Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Two carloads Of blooded stock are on their
way to Joe JeffersOn's Louisiana plantation.
THE clocks of the White House have been
set to correspond with the new standard
time.
THE drill for the artesian well at the shops
Of the Winchester Arms Company in New
Haven. Conn, has stuck fast at the depth OF
1900 feet.
THE great cantilever railway bridge at
Niagara is shaped Ike depressed w, sup
ported at its two lower points by open work
work iron piers. Across its top, OF course.
runs the straight line of track.
THERE is it seems. to be an umbrella that
cannot be stolen. \ genius has invented
detachable handle, upon withdrawing when
the ribs are automatically locked. heplaclh6
it unlOcks them. No two handles NJ the same
umbrella.
MRs. Burns MACDONALD, Of Glencoe,
direct descendant of the chief OF the clan
who fell in 1892. has just erected Celtic
cross to mark the spot at Glencoe Wnere tne
MacdOnalds were slaughtered. 1t mas hltherto
been unmarked. strange TO say
THE graves of the Pilgrim Fathers, who
came over in the Mayhower, and were buried
during the first winter, have just been us
covered near Plymouth. Only two skeletons
were found. The rest are supposed 10 ne
scattered among the dime museums.
A REPORT comes from Pittsburg, Penn,
that movement is on foot among the Demo-
Gratis there to organize club modelled upon
Tammanv Hall. II may astOnish New ork-
ers to be told that the only qualification Is
declared to be honesty and responsibility.
Az INDIANA man has found pair OF gold
spectacles two feet underground. This seems
to be evidence that mining for gold spectacles
yvould he highly profitable in Indiana. If one
pair is found as high up as two feet how many
pairs NAV there not be in the course OF hity
feet:
NJ. COOKERY. the French Minister of Posts
and Telegraphs. has revived a former scheme
for the payment of postal orders at the house
of the receiver, instead of Obliging the re-
ceiver to go to the post office for his money.
This system Is already IN operation III Ter
many and switzerland.
4 PROMINENT New York physician says that
Italian opera is increasing the death rate, and
many cases of puenOmOnla occur every day,
| brought on BY the exposure of men in dress
coats and of women in low necked dresses.
Both 90 TO the opera with about half the
| amount of clothing they usually wear. stand
| in the drafts Of the doors chatting, ana OF
| times walk a square or so in the night air.
AvAsr quantity of grain is said to be now
| stored in the Russian capital. Recently a
! large shipment from Ribinsk arrived, and 1t
| is believed that nearly 100000 tons are now
within the city-a circumstance Which moves moves
| the Moscow Gazette to congratulate the puDiIc
/ on being able to look forward to the coming
| winter without being afraid OF the hlgn prices
| which generally are paid Tor gram IN that
| season.
! Kissing means different things, according
to where you happen to be at the time. In
| West Africa the natives hiss when they are
astonished: in the New Hebrides when they
| see anything beautiful. The Basutos ap-
| plaud a popular orator in their assemblies by
/ Kissing at him. The japanese, again, show
| their reverence by hiss. which has probably
| somewhat the force of the ''hush' with which
! we command silence.
A NEW YORK special says: samuel j. Til
den has executed deed Of Wust, conveying
to the city of New York, at his death, his
magnificent city residence on Gramercy Park,
and the books therein, for a free library to
bear his name. TheNtrustees are said to be
| Henry WattersOn, of Kentucky, Manton Mar
| HE. formerly owner of the World, and John
| Rigelow, ex-United States Minister to France.
| The house has been almost entirely rebuilt,
| according to designs by NauX. Itnow occupies
| the site Of two houses, and Is one OF the most
| ornate buildings in the city. The work OF re-
| building has occupied ~ years, up to the
| present time and has been shaped entirely
/ with a view to making the building most
! c0mmOdiOus and perfectly appointed puDllc
| library Thirty thousand dollars has been
! spept on the carving in the principal rooms,
| and the total cost of the structure IS put al
| $780, co., The library is said to be the most
| extensive private one in this country. IL mas
| cost about 800. 900 already. The whole prop
| erty is worth Sl,000O00."