Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-02
GENERAL NOTES.

In Siberia the price Of a wife is eight
dogs. The price of dogs not being given, ii
still remains doubtful whether Siberian
wives are cheap or not.
The following advertisement appeared
in Western paper: ''Lost! One vite calf;
his two behind legs most black. He was a
she calf Who brings him back pays five
tollars. Fritz -"
A quarter of a century ago Mr.. Newhall
erected the hotel recently burned in Mil
waukee. 1t cost $250,000. But the wheel
of fortune revOlved, and to-day he is ped
ding milk in that city.
Vanbrugh was the leading architect of
the time of Queen Anne. DIR. Evans cpl
taph on him is still remembered
Lie heavy on him, earth, for he
Laid many heavy load on thee"
At the town of Nuneaton, England, foot
ball is played in the public streets. Most
Of the trades people put up their shutters
at noon and the game is continued till
nightfall. A general subscription defrays
the cost Of broken windows.
The daily sale of natural flowers in Paris
is estimated to realize 100, 600 francs. The
gardenia is at present most in vogue; the
lily OF the valley, roses, Spanish carna-
lions and YiOlets are also prime favorites.
The camellia is out Of fashion.
The last suicide at Monte Carlo, by a
distinguished officer, whose name is with
held out of consideration for his family,
makes, it is said, the twelfth since OctO-
Der. The management has provided an
exquisite cemetery for these victims.
Engineers in Berlin are experimenting
in war balloons and photography. 1t has
been found perfectly practicable to mount
to height out Of range, and on the way
up to use an electric apparatus by which
view Of the underlying country can be
taken in less than second.
A well clad and respectable man recent
ly created a great stir in London by
promenading the streets sandwiched be-
tween two boards, which bore these pla-
cards; General Post Ofiice-Discharged
for Not Saluting Clerk-Twenty-fiye
Years Her Majesty's Servant"
A Boston gentleman lately succeeded
in reaching England. The City of Berlin,
in which he first took passage, was dis
abled and returned to New York. The
City OF Brussels, to which he was trans
ferred, was run down and sank by the
Kirby Hall, on which he finally landed at
Liverpool.
The Paris police who raided the Church
of St. German PAuxerrois, from the bel
fry of which the fatal signal for the mes
sacre wss rung on St. Bartholomew's
day, early in the morning, found thirty
vagabonds asleep in the pews. Others
were cooking an early breakfast in the
confessional.
An unfortunate French jockey engaged
- <sr off Vic
lent exercise on horseback. The doctor
was summoned, and gave the patient
little hope 'sYou are sick with regular
gaYoping consumption, sob, doctor,-
said the unhappy wretch, Il beg of you,
make it trot.'
The New York Central Railroad has
paid $39, 900 for the lives lost in the Spuy-
ten Duyvil collision a year ago. Mrs.
Mary Daniels, crippled by the accident,
receives $4,000, while the bride and groom
for at the rate of s., 600 each, the indemni-
ty going to A. b. Valentine, the father of
the groom.
Mrs. Elizabeth Newington is on trial in
Detroit. She is large, masculine look
ing woman, of apparently fifty years of
age. She has one son in the State prison
glary. Another is fugitive from justice.
Her only daughter has been in the House
of Correction, and she herself is accused
of poisoning her stepson,
The most aged English Baronet is, in all
probability, the venerable Sir Moses
Montefore, who, on the 25th of October
next, will enter upon his one hundredth
year. Sir Henry Preston, Scotch
Baronet, born in the year 1853, still sur
wives, There are at least twenty Baronets
living who were born before the CON-
mencement of the present century.
The Salvation Army has established
War Office in London, opposite the Admit
rally. General Booth has made it a very
useful advertisement, The windows are
filled with portraits and busts Of the off,
GERS and captains male and female) Of
the Army. Its banners are displayed in
the most advantageous way, and there is
also an abundant supply Of Salvation
Army literature.