Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16

Krapotkine in a very secure place the key
should be thrown away.
Before the war Lieutenant Maury's
maps and charts were the only ones used
by the government and American mari
ners, He went with the South, and now
the government freezes to the charts OF
INLAY, of London. The joke of it is that
Inlay pirated Maury's productions.
Governor Ludlow, of New Jersey, in his
annual message to the Legislature, lays
out his strength in advocating an increase
of taxation on railroad properties, In or
der TO equalize the tax on such properties
with the burden imposed upon other prop
erty for the support OF the state govern
ment.
The new Roman Catholic Cathedral in
Hartford, the largest church ediflce IN
Connecticut, and not yet completed threat
ems to tumble down. The massive walls
have settled so that cracks appear, and
experts fear that the whole will have TO
he rebuilt. Over 100000 have been spent
in the construction.
According to the annual report OF the
State Auditor of Arkansas, the total val
uation of mechanical tools and farming
implements in that State is $3O5,623; that
of guns, pistols and dirks, $304,24I, or
about $4,000 more than for the others.
The wolves and bears must be very dam
gerous in Arkansas.
A man seated in one of the carriages of
a funeral procession in New Orleans
opened his snuff box. The wind blew the
snuff into the eyes of the horses attached
to the carriage next in line. Aaddened
by the pain, the animals broke from the
line and ran away, and dashed the car
~ 20 aOainGt Iamn most.
New York has a Chinese Deputy
Sheriff. Tom Lee is his name. He is
large tea merchant, worth 5000, 900, and is
the only retailer of edible birds nests IN
this country. He was naturalized several
wears ago. married an Irish lady, and
| speaks English well. He is the only
Chinaman that ever held Office in New
York.
| A novel case is on trial in the Rhode
Island courts. 1t is a suit for the rental
of a tomb in which the defendants de-
| ceased wife was placed in 1865. The de-
| PENDANT alleges that the body was removed
without his cOgniZance some years ago,
and the point at issue is whether or not
the body really remains in the tomb where
| it was originally placed.
Gen. Grant is quoted from Washington
as having said that he has never yet seen
one of the famous BOG medals awarded to
| to those who voted fer him at Chicago,
| and notwithstanding there was such
distinguished crowd about him as Hugh
Hastings, John Lydecker, Tom Murphy,
! Clint Wheeler and Congressman Crowley.
not one present could show him one of the
medals.
The exploitation of Mexico by Ameri-
can railroad magnates seems to meet with
many unforeseen obstacles. MeXicans are
a mOngrel people, no doubt, and lazy
enough to suit any lOtus-eater of Eastern
| chimes. But for all that ''lOs AmericanOs"
| have. as a rule, only succeeded thus far
| in pulling out rich plumS from Mexican
soil for the native Jack HOrners to enjoy.
In commenting upon Fred Gebhard's
recently published letter, local CORE
| spondent writing to the Chicago Tribune
saws: ''Freddy very well knows that if he
| chased around after any American gentle
| mans wife as he is doing after Langtry's,
/ he would not only find himself comment
! ed upon, but punctuated in way that
would materially change the reading of
! the privileges he might pay to married
| lady"
! Three of the Swiss cantOns which a few
years ago abolished capital punishment
| have restored it. They find that nothing
/ but death will deter manslayers from
! staying. The old argument which one
! hears with such curious frequency, that
| hanging does not put stop to murder,
| falIaciOus as it is, does not seem to have
| its fallacy brought home to some people
| except by trying to put stop to murder
| by Imprisonment for long terms.
| A special from Laredo Texas says:
There is no truth whatever in the story
sent from here of the forfeiture declared
against the Gould railway line by the
/ Mexican Government. So far from this
| being the fact, the Mexican Government
! has agreed to make important mOditica-
| tiOns of concessions under which the lines
were planned in regard to the censtruc-
| ton of bridges, and also to abandon alto
| gether the forfeiture clause"
! Some indication of the rapid advance
which is being made by the Japanese peo-
| pie in the path of progress and civiliza-
| ton is afforded by the tenth report of the
! Postmaster General of Japan, for the ifs
cal year ending June 80, 1881. The num-
| Der of books, newspapers, and letters
| transmitted during the twelve months
was upward of S3,000,000, showing an in
crease of nearly 30 per cent. as compared
with the previous fiscal year, and 1913 per
! cent. as compared with 1879. The aggre-
| gate length of all the mail routes in Oper-
| alton 4S,475 English miles. The total
number of post offices is now 4,S19, and
the net profit derived from the department
| amounted for the period mentioned to 49,