Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

BUTTERauLK is the innocent tipple that it is
proposed 70 introduce in the barrooms Of
Iowa to take the place Of the prescribed aleo-
holic stimulSnts.
Az enterprlsing citizen of Vallejo. CAL, has
been detected smuggling TASKS Of whisky on
board the United states steamship Hartford
by sewing them up in salmon.
ENGLISH FARMERs now offer six cents per.
dozen for sparrOws' heads, and the same price
per dozen for their eggs. These prices have
stimulated raid OF almost complete extermi-
nation in some counties
AT a sale Of unclaimed ght in Baltimore
a number Of tOmbstones were sold which had
lain in a freight house for twelve years. A
| few brought fifty cents apiece, but the greater
number brought only i've cents each.
"CAcIsT0cRACY'' is the latest verbal coin
age, fresh from the mint OF the New York
IadeDsHdeat. 1t is the opposite Of aristocracy,
and means government OF the worst The
IHdeDeHdeHt thinks caclstocraey is the danger
/ Of this country.
THE authorities Of Berlin are trying tile
| pavements for the streets. The tiles are
moulded into blocks rs inches square and SO
4 inches thick, and are impregnated with btu
minous products up to % per cent. Of their
volume. They are laid on concrete six inches
thick. The spaces between them are filed
with hot tar.
THERE are two sausage dealers in Paris who
| have shops adjoining each other. One OF them
has painted on his glass window, over pyra-
mid Of sausages: AT thirty centimes pound
to pay more is 10 be robbed" while the
other put his sausages into an obellsk. ana
paints above it: AT forty confines pound
to pay less is 70 be poisoned"
AN army Of nearly 5000 officials, at this
time. watches over the order and safety of
the capital of the German empire. This army
is composed OF S,94S policemen of various
| branches and grades, sol night watchmen,
766 fremen, 81 lamp-lighters, 647 functlOna-
ries of the street cleaning department. besides
| lS2 messengers and Orderlies attached 10 the
special service Of the municipal authorities,
and z24 tax collectors.
RUTLAND, VT, is without funds, and the
Trustees have voted to suspend all work on
/ the streets, discharge policeman. do away with
street lighting, and contract no further debts
until funds be provided or the ordinances
amended so as to allow them to draw orders
on the Treasurer. The present ordinances
make the Trustees personally liable if they
| draw orders upon the Treasurer when there
are no funds in the village Treasury.
TIE British army just now closely resembles
that commanded by the illustrious Bombastes
| Furioso-it grows more and more like skele-
| ton day By day. Its sources of supply, from
causes still somewhat obscure, are all but
/ closed. Recruiting is nearly at standstill.
/ is below It's strength. AS for the militia, tax
/ ing it in the aggregate, it is already short
some $4,000 men, and the deficit Is daily in
/ creasing.
A MARYLAND County Treasurer says he
wonders not so much that defaleations are
frequent as that they are not more numerous,
/ considering the heavy temptations. He saws
/ that when he was first put in charge of his
/ Office he was fairly deluged with private"
| confidential" and other communications
| could double all investments with certainty If
/ he would intrust his money to the parties
/ sending the communications.
| IT'S fact not generally known that Ban
| gor, Me-, makes about as many moccasins as
all the other places in the United States COM
/ bined. In 1868 this business in Bangor was
\ controlled by four large firms, which are now
/ merged into two. These employ about 800
/ persons, and turn out about 100000 pairs of
1 boots and shoes year, four hfths Of the num-
| Der being shoes. Many improvements have
4 been made in the moccasin since its first in
/ PRODUCTION, and ii is now decent IN appear
ance as well as very comfortable.
OLIVER PAIN. correspondent of the Paris
Figaro, was found dying in the desert between
Edfou and soOmbo, In Africa. He was car
ried by a fellah into EdfOu, suffering from
| sunstroke. The people showed him every at
| tentiOn. and had succeeded in restoring him
| to consciousness. when the Chief of Police ar
1 rived. and placed him under arrest. Not
| Withstanding his critical situation and pro-
1 tests, he was taken to prison mounted on an
1 ass supported on either hand by soldiers. On
| arriving in the prison an Interrogation was
4 attempted. Pain refused to reply, and wished
1 to send q telegram to his Consul, but he was
/ locked up, sentinel and warden remaining
in his room all night. In accordance with in
! formation furnished by him, search was made
| for the body Of his dragoman, who had ex-
| pired from fatigue and sunstrOke. After the
/ usual examination the body of the unfortu-
| nate dPagOman was buried at Edfou. Pain
| intends to take action for false Imprisonment
against the Egyptian Government.
! ONE of the most hopeful signs of the disap-
pearance of the bitter animOsities that have
existed between the different religious sects
Of ireland is found in the report for 1888 Of the
National Education Society. This association
| at the outset had to contend against the
| Church Education Society, powerful organ
| izatien, headed by the late Archbishop of
| Armagh, and supported by the leaders of all
| the religious bodies. In its last report, how
ever, it shows that 1852 schools are now in
/ operation in Ireland under its jurisdie-
| ton, with nearly half million pu-
/ pills. The most encouraging feat
| for mixed" schools. Thus, in mixed schools
| under Roman Catholic teachers exclusively,
| there were 359, 29I Roman Catholic pupils and
| 22.69S PrOtestants. On the other hand, in
| mixed schools under Protestant teachers ex-
| clusiYely, the number Of Protestant pupils
| was l26,415 and of Roman Catholics p, 604.
| Mixed schools under Protestant and Roman
/ Catholic teachers conformity had 1920 Roman
/ Catholic pupils and 9265 PrOtestants. In the
| unmiXed-the denOminational-Ro Roman Cath
/ the unmixed Protestant schools the number
| was 20, 737. The number of Roman Catholic
| pupils attending the model schools was $3.50
! and the number of PrOtestants II OPP.