Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-30

The new capitol bill passed the senate
Yesterday with several amendments. j.
viii have % 20 back 70 the House. but p
i nralsdIe that 1T viii not DE delayed
there.
Its alleged that the Cincinnati Board
~ Healta j. composed 0f i've saloon keep
e-s and one doctor The board would he
nearer complete if one OF the number
were an undertaken.
secretary Chandeliers junkeJing trip ON
the T8llau1o-a j. costing the country ten
dollars an hour. He i probably trying 10
cut down the surplus in the Treasury
about which there Is 50 much complaint.
The driving of the last spike in the
Northern Pacific Railway promises TO be
rather costly. The lowest estimate for
wines and cigars is $23,OJ9 However.
Wizards millions can stand that little
drain.
-Forewarued. forearmed" The Rich
moud DfSl1trE desires the Democrats 10
brace themselves against the fact that
fully 100000 OF the $4,000 negro votes IN
Nir-inia will De cast for the Malone
ticket this fall.
m promotions in the departments are
to De made 10y the heads of bureaus. what
becomes Of the occupation Of Dorman b.
Eaton: 1t is a waste Of money to hire
commission TO make recommendations
for 5000 clerkships alone.
Judge Holman SAYS he prefers his seat
~ Congress- 10 the office Of Governor. The
judge Is a sbrewd politician In Con
gress ne is certain to be prominent NJ
ure as long as he remains there; as Gov
ern0r DE would soon be forgotten.
The theatrical season has opened disas-
trouslv. Two combinations have already
zone 70 pieces. 1t is probable there will
be more wrecks before long, but there Is
consolation in the fact that the supply of
combinations Is about equal to the de-
s4.and. a..
Those who have been figuring on the
wheat crop say that there Is a shortage
in this seasons crop in this country of
-O.O00.O0O Of bushels. There IS plenty OF
wheat. however. to furnish bread for all,
but the price of wheat may be a little
higher.
Is the scheme 10 establish a Garfield
Hospital in Washington to be abandoned:
The national capital already has more
hospitals than it can support. and proba-
bly more than are needed. The real truth.
however. is that the money for such an
institution is not forthcoming.
1t is said that Secretary Teller is in
search Of the President to threaten him
with his resignation. What is the trou-
bIe with Mr.. Teller Has Doctor Mary
Walkers talk alarmed him: The Doctor
Is on the war-path. but it was not before
suspected that she was dangerous.
A Northern paper SAYS that there are 50
few Republicans in the Georgia Legisla-
ture that the Democrats find il very difii-
cult 10 pair off when they wish to attend
the circus. our contemporary is mistaken
i'm the Georgia Legislative. The members
don't waste time in pairing they leave
when they get ready,
1t looks as if Gambetta 0ould have a
monument before Garfield. Fifty thou
sand dollars have been collected for a
Gambetta monument. The amount col
Iected for a GARFIELD monument Is quite
small. and doesn't appear 10 be increas-
ing. France does not intend that Gam
BETA shall be soon forgotten.
A Vassar graduate got the first appoint
ment under the civil service rules. 1t
was 5000 place in the Treasurer's office
The name Of the successful clerk is Miss
Minnie F. Howl She belOngE 20 COnnec-
ticut. and j. young and pretty. she
passed the best examination of all the
applicants. and was, therefore, appointed
on her merits.
The Philadelphia ladies have a griey-
ance against the street car conductors Of
that city. The conductors have way of
Selling them by the arms. particularly if
the arms are pretty and only encased liz
light summer dress, under the pretense Of
helping them on the cars. \ rap over the
head with a cane would teach the cOnduc-
tors to be a little less familiar.
The Industrial south, paper published
in Richmond. Va, says that pig iron can
be manufactured in Virginia from So to
s. 3 per ton cheaper than at five points
in Pennsylvania. If this is a correct
statement Virginia ought to advocate free
trade in pig iron. With free trade or
greatly reduced tariff On pig iron, she
could very easily take Pennsylvania's
trade i'm this article.
Henry WattersOn says that ''conserva-
tism and Incidence are fast disappearing
from the SOUTH There can't be a very
great amount Of Incidence so long as
crop Of seven million bales Of cotton are
raised. harvested and marketed. The con-
seryatism which Mr.. WattersOn refers to
is that which blocks tie wheel Of progress.
The wheels do not appear to be very Sc
riously blocked in this section.
Senator Warner Miller and ex-S peaker
Keifer are not great lights in their party,
but in dull times their opinions on pOliti-
cal matters are quoted. Mr. Miller says
that Blaine is the man who will be
chosen to lead the Republicans to victory
in 1884. Keifer says that Blaine will not
be a factor in the 81 struggle. What
their views are is not of sufficient cOnse-
quence to inquire which is right.
3udging from their surprise at the now.
frequent and favorable criticisms of Presi-
dent Arthur ard his administration, some
editors seem to be just now discovering
that he is a politician. Their memories
must be short. The man who, after being
invited out Of the New York custom
house by Hayes, could get himself nomi-
mated Yice-President on a winning ticket,
must have considerable tact if not merit
Major f. A. Burke has announced his
withdrawal from the active management
of the Times Democrat for the present. He
proposes to devote his entire time to his
duties as Director General Of the Worlds
Cotton Exposition. Having made that
enterprise a success he will resume
charge of his paper. Every department
Of the paper having an able head he feels
that he can safely give up the manage
ment Of it for year or two. 4