Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-12

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i'm the CITY il might be we'll for the Board
of Directors To have a meeting to decide
what should he done.
The politicians are beginning to tell all
SORTS Of tales on the different candidates.
The last is that Tilden put the spider IN
the Massachusetts dumping that finished
up Butler. because he was fearful the
latter would DE too prominent as Presi-
Dental candidate.
The inevitable reporter intercepted Gen.
Wade Hampton the other day at Selma as
he was on his way to his Mississippi
plantation. aud wrung the opinion out of
him that the East and West ought to
furnish the Democratic Presidential can
didates: while the South, including the
distinguished Senator himself, should not
be considered in that connection.
In the Ozark mountains in Northwest
ern Arkansas t0rnadOes are very frequent.
and they are attributed by scientific men
10 local causes. In many instances the
very locality where they originate can be
pointed ont. 1t would be a good idea for
the Signal Service To send a meteOrolOgist
out there 10 live year or two and study
the phenomenon in all its phases.
The Attorney General seems to be high
IL gratified that District Attorney Seer
has been enabled to secure the conviction
Of the Banks county kUkluX, and now
has retained him as special counsel for
the government to conduct the election
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fourth Monday in this month. Emory Is
receiving consolation for his defeat in the
Congressional election.
There is one place that boasts Of the
merricst set Of old bachelors and maidens
in the world, and they are determined to
enjoy life as long as it lasts. Pittsburg
has just organized a dancing class COM
posed of ladies and gentlemen of from 80 to
go years. and it is said they propose TO
learn to trip the light fantastic in all its
figures. whether in the can-can or the
stately old Virginia reel.
Itismore than limited that Judge McCay
and District Attorney Speer have decided
% urge ON the President a general am
ueStv for parties in the Northern district
of Georgia convicted OfOr charged with a
violation Of the internal revenue laws.
As Mr.. Specr's political friends are largely
ofthe dIstilIing class up in theimOuntains,
IL would seem very natural for him to dis
play an interest in them during their mis-
fortunes.
Mobile claims to he ahead on truck
farming. Three train loads Of vegetables
a dav have been sent from that city to the
North. and the total value OF these ship
ments last year amounted TO S264.OOo.
One man has three acres under glass.
The principal vegetables raised are cab
bagcs. tomatoes. potatoes, beans and
peas. Next season Mobile thinks she can
furnish cholera bombs for half the North
eu cities
The drought is causing great distress in
many parts of the state. Cisterns are
dry and wells are exhausted. Stock is
suffering and people are in many instances
compelled % 90 long distances for their
water supply. In Charleston there is
water famine. Unless there IS a heavy
rain soon there will be considerable dis
tress. No doubt the dry weather is the
cause of a great deaf of the sickness that
is prevailing.
The Philadelphia police are now coming
in for "a fair share of abuse. The occasion
OFF is the arrestiug and locking up as a
druukard man who was found insensi-
bic IN the streets. and who really had his
skull fractured i'm a frightful manner 10y
being thrown from a wagon by frightened
horses. The officers themselves were
probably too full OF the ardent to tell
whether the unfortunate man really had a
skull.
The bicyclists have attracted the atten-
ton Of the country for some time, but
Thursday some young men at Flatbush,
L. l., came to the front in a new role, that
OF unicvclists. To decide an election bet
three gentlemen rolled three o. their
friends over 10 COney Island, about six
miles. in wheelbarrOws. The race began
at noon and they reached the end OF their
journey az 4 p. m The unique procession
created more excitement along the road
than half dozen circuses.
There is some prospect of a new job be-
ing proposed at the coming session Of
Congress. being nothing less than the
building Of a new and magnificent EXecu-
tive mansion. 1t is suggested that the
White House be converted Into an EX-
ecutive Department. This scheme would
cost a million OF two dollars, and would
open up fine opportunities to hungry
horde Of schemers who are on the lookout
for a chance to get their fingers into the
Treasury.
one by one Of the heroes Of our child
hoods literature are being swept away
bv Che hands Of the icOnoclast. William
Tel and Casabianca have long since had
grave doubts thrown Of their very exist
ence. and now they say Robin Hood must
20. Mr.. Isaac Taylor, who has made
great researches in the field Of mythology
and romance. says that the story of the
great freebooter is only an adaptation
from the great sun Myth, which was the
Hodr Of Northern mythology. He says
the Robin Hood ballads and legends are
localized in those parts Of England where
the Scandinavian element is the strongest.
President Arthur does not seem TO be
81, r,nrf.lef accord with the leading ORGANS