the ''mOlten sea-" the lark" with
the seraphim upon it, the ''table of shew
bread,' and the ''altar of sacrifice" with a
burnt Offering upon it,
Immortality achieved for herself, Sarah
Northumberland becomes the patron
saint of other aspirants. She is now ell
Enthusiastically "bringing OUT one Maui
rice ROllinat, who, few weeks ago, was
known to a very limited circle simply
as man able to write fairly good song,
words and music bOth-nO uncommon ac-
complshments in the Quarter Latin. But
Sarah took a fancy TO him, persuaded Al
bert Wolff to give him three-cOlumn puff
on the first page of the lie Figaro, and
now the young clerk-for such he isis
the talk of Paris as the coming genius who
is to replace at once both Hugo and Gou-
nod when they are gone.
4 skillful operation in plastic surgery
was performed by DR.. Richard J. Lewis
recently at the Pennsylvania Hospital.
The patients face had been disfgued by
fire, and last year two flaps of skin were
taken from his chest to cover the chin.
Then a finger was amputated and the
skin taken from ii and very deXterOusly
converted into eyelids; but contraction
of the face holding the lower lids down,
another operation was necessitated. This
defect was remedied by making a semi
lunar incisiOn, which was filled in with
piece of skin from the side of a rabbit,
The animal, while chlorofOrmed, was de-
prived Of the necessary cuticle, which was
placed in position on the patients face
and transfiXed with silver sutures.
The London Truth tells this story of an
ingenious clerk in the British admiralty.
A gentleman with whom he had slight
acquaintance asked him whether he might
come to his room to see the recent review
Of the troops on their return from Egypt.
Certainly" replied the clerk. sIMay l
bring my wifeI'' Yes" Il have two
daughters; may they comeY' "By all
means" A second time the gentleman
called to ask whether a few nieces might
be added TO the band. To this the clerk
cheerfully assented, 'sWe cannot be suffi-
GENTLY grateful to YOU" said the gentle
man, ''fOr enabling us TO have so good a
view of the review" Il am afraid" an
swered the clerk, "that You and your
family will not see very much of it, for
my room looks out into back yard
When Capt. shay, Chief of the London
Fire Department, was in this country a
few months ago he superciliously criti-
cised the Fire Departments of New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati
and other large cities, and gave us dis
tinctly to understand how and where we
We're inferior to the English capital in the
ability to eXtinguish fires. Well, the criti-
cal Captain has just had a fire on his own
hands, and the loss is estimated at about
$15, 200, 0OO-a greater sum than New York
has lost by any single cOnflagratiOn in
forty-five years, although there are many
parts of New York in which a very few
buildings near together are, with their
contents, of greater value than fifteen
millions. Capt. Shaw will probably ex-
plain how it happened, but the veriest
blunderer could do as much. What
American firemen will want to know is
the reason Capt. Shaw, with his superior
service, did not get the fire under control
instead of allowing it to do so much dam
age.