Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TEXAS has 100000 of school funds to
be invested.
SOUTHERN girls purchasing trousseauX
in New York make eXtravagant selec-
tons.
AN unknown and venomous worm is
destroying the pecan trees in parts OF
Florida.
In IS said that New Orleans stretches
over larger area than any city of its
population.
In is stated that the fish business in
Mobile has increased 100 per cent. within
the last year.
IT Is reported that the Swede colony in
Northwest Texas have been driven out in
consequence Of fence troubles.
THE orange crop of Florida this season
will be larger than ever before, owing to
Young groves coming into bearing.
EVERY county in Alabama has right
to send one student to the medical col
lege of the State, located at Mobile, tree
of tuition fees.
. THE streets of Louisville are being
paved with stone blocks inches by 4
and inches deep, the interstices being
filled with pitch and gravel.
DEAR ME-" said a good old lady on
Fifth avenue the other evening, Chow this
craze for china is growing! Here's a
New York club that pays $1,000 for a
pitcher"
NEW HAVEN oystcrmen are planting
empty oyster shells in the sound as a
means of helping the propagation of the
OYSTER The shells supply rough, hard
substance for the "spat' to cling to-
\ FLORIDA paper boasts that while a
dozen years ago the State could raise
only ..hell. cotton. cane and sweet pota-
toes the list is now heightened by straw
berries. cabbage, and all kinds of fruits
and vegetables.
y COWBOY, with something else than
pure sscussedness" in him, has been heard
from. Mr.. Macy, king Cowboy of
Colfax county, New Mexico, has given
$4,000 to citizens of Ration for the build
ing of a new school house.
THE railroads of Alabama are now
valued at nearly $20,OO0,0O and their real
value is thought to be at least S30,0OO,o0
-Four wears ago their taxable value was
$40. 000. 600 The rate of passenger fare
varies in that State from three TO hNe
cents.
\ STORY comes from Panama that an
ignorant labOrer in plOughing near Bogota
turned up mummy, covered with gold
ornaments and clad in gold mail. A
crown was on the head and a sceptre by
the side. The relics, however, were
stolen.
ALL the old issues Of Scent stamps pre-
vious to 1861 have been declared obsolete,
owing to the number left in the South in
consequence of the war. There have been
three issues since then, but only the IA
miliar last one is in use. The others are
quite rare curiosities, as the present threes
soon will be.
THE Minneapolis Tribune says: Given
ty-ive years ago two lovers dwelt in New
York city. They quarrcled. A letter of
explanation miscarried. He came West
and settled in ST. Paul. She moved to
Buffalo. This story doesn't seem to come
out Just right; for he Is in ST. Paul yet,
and she is i'm Buffalo. Both are married
and have large families
MORE than 21.0O0 square miles in Maine
are in woodland. despite the immense
numbering operations in the State in years
past. Names lakes, of which there are
some 1.620 and her streams, of which
there are 5,IjI, abound in fish. Moose
ntdO ldkc II l-OfV tttN tiifoNt iiiC 81 a ACfNl1
and Rangeley lake is almost as high as
Itasca. at the head Of the Mississippi.
The settlement at Moose river is typical
of the plantation" settlement in Maine.
1t has Just two voters, one a Democrat
and one Republican.
IL the wide and varied discussion to
which the proposition to remove Shakes
peare's remains has given rise, not much
/. of H.
ington Irving has to say on the general
subject in his "Sketch Book, )" in which he
relates that he was told, during visit
to Stratford-On-AVOn, as the guest of
Thomas Moore by the sexton, who had
looked into ShakespeaTe's tomb when it
was opened while repairs to the church
were in progress, that only "a little dust
of the great poet was to be seen.
THE SENH-ANNUAL dividends payable
in Boston in October aggregate $3.50, COL.
Last April they amounted to $S,14,116,
and in October of last year to 5000 25.
The falling off in the bank dividends is
less than was feared at the time of the
recent business failures in the city, and
nine-tenths of the banks pay the same as
i'm April last. One increases, 3 fall off
somewhat, and pass. OF the 80 banks
within the limits of the city pay > per
cent. Il % per cent. quarterly, . per
cent. , 81 per cent, 23 3 per cent, Is pa
per cent, 5 per cent, pass, and l is a
new bank.
THE beauties Of citizenship in Chicago
were forcibly presented recently in a
conundrum addressed to Mayor Harrison
by prominent taxpayer as follows; LAS
a merchant and citizen, | pay about
: 1 for IN NJ n a
ditiOn thereto, pay the cost of construct
ing the paVemcnts for streets where own
propertY: pay for all the water con-
Sumed at my places of business and my
home. besides the Waukesha water which
| and NV family drink. Ii the streets In
which | am interested are cleaned at all,
it is at private cost, in which l partici-
pate. police my Own house and busl-
ness by hiring private watchmen. Now,
what do | get for my mOney|' The
question was poser and the Mayor was
speechless. The citizen who asked 1t
added, in spirit of fairness, that he OBJ
tanned and appreciated the service rem
dered by the fire department, but, aside
from that single item. he was unable to
discover any personal compensation for
the enormous sum of money he paid an
nually for the support of local govern
ment.
HE + lit tNttS. III q Itctll dIlltl6. tdllS
attention to the immense utility of the Co
coanut as an article of food, and the val
liable qualities which it has for sustain
inc nutrition. The following instance is
Given in the case Of a vessel that once left
San Francisco with 400 passengers for
sydney, and which, in consequence of run
ming short of stores, had to put III at sam
sa. where a large quantity of cocoanuts
were obtained. During the remainder OF
the passage very heavy weather was en-
countered. in which the vessel became
waterlogged. and only reached sydney
after a perilOus journey of 50 days, during
which time all the provisions ran short,
and men, women and children were led
only upon cOcoanuts, being at last re-
duced to one per diem for each adult. Not
withstanding the diet, not a life was lost,
and not a single case of sickness occurred
all the passengers landing in a healthy
and Well-nourished condition. In an
other instance, two men drifted in whale
boat on to Quails Island, where they re-
manned for seven years before they were