Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AMAN in Coffee county, Alabama, is said
to be afflicted with rabies contracted from
smoking the pipe of man who had been
bitten by mad dog.
GOOD FOOD and plenty of it is the anti
strong drink remedy that a reformed Scandi-
navian distiller is now advocating in the
cause Of temperance.
IN June next contracts are to be given out
at Rome for the supply OF 100000 kilo-
grammes of Virginia tobacco leaf and 100000
kilos of Kentucky leaf.
THE Geographical Society at Bremen in
tends to publish an account of the researches
of DR.. A. II. bort in the Malay Archipelago
which prove the survival OF the matrarchal
condition Of the society among the Malays of
to-day.
SOME ONE has been selling the London Truth,
which publishes the following paragraph: "In
New York the latest foolish freak is for bald
men to paint their heads as q part of their fun
dress. At a recent entertainment one indi-
yiduaTs scalp was covered with q carefully
painted battle piece, another with a group Of
fish and shells, while a third displayed a copy
of one of Mr.. Nanderbilt's MeissOniers."
THE jin-riki-shiya, or miniature two
wheeled cabriolet drawn by a coolie in the
shafts, came to China in recent years from
Japan, where Its SinicO-Japanese name
literally man-pOwer wheels-orignated The
labor is terribly severe on the heart ndlungs,
and the average duration of the lives of this
particular variety of the cabman is not more
than five years. Ihey VIII tr0t about forty
miles day over even ground.
THE literary world of Madrid have had
good chuckle at the expense of the govern
ment. The manager of FL Progreso was ar
rested for publishing an article on tyranny,
which was considered by the Ministry as an
Indictment to civil war. The culprit, laugh
ing in his sleeve, refused to divulge the name
-, ffar. oraH n rbar
he would pr0bably.be now had not the gov
ernment suddenly discovered that the article
in question was an extract from Macaulay.
A STARTLING MYSTERY was developed on
Lookout Mountain, near the summit, Sunday
Two tourists discovered, hanging from a ledge
under the palisades, a coat and vest of fine
texture The garments were wet and sOggy
with blood, and were pierced with bullet
holes In the vest pocket was a white satin
ribbon fringed with gold, bearing the words,
Twenty first Ward Democratic Club" and
il was blood despatched. There Is no further
clue Ii is the impression that a terrible
crime will be revealed before many days.
THE experiment made by Sir Samuel Wilson
in. 1877. with the object of Introducing the
Californian salmon into Australian rivers, is
now proved to have been successful. The
East Melbourne 4 UstrdtdsidR states that near
Portland a few days ago beautiful fish was
caught in the Glenelg about ten miles from its
mouth 1t was 10 inches long and weighed
pounds. 1t had all the external appearance
of the salmo solar, and its flesh was of the true
salmon COLOR From the size of the fish it
was evidently the progeny of the fish intro
duced in 1871, as these would now, at years
old, weigh over 20 pounds.
A FEW days ago four well-dressed men en-
tered London tavern and had dinner. When
the moment came to pay they said that they
had no money with them, but would leave a
valuable diamond ring. a few days later
thev called settled the previous account, had
another dinuer, talked to the proprietor. and
finally sold him the ring for f55. He cOnsid-
cred that he had made a good bargain, be-
cause while it had been in his possession he
had taken it to a jeweler, who pronounced it
to be worth fl0O The guests, however, had
on their second visit substituted an imitation
fac smile for the genuine ring.
THR land spectators along the Western
Riviera are in a state of despair at the death
of the Duke OF Albany. They had induced
him to agree to purchase a portion Of some
land belonging to a syndicate at Antilles, and
now they urge that the agreement should be
carried out, and that either the Duchess of
Albany some English Prince should build
house there and inhabit it. All along the
Riviera land is bought and sold much like
stocks elsewhere. Every one speculates. The
purchasers pay deposit, and if they are I'M
able to resell they forfeit it. Land worth or
4 francs metre was at one time run up TO "A
or Is francs. 1t has now fallen to "a or Is, and
win probably go lower.