Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


American institution.
THE total production of silk goods in
the world is about $3.50, 900 annually.
THE MOST uncomfortable an unbecOm-
Ing vehicle to ride in is the fashionable
village cart,
COUNTERFEIT BEAUTIESy is the name
given to the ladies in Newport who have
''made up" faces.
A FIVE CENT pool room ''for the benefit
Of BOYS and the poorer classes is a novel
feature Of st. Louis philanthropy.
BOsToN CONSUMES a hundred gallons
of water a day to each inhabitant, and is
under the necessity, therefore, of building
an enormous new reservoir.
A STRANGE MALADY has broken out IN
Carmel, n. y. the symptoms of which
closely resemble cholera. Fifteen or
twenty residents are now suffering from
the disease.
THE DEMAND OF tie irish landlords for
compensation in the shape Of state loans
for their losses through the land act,
means an advance of billion or a billion
and a half from the British Treasury.
BREAKFAST PARTIES are now in order
at Newport, and are very pretty and
dainty affairs. Instead Of coffee they
serve red wines, and the food Is largely
made up of French breads and salads.
IT'S NOTED by the New York Mail and
ErpreSs that the Southern Exposition is
only so miles by railway from New York,
or Il miles less than Chicago. and Louis
Vile is IA lovely city for an autumn visit.
AT LONG BRANCH they average two
runaways a day, and the wonder is that
people are not killed or injured every
hour when one regards the crowd of vehi-
cles and the reckless way some people
drive.
INA LATE ISSUE the London Times
computes that there is now in the market
landed property situated in Gr9at Britain
to the extent of 100000 acres, the value of
which AT low estimate is said 20 be not
less than $j0,000,00O.
THE CATERERS at Newport have intro
duced some gastrOnOmic novelties this
season for the fashionable lunches given
by the cottage people. Some Of the dishes
include crab crOquettes, English walnut
ice cream, and prune soup. Ihey nave
proved a great success in making people
i'll.
A HEBREW who was recently summon
ed to sit on a COroner's jury in London,
excused himself on the ground that, being
a descendant of the High Priest, he was
exempt from seeing a dead body. The
coroner ruled that the Levitical law was
not binding in his court, and fined the re-
calcitrant juror 40s.
THE TIME has now arrived when the
most commonplace people are making the
most trouble at the watering place hotels,
and when scores of young women are
labOring harder than they ever did in their
lives in their struggles to look pretty and
to keep their hair in erimps by the AID OF
fOgs, slate pencils and tallow candles.
AN EXPLOSION took place on Wednes-
dav at OnderdOnk's Mill, near Yale, b. c.,
caused by the heat from the numerous
forest fires i'm the vicinity. The mill was
blown up and every pane OF glass was
broken, No one was killed, but several
were badly hurt. There were $50 cases
of giant powder and ten cases of black
powder exploded.
A BOY of eight years named Frank W.
Hemingway, with some companions,
invaded an apple orchard in Paterson, n.
j.. and was helping himself to some fruit,
when the owner appeared and chased
them away. No violence was attempted,
but it is said that he iran the boy down
hill" When he reached home he was so
frightened that he became deranged and
in a few days died.
DANIEL CoNRoY, of Erie, Pa, became
suddenly insane while working at the top
of the Cathedral spire, and endeavored to
throw John GowdOn, a fellow workman,
to the ground $50 feet below. The struggle
had lasted fully five minutes, when both
were saved from death by labOrers who
assembled to the rescue. COnrOy became
insane three wears ago over the'15' puzzle,
and was in the asylum for some time, but
was subsequently released.
Three marriage ceremonies, all per-
formed at once, are about to be celebrated
at the Grand Ducal Court of Hesse. The
Grand Duke Louis ~, whose wife, the
Princess Alice of England, died five years
ago. is said to be about TO marry his SIS
ter-in-law. the young Princess Beatrice,
the charming young girl for whom, If r0-
nance he true, the son of Napoleon Ill.
went to seek death in Zululand. At the
same moment that he himself is going to
marry the aunt OF his children the Grand
Duke will give his two eldestdaughters-
the first to Prince Louis of Battenberg
and the second to the hereditary Prince
of Baden.
On MANHATTAN ISLAND 100, 900 chill
dren are earning a living. Out of the
100, 900 at least $4,000 have reason to ex-
pect to get on in life, Spd in due season
to bacOme respected and responsible men,
hers of society. The youngest child en-
pIOyed as a bread-winner is years old,
and her services are valued at 81 a week,
which. it is to be feared, does her very
little actual good. A large proportion of
the children included in this estimate are
cash and errand boys and girls, nurse
Girls. and of course factory hands.
Oddly enough, there are hardly any cross
ING sweepers in New York, while in Lon
5oT thoir name is legion.