Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TENNESSEE ministers get an average
salary of 1881.
A CREAMERY in Biloxi, Miss, ships
goods to Europe.
THERE are forty-seven pOstmasters in
the country who each get 81 a year.
THE government nets $50 81 on every
1000 OF the new stamps sold on the cost
Of making them.
TWELVE HUNDRED barrels Of syrup is
what Mr.. Bourgeois. Of Louisiana. will
make-sO he says.
As soon as the Washington monument
reaches a height of 40 feet, work on il
Will be suspended for few months.
THE United States Cremation Company,
Of New York. has come to a standstill,
only SIG. 900 having been subscribed to its
capital stock Of $4,000.
PUNTA ARENAS, in Patagonia, Is con-
Wet settlement of Chilli, and has about
1900 inhabitants The. Indians grow
much larger there than on the Pacific
coast.
NEXT in cheek to the stealing Of a red
hot stove was the recent theft of a large
steam boiler in Denver. 1t was conveyed
away in a transfer wagon and was found
doing duty for velOcipede factory.
THERE are periods in the history Of
every science when some hobby is ridden
TO death. incubation now occupies that
position. 1t threatens TO be held up as a
safeguard against every i'll of life. Science
is eccentric.
AN illustration Of the vigor with which
we are decreasing the country is furnish
ed BY the note of preparation Of the Maine
lumbermen for the winters campaign. 1t
is thought that $50. 100000 feet will be cut
on the Penobscot waters this winter.
THE nobility of Siam take no trouble to
themselves, even in the manner Of bear
ing their insignia of rank. Their position
is defined by the badge which an attend
ant slave bears on a tray. y teakettle of
gold or silver indicates high graded stock.
and the triple umbrella is the badge of
royalty itself.
SUITS for SANDER and libel, in which all
the parties concerned are Of the "bOng
tong are creating a stir in New Haven
society. The cdSuS beli is dispute at
lawn tennis-a fact which will 90 far to-
ward elevating the game to the position
so long monOpOliZed by that noble and
popular pastime, crOquet.
AT Lexington, KY, was established the
first lodge Of Freemasons in the great
West, November l., 17SS. Its original
charter, yellow with age, is still TO be
seen there. Col. Joe Davies, the prose-
cutor of Aaron Burr. was a member of
this lodge and Grand Master Of Kentucky
when he fell at Tippecanoe, 1911.
A RUMoR is published in an English
provincial paper that on the Claimants
release from DartmOOr on a ticket-of-
leave next year, 1t is proposed to start
him in a public house, where he is sure
to draw. 1t IS proposed to have in the
public house a sort Of museum Of Itch
borne relics, aud the house is to be called
''The TichbOrne Arms"
IL the neighb0rhOOd of Agra, in India,
sixty-five children, from a few months TO
four years old, are stated to have been
carried of by wolves during the recent
hot weather and the rains. The rayines
bordering on the Jumna and Chumbal
rivers are infested with these animals,
which are apparently becoming more and
more daring year by year.
THE amount of registered bonds Of the
United States held abroad is so small
only ST.. 19S, 800, October THAT the def
mite information given about them by the
Treasurer NAV not seem very important.
Yet il is a significant fact. during the past
year. the number of foreign holders OF
registered bonds has decreased from l. ISL
to 49,. and the amount held by them has
from $50, 100000 to the sum
above named.
FROM the report Of the Commissioner of
Police Of London for the year 1882 it APP
pears that I2.S1S children under 10 years
Of age and 1851 adults were reported TO
the police as lost or missing; s,53S chill
dren and $50 adults were found by the po-
lice. The remainder returned home or
were found by their friends, except "a
adults. who committed suicide. The
other ia adults and u children have
never been traced.
THE new sword of State just completed
for his royal nibs, the King of Siam, is
spear-shaped and fifteen
inches long. Toward the hilt it is inlald
with gold of varying tints, wrought IN
different devices, the figure of Buddha be-
ing prominent on each side. The handle,
which has no crOss-guard, is seven inches
In length. and consists of enameled work
studded with diamonds, while the sheath
is one entire piece Of wrought gold, set
with precious stones.