Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A DAILY medical journal has been started in
Paris.
MULBERRY trees in Belleyille, Tex, have
second crop nearly as fall as that borne in the
spring.
THE birmingham. Ala, schools observe the
BIRTHDAYS Of the leading American poets by
readings and rectations from their works.
THE Christian Adcocate corrects Longfel-
lows statement that sin the world a man
must be either anvil or hammer by saying
that 'slots Of men are nothing but bellows"
1T is duh day when fewer than $50 petit
lions and appeals of all descriptions are delly-
cred at the EmperOr's palace in Berlin. Ihey
often number twice as many.
RICHMOND has come TO a dead stand on the
union depot uptown hotel. music nall ana
electric light; and with almost money enough
to build the Lee monument (S46,OOO), there Is
no move to begin 1t.
THE mackerel catch being very short TINS
season. large quantities of white fish have
been sent to Georgia from the Western lakes.
Tbev are hacked lust as mackerel, but are of
slightly inferior flavor and hneness, ana sell
for about half the price.
MOBILE has struck Gle" She received the
first through importation from Cuba to ST.
Louis via the custom house, and the first coal
brought down the Mobile and ONO from the
of Trade indorsed the building OF the W arrlor
Coal Field Railroad from Narkeeta to Decatur.
A CORRESPONDENT of a Boston paper writes
from Provfncetown: ''Never before in any one
wear were so great quantities of fish landed IN
this town as in that now closing. Probably
inward of 10 600 600 pounds of Goldfish alone
represent the catch OF TINS year ior u NIlcG me-
town. The whalemen have not Jared so well
as last wear, and the mackerel catcherS nave
accomplished little or nothing, but the cod
fishers have redeemed the Dusiness-haye
caught so MANY indeed that the price mas
descended to a ridiculous llgufe.
A COMPANY. of which Mr.. J. b. Watkins is
general manager. have entered about l,O00,e0O
acres of land in Cameron, Calcasien and Yer
million parishes. La. having a frontage OF 100
miles on the Gulf of Mexico by a greatest depth
of 30 miles. The company has capltal OF -
100000 for the purpose OF retaining lahu lot
agricultural purposes. and have already put
their forces to work on this tract. which Is
mostly marshy prairies. with little WOOD. Inc
success OF their plan of reclamation has al
ready been demonstrated IN Canaua, Austria
liza and other countries.
THIRTEEN young gentlemen in Brooklyn
have signalized themselves by forming an
anti-superstition club. The main business Of
these choice spirits is to hold an annual din
npr Mt which they indulge in a variety Of
queer freaks. The walls OF thelr dlnlng room
are draped in black. \ coffin stands in the
centre or the room, anu DcNlIu tHc ACSi-
dents chair is a skeleton. The festive men,
bers of the club are attired in black gowns.
The bill of fare is in the form of a tombstone.
During the progress Of the dinner the pet
superstitions of the time are treated with the
most shocking disrespect.
ACCORDING to Rabbi SOnneschein, of St.
Louis. the American jew can keep Christmas
without in the least violating his religious
convictions. The Rabbi says that the 25th Of
Daceuber was celebrated by the pagan world
as the time when the longest night gives way
70 the lengthening of the day, and that the
carly Christian Church, which had originally
celebrated the natal day of It's founder IN the
spring. accepted at the end of the fifth centu-
~ the pagan festival. transferring It's eele-
bratiOn OF Christ's birth to December. More
tival on the 18Th Of Kisler. the corresponding
Jewish month, to take the place of this pagan
feast. when they had by defeating the syrian
King driven out Greek idOlatry.