Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-17
GENERAL NOTES.


The superfcies Of the moon and of Rus
sia are the same. 80
4 Chinanlan st Tucson. A. T.. attempt
ed to ride to Benson Is painting himself
up rs an Indian He was detected aud
( put OF on the desert.
7 Up to the beginning Of April so yellow
fever patients had been sent from Rio to
I the Jurujuba hospital. Mortality not
f stated, but said TO he large.
The adulteration OF Chinese teas with
1 American catnip leaves is not 50 oblee-
( tionable. inasmuch as the action OF the
added ingredient is quieting on the nerves
! and induces sleep.
Within eighteen months $50 miles Of
railroad have been under construction IN
Mississippi. over S20.0O0,0O0 being in
+. vested. During the fifteen years previous
{ only seveRty-nine miles Of road were
built.
Mrs. Holmes. of Del Rio. Texas, has
just lost her fourth husband. She has
been particularly unfortunate with nus
bands. One died Of consumption one
was drowned. and two were killed. she
is not yet forty years old.
DIR. Herzog. the Swiss Old Catholic
Bishop, has just confirmed six young girls
al the American Episcopal Church of ST.
Paul. Rome. having gone from Berne tor
the special purpose. Ii is the first time
that an Old Catholic Bishop has visited
Rome in an official capacity.
The Weldon Y. c. NelrS says: ''SOme
time since we published a long unusual
Christian name which belongs to col
. Ored man living near here. W have
since heard another, this time a woman 5.
I 1t Is: Clarissa SOphrOnia Teddy White
house De Appletree Burton
French literature is not much read by
members Of the House Of Commons. When
Mr.. Gladstone, ain his mastery speech
upon the affirmation bill. quoted the
ecrdsez FiHJdme of Noltaire. many asked
"What Ia femme had to do with the mat
ter, who she was, and why NOltaire wish
ed 10 crush herr"
Tom Cannon. the English jockey, has
reason to be thankful for the desire of
American owners of horses to patrOniZe
the English turf, as he is now receiving
800 from Mr.. }. Il. keene for first claim
on his services, and Mr.. ?. LOrillard gives
him FL 900 for the call after Mr.. keene.
These sums are in addition to riding fees
and travelling expenses.
y woman named GOodyer, living in the
village Of st. Marybourne, England, has
just attained her one hundredth birthday.
She is in the full possession Of her facul-
ties, and has living in the same parish
number of children. grandchildren and
Observation-Disclosures. Mrs. Denny, a
native Of CastletOwn, County Cork, has
just died at Nazareth House, Scotland, at
the age of 1O6.
1t is a curious fact that, although the
Scotch are greater smokers than the Eng
lish, yet less tobacco is smoked in Scot
land than in England. This is due to the
canny character Of the ScOtchman. Owing
to the large quantity of water in the OrdI-
Aary tobacco sold, a pipe goes out before
the tobacco in it is smoked out, The
Englishman throws away this damp to-
baccO; the Scotchman carefully eX-
tracts it from his pipe and then, when it
has dried, replaces it.
A few days since it was noticed that
several ladies were officiating as bank
officers in the South and elsewhere. Since
then the following have been announced:
Mrs. NJ. II. Galloway, President Fond du
Lac Savings Bank, Fond du Lac. Wis;
Sarah F. Dick. Cashier First National
Bank. Huntington, Ind: Annie NJ. King,
Cashier of bank at White Cloud, Kansas:
Bank. Vaudeville, Mich; Miss NJ. W.
Bond, Treasurer Savings Bank, Florence,
Mass.
The Tuscumbla Nouh-AlGbdmi0B re-
lates a curious incident to the effect that
a twelye-year-old orphan boy Of that
place who has been a constant reader of
the Police Gazette. took his revenge upon
a negro for a trifing injury by splitting
his head open with an axe. In the boys
pocket was found a copy Of the Gazette
containing a thrilling illu stration of the
Franklin county tragedy Of ten years ago,
when. as will be remembered, one Briten
killed Rackard with an axe. The deed of
the yOungster is directly traceable TO the
reading of the penny dreadful the
Police Gazette.
\ scamp called at the post Office at
Sabula, Iowa. recently, selecting an hour
when no person was in the office but
lady clerk. He asked for % cents worth
Of stamps, and handed out SO bill in
payment. About this time the fellow dis
covered that he had the required % cents
in change himself and asked the clerk 10
return him the so for the change, at the
same time placing his p cents on the
desk with the 50 - already there. The
SO was handed out, but before the change
cOllu De ScGuIeu Tue lcllOG =IdDBtA UP
the SO bill and also s. bill from among
the small money and skipped, making
his escape before assistance could be OBJ
tanned.
The Newberne Journal tells story that
a negro woman entered into a conspiracy
with a man to get rid of her husband, and
fixed rope through the upper floor Of the
house while her husband was absent, and
=, l..
at the door and greeted him with many
kisses. and decOyed him under the hole,
while the man on the upper floor dropped
the moose over his head. Then the wife
held her husbands hands. and the man
upstairs pulled the rope. When they
thought the husband was dead they took
him down and dragged him off and COW
cred him up for dead. When they had
left the old fellow, like Sinbad the sailor,
scratched out. The guilty parties, hear
ing of his resurrection, fled to Pimlico
county, where they were arrested and
lodged in Jail.
First editions of Shelley are in request
now among the bibliOmaniacs, Puttick Il
Simpson, the London auctioneers, recent
ly sold a copy Of the quickly suppressed
''Laon and Cythna" for 81; a copy of the
first edition of ''The Cent? published in
Italy, brought e. lbs: "ROSalind and
Helen" went comparatively cheap at two
guineas and half; but, as set-off,
"Adonais," after a remarkably brisk COM
petition, was knocked down to an enter
drising bidder of 1874. The "GaulOis,'
has been publishing the annual sumptu-
airy expenditure Of Partisan lady-''a
very elegant and wealthy woman The
little bill comes to close upon $4,000
47,700 francs. Here are the items of this
most interesting expenditure: COuturiere,
12,0OOf; mOdiste, 3,0O0f.; lingere, 4,O0Of.;
cordonier, 1,j00f.; ganterie, bas, rubans,
n9uds, cravates, tilets, bihelots, crepe
line, 6,000f; dentelles d'usage, 500f. par
fumerie. coiffeur, feurs. 4,50Of.: ombreiles.
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