Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TIE Canonsburg Pa Iron Company struck
heavy gas vein on Friday, which throws a
flame 50 feet high.
MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE wants American
female authors to send their photographs as
well as their books to the New Orleans Ex-
position. and says in her Boston Englls1 that
1t will materially add to the effectiveness"
Of the exhibit.
THERE are $4,000 fishermen in France. The
coast fisheries provide employment for only
5000 Of this great force. so that $1,000 French
fishermen make their livelihood out OF foreign
waters. The value Of fish captured in 1888
was IA. 5000. of which more than f3,00O,OO0
worth were drawn from outside their own
waters About four fishermen Of every 1909
are drowned during the year.
AGAR LOAD of sample timber have arrived
in New Orleans from Curtis station. on the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail-
road. for the Exposition. The samples are
mere sawed blocks, ranging from two to four
feet in length. of red elm, hickory, white oak,
ash. magnolia. bench, irOnwOOd and numer-
rous other forest trees. The specimens are
very beautiful. and VIII constitute a part of
the exhibit Of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad at the New Orleans
Exposition.
OLD MADEIRA WINE has always been very
popular in Washington, especially on the
tables of their hOnors the Justices of the SUI
preme Court. For many years supplies were
obtained from the old mercantile houses in
Alexandria, which had made direct impOrta-
ton prior TO the revolution. and in November,
1852, many Washington cellars were replen-
ished at the sale of the private stock Of wines
and LIQUORS OF the late Josiah Lee. of Balti-
more Fifty demijOhns of variou brands of
Madeira were struck OF at prices ranging
from S24 TO $40 per gallon. and one lot Of p
hotties commanded the extreme price of SIS so
per bottle, which, at five bottles to the gallon,
is at the rate of 81 90 per gallon.
THE system of heating street cars which has
been in vogue in Cincinnati on one of the
s.hil- top" lines is to be abandoned this season.
It is announced that the Walnut Hill cars
have been injured by the warping effects Of
The heat. which has been supplied by stoves,
the roof being especially damsged. While il
is expected that tae patrons OF the line VIII
s.kick'i against the change, this is sand to be
no more than the other hilltop lines have eX-
perienced, as their patrons have had to keep
warm by kicking. The conductors OF the
heated cars are said to lie well pleased with
the change. as their health has suffered from
the great difference in temperature between
the platforms and the interiors.
ALTHOUGH everybody Knows how deDen-
dent English manufacturers are upen the coal
resources of the country, few have any idea
of the proportions OF the coal annually pro-
duced which are used for manufacturing or
purely heating purposes. Mr. Lowthian Bell
bas recently gwen some information on this
mater in h Presidential address to the In
sfifntion Of Mechanical Engineers at Cardiff
He showed that in the aggregate 1856 499,0 900
tons Of coal were brought to the surface in
lSS2, and that of this vast quantity -, lS9, 100
tons were applied to mechanical uses, while
& 400 500 were employed for heating only. Of
course, heat is required as an agent in many
manufacturing processes, but IN these eases
the tonnage OF the coal is placed TO the me-
chanical account.
A DISPATCH from HuttOnsyille, W. Va,
saws: .sAsbury Atwater borrowed a buggy
last sunday that he might visit a sister in
Braxton county. Early in the same day
dauRhter of a Mrs. Adams left home to visit
with some friends several miles distant.
Tuesday night stranger returned the horse.
which he had found wandering about IN the
woods. The buggy, broken to pieces, was
found IN the road on Monday, about - miles
from this place. 4 search discovered the
de..d body of Miss Adams in the bushes, few
rods away. IL has since been discovered that
il was The intention of Atwater and Miss
Adams to clone. and that they met after
leaving the house. Atwater Is missing. It is
not believed to be q murder, but IL is thought
that they were attacked by number of
panthers, which have OF late infested the
woods.
Much attention has recently been drawn,
saws the London Lancet, 10 the evil effects |
which result from the insurance Of the lives
of infants. In Burnley, according to report |
By DIR. Airy, of the Local Government Board, |
the death rate of infants under one year OF |
age is excessively high, the average rate being |
- per cent. of the births registered. This re- |
sIalt Is In part due to the practice Of mothers |
employed IN mills leaving their infants with |
old women who profess TO look after Them |
AB1t.r adds DR.. Airy, s.it IS strongly sus- |
pected that the very general practice amorg |
the poCFln Burnley, Of insurlng the lives Of