Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ONE Of the former Mayors Of Milwau-
kee. Wis. saws he would not take the Of
nee again for $4,000.
It Is somewhat noteworthy that, While
the aggregate vote for Governor in Ohio
was 1896. there were, as the official
count shows. only II scattering votes, all
the rest being given to the four regularly
nominated candidates.
II a spirit Of rivalry two indianapolis
clothiers went 10 selling jean pants cheap
". 50 that one finally put his goods down
10 10 cents a pair. the other following to
>. when both let them 90 at last-about
:. 900 pairs in all-at l cent pair.
THE PoDoj0 Romano says that little
lucifer match seller has been discovered
to possess a most lovely tenor voice and
great intelligence. and that he viii, no
doubt. be taken from his present life Of
mendicancy TO be educated as singer.
4 NEGRO man in Austin, Texas, who
found linen envelope containing $4,000
in currency. checks. and other valuables,
spent several hours hunting up the owner,
A Detroit man. and was rewarded with
fftv-cent piece having hole in ii.
ONE of the ..smart" youths of Liver
more, Ne, put a snake in box of shaw
ings belonging To a 13-vear-Old girl
named Lizzie stevens. The reptile 50
frightened the girl that She went into
commissions and died amidst the most ter
rible agony.
A 15-YEAR-OLD lad in Georgetown,
Del, recently won a wager by eating a
raw A No. l mackerel just taken from
the brine key. The fish measured 14X7
inches, and it required a gallon Of water
to allay the boys thirst after he had eaten
it.
MONTGOMERY has begun the enforce
ment of the ordinance prohibiting the sale
/ or giving. within the city limits, of any
| Objectionable print. publication. writing
| or printed matter. This is most creditable
/ to that city. The news dealers cheerfully
/ acquiesce.
AT the fayorite Russian residence of
/ Turgenieff, SparskG, the novelist, main
| tanned a home for aged women. an infant
/ school and a free dispensary. Besides
| this he annually gave about 500 IN small
/ pensions to the village poor, and educated
I a peasant boy in the Moscow Agricultural
/ School.
AFTER a temperance sermon had been
I preached in an English country town two
! weeks ago. a collection was taken up for
/ the benefit of one of the temperance so
/ cieties. Three gentlemen passed the
/ plates. One was a wine merchant. one
| an excise officer. and one brewers tray-
/ cling salesman.
THE Mexican Central Railroad has de-
/ veloped water in sections of Mexico which
were regarded as unclaimable deserts.
/ The necessity of finding water led to the
I sinking Of wells. when water was found
/ at the depth of few feet and in such
I IL. IL e
/ Ing windmills and using it for irrigation.
/ THE second son of Prince Bismarck,
/ Count William. has been staying with
/ Count Julius AndTassy at his chateau in
Austria. At a dinner given in his honor
/ all the aristOcracy of the neighbOrhOOd
was invited, and a great deal of interest
was aroused among the peasants by re-
port that the young man was the Prince
1 himself.
'sTHERE is no lead pencil" boldly pro-
claims a writer in the Scientific american,
land there mas been none for fifty years
past. The name of lead pencil came from
the old notion that the products Of the
/ Cumberland mines, England, were lead.
| instead of being plumbagO or graphite, a
carbonate Of iron, capable of leaving a
lead-cOIored mark
BERLIN in 1916 had a population Of $780,
600, London had one Of 95s, 1858, and Paris
! one of 1896. Sixty years later Berlin
had /, $50, 600, London 1000, 900, and Paris
| nearly 10000 Berlin therefore in
creased more than skiold, London about
! four-fOld. and Paris about three-fold. The
! population of Berlin during the reign OF
King William has more than doubled.
LAWYER FOWLER, arguing the Culver
case in New Haven, said, swapping his
/ fingers cOntemptuously, Il wouldn't give
| that for the testimony of all the Culvers
! that ever lived" Catching Judge Gull
| ver's eve, he added, Il mean, your Honor,
: all the Culvers that ever lived in North
/ Haven Afterward the lawyer was told
/ that Judge Culver once dwelt in North
! Haven.
4 PRETTY little story is told by the
| Buffalo Commercial. a gentleman who
died in that city on the 18th ult., after
/ several months illness, it says, had pos
! sessed for a year and a half common
! yellow bird, and during his sickness took
| great pleasure in petting it. He was ac-
/ customed to have the cage placed upon a
/ table. and would talk to the little pris-
| Oner in the most endearing way. After
/ his death the bird pinned and dropped, and
| on the oath il died.