Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-26

within n hundred miles of their own IRON
tier, AS the London wits are putting ",
the situation for France is now bac-hlhh
or back-0ut.
MAJOR BENYAURD has made survey
of three routes for the proposed canai
from Lake Michigan to the MISSISSIPPI
river. He gives the preference to the
Rock Island route. and estimates the Iolal
cost of construction from Henneplh TO
Rock Island at Sc, 81, 800, and the cost OF
the enlargement of the existing cahal
from Hennepn to Chicago he estimates at
81, 29S, 9l9. -
IN March, 1882, Charles L. Moorehouse
attempted to cross in the rear OF street
car. He became entangledin wire winch
was trailing at the rear Of the car. was
Knocked down, dragged some distance
and injured. When he became olsen
tangled lady approached ana syHpa-
thiZed with him. This timely sympathy
led to more intimate acquaintance; anu
the parties finally became husband anu
wife. This all happened in New 10TH
city.
UNDER the direction of DR.. julius
Friedlander, the Royal Numismatlc CaDl-
net in Berlin has, in the course OF the last
fortv-fye wears. increased from 26,59O an
Gent and 10000 medieval and modern
coins. to B.. 900 Greek, $4,000 Roman, -,
500 Oriental, and $1,000 medieval ana
modern coins, including large number
of uni0ue specimens. Such collection,
if opened to public inspection, would De "a
valuable addition to the educatOnal ma
chinery of Boston.
SOUTH AFRICAN inns are proYerblal
for their horrors, says writer In the Lon
don Globe. Sometimes the roughness OF
/ the food makes it difficult to support life;
! sleep is nearly always only possible by
the unlimited application OF insect pow
der. The slaughter effected by this val
liable compound considerably astonlshes
| the stranger when he rises from his bed
in the morning and finds numbers oil
dead insects, of which many are worse
than fleas.
THE extent to which the taxable Valu-
alton of property in Cincinnati was fraud
ulently raised by clerks exceeds $3.50, 900
/ at the present stage of the investigation,
/ and it is thought may figure up to 81 ,OOD,-
/ 600. The city treasury did not pronC ny
the increase, but clerks who were IN the
ring went to taxpayers and told them lhat
! for q commission they would secure q
correction of the rOll,'' and consequent
reduction in taxes. The scheme worked
| successfully in numerous instances before
the fraud was discovered.
ON writing of military titles In the
West, san Francisco journalist is re-
minded of the visit of an English Lord to
| Sacramento during session of the Legis-
Iature many years ago. His LOrdship put
up at the Orleans. His chaperon intro
| duced him to Col. j. Y. McDuffy, General
Wright, Commodore Farragut, Colonel
| Gift. General Allen, Adjutant General
| Drum. Colonel Kewen, Major Jack STRAIT
man. Colonel Bowie, Gen. James n. Nc
Dougall, and so on, when his LordshIp
asked him, Lad, is this hotel or IS IL a
bloody old fOrt?'
MARK MOODY, of Tupper's Lake, in the
Adirondacks, captured large bear last
week in very novel manner. lie kept a
swill-barreI back of his house, and for
several nights it had been robbed oil It's
contents Determined to find out who was
the thief he hid himself near the barrel.
Very soon bear walked up, put his lore
paws on the edge of the barrel, and With
his head and part of his body in the bar
rel. was having a feast. Mark crept slowly
up, grabbed bruin by the hlnd legs,
dumped him head first into the barrel, and
held him there until he drowned. The bear
weighed 800 pounds.
A STORY with the charm of Tom Saw
yer and flavor of Capt. Kidd about 1t is
reported from Honolulu. A Swedish
sailor, by golden promises of rich results,
persuaded a number Of natives to buy a
ship. stock it and set sail with him for
Siberia. where they were to find some
gold mines of fabulous wealth. During
the voyage he attempted to assasslnate
his dupes, but failed. Nevertheless, the
passengers placed so much faith in his
promises that they declined to disbelieye
him until their arrival at Nladivostock,
Siberia, where the Russian authorities
finally convinced them.
FREQUENTERs of a German restaurant
in Boston have long been puzzled by an
item written on the bill of fare in that
blue ink which, by some mysterious law,
seems to be reserved for the correspond
ence OF country girls and the bills of fare
of German restaurants. The item was,
s'Small Bled Beans,'' and it batfied all In
vestigatiOn as to ITS meaning until last
week, when a learned musical critic thus
expOunded it: This is strictly phonetic.
The German-English for plate is 'blate.'
In German the nearest approach to this
is 'bled.' small Bled Beans therefore,
means Small Plate of Beans" The
dish was ordered and the critic was
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