Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

WHY do they call the ocean the great
deep9" We have a notion that it is a
great deal wider than it is deep, and re-
spectfully suggest the prOpriety Of calling
il the great wide"
A CHILD seven years old, on being asked
to take part i'm Sabbath school concert,
SAID: No, had rather look on and see
the others make mistakes. | know it's
wicked, hut I'd rather do it,
On THE Continent Of Europe strawber-
ries are not often eaten with cream. NJ.
Breteuil says that Strawberries are served
on the tables Of the Queen Of England, and
Of the King Of the Belgians the year
round.
THE Saturday Recjetg thinks that the
impediment to the marriage Of Jews and
Chrlstians-especially in Roman Catholic
countries constitutes, so long as 1t re-
mains, a sure guarantee for the separate
vitality Of Judaism.
Mr.. RENFREY, a civil engineer, has
bought the famous Hell-Hole swamp in
South Carolina, paying $4,000 therefor.
The swamp forms part Of that purchased
by the infamous Land Commission in the
days Of carpet=bag supremacy.
The two cotton mills in Natchez have
expended in that city In the past twelve
months ONGI NpNp-D1V lDl " ft1to anu hAttAI-
rial. They have consumed nearly 10000
bales Of cotton and turned out 100000
yards Of cotton goods and cloth. During
the year NatcheZ received 1920 bales OF
cotton, 1865 more than any previous
year.
JOHN w. CROCKETT, OF Dewitt, Ark,
owns a curious and valuable heirloom,
the gold watch long the pocketpiece OF
his great-grandfather, the famous DaYy
Crockett. A rifle presented te the pioneer
by ''five hundred prominent young gen
tlemOn of Philadelphia is III the posses
sion of his grandson, Robert ii. Crockett,
of Dewitt.
A DISPATCH from st. Louis, says
Miss Churchill, the missing
daughter OF the Vice President Of the An
thracite Coal Company, 10 in the hands Of
abductOrs in Chihuahua, Mexico, and
that a man named Jackson telegraphs
from FL PasO, for one johnson, Offering to
rive information Of her whereabouts for
$500 Churchill will offer a reward.
Miss FoRTEsCUE, the future bride Of
Lord Garmyle, has finally left the stage.
When she made her last appearance she
was fairly inundated with bouquets. At
ter the performance she was entertained
at supper by the Earl and Countess OF
DOnoughmOre and by her lord-elect, who
is known in theatrical circles by the some
what irreverent title Of Lord GumbOil."
ALEXANDER III. is the despair of opera
managers in st. Petersburg. Once the
Gar was a boon to them, for the an
nOuncement that he would ''hOnOr the
performance' was sure to crowd the
house But now the mere suspicion that
he NAV attend scares the public away,
for they see visions of bombs, dynamite
and sudden death. Yet the Emperor can
not be asked to stay away, The managers
are wishing that he would adopt the plan
of Leopold of Bavaria.
EX-GOVERNOR LUKE BLACKBURN, Of
Kentucky, is stopping at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. New York. When Talmage,
Of Brooklyn, was in Kentucky this
summer, the Governor entertained
him in bluegrass state style. Last
Sunday Mr.. Blackburn went over 10
the Tabernacle to hear Talmage preach.
Before the services were concluded the
Kentuckian was surprised by a request
of one of the ushers that he should 20
into the pulpit, 4he congregation vas
about TO begin singing, ana as the Cover
nor reached the platform six thousand
voices chanted the old and touching
HYMN. ssWhile the Lamp Holds Out to
Burn. the Vilest Sinner May Return"
The Governor was, 1t is SAID, considerably
eaibarrassed. Talmage introduced MN 10
the congregation, ana aIter the services
vere over presented him personally to
hundreds OF the members of the church.
APROPos of the forthcoming publica-
ton of the Duke of Saxe-COburg's private
memoirs. the So. Jamesi Gdgehe felates q
story which has been current in court
circles. A younger son of the Duke Of
Argyll, so ran the legend, who wished TO
mo a m mntiflnl lady liz
asked his fathers consent TO that step.
The Duke replied that personally he had
no objection to the MATCH but, In view of
the fact that his eldest son had espoused
a daughter of the Queen, he thought it
right to take Her Majesly's pleasure on
the subject before expressing his formal !
approval, Her Majesty, thus appealed TO, :