Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ALABAMA has over 2OU,OOO cnllufeu JHdu
that are not enrolled at the public schools.
GRINDING is being delayed in Louis
lana sugar mills owing to the scarcity of
mechanics.
THE highest point on the Northern Pa
cifc is 200 feet lower than the maximum
height of the Central Pacific.
STREET BEGGING has become such a
nuisance at New Orleans that the police
have been ordered to arrest every mendi-
cant they can find. The miserable
wretches are sent to the alms-hOuse.
JUST north of FL Paso, Texas, there is
a bold and picturesque mountain. On the
day of the Java disaster gentleman on
this mountain heard rumblings in its re-
cesses, and felt number of severe shocks.
The Vicksburg Herald thinks that with
jllimitable fields for the production of sOr-
ghum in the West and South, added to
the millions of sugar cane lands in Louis
lana and Florida, it will be but few
years before we shall become large eX-
porter of sugar and molasses.
TENNESSEE has at least one public
school teacher who might be dispensed
with. He goes to his school barefooted,
i'm his shirt sleeves. without any collar on,
up to his knees. Notwithstanding the fact
he has nearly grown young ladies among
his scholars. 1t is said that water has the
same effect upon him as upon mad dog.
SENATOR HOAR received Il letter from
Senator Don Cameron this week in which
the latter SAYS that he has driven in a
carriage with his wife across the country
from London to Edingburgh. His health
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not seem to regain strength. He says
nothing about returning home, and the
chances are that he will not be present
when the Senate meets i'll December.
\ LOUISIANA PAPER is responsible for
the following: A black woman was car
ried before a Magistrate for numerically
beating her son, a saddle-cOlored imp, and
the Judge was delivering a reprimand,
when the woman broke out with: ''Jedge,
has you eber been parent to wotiiess
weller box like dat ar cub oh mlne"
''Neverr' calculated the Judge, with
great vehemence, getting red in the face.
''Den don't TALK
The California papers tell this story of
Henry Ward Beecher: The great preach
was stepping into his carriage in front OF
the Coliseum, in Oakland, where he had
been lecturing, when lady made quick
advance upon the preacher, and, selZing
him bv the hand, detained him until she
had impressed a large. loud, warm kiss
upon his mouth. The delighted specta-
tors shouted a vigorous approval. Cen
eral Sherman, the boss kisser, will be
jealous of Henry.
THE Washington Republic tells about
the manners of a certain man who at
some times and places represents the Civil
Service Commission. In an overcrowded
train he kept his valise on the desirable
seat beside him. while mother with two
children standing beside her and another
living In her arms was compelled to stand.
An Irish gentleman who gave his seat to
a lady was asked why he did not assault
the valise, as he stood from Philadelphia
to Baltimore, and he replied, There's
some sittings as is worse than standing"
A RELIGIOUS scoffer named Dutch"
Shannon felt the heavy hand of retributiOn
recently. A colored camp-meeting was
in progress at the fair grounds near the
town. Shannon and a few agnostics Of
his kind assembled Mt. Pleasant, near by,
and started a burlesque of the proceedings
below. While in the enjoyment of this
pastime Mr.. Shannon lost his balance and
fell over precipice distance OF 300 feet.
duced to the condition of dog meat. OF
course the devOut cOlOred people in that
region regard the humorous Mr.. Shan
mons misfortune as a special visitation.
The Philadelphia Times draws this pic
ture of New York life: son $4,000
granite monument over the grave of his
wife, Daniel Murphy, one of the richest
men i'm the Fourth ward of New York, put
the inscription, Built to outlast the
British monarchy Less than twelve
month afterward, though in his 10th year,
infirm. and nearly blind, he took a new
beIpmeet, who will probably not get such
a tomb, for hardly was the honeymoon
over before she began the daily exercise
of throwing chinaware at his head and
dragging him around the room by the
hair. Mr.. Murphy tOttered to the Police
Court and had her sent to BlackWelPs
Island for six MONTHS
1T has long been said that the man who
could contrive a way to store the force
now lost by stopping a car and apply it
effectively to aid in again starting the
wheels would confer great boon on man.
kind, This invention seems TO have been
made. or at least to have been approached,
by the patentee of a new street car which
is soon to be placed on the rails in Phila-
delphia. This car is fitted with num-
Der of spiral springs that are wound up
before the car starts, and which have
stored energy sufficient to prOpel the We
hicIe to the end of its route. The details
of the machinery have been worked out to
the entire satisfaction of the projectors,
and an experimental car is soon to appear
on the rails in the Quaker City,
In the cotton establishments of NJ,
Resselieyre. near Rouen, the system of
admitting wOrkmen to a share of profits
has been applied with much success. NJ.
Resselievre does not give his hands a
share in the management and risks OF MS
business. He keeps his books to himself
and paws them wages, as though they
were ordinary laborers. But IN addition
to the wages, he has, since 1877, dlstrlb-
uted among all workmen who have been
in his service five years an annual bonus
DroportiOnate to his own profits, which
amounted to L. and even IL per cent. of
the wages earned by them during the
wear, Half of the bonus is paid to the
men in cash and half is retained to form
a sick and pension fund for the families
of the wOrkmen.
THE regular army in England foots up
100 600 men. The reserve is about 10000
strong. and the militia about 10000, of
whom $4,000 are in the militia reserve,
and there are about 10000 enrolled vol
unteers. The actual combatant force is
very different; Of the 100, regulars more
than q, 900 are abroad; of the militia 2S,-
600 are deficient from the proper strength.
Surprising war broke out: having com
pleted the garrison of foreign fortresses;;
such as Gibraltar, Malta, and Alden, ana
England coaling stations, requiring at
of nd
afforded India reinforcement of 10000
men. the problem would arise how to meet
the peril with the remainder. Having APP
portioned 5000 men for each of the for
tresses of Plymouth. Portsmouth and
Dover, and 10000 for the coasts of Great
Britain and ireland, Captain Hagler, the