Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-12
GENERAL NOTES.

question whether a goat can De felleu
upon in court as evidence in rebuttal.
1t was observed that when Mr.. Parnell
pronounced his name in the House of Com
mons lately. he laid the accent on the nrst
syllable-Pdrnell.
A pair of mules slid down the mountain
side into a chasm a mile deep in Idaho re-
Gently. and broke the neckyOke that was
attached TO their collars.
The semi-annual dividends payable in
Boston this month aggregate $S,14,1l6,
which is an increase of nearly $2,OOO,OOO
over the ApriLdividends Oflast year.
1t is said that a condensed Bible for use
in the home. the school and the church,
prepared by Rev. James Freeman Clarke,
of Boston. will soon be published.
Ex-Speaker Keifer's home organ pro-
phesises an early death to its idols critics
and saws his name and fame will survive
long AFTER his traducers have passed into
oblivion.
A Cleveland lady has a diary which
purports to be the genuine daily record of
the life of the pilgrim fathers from their
embarkatiOn in the Mayfiower to the close
of the year 1921.
A bill to abolish action for breach of
promise of marriage has been introduced
in the British Parliament. 1t will prOba-
bly, be passed and go into effect on the lst
of January next.
A penniless emigrant woman in the de-
pot at Rochester, New York, was made
happy by Mrs. Langtry, who spoke en-
eOuragingly to her and gave her 50 to con-
rfrrtrc ncI journey,
When Peter Cooper was born the city
of New York contained 80, 331 Inhabitants,
and Chambers street, now far down town,
was the extreme northern limit of the
built up portion of the city.
The postal cards are made at HOlyOke,
Mass, by forty men, who turn out mill
lion daily. They have diminished the con-
sumptiOnfOf writing paper by from S12,-
100000 10 $15,9 ,OO0-a year.
1t slime to stop the business of attribu-
ting al the good that has accompanied the
progress of the country to Jefferson and
all the evil to Hamilton. The argument
will not hold water.-ChdrlOtte Journal
Observer.
1t is said that Lolita -AIignon CFabtFee;
better known in the theatrical world as
simple ''Lotta," is going to Europe to be
medically treated for the restoration of
her voice. and will probably not appear
upon the stage again for year or two.
"A tired bee" says Sir John Lubbock,
''hums on E, and therefore vibrates its
wings only $50 times in a second" a
brisk little bee humming on a Will, on
the other hand, increase its vibration to
40 per second.
The orange crop of California is said to
be so large this year that to pick more
than half of it will be impossible. One
fruit grower near Los Angeles has sold his
crop of oranges and lemons on sixty acres,
on the trees as they stand, for $4,000.
The President has promised that he
won't fish on Sundays; good luck to him!
Baltimore American. Now we know
why he takes the wicked Chandler along
with him. On Sundays the President will
dig the bait, and Bill will catch the fish.
In 1856 Signor ManzOcchi gave Adelina
Patti singing lessons at SO lesson. The
other day Nine. Manzocchi brought suit
against the diva for $1,000 and interest for
twenty-five years, claiming that no pay
ment had ever been made to SignOr Man.
zOcchi, who died in 1869.
\ lecturer discoursing on the subject of
EHealth" inquired: ''What use can
man make of his time while waiting for
doctOry" Before he could begin his an
swer to his own inquiry some one in the
audience cTlcu Ouls I1t can uidkC HIS
will.i'-BufdIO Courier.
a professor of Greek in a Cleveland col
lege Obiected-because a young lady pupil
gaZed upon his blackboard explanations
through a pair of opera glasses. The
young lady refused to discontinue their
use, and the professor hears no more
Greek recitatiOns until his orders shall 10
Obeyed.
Mr.. r. B. Browning, son of the poet, is
studying sculpture in Paris, and is en-
gagged on a group representing Apollo
wOOing the Nymph in the form of a SER
pent. He has secured the services of
professional snake-charmer, who sits to
him every day in company with a tame
boa-constrictOr.
Chiari, the eminent German pathOlOgist,
who has just been made professor at
Prague, is 80 years old, and has already
made 5000 post norton examinations. At
Il supper recently given in his honor, one
of the speakers remarked that he could
not wish for greater happiness than that
of being autOpsied-if the expression be
allOwed-by his friend CHAR.
Representative Holman, who has been
in Congress from his Indiana district
twenty years. is of Kentucky stock, his
father, who studied law with Henry CLAW,
having been born in that State. The
COLLECTOR as Mr.. Holman is called, lives
on the farm on which he was born. His
house is a modest, unaSSuming one, but
stands ON a high bluff overhanging the
Ohio river. where it commands magnifi-
cent view of both shores for miles up and
down stream, as well as prospect over
three States-Indiana. Ohio and Ken
lucky.
John Taylor, the head of the Mormon
Church, promised Seymour B. Young, who
had lived with one wife twO-score years,
that he should be made one of the power
full Council of Seventy as soon as he be-
came a polygamist. Mrs. Young antago-
niZed the project with the courage of de-
spair, but the bait was tempting, and a
few days ago Mr.. Young named to Der
three young girls, saying: ''Take your
choice among these, for L Will certainly
take one of them as a helpmeet in ZIon.''
The brOken-hearted woman refused to
make any selection.
An English newspaper of authority on
all matters connected with scientific sub
jects says: Electric lighting is at pres
ent under a cloud. The shares have run
down to a very low figure i'm the market.
Paid-up shares in Edison, Brush or Pilsen
stock going at half crown each is a sign
of the indispOsitiOn of the public to buy
them. There is no demand for electric
light shares at the present time. What
ever their actual or possible value people
will not buy them; neither will they sub
scribe money to float new company. Six
months ago the very name of electricity
was a word to cOniure WITH
The late Sir George Jessel was one of
the many remarkable instances of the
utter failure of great lawyers in the House
of Commons. He never made a decent
speech, and the answering even of a
simple question amounted seemingly to
torture. On the bench, according to
unanimous testimony, his talents were
splendid. He was unpleasantly conscious
of this, his criticisms on the decisions of
his colleague, especially of the Lord
Chancellor, being, like those Of Judge |
Christian, an equally eminent equity
lawyer on the Irish bench, frank almost |
to brutality. Like many other men who |
have reached an eminence that made |
them the envy of millions, Jessel was still |
a man of unsatisfied ambition. He craYed |
the CHARACTERISTIC, and, if purely legal !
merit be considered, was best entitled to |