Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-01
GENERAL NOTES.

Coal mining in Austria cost, in 1881,
161 lives and 204 men seriously injured.
TwO-thirds of the deaths were due to falls
of rock.
Mrs. Martha Ryan, Of LenOirs, Tenn, is
forty-seven years old, is five feet ten
inches high, is a mother Of a large family
Of children, and weighs 392 pounds.
y prominent merchant says that when
he is tired and wants rest he don't go
of on a tour and spend money, but simply
takes his advertisement out Of the paper.
Lieutenant Schwatka says that the Es-
quimaux's reindeer clothing is the only
apparel for the Arctic explorer, and that
without it he can scarcely hope to survive
the extreme cold.
a New Orleans horse-car line issued
an order the other day prohibiting smOk-
ing on the ears, and the line at once be-
came such a fayOrite with the ladies that
it has been necessary to add ten cars.
The newspaper men of Amsterdam have
erected pavilion on substantially the
same plan as that in use at our Centennial,
for the accommodation of journalists
coming to that city at the time Of the In
ternatiOnal Colonial Exhibition.
\ passenger car built in Wilmington in
1910, said TO be the oldest in existence,
was returned to the works of tie Harlan
and HOllingsworth Company, the original
builders, the other day, for repairs, 1t
had been running many years on the
TiOga Railroad.
A we'll known base bal player, whose
position is behind the bat, was recently
presented by a young lady with a mani
cure case, and became very angry on the
strength of the belief that il was Joke,
-inasmuch as he hasn't had a finger nail
for six years.
Lord Sudeley, rear Cheltenham, Eng
land, who planted 167, 900 current bushes,
90, 600 goOseberry bushes, 5000 raspberry
bushes, fifty-twO acres Of strawberries
and numerous other small fruits two
years ago, is now building a mammoth
jam factory on the estate.
Senator Beck is said to have started in
life as a farm hand, Conger as lumber
hand, Davis of West Virginia, as a brake
man, Fair as a bar tender, Farley as a
stage driver, German as a page, Vest as
a reporter, Sawyer as labOrer, Jones, of
Florida, as carpenter, anti Morrill, as
country stOTekeeper.
A young Mormon couple who went to
the Endowment House, in Salt Lake City.
the other day, to be married, were turned
away with the statement that thirty-five
marriages, the full capacity of the instl-
tuition, had already been rushed through.
1t is said that more young girls are going
into pOlygamy than ever before.
To remove bolts that have rusted with
out breaking them, the most effectual
remedy known is the liberal application
of petroleum. Care must be taken that
the rusted parts are reached by it, and
some time must be allowed to give it a
chance TO soften the layer Of the rust be-
fore any attempts are made 20 remove the
bolt.
The total expenditure per head in Can
ada for the past year was $500, while it
was but Sj19 in the United States, and
during the same time the Canadian debt
increased $1,5OO,OOO while the United
States debt exhibited a great decrease.
The Canadian exports to Great Britain
fell off $637, 07S, and those of the United
States increased over So, 100000,
This is a recent ordinance in the town
of Bellary, India: "ReSOiced, That as the
loose monkeys in the town have become
exceedingly troublesome, by attacking
women and children carrying eatables,
and oyerturning the tiles of the roofs Of
the houses III Iue lOWI, luebc animals De
caught and sent out into the jungles, and
that arrangements be made that monkeys
may not receive any injury While being
seized"
The export grain trade seems to be
seeking exit through New Orleans at a
rapidly growing rate. During the month
of March thirty-nine vessels sailed from
that port, carrying 1,7S6,6l9 bushels Of
wheat, total of ?, 800, $50 bushels of grain
against 1874, 421 for March of last year-an
increase Of 500 per cent. At this rate the
bulk Of the export grain trade will soon
pass through New Orleans.
London Truth is responsible for dis !
coyery that will disturb the Biblical |
world. The word crib" in the second |
chapter Of Genesis, used in describing the |
creation Of Eve, ought more correctly TO |
be rendered stall" Again, the ''rayens''
which fed Elijah were not ravens at all, |
but "gypsies,'' and so another cherished /
illusion is dispelled, and the historic value /
Of Sir Frederick Leighton's picture Of |
''Elijah and the Ravens" is seriously i'm
haired