Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-12
GENERAL NOTES.

Don Cameron is considered BY tbs Chit
cago Tapass to be the best living example Of
/ q political boss In this country. II. thinks
he is boss worth killing.
Fortress Monroe Is the largest single forti-
hcation In the world. 1t has already cost
over 80 OOO. 900 Of money. The water bat
terry is considered to be one of the finest
pieces of military construction in the world.
President Arthur's son is credited with
telling the following story of ais fathers
msn-servant AIeck Some one asked hin,
''Well, Aleck, how do you Ike Washing
ton ;" to which Aleck responded drsmad-
| c2lly: "0h, I'd rather be ysller gas lamp
post in New York than the brightest cleo
tic hight in Washington"
A Cincinnati woman was swinging in a
| hammock In the seclusion OF her back yard,
and her feet hung down. A neighbor
looked through the fence and cried. Shoot
| though he protested that he meant no Sd
verse criticism OF the feet nor disrespect OF
| the owner, was fined two dollars.
The colored men of Kentucky are to hold
a convention in Lexington next Tuesday to
consider the educational and political con-
dition Of their race IN that State. The Lou
! isville Commercial understands that the
meeting will not be . political one in the
/ ordinary sense, but 1t will determine In Whist
| direction lie the best opportunities and
promises for their Advancement
Husbands who grumble about having TO
get up on winter mornings and build the
hre may find some consolation in tie fact
that the Czr of Russia saws snd splits sll
| the wood to be used as fuel IN the palace at
| Gatschins. This Is not, however, because
| he is afraid of being blown up by the Czari-
rs, but from fear that bis friends, the Nj
| hiIists; may introduce some explosive mate
rial into the kindling.
There arrived in the East Iadia docks Of
London = fortnight ago = sailing vessel
laden with the first consignment of frozen
meat which has been sent to England from
| New Zealand. Tue snip had been rinety-
| eight days on the VOYAGE, and during all
| that time the chambers containing the meat
had been kept at twenty degrees below the
/ freezing point. The meat consisted Of five
thousand sheep, and is said to have arrived
/ in fine condition.
ave will nominate Beaver for Governor,
| Davis for Eeatenant-Governo and R4wle
for the Supreme Court" said Senator Came
ron to Henchmsn Quay before the Republi-
can State Convention met. "Whst about
| the Secretsry of Internal Affairs 3" asked
Quay. "0h hi let the convention nOmi-
nate him" This conversation presents such
fearful picture Of bossism in bas-relief
| that the Pennsylvania Independents propose
| to use 1t in the campaign.
The graduating csss at West Point num-
bers thiIty-seven, the smallest since 1864.
Four of the members are New England
men. Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and
| Connecticut have each a representative,
whose rank, respectively, is 20, 10, IL anu
L. The first man In the class is from Mis-
souri,, the second from lows, she third from
| Mississippi, and the fourth from Missouri.
O; the original members, only tTen' y-six
remain. The ages range from twenty one
TO twenty-four. There are one hundred md
ftty-seven candidates for admis, ion to the
new class.
The whirlgig OF time has brought strange
changes to the fortunes of perhaps the two
most celebrated Of modern Italian families.
Il is said that the ancestral honors Of the
Medici are DOW possessed by hsriware
merchant OF Florence, while a man who is
believed to be the 'sst representative of the
Scaliger race is dc ad at Yero1stn en- hum
lodging over green groeer's shop. y
many years this direct descendant or the
great man to whom Dante dedicated his
epic has gained q livelihood by mending
boots and shoes.
Five million dollars an acre is the latest
quotation for land in the neighborhood Of
Broadway and Wall streets, New York. The
narrow strip at the northeast corner of
Broadway and Liberty street, with less than
nine yards frontage on the main thorough
fare, fetched 1856, 900 last week, which is
at the rate OF precisely 5000, 400 an acre,
or SIS 3 square foot. The nearest sp-
proach ever made in New York to this pro-
digious price was for property on Wall
street, near Broadway, bought by the Astors
for 500 square foot.
II msy be Of interest to know that the
division of the crime Of murder into first
and second degrees, although well esi ablished
10 this country, has never been recogn'za ed
lin Euglish statute law. A bill has, however,
been introduced in the house OF Common
creating such distinction and making the
Jury the Judges of the Nervousness of the
offense which is being tried before them.
This will save crown officials considerable
labor, as hitherto, when criminal has been
recommended to mercy. they have been
compelled to make q thorough review OF
the evidence.
DR.. A. S. May, of Independence, Kansas,
thinks that Miss Atwster ought to many
him. They were sweethearts as boy and
girl, and his love has survived fifteen years
OF separation, while she has ceased to care
for him at all. He sought her out in St.
Louis. and when she declined his proposal,
shot at his own head, but she spoiled his
aim by pushing hts hand aside, and he was
not hurt. He found her again in Adrian,
Michigan, and this time tried to destroy her
beauty with vitriol. His passion has become
so saturated with whisky that he has been
scot to sn inebriste asylum.
On the Goth OF the present month Queen
Victoria will have reigned Just As years.
The reigns OF only three other English sove-
reigns have exceeded hers in length. They
are that Of Henry Ill, which lasted So
years; that OF Edward Ill, which number
ed so, and that Of George Ill, which was
the longest of ALTO years. Victoria, 10
age, has been surpassed by IL sovereigns
since the Norman cor quest. Thew are Hen
~ who lived to be % year,; Henry Ill,
who died at IS; Edward l., 81; Edward III,
65: Elizabeth, SO: James H., IS; George
81; George II a; George Ill, 81; George
~, 6S, and William ", y.
While the use OF the bicycle is fast In
creasing in this country, in England the use
Of It is said to be falling off somewhat, or
at least to be yielding more and more Of
its ground to the more socisble tricycle., IN
which ladies can ride as well as men, and
two parsons as well as one. For the pres
ent, the proportion between the two is rep
resented By hundreds on the one hand, and
by thousands on the other, but there are in
timstions that before long the proportion
NAV be reversed. The Khedive Of Egypt
has for some time had q tricycle., and re-
Gently ordered two others, neither Of which,
however, is intended for Arab.
The recent women's examination at the
University of st. Andrews is reported by
the London Spectator to show a notable pro-
gress. In 1877, when the examinations be-
gan, there were only nine candidates, while
In the present year there were 255 candi-
dates. It is permitted TO brilg up one sub
iect at time and extend the examination
over several years. The record for this year
shows that donors were taken by 135; 2 IS
passed, and 81 failed. In 1877 only three
women gained the title OF l. L. A. Sky
three attained this distinction this year. The
standard Of the papers in each subject is
that of the NJ. A. papers 10 the universities
of Scotland.
London Truth says: "There is no truth in
the Berlin report Of the approaching mar
rage Of the Princess Beatrice. Her Royal
Highness seems to have resigned herself to
a routine life with the Queen, and she is re-
warded by being allowed to exercise far
more influence in a variety OF ways than any
Of her sisters have ever done. Indeed, the