Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-05
GENERAL NOTES.
Steamers arriving at New York repo

Guu-EAES iOQAiBE ~ INT RANfEAeASA "a NCAN
tor Hoar's reelection.
Gen. John C. Fremont, now In his seven
tieth year, is living in New York in a very
quiet, melancholy wsy, and is said by cor
! respondent to have the air OF man whose
''t0-morrows are all yesterdays"
An elderly Canadian fell from steamer
at the Niagara (Ontario) wharf and went
down twice before he was rescued, but when
he was hauled out be was clinging to his
pipe with great dental tenacitY.
John ". KeelY has sent 8 circular to the
stockholders in the ''Keely motor, y in which
he tells why he thinks the ''secret'' should
be kept a secret, and makes q plea for
| further time to perfect the motor.
The Louisville Ky Democrat tells Senator
Williams and Representative Blackburn that
their Quarrel and threatened duel was an
ops n scandal on the fair fame Of their State,
/ and that they ought TO resign their seats.
This is TO be s week Of Greenback conven-
tons. as follows: Tuesiay-Maine straight
| Greenbsck in Bangor and New JERSEY Green
| back in Trenton ; dsy-Missouri
| Greenbsck in Ao5erly and hursday-Naine
| fusion Greenbsck in Bangor.
Patrick Egap, the Treasurer Of the Irish
Land League, Is described By Paris cor
| respondent as a mild-ma0peTed man, with
| sandy hair, blue eyes and pale face. He is
| q native OF county LO1gford, Ireland, and
lives n q quietly respectable way.
There was remarkable and alarming in
crease OF the death-rate in Philadelphia last
week. there being 423 deaths reported
which was an increase of IS per cent over
| the preceding week and Of 80 per cent. oyer
| the corresponding week Of last year.
Representative Harmer, Of Pennsylvania,
does not favor the Resembling Of the Re
publican State Convention, but sd7ises sub
| hitting the two tickets 10 the votes Of the
| Republicans OF the State, and scceptiT z
1 that which receives the majority as the
| nominees OF the party, to be given unani-
| nous support.
Kuldja has at last been occupied By the
| Chinese. A few weeks ago some S 900 troops
! of the Emperor, well and completely armed
with weapons o. Eurcpean n Ike, took pos
session of it. Ten rf cannon and some
| rapid firing Chassepot rifles are among these
weapons. Il Is said that in 1880 and 1881
| the Chinese bought more than 100 600
| Chassepot rifles that originally belonged to
France.
AS one Of the ladies Of Pawtucket, R I ,
was walking on the street the other day,
she was accosted by a man, stranger, who
politely begged her pardon, but, really, he
| would like to know what her dress cost, as
he liked the looks Of it and wanted to get q
similar one for his own wife. Much amused,
she kindly informed him OF the cost Of the
material and the number Of yards, as near
as she could remember, and he went away
| satisfied.
The late John WeIst, Of schuylklll county,
Penn, left real estate valued al S400 900,
personal properly sufficient to bring itup to
a round million, forty heirs, and no will.
| During his life he was very careless about
his clothes and personal appearance, so
| much so that. on one occasion, being de-
tanned IN Reading, he applied for room st
hotel and was refused, the clerk very
frankly telling him that be didn't Ike his
| appearance and wouldn't admit him. He
left without 9 word.
Mrs. Ingalls,, the young wife OF Harry In
gals, living at Jacksonville, New York, died
| on Monday from the effects OF pistol shot
wound in the spine just above the hips. 1t
| is said that the family were preparing 70 re-
hearse for an entertainment, when William
| Ingalls,, HarTy's brother, had borrowed a
pistol from a German, who was about re-
| mONlUE luC Cudi EES WuCI tub Cldu4 JCi wa
discharged, the ball entering the body Of
Mrs. Ingalls ss she was passing. The Ger
man is reported to be almost crsZed over
| the sffair
Il is said Congressman John G. Carlisle,
of Kentucky, has been presented with an
Illuminating card by lady for bringing
about a reconciliation between the two gore
seeking members of his S'ate's Congress
sional delegation who threatened TO fight a
| duel. The card bears the Greek version Of
the X, "Blessed are the p acemakers, for
| they shall be called the children Of God -
with crossed ''pistols for two" beneath a
small pedestal on which is a cup Of ''ccffee
for one, while above hOVers snowy dove
with an olive-lesf in its mouth.
The decision of the English Government
to cooperate in establishing the crcum
polar series Of observatories iDsures a
systemat c and tolerably complete investiga-
ton OF Arctic phenomena, meteorological,
| geographical and otherwise. The English
| station will be at Fort Rae, in i,isn
| America. The swedes have chosen Wyde
| Bav, IN Spiizbergen. The Danish sta ion
has been changed from Upsmovik to God
shaab, on the west coast Of Greenland. The
! Americans have chosen L-dy Franklin Bav
aud the Austrians San Maven. The Du'ch
| will locate at the mouth OF the Yenesei
river IL they can get established there be-
fore the ice drives them out.
Count Ahlefeldt telegraphs from I.kutsk
that Lieut.. Harder and Master schuefzs, of
the Jeanette search expedition, arrived
at Wytini on April IS b. They had most
horrible Journey, most Of the time travelling
on horseback up add down the m )uutaius
| The post road along the river was spoiled
by water, and the river ice was too weak
/ for any kind of communication. It Il cal
| culated that the Lena win be free from
| drift ice In the beginning Of June. They
are busy building two boats and doTy on
] the American system. They have bought a
| large barge, making 1t seaw rthY, to be used
| in case the St Gamer of 6ibiriakcd proves use
less. The party are all well.
Mayor D. P. Thompson, Of Portland,
Oregon, has resigned, the Investigating
] Committee Of the City Council having re-
| ported upon q recount that there was q tie
| vote between him and the Republican can
! didate a. the late election, and the city
| charter making no provision for holding
| new election under such circumstauc es. His
resignation is to take effect July LIST, and is
rendered, be sfys, that no controversy may
arise which might be Of disadvantage to
! the best interests Of the city. The charter
| provides for a special election only in cases
of vacar cy caused by death, resignation or
the failure OF the person elected to qualify.
Mr.. Robert j. Burdette, who has been
going up and down this helpless country
lecturing for Elk years past, has been giving
his opinion Of the public halls. One of the
best, he says, Is fremont Temple, in Boston.
Association Hall, in Cincinnati, he found
easy to speak in, but "the best hall for
lyceum purposes in all America" he saws,
ais the Academy Of Music in Philadelphia.
You can't make an echo IN that building
when it is empty with q bass drum. The
worst and most expensive hall ever spoke
in is the court house In Carlinville, Macou-
pin county, illinois. II you hit bass drum
once in that building you eau hear 1t for
ten years."
The largest sale Of tobacco that has ever
been made in this country, or perhaps In
the world, was concluded several days ago
in New York CITY between Sawyer, Wallace
! & Co., of NJ. AZ Broadway, aud an italian
contractor representing the Italian Govern
ment Bureau OF Tobacco Rsge. 10 France,
Austria, Italy aud Spain the tobacco bu l.
ness is a government monopoly, and the
privilege of dealing in tobacco is given to
contractors under the Regie upon the pay
ment of royalty to the government, after
which the contractors control the business
in the entire country. This representative
of the Italian Regie purchased 1924 hogs
heads Of leaf tobacco at the rate OF $3.50
hogshead; so that the bill amounted to
s., s36, 600