Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The Charleston Ne,rs and C0arier
makes the statement that Mr.. Tilden
agreed TO contribute 5000 to the expen-
Sos Of the canvass in that state: '.that
5000 were spent on the faith Of Mr.. Til
denis promise. and 10 this day Mr.. Tild3n
mas not repaid "a solitary cent Of what
was expended in his name
LORD COLERIDGE, while in Boston. ex-
pressed desire 10 see the historic harbor
where the tea that precipated the reyolu-
tiOnary war was thrown overheard. The
story goes that be was taken in charge bv
TWO members Of the Governors staff and
driven 10 II wharf, . 80 named on account
Of its shape. the tea" wharf being in
another locality.
4 STATISTICAL record Of habitual
drunkards is to De kept in Prussia All
city physicians are directed to present in
future an exact account fthe determined
bibbers, by putting in the official re-
ports "a ..P'' opposite the names Of the
culprits. In this way, apparently, the
drunkards will be under the paternal eye
Of the government, and may be led to re-
demptiOn.
THIS anecdOte from the pen Of Thomas
Hardy points the axiom that ideas as to
what is dirt differ. worthy Dorset
shire laborer had put his celan shirt on
gOOseberry bush one sunday morning to
be aired in the sun, whence it blew of in
to the mud and was much sOiled. His
wife would have got him another, but,
NO" he said, 1'the shirt should wear his
week. lis fresh dirt, anyhow, and starch
is no more"
A NEW ORLEANS neighbOrhood is
alarmed by a ghostly drama performed
every evening at II 30. At that hour
headess horseman dashes up to de-
serted house, enters. and conversation is
dimly heard. Then the hOrseman dashes
away, and Immediately there appears AT
an upper story window. surrounded BY
weird light, the figure Of beautiful girl.
with dagger in her breast, who gaZes
beseechingly after the headless horseman.
NALEDICTOBY Of ali Arkansas editor:
eve do not leave this community with
any regret. We are glad 10 20. We have
not received due patronage from this
town, consequently we are pleased to
throw up the journalistic sponge 1t is
the custom for editors to say that thew
part with their contemporaries with re-
gret. We do not. We are deyilish glad
to quit. We have been branded as a thief
and IL has been proved that we are a thief.
consequently we have no regrets at part.
ing. Those who owe as are expected to
settle at their earliest convenience. Those
whom we owe must wait"
Hon. GEORGE b. LoRING, IN his ad.
dress before the New England Agricul-
tural Society. showed that the farmers Of
New England are growing richer. He
said: The decline Of certain branches
Of farming, especially Of those staples
that can be more cheaply produced else
where, is attended by an increase Of all
those products that enter into immediate
home consumption; and hence it is that
the number Of farms has increased, the
production of butter has been enlarged.
the sale Of milk has become an important
branch Of the dairy, and the aggregate
value Of the annual products Of the soil is
greatly enhanced"
\ MAN recently bought box at an
auction sale Of unclaimed freight at Bos-
ton. When he opened it he found that he
was the owner of about 1000 manuscript
sermons formerly the property of "A Metho-
dist clergyman. The clergyman had writ
ten along the margin Of his pages such
curious suggestions TO himself as the fol-
lowing: Deliver this passage in solemn
tOnes:" 1sScOrnful smile after the word
twenty-five after this PASSAGE" "Close
Bible with violent slam after this pas
sage" contemplate ceiling in attitude
OF alteration at this point:" Sarcastic
wave Of hand' Rapid gesture"
THE great white Spanish jackass is, in
degree, as precious as a barb Of the purest
blood. Negotiations almost diplomatic in
their compleXity have to be gone through
before such a king-donkey can be obtain
ed. An Englishman, it is said, who
thought that he had completed the pur-
chase of such jackass, was told bv the |
proprietor OF the arrogant animal that /
vet another fOrmality had to be gone /
through with before Don Moke could be /
shipped to England-his would-be owner
had not made provision for the board and /
lodging, with six months salary in adj /
vance, Of the iackass' cOmpadre, whose
special function it was to play the guitar
to him when he was sad.
AN English clergyman in Berkshire re-
Gently rebuked Sabbath breaking in a way
that some people might resent. The
peaceful village was startled in the midst
of its Sunday afternoon quiet by the loud
and rapid tOlling OF the church bell for
twenty minutes. The town turned itself
inside out trying to find what was the
matter. 1t was finally announced that
the worthy rector, while engaged in a /
pastoral visitation, had been scandalized
by the sight of a lawn-tenns party in the
grounds Of one Of the principal houses in |
the parish, and he had taken this means /
TO remind the erring members of his flock /
Of the injunctiOns of the Fourth Com
mandment.
THERE was a police outrage in Paris |
recently, which will put the New York DO /
lice clubbers on their mettle. A little /
boy sat on a step Of IA statue. A police /
man pulled him of so roughly that he fell |
to the ground. The mother. who was at !
hand, naturally demonstrated, whereupon
the policeman took her into custody. She
was kept in the lookup and not allowed
to send her husband word of what had
befallen her. The poor man inquired at
the mOrgue and other places, and could
not discover till the next day what had /
become of her. Even then he was not
allowed TO see her, and she was kept IN
solitary confinement for five days before
she was taken before magistrate on the
charge of insulting the policeman. The
Of course, at once discharged
her.
THE ANNUAL report of the Marine Hos
pital Service for the past fiscal year will
soon be ready for consideration by the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury. 1t is understood
that no recommendations for new hos
pitfalls will be made, except one for New
York city. The past year has been very
over 10000 patients being
treated at the various institutions. Work
has progressed upon the Memphis Hos
pital until it has been closed in. At Gin
clnnati the site has been selected, but at
Cairo, ILL.,, the District Attorney has been
so remiss in his duty, il is said, that it has |
been impossible to obtain report upon