Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-12
GENERAL NOTES.

Wunderlich, the German Imperial cabi-
net maker, will make the throne on which
the Gar will be crowned in May.
The twenty-third annual sale of the
Artists Fund Society in New York was
closed on Tuesday, and realized but
$12,7 25.
st. Rose. of Lima. a. d. 1917, is the
only American who has ever been canon
lied by the Church of Rome, and he was
a South American.
The wedding presents given to Fred.
Archer, the celebrated English jockey, on
the occasion of his recent marriage.
amounted in value TO over $4,000.
Somebody has ciphered out that Utah
has marble enough to supply every per-
son in the United States with tombstone,
No doubt Utah would also be delighted to
do it.
A cheerful prospect for next summer
is found in the fact that there are three
million tons of ice in the houses along
the Hudson river, the largest crop ever
harvested.
Glasgow, Scotland, must be a jolly place
on Saturday night. A local statistician
figures that $4,000 residents go to bed in
tOxieated on that night during the larger
portion of the year.
\ gateman ON a Hungarian road who
neglected closing his gate in time was
discharged and sentenced to two months
Imprisonment, though no accident follow
ed his careleSsness.
Mrs. Theodore TiltOn, finding the $1,000
allowance from her husband insufficient
to support herself daughter and grand
daughter, has assumed the role of PRO
fessiOnal sick nurse" in which she earns
considerable money,
The fastest train in the world is the Fly
/ ing Dutchman, which runs from London
/ to SwindOn, at the rate of 5315 miles an
hour on a seven foot gauge road. In this
/ country the fastest trains are those run
| between Philadelphia and Jersey City.
Mace the pugilist, and his protege, Slade,
invited the Boston ''knOcker-out" to break
! fast the other morning. Sullivan's reply
was: Tell Mace and his baby giant that
when they get ready TO fight I'll make
them wish they'd never left the Australian
bushes"
Wasp-nests in haystacks and wooden
buildings are dangerous neighbors, since
it has been discovered that they some
! times take fire from spontaneous cOmbus-
D
| chemical action of the wax upon the paper
| Of which they are composed.
4 German medical student, whose
money was all gone, advertised for the
| loan of enough cash to complete his stud
| les, offering to pay moderate rate of in
! terest and as security ito marry his cred
/ itOr's daughter, either before or after grad
uating, whichever was desired
Professor c. A. Young, of Princeton, is
authority for the statement that but
about 5000 stars are visible to the naked
eye. With an opera glass 100000 may be
| seen, and with the most powerful tele-
/ scope about 100000 600. Astronomers have
/ located and mapped 100000 stars.
! The OswegO Palladium gave editorial
! encouragement to new railroad which
| desired to enter the city, whereupOn the
Superintendent of the old road ordered
! that the Palladium should not be sold or
/ carried on any its trains, thus seriously
| curtailing the PdtLddiunIS circulation,
A new departure in lBOycOtting is the
/ action of some English ladies who formed
an association for the purpose of Boycott
/ ting Nottingham until the gun club shall
/ give up slaughtering pigeons and use the
l newly invented terra Gotta pigeon, which
| is said to answer every purpose of the
| sport, except the Indictment of pain upon
/ pigeons. The London Queen says that the
! first suggestion of the pretty conspiracy
! came from the kindly heart ofthe Princess
/ of Wales and says, also, that the Prince is
/ bestirring himself in the matter on behalf
/ of the ladies,