Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-10
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NEAL Dow fnds a great many red noses
in Ohio. Illinois itself is scarcely more
generally illuminated
II is imagined that the bee in President
Arrhur's bonnet is larger and latter for it,
airing in the Far West.
FRESNO COUNTY. CAL, is making a Cd
nal lOo feet wide from Kings river 10 irri-
gate 30.Op0.o0O acres Of dry and worthless
desert.
MEMPHIS mas expended S2,700,000 in
new buildings since september, 1852, and
more than doubled her manufacturing
capital
EDWARD >TABLER. said to be the oldest
Postmaster in the United states, was
buried from his home. sandy Springs,
Nd. on Wednesday. He was - years Of
age.
BALTMORE's grand jury Is seriously
examining witnesses as 10 the propriety
Of presenting the all-night stages, COM
plaint having been made Of the noise the
stages makes.
DELAWARE peach growers say that
heavy shipments viii come to an end this
week. but that SHOCKS, the best peaches
Tor canning. viii be ripe next week. and
that there Will be a large shipment OF them.
wood. and during his four days stay
among the Sioux Indians his hair turned
a beautiful gray. since his return 10
civilization, however, his hair has re-
gained its natural color. some Of the el-
fects Of altitude and climate are indeed
remarkable.
JIM SMITH. who was released from the
Tennessee state prison the other day, is
master mechanic and tOOlmaker, who can
earn 81 day. He worked in the machine
shop ). S36 DAYS. and his good behavior cut
two years and eleven months of his term
Of ten years for robbery on the highway.
DeductIng the cost Of his support, estima-
ted at Is cents d day, he earned SlO.1 IS -
net for the state.
WITH 2G7 immigrants who landed in
Philadelphia on Wednesday last were awO-
man and four children, whohad nOmeans
Of continuing their journey to Dakota.
The husband had promised TO send tickets,
.lut the wife found none. She did not
know his post office address, and the
steamship company could not telegraph
to him. but they promised to take Gaze Of
her until she gets money.
WHEN the Sierra Valley and Truckee
stage was stopped by highwaymen Mon
day. one Of the men aboard got 50 fright
the robber with the pistol looked into the
vehicle and told the passengers to hand
over their valuables, his eyes fell on the
pallid physiOgnOmy Of the scared fellow,
and he remarked sympatheticallyi eve
don't want anything from you, stranger;
we never rob sick folks"
IL the British Cabinet there are three
regular total abstainers, SiEsWilliam Har-
court. sir Charles Dixie and Mr.. Chamber
lain. Sir w. Harcourt is a member Of
the Red Ribbon order. Mr.. Gladstone
tastes little wine, Russian tea being his
fayorite beverage, Mr.. LabOuchere Is a
total abstainer, and Mr.. Parnen very
rarely touches wine. Lord ID rby is the
only member of the Ministry who, like
Pitt, Fox, Canning and the old heroes
loves a good bottle.
A. a Nassau street restaurateur put
behind his counter an umbrella that a
customer had left he said If anybody
calls for an umbrella with w on the top
give it to him. Several honest New
Workers heard it, and ten minutes later a
small boy entered, saying that his en-
pIOyer had sent him TO get an umbrella
with w on the top. Tell your master to
call and get it: ! never deliver lost prop
erty 70 boys" the restaurateur said, The
umbrella had no mark whatever.
4 NEW LOCK for mail pouches will 20
into use simultaneously with the new
two-cent letter postage stamp on October
1. Fifty thousand keys have been sent
out 10 PostmasteTs and other pefsOcs
authorized to have them. They were sent
in separate registered envelopes, and
every one OF them reached its destination.
Two hundred thousand of the new locks
have been distributed. They are of corr
rugated steel, and are lighter and are said
to be stronger than those now IN use.
THE Times Of Whitehall, y. Y, tells of
a salesman in that village who started at
noon FOR his dinner, and, finding a few
feet Of sidewalk to lay near his home. he
laid it, and then returned to his place Of
business, He had forgotten something,
he knew not what, HeeXplored his peck
cts and taxed his memory, and at length
concluded that it must be nails. He made
a memorandum to stop and buy some at
night. and then felt relieved. AT about 4
O'clock a rush Of memory came upon him
he had forgotten to eat his dinner,
THE OLDEST PEER in the English realm,
the Earl of Mountcashell, an Irish repre-. |
sentative peer, completed the other day
his ninety-frst year, having been born in
Stephens Green, Dublin, in 1872. He !
succeeded TO the earldOm on the death OF
his father in 1872, and was elected relr |
resentative peer in 1926, 80 that he mas /
been member of the House Of Lords for |
fifty-seven years. He is known as |
'.Father Of the House." He IS very poor, /
the greater part of the family property |
having passed away in the recent land
changes in Ireland.
GENTLEMEN are at Saratoga this season
who knew the place in the olden time,
when all corners travelled on horseback,
with ladies ON billions behind the saddle;
the Spring. was in the midst Of the !.