Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE drop curtain of the Albany Texas
opera house displays advertisements OF the
prominent business firms Of the town.
'sYEs," the Nebraska farmer said, "barbed
wire fence Is expensive; but the hired man
doesn't stop TO rest every time he mas TO cllihO
it."
Mosr of the hotels in Erie pa use the old
time, and are accused by travellers who miss
trains in consequence Of dong it to increase
their business.
FRAGMENTS of clear white flint glass i'm
mersed for a few hours in the water OF Hunt
er's Springs in Minnesota, take delicate
pink color, which they hold.
BRYN MAwR COLLEGE, the legacy Of DR.. j.
w. Taylor. of Burlington, j., will be open
to students IN the autumn of 1888: 1t VIII
offer TO women good college education.
II Illinois seventeen distilleries are turning
out 10000 gallons of whisky daily against
10000 gallons at the same time last year.
Illinois now manufactures double the amount
of any other state.
PRINCE BIsMIRCK has now ordered all the
publications of the Imperial Statistical Oflice
to be printed in German type. These are
much circulated in other countries, ana the
order causes great annoyance.
AN aged colored couple in Terre Haute,
Ind, who have had % children, of whom
were killed in the war, decline a pension,
saving that the government had done enough
for them in emancipatlng their race.
IL some of the large saw mills in the North
western lumber districts small appliance Is
attached to the trimmer, which automatically
stamps the name of the company or mill on
every board that passes over the machine.
MICHIGAN, by a curious provision of her
State constitution, forbids not only the en-
plOyment on salary Of a regular chaplain Of
either House, but also prohibits praying or
any form OF religious services IN either House.
MOST effective and popular begsar for
charities is now going the rounds Of Scotland
1t is a doll dressed by the Princess of wales,
which Is tak en- from fair to fair, ana holds
audiences with curious people az smiling Il
head.
RIVAL gas companies are piercing BROOK
lyn with their ppes. One which aims at mo-
nopoIy, is charged 10y the other with putting
in fixtures at cost and giving the gas for
nothing. The public enjoys 10th the HSht
aud the contest.
OUR first national bankrupt law was en-
acted on April /, $500, and repealed on De-
cember 10, 1903: the second was passed on
August 10. 1871. and repealed on March 3,
1913; the third or ,lenckes act lasted from
March ,, 1861, to september /, 1873.
THE wax plant Of Carolina and Pennsylva-
MIA is proftabIy cultivated in Algeria. The
gathered fruit is put INTO a coarse bag, which
IS placed in boiling water. The wax soon
for beeswaN, which it chemically resembles
NEW YORK elevated roads charge five cents
before s a. m. and ten cents after. On Mon
day a trainful of soldiers marched through a
turn-stile. and all but few entered before
o'clock. The Sergeant, who was counting
them, was forced to pay ten cents apiece Tor
his entire company,
THE Goddess of Justice which for so many
years held the scales above the old capitol Of
New York having been put out of the way3n
n corridor of the new capitol, was mistaken
for a spOOk recently by one of the colored
orderies who had been out almost all night
and had taken too much pie.
FIFTY SURGEONS probed Intellectually for
the bullet that entered the hip of George H.
Fredericks. of Fort Wayne, in the battle OF
OkOlOna, Miss. twenty-6ne years ago. Inc
other day he felt sharp pam just above the
right knee joint. He worked the hesh with
his finger. and out came the ball.
WITHIN a few months three instances of fever
epidemics have been apparently traced to the
milk supplied to the families from dairy farms.
Two Of these were typhoid epidemics, one in
London. and the other at Port Jervls, in the
State of New York, and the third was scar
let fever epidemic at Dundee, scotland.
IL Cambria county, Pennsylvania, a newly
made mother-in-la slapped her daughters
husband in the face because he would not give
s. to a band of serenaders. The husband
took his wife out the back door, but the dlsap-
DOlnLCu stfCudNtfb lOllUMtAs tlAON4lS etOitb
at the newly welded pair and covering the
brides dress with mud.
THE reception rendered to the Greek ortho-
dox Patriarch of Jerusalem, at CONSTANT
NOBLE. is regarded i'm Rome as a great loss to
the Roman Catholics in the Holy Land.
Patriarch NicOdeme a Russian protege, and
the Sultan, by granting HIM extraordinary
honOrs, is supposed to indicate his Willingness
10 favor Russia in Syria, in order TO counter
act French influence. France is the only
Iaf a
Hence the fears of the latter.
The Albany Euening journal says: "A large
proportion of the moulding sand consumed IN
the foundries of the United states is dug out
of the hills of Albany county. 1t is said that
everything in soluble metal from a krupp
gun 10 a heel plate for a lady's shoe, has been
cast in Albany sand. Quantities of it have
been exported as ballast. The annual ship
ment Of sand obtained hereabouts from this
city is estimated at from $4,000 to 100000 tons.
the price paid for it, delivered on board the
cars or boats, being about 81 % per ton.
BERNARD BOLAND, when he was scarcely
Is, went into Boston store to tap the till. He
was seized by a young employee, who was
killed IN the struggle. BOand was indicted
for murder in the second degree. His cOun-
sci advised him to plead guilty, and he was
sentenced to the State prison for life. After
serving ten years. il lately daWned upon the
minds of friends that he should never have
been sent to that prison, inasmuch as the
statute provides that none shall 90 there un-
der l6 The fact that Boland was only Is
seems to have escaped the notice of the pre-
siding Judge A pardon has been granted.