Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-16

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They say King Alfonso is very fond Of
pets. especially pretty little girls-11 or i
years old.
If Luther had lived in the nineteenth
century ne would have thrown a vial Of
1itriaI at the devil instead Of "a bottle Of
iuk.
ACaart1uo1-a court has decided that it
IS worth only So To knock an editor down.
That s. certainly as cheap as could be de-
sired.
The Republicans are badly discouraged,
bur they DON'T propose 10 take water yet.
The Indications are they Will Aai..s,o tal.e
81 good deal Of liqu'1 jere,''- so,no If the
States --ra'.-
= large number OF uXorious emigrants
are stiII passing through Chattanooga on
their way 90 Utah. Next spring the apos-
tl..- VIII la enabled 90 make big corner
in Che matrimonial market.
There is something very touching in
Fosters fear of Butler being the Demo
cratic nominee for the Presidency, but
really SIC could not be so cruel as TO turn
the savage old prosecutor loose on the in
uHeeut>.
Hartford. Conn.,. has just had adeluge OF
suaiis from passing cloud. 1t was
doubtless meant by Providence as re-
proof 90 the Democrats Of that city for
basn- such a slow--oing set in the recent
elections.
The railroads and signal Office have
sworn that time shall be no longer in GER
tain localities. Next sunday, however,
lis The new system, viii be So minutes
LONGER In savannah than the almanac al
lows iJ.
A Pitt-burr man ate brace Of quail a
dav for twenty DAYS 10 win a bet Of 5000,
and 60 made him very sick. There Is
man M Middle Georgia who can eat a half
dozen q day for six months and then beg
for more.
Vow that official statistics prove that by
Tar Che bealthie-t people in England are
tla inmates of the prisons, we ought to
soon hear of the better class OF physicians
over there sentencing their patients 10 six
months iu Jail.
some English policemen found an old
steeIvarI weight IN the road the other
dav. and alarmed the whole nation over
Tie discovery Of a supposed invincible
aomh. and suspected several lrish-Ameri-
cans so once.
The Jacksonville Times JuJ0a wants
tue SIGNAL Service Bureau 10 adopt
system os frost flags something like the
system 20 storm signals. Frost signals
would he cf little benefit except in towns
where DISPLAYED.
Jaw cooke has purchased license to
manufacture steel rails 10y new process,
ANA this reminds us that President Lin
coin -0t his start manufacturing oak
rails nv the old process, and he was by
Tar the better man of the two.
The account was published the other
dav uf how New York woman caught
lur-ilr los the heels. Another in that
city tried In capture a burglar Saturday,
AMI 200 knocked down for her bravery.
SD. -at hn,5 of him by the wrong end.
sarah Berudardt has purchased a dairy
farm near Havre. France. She Will not
only make cheese for market. hut proba-
Div follow the example Of Sir Moses Mon
tef. IRE. AMI live ON sweet milk and toast
a~stea approaches her centennial birthday.
Texas las -oae up mead, and Is now the
weaslie>t Southern state, her assessed
valuation &C taxable property being $500
osul1 Money grows on trees out there.
1r1t r.tu-u. 2 eui-rants say ii takes the
c-ntunla~t climbing in the world 10 get
I'D it.
The Republicans are beginning 10 take
motto, 20 the dangerous character OF the
foundations 0f the grand old party. and
ara a.rivllv driving piles on which 10 re-
build their platform. They have grave
fears lest it viii prove only a scafI0ld
ataraI.
Vow Y ark has Just had a curious trial
over the purchase money Of corpse.
Tie friends Of woman who was drowned
offered 500 reward for the finding Of the
lcIv. Two parties claimed the money.
and they had o. file bill in chancery to
see who was entitled % il.
We ara -Ild u learn that Mr.. John 7.
Waterman. of Forsyth, viii soon revive
tha ue-t IF-9rt.Ssr. which was burned
oat by an iuceudiary some weeks since.
Nr. " Is a progressive. conscientious
journalist. and ne published one Of the
best country papers in the South.
Tho coinage Of the silver dollar-.'so
chrl-iSe and Bland''-is in the fix Of the
uttla bow who got a-oing and couldn't
Star. Millions more Of il is on hand than
can IS u=eI. vel the powers thai be dare
NOR stop the mint for fear Of the effect on
tle electoral vote OF Nevada and Colorado.
4 little sore throat the other night
caused Nine. Adelina Patti TO fail 10 meet
her engagement ~ the Academy OF Music
iu View NorS. and in consequence she lost /
S5.otl-iust what a United States senator
gets Tor q whole year. y valuable little
threat. thar.
The Finh district of Tennessee drew her
whisky ratIous out Of the bonded ware
houses last month 10 the amount Of los. l64
gallons. and leaves behind for rainy day
l.5Ig.-Is gallons. The leakage, amount
Ing o. - gallons, was enough TO have
cured several cases Of ordinary snake
bite
The view York Tunes has discovered in
Emory Speer "a very fair example Of the
men from whom the civil service in the
south could De with advantage reorgan-
ized.-- Nahoneized would have been
more proper word. and Emory's late de-
feat I'm the Ninth district furnishes some
grounds for the claim.
The Medical Society OF 81. Louis have
lust been hauling one Of their members
over the Goals tor violating the code Of
ethics bv advertising. and have made him
withdraw his card from the daily papers.
Had Re refused they would doubtless
have inflicted capital punishment by fore
Ing him 20 take a dose OF his own physic.
The prohibition movement Is gaining
f0othold in a new and unexpected quar-
ter. The Ohio river steamboat men pro-
nose 70 do away with the bars on their