Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-09
GENERAL NOTES.

Russia has thirty three schools m hlch
TO educate men to manage and operate
railways.
The tonnage launched at Glasgow in
1853 was 81, 700: in 1869, 1872, 3l0; in 1879,
ia, 100: in 1882, 39l, 1874.
What is called an overdose of soothing
syrup killed twin boys, aged two months
and eleven DAYS, in st, Louis, few days
ago,
4 cooking range in a Montreal kitchen
blew up few mornings since by reason
of the freezing of the pipes and Killed
servant girl.
Kentuckian's life was saved by his
watch in New Years day quarrel, pis-
FOL ball fired at him at short range lodging
in it between the cases.
The Rochester Union cordially says that
Governor Cornelfs remarks on rellnqulsh-
ing the Executive office to Governor Cleve-
land were manly, hearty, and III excellent
taste.
IT is said there are twenty-four Roman
Catholics among the Democratic members
of the new Legislature Of Wisconsin, and
that a clear majority of all the Democratic
members bear Irish names,
The Historical Societyof Pennsylvania
is making an effort Is raise funds sufil-
cient to enable it to purchase the mansion
of the late General Robert Patterson, III
Philadelphia, 100000 being required
The New York Sun says; The last
Mavor. Mr.. Grace. who is II Catholic, re-
fused to license the Passion Play, and the
present Mayor. Mr.. Edison, who Is a f'fO-
testant, has taken the same ground.
A royal proclamation is published III
London suspendng the operation of the
imperial extradtion act in Canada, in
consequence of the existence OF Cana
dian statute which covers the same sub
ject.
They have on exhibition IN the Cali1or-
MIA town of Calico. according to the San
Francisco Bulletin. frightful looking
/ quadruped captured on the desert, TO
whom the hideOus dragons on Cmnese
tea chest are beautiful in comparison,
A Young woman Of st. Louis sent out ln-
vitations for an elaborate reception, and
inst before her quests began to assemble
She decided that she would be married
that evening, 4 clergyman was sent Tor
in haste. and the ceremony was performed
between dances,
In n few months. says the Bath Tunes,
the Goss Marine Iron Works will be turn
inc out machinery for steamers, and 1t IS
confidently expected that an iron ship VIII
.be constructed during the year. Inc pros
! pect for large amount of tonnage beng
built looks encouraging.
A Bostonian says there were twenty
/ four stormy Sundays last year. and that
the average in Boston during the past nj
teen years has been sixteen and one-iourth
stormy Sundays year. This Bostonian
/ seems 70 have kept careful note OF ms eN-
] ,4f1 iii q
! The use of artificial leather is now sug-
/ rested for buggy tops and for upholsterlng
+ purposes where leather is now used. The
new material has the alleged advantage
I Of being much more imperVlOus 10 wafer
/ than the genuine or natural article, whlle
/ it is found to wear longer and looks better.
! Hahn Pasha is declared to be about TO
set up newspaper supported by bond
/ holders who are interested in the malnte-
nance of the Egyptian control. He has
wealthy Princess-Zenab-beh HIM, so
/ that it is promised that his journal VIII,
! for time mt least, appear IN handsome
form.
Secretary Chandler is very much exer-
/ cised about the ''maritime and naval
/ power Of the nation" He proposes to re-
viye and strengthen it by helping along
i the celebrated monitor JOBS started py
/ Sccor Robson with the illegal contracts
/ Of March ., 1877, the day before his regular
! term of Office ended.
/ The uncommonly brilliant meteor which
was seen TO explode in Concord, n. H. ON
/ sunday evening, between $3.50 and 10
! O'Clock was also noticed in Concord,
/ Mass. and Providence, Il. |. The Jour
] nal, of the last-named city, says: :" To
/ some il appeared like huge electric Ian
/ tern hung in the southeastern heavens,
I which glowed for few seconds, shedding
/ a binding radiance all about, and then
went out"
4 Boston merchant advertised for
/ ..saleswomen," aud had only two applica-
| tions-One from half blind woman of 60,
| and the other from girl of II, who proved
/ so giddy on a days trial that he discharg
/ ed her at night. The next morning new
/ advertisement appeared calling for ''sales-
1 ladies' and before 9 o'clock there was
/ such a rush that he had to put out sign
/ of positions all filled" before his business
/ could proceed.
The farmers of Kansas are to hold
delegate convention in Topeka on the 10th
inst, at the call of the State Farmers ALI
ance. It's ayOwed object being to influence
legislation TO protect the farmers from
monopoly and railroad oppression. The
call says: ''The eXorbitant tariff for NOV
ing TO market the crops of 1882 might be
said TO he the straw that broke the cam
els back and the late election seems to
Indicate that the camel wishes change
of masters"
Hank Barrett was notorious bully and
drunkard. Whenever he went into the
village near bis home, it was to fill him.
selfwith whisky and whip whoever opposed
him. In the course of several years seven
roughs of one gang were thrashed by him.
The other night they combined for VEN
geance. Finding him in a store they sur
rounded and attacked him. He stood his
ground and knocked three or four Of them
down. When they saw that he was get
ting the better of them they drew knives
and stabbed him to death, afterward
throwing his body out through a window
into the street. This reads like a West
ern border occurrence, but the place
where it happened was Bellows Falls in
Vermont.
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