Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

PRAYER BOOKS, bound in White velvet
and gold, costing from $25 up, are the
latest novelty for New Orleans brides to
hold in their hands at the nuptlal cere-
mOny.
NEvADA's population is steadily dinin=
ishing. 1t Numbered only $4,000 in 1880,
and it is estimated that if the present
ratio of shrinkage continues it will be less
than 10000 in 1890.
SUMMIT, Mss, has twin "infant phe-
nomena," Della and Maggie Bridges,
who, though not seven years of age, sing
the mo { difficult pieces with the ease and
melody of experienced singers.
ONE of the cuuosities of old Muckross
Abbey, near Killarny, Ireland, is one of
the finest yew trees in Europe, planted by
the monks some 800 years ago. In some
places the ivy has grown entirely through
the abbey wall.
BULwER's Autobiography is said to
abound with illusions to the peccadilloes
of his father, to which he refers with
greater and more distasteful trankness, II
possible, than Dickens and Trollope do in
referring to the shortcomings of their
parents.
THE Fleetwing, which outsailed the
rest of the whaling fleet and arrived at
san Francisco from the Arctic seas on
November 4, reports the worst season for
ID years. Heavy gales, rough seas and
floating ice made it almost impossible to
capture whales.
A NEW YORK cigar dealer has invented
a tobacco refrigerator" for keeping the
weed fresh and moist while exposed for
sale. 1t is a cigar-stand and tobacco-boX
combined, made of polished white metal,
and divided in the centre by two perfo-
rated partitions, between which is placed
a wet sponge,
As to the quarrel between the valley
farmers and the mountain miners Of Cali
fornia-a quarrel that threatens to stop
mining-ex-SenatOr Stewart, of Nevada,
SAYS: mining, i'll the aggregate, is not
and never has been profitable. The low
est estimate Of the people engaged in min
ing in the past thirteen years is 100000,
including those actually working in the
mines and those supplying material Tor
the mines. The highest estimate of the
aggregate product of gold and silver from
all mines in the Pacific coast states and
Territories does not exceed $2,OOO, OOO,-
000.'
THE exact site of the historical Black
Hole of Calcutta has been discovered by
an engineer in the employment of the
East India Railway Company, and por-
ton of its walls has been laid bare. They
are in a perfect state of preservation,
with the plaster intact on the inner sur
face. The dimensions OF the chamber
correspond exactly with those recorded.
The excavation has been made Just inside
the gate IN Dalhousie Square, on the
north side of the general post office, and
occupies a part of what was the north
eastern basin of the old fort. 1t has been
suggested that monument to the victims
should be erected on the site.
A GAME of poker played some years ago
between Gen. Schenck and Mr.. De Graft.
of DAYTON, is thus described by Wash
ington correspondent: My informant saw
Schenck's hand all the way through. He
drew an ace and deuce of spades, paid his
ante. saw it raised and bet $40. De Graft
raised it to 500. "Gambling, are your"
said Schenck; "TH bet you $500'-cOn-
tinuing to draw. He drew flush, or
handful of spades. De Graft bet 5000
more. Schenck raised it again $500. "fll
take your money" said De Graft, showing
three Jacks. 'SOme day or other you
mav.'' said Schenck, presenting his flush;
but not till you can play this game"
THE arena of Verona, Italy, reports the
discovery, near San BricciO, where small
fortress is being built, of more than 200
skeletons of very large size, several of
them being over six feet in height. They
were all laid out in regular rows, and
near them were found various arms of
iron and bronze, richly ornamented ear
rings, pincers, and other articles of bronze.
Deer antlers and horns of cattle, as well
as bones of dogs and mammoth teeth and
laws, were also discovered, many of the
bones being split in the manner of those
discovered in Denmark, and in the prehls-
toric lake dwellings of Italy. The Arend
adds that measures have been taken for
the proper preservation of the finds.