Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
VERY beautiful results are being OBJ
tanned By a new German method of enam-
ell working on glass.
LIEUT.. WIssMANN, who walked across
Africa from Zanzibar to the mouth of the
Congo, has returned to Berlin. He was
received by the Crown Prince.
A PARTY of tourists, among whom
were several ladies, enjoyed a July sleigh
ride on the slopes of Mt. Hand, Washing
ton Territory. They were 1860 feet above
the sea level.
The new Legislature of Kentucky con-
tains Republicans and 30 Democrats in
the Senate, and IL Republicans, , indie
pendents, and S6 Democrats in the House,
and one district to be decided on account
of tie vote.
MARTIN VAN BUREN used to take part
in the Quadrilles and minuets at Saratoga,
and Judges. Senators. and other dIgnita-
ries We're regularly seen upon the dancing
floor. Nowadays, only very young folks
dance there.
A WRITER to a London newspaper says
that, after spending months among the
poor of the city, he has come to the con-
clusiOn tiiat large numbers Of them have
a hatred and ferOcity toward wealth and
aristOcracy which could not be surpassed
by anv Russian Nihilist or French Com
munist.
II Is ARRANGED that the American
Minister will unyeil the memorial bust of
Henry Fielding on September ( at Taun-
ton. i'm England, 1t will be placed close
to the busts. i'm the SOmersetshire Hall, of
three of England's worthless, all natives
of the same cOunty-LOcke. Blake, and
Pym.
THE remarkably fine counterfeit five
dollar gold piece recently stopped in
the Boston Sub-Treasury and found to
contain 81 63 worth Of fine gold, is sup
posed by Treasury officials to be relic Of
The early mining days of California, when
bars and CONS of pure ornearly pure gold
were made by the various ''mints" on the
Pacific coast and freely circulated.
'TMGLAD was notinsuredP said Gen.
Toombs, as he looked at the ruins of the
KimbaU House. If had been insured,
/ should have had to sue the rascals 10
get nv money, would have lost the case
in a corrupt court, and been mulcted in
COSTS" TOombs. however, agrees to sub
scribe to the stock of the new hotel. The
general impression is that Ii. |. kimball,
who is now i'm Chicago holding business
relations with George NJ. Pullman, Will
organize a company to rebuild the hotel,
and that Pullman will back him with the
necessary capital. himDaii is now on
his way to Atlanta.
AT CHARLEROI. in Belgium, young
clerk of a bank there was arrested for
having forged a check for $4,000. An
uncle, a clerk in the same bank, was so
much affected by the event that he re-
solved to kill himself, with his wife and
two children. They first tried TO open
their veins. and then TO suffOcate them
selves, and finally they dropped into a
cistern. One Of the children escaped and
called the neighbOrs. The wife was
found dead. and her daughter mOrtally
rounded. while the man, who was saved,
has since disappeared, and 1t Is feared that
he has drowned himself
AN INFLUENTIAL committee has been
formed in Berlin for procuring the hold
ing in that city in the year 1885 OF an eX-
hibitiOn of art industries in Germany and
Austria, They have addressed themselves
to Bismarck to sscure the cooperation
Of the Reiehstag, and grant Of money.
The idea Is TO erect the building az the
Lehrter railway station, and the expense
is calculated at 100000. But the COM
mittee hoped to induce France, England,
Italy and other countries to become eX-
hfbitOrs, in which case il might not be
limited to art industries, but 10 other
branches, realizing dream long and
often entertained. of holding a great in
ternaticnal universal exhibition at Berlin.
4 CONVERT in a Methodist cOngrega-
tion haI heon a strictly honest man, but
profane and a ea0..ath breaker. The
Christian AdrOcdte, in telling the stGry,
saws that he made full confession in one
of the meetings. He said that he had
lived an ung0dly life, aRd considered him
self an amazing instance Of GODS mercy,
The tide of religious feeling rose high on
his DOsitiye testimony, and as he took his
seat a brother started the hymn, 'sThe
diving thief rejOiced to see that fountain
In his DAY" To the surprise of all. the
new convert. ia ? towering rage, lett the
building. on being asEo.. what the mat
ter was. he said, "There is one thing
never did never stole; and that they
should Immediately sing like that was
personal insult"
WHAT local scientists pronounce t. re
a human skeleton. twelve feet in height,
has been unearthed near Barnard, Mo-,
by action of rain upon the side Of ra-
vine. The head through the temples was
twelve inches, From the lover part of
the skull at the back TO the top was fifteen
inches. and the circumference forty
inches The ribs were nearly four feet
long and three and fourth inches wide.
The thigh bones were thirty inches long,
and the entire foot eighteen inches in
length. The skeleton lay on its face,
twenty fees below the surface of the
ground, and the toes we're Undecided in the
earth. indicating that the body either fell
or was placed there when the ground was
soft. The left arm was passed around the
back. the hand resting on the spinal col
umn. while the right arm was stretched
out to the front and right.
TIE COAST of Mexico, near Vera Cruz,
not long ago aad Q shower Of fishes, caus-
ing the utmost CONSERVATION. : similar
thing happened at San Luis POtOsi. SUI
perstifious people talked about the end of
the world. The fishes we're a species OF
sardine not familiar ia the neighborhoods,
4 shower years ago IN W aleS was OF a
small fish known as sticklebacks, sprInk-
ling the ground over an area OF several
square miles. They were alive when they
fell: vet if caught up by whirlwlnd from
any Of the brackish ponds near the sea, in
which this species Of fish abounds, they
must have been conveyed through the ar
a distance Of thirty miles. The theory OF
scientists is that the 1snes are transport
ed with wonderful speed through the all
10 the place of deposit. In India such a
shower is known b have taken place, the
fishes varying from a pognd to a pound
and half each.
DIR. b. H. Doyle, Wadley, Ga, says; 81
consider Browns Iron Bitters superior as
tonic TO any preparation now in use."