Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THERE is Butler and Thurman Anti-MO-
nOpoly Club in San Francisco, Cal.
A LAWRENCE man said he rode all over
Boston for % cents in a hereto, meaning a
herdc.
A NEW regulation makes the London police
recruiting agents, with the allowance Of five
shillings for every man accepted from them.
THE souvenir Of last weeks festivities in
Montreal is a medal with a Canadian thistle
on one side and Canadian goose on the other.
THE Will Of the late Sir William Siemens
was proved in London few weeks ago, the
personal estate being of a gross value of ST.
1T is reported that the French Government
is about to lay a further length Of 1850 miles
of underground telegraph wires, the cost Of
which will be about $ll,000,0O0.
THE Democrats of BnghamtOn, n. Y. have
nominated DR.. George A. Thayer for Mayor.
and he said in accepting that one great pur-
pose Of his administration, if elected, will be
the rOut of the Salvation Army,
THE Boston Coagregationalist suggests that
a clergyman who takes gloomy view Of the
world may well pause and consider whether
he is in a fitting frame of mind to preach
"glad tidlngs' to men who need inspiration to
hope, never TO believe, courage to rejoice.
SPEAKING in Galveston, Texas, of the pro-
posed Mexican reciprocity treaty, Gen. Simon
Cameron said: at was good measure, and
if had been in the Senate it would have re-
ceived my vote and my support. l have al
ways been in favor of free exchange all over
the American continent.
AN English journal reports that retired
Snowman has been making public some Of the
secrets of his trade notably the secret of fat
women. He says that in the case of these
women a hollow needle is made to penetrate
the adipose to the areOlar tissue, air being
then forced through until the woman is dis
tended to her full limit. What is commonly
taken for fat is therefore largely wind.
ONE ANNA L., who lives near Vienna, re-
Gently made certain remarks concerning a pet
dog that were not in the nature Of a cOmpli-
nent. a few days later one of the Vienna
Dapers printed the following statement over
her name: II hereby retract the insulting
language used against Agar, the pet dog of
Baroness Won h, ana declare sald agar 10 DE
a we'll behaved canine
FROM the opening Of the last session of Par
lament, in 1888, to the opening Of the present
one there have been twenty-five elections.
Ten of these have been in Ireland, in which
the Parnellites have gained four seats-Mal-
low Sligo county, Monaghan county and
Limerick city. OF the fifteen English and
Scotch, the Conservatives nave gained TWO,
southampton and YORK, and the Liberals one,
Ipswich.
THE New Orleans Times Democrat of the 9Th
inst. saws: Investigations made in st. Mary's
and other parishes show that the cane has not
suffered the least damage from the cold.
There is a little injury from rot, but both
stubble and seed are in unusually good and
promising condition., and with favorable
season the crop will be large. In this city and
vicinity the crop of oranges has been cut short,
but the trees themselves. except the very
young and tender ones. are uniniured."
THE most important and significant event,
thus far, in the strike of the Fall River spin
ners is the resolution Of the Tecumseh Mill
Directors TO take out all mule" looms IN