Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-20
GENERAL NOTES.

The whole hotel capacity OF the city OF
Mexico Is said to be about $50 rooms.
A California legislator proposes to make
! it unlawful to keep bees within two miles
of an orchard.
Altogether there are said to be between
six and seven hundred medical students
| in Louisville, Ky.
The monument at Yorktown, Va, is to be
| built of Maine granite by Maine compa-
ny and to cost sec, 1927.
Beer has been made in Germany of the
fruit of Ptelea trifoliata, the sO-called hop
tree, and it was said to be very good.
About this time Washington boarding
house keepers slyly nail the trunks Of
their impecunious guests to the floor.
The business men Of Chicago are raising
fund of $4,000 to secure the Illinois
State fair for their city for the next two
years.
1t appears from Pliny's description that
the rhOdOdendron of the ancients, so poi
sOnous to animal life, is what we call the
Oleander.
What is to be thought of an Office that
an Ohio man doesn't want? 1t is to be
thought that it is somewhere in China and
five miles under ground.
An infant in Natick, Mass, has met its
death through the ''mistake" of drug
clerk. The DOCTORS certificate says it
died of commissions and misadyenture:"
. A Lisbon, n. Y, COW attempted to chew
two cuds at once and was chOked to death,
A COW is not the only animal that Occa-
sionally bites off more than it can masti-
cate,
A woman and her son died In Columbia
county, n. Y, on the 18th and l4th inst,
respectively, the singularity of their
deaths being that they each died on the
anniversary of their birth.
A girl was recently arrested for being
disguised as an old woman. If all the old
women who appear in the disguise Of girls
were arrested, the jails would have the
appearance Of sardine boxes.
Civility costs nothing. AT the same
time the man who gets up to pass the fare
of lady in crowded car viii lose his
seat before he can get change and return
to his place.-N. 0. Picdyune.
A Michigan family recently disinterred
the body of their son to take off a bandage
which tied the feet of the corpse. Michi-
ganders believe that Gabriel will begin
with their State, taking in the rest OF the
world some hours later.
Gov, Butler is credited with the inten-
ton to recommend to the Legislature of
Massachusetts, the abolition of the State
Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity on
the ground Of expense, mismanagement
and practical inefficiency.
A California editor declares that a
brother editor of that State ought not to
have gone abroad for his education. "a
three-years' course of bull-whacking on
the plains would have placed him more
en- Tdpp6rf with his readers"
Each of the four hundred and thirty
scholars and teachers in a Brooklyn
school was found to have but one hun
bred cubic feet of air to breathe in the
School room, instead of six hundred cubic
feet, which are little enough.
An Oregon paper shows the danger Of
Sudden differences in scientific pursuits.
A lot Of brass buttons and cOlored beads
found lying with certain homes led TO the
conclusion that "the old rooster had sui,
cided by swallowing soldier"
There are almost a score of incubators
in operation at HammOnton, N. j., and
there will be more chickens Matched there
this season than ever before, the climate
and soil. as well as location, being speci-
a1ly adapted to the raising of poultry.
Among the trees which grow in Alaska
is one called the yellow cedar, which has
a fragrance somewhat like that Of sandai
wood and nearly as marked. 1t is grain.
less wood of straw color, and the Russians
build many ships of it, for which purpose
it is admirably adapted.
Rev. Z. G, SteYart, a former preacher at
Niles, Indiana, some years ago married a
couple too poor to pay the fee' The other
day he received at Brazil, Indiana, where
he is now located, 500 in recognition of
the long forgotten service. A long-lost
father-in law must have turned up.
The London Lac Journal tells Of sons
protracted lawsuits which have occurred |
in late years. 'sBelt VS.. Lawes'' lasted |
forty three days; 9Tichborne VS.. Lushing- |
t0n," one hundred and three days; s1Re- |
gina VS.. Castro" one hundred and eighty !
eight days, and this tendency seems on the |
increase.
The City Council of Chicago has passed |
an ordinance practically requiring the |
payment of an annual tax Of 500 for a |
license by persons engaged on the Board |
OF Trade as merchants, brokers, commits
sion men, etc. The same body refused TO /
increase the rate of grog shop licenses |
above $50. ab af-s
The resources of the 127 savings banks
in New York at the beginning of 1883 were
$472, 927, 319, an increase OF $29, SIS, 319 dur
ing the year. The fncrease In deposits I
was 924.314,R20, Of which fl4 ,874 ,629 was Z
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