Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-01
IrENIs OF INTEKEsI.

tae yeas.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
NV ORLEANS is t. have an elevated
railway worth. unwatercd. $3,7j0,g19, its
actual Cost.
THY country consume about i,z2o,VvJ
tons " sugar and nolasses a year, and 81
this amount Louisiana contributes about
225.OyO tons. and foreign countries, chiefly
Cuba. 10000 tons.
Mrs. JULIA GAEDNEK TYLKE, widow
Of cx-President Tyler, and Mrs. Sarah
Childress Polk. widow Of ex-FTesident
Polk. drag their pensions oi S5.pp each
40 the agency III hnG@.illts ieEn.
THg hotel waiter costume stlll remains
the standard for an American mans full
dress. 70 prevent mistakes at parties.
the Boston Trqceiler saws, the waiter IL
directed ~ carry towel on his arm IN
stead If q young lady.
Miss MARY ANDERSON pronunciation
of ..forgecyc," IN London, is called a
deuced aaseeism We kno', while Lord
Colcrjdye's pronunciation o. "'oggeere'
in Chicago. is denounced as British BAR
barism Of the most blar5ted sort.
SOUTHERN newspapers are prosperous.
Their circulation and advertising are sure
eyidagces Of thrift and progress Of the
SOUTHERN sta.e-, The journals are repre-
sentatiyes Of the pFesent hOsrishin2 con
ditiOn Of that part Of the country
THERE are many cases Of typhoid fever
in Boston. attributed by some Of the jour
nal. N the bad state Of the water furnish
ed the CITY which by reason Of the pro
longcd drought has been made unit to
drink unless boiled or thoroughly filtered.
AT last America Is avenged. The Phil
adelpbja Press SAYS: "The sale Of ZOla's
books having been prohibited in Germany
II will occur 10 some folks that Bismarck
has concluded ~ exclude all hogs IRON
his empire, French a. veil as American"
A NUMBER Of little spanish boys near
santa Barbara, COL, make "A very good
living bv killing humming birds and sell
ing them % be stuffed. They get from lo
10 - cents apiece for them ani XIII them
with slings, using small gfasei ~ Dfd
shot.
MIR. TfLDKS'- house on Gramercy Park,
on ana in which artisans have been al
work for the past three years, viii not be
fully finished till next spring. The tolal
cost Of the improvements - said 10 Dc
$4,000. no part 81 which came from the
salary drawn By one Hayes.
ABOUT 3I2, 900 persons visited the south.
ern Exposition in Louisville in the course
Of the first half Of the period during
which the gates are 10 be open. The
Courier-.J08rn0t believes that these figures
NAV DO doubled in the remaining forty
six days. making the total attendance
between 900 and l,OO0.0OJ
THE vote Of Texas on the five constitn-
l0nal amendments submitted at the spe-
cial election on the lith Of August was
very small, the highest aggregate being
go. 10 and the lowest 45, 10. They were
ali carried, the smallest majority being
$40 and the highest 1905. The total vote
Of the state for President in 1850 was over
1000.
THE Boston Po5t prints report that a
ship Captain belonging 10 that city,
whose name is not given, but who, after
the inyariablc custom Of the Boston news
papers IN speaking Of Boston man, IS he
clared h. be 'wcll known" has been ar
rested in Accra, west coast Of AREA, l0f
smuggling rum, and fined LOO and Or
dcred 10 be imprisoned Tor nine months
REV. THOMAS X. BEECHEE, Of FL
mira. has formally accepted the National
Grccnback Labor nomination for Hecre-
tarv Of state, and promises, If elected, 10
uerform the duties Of the office as well as
be can. lie says that the convention
which nominated him was not mistaken
I'm suppOsing that he is in urgent sympa-
thy with nearly all the doctrines and de-
mands thus far formulated by the national
party. and that under such circumstances
he will chcerfully endure the inconFe-
nience attending this unsOu2ht and other
wise most unwelcome candidacy.
GENERAL HANCOCK was RECENTLY III
yited to visit Detroit on the occasion II
the Michigan State Fair and ~ accept the
hospitality Of the people ~ tho state, but
was compelled to decline because "
temporary lameHes5 which confined him
Ia tho house, II am and always have
been,0 lac continued, IN letter Of regret,
s.much interested in all that pertains -
agriculture and should esteem it great
Measure to visit your State under such
favorable auspices. ! thank you very
much for your very courteous letter. |
apDreciate most fully the good viii OF
yoilr citizens. There is no one who knows
better than ! their great worth during the
war"
IL August. 1881, NJ. b. Thum, Of New
ark, Mich, sunk two salt barrels In the
ground, placing the top barrel about two
feet below the surface Of the ground, thus
making the well eight feet in depth. Moth
Ing unusual was discovered about the
well until July, 1882, when fish in large
quantities were found in it, Mr.. Thum
says that last year lac iatted about $3.50
worth Of pork by fish taken from this mar
velOus well. The water is muddy and the
fish arc lively and frisky. There are no
streams or lakes within several miles Of
Mr.. Thum's farm, and the only solution Of
the mystery Is that there is "A subterrane-
AN passage from some river or lake to the
well.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Washington
(aoifaI saws: "a Wall street broker
friend of mine says his firm are borrow
ing all the money they want at ; per
cent. a year, and charging customers
per cent. for the use Of it. we cleared
Sl5. 600 on interest alone In the month OF
August, said my friend. when our Gus
toners order us 10 buy certain shares OF
stock for them they put up 10 per cent.
of the total investment, and that makes
us responsible for 30 per cent, II the
stock is left idle on our hands for any
length Of time we charge interest on that
30 per cent. So, you see, ii the market IS
lively the profit lies in the commissions;
If the market is dull il is In the interest.
In either case we come out ahead