Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AT CRIsFIELD, MD, recently, one man
caught 900 soft crabs in one day with =
scrape. The usual shipment Of soft crabs
from CrIsfeld averages 5000 to 5000 dozen
per week.
SO disastrous has been the water famine,
which the three years drought has brought
upon New South Wales and Queensland, that
in the former place alone 100000 sheep are
said to have been lost.
4 CUCUMBER, in lieu Of ice, is cut in slices
and laid upon the heads of fever patients in
England. The effect is said to be cool, CRATE
ful and refreshing. Perhaps TINS IS the very
best use TO which this favOrite but unWhole-
some vegetable could be put.
THERE recently arrived at one Of the hotels
in Paris a young woman named Pauline
A., who paid weeks rent in advance. and
two DAYS afterward was found hanging be-
hind the door in her room. Life was extinct.
In her dress was found pOcketbook contain
ing decor. in bank notes.
4 CRICKET MATCH of novel and interest
ing kind recently took place in a part of Ire
land between eleven ladies on one side, play
ing with bats, and eleven gentlemen on the
other with broOmsticks. "After great eX-
element so goes the report, ''the match
ended in victory for the ladies by one
wicket
NICHOLAS ANCHoRENA, who died two
months since at Buenos Ayres, was probably
the richest farmer in the world. His execu-
tors report his rural estates as follows; Land,
LILO square miles; COWS, $4,000; sheep, 49,
COO. He also owned much house property IN
BuenOs Ayres, and his assets have been valued
at f2.40O,0O0 sterling. He inherited 100000
from his father thirty years ago.
AN old New. England fashion-happily
nearly extinct now-Is recalled by the follow
ing advertisement, said to be posted in a
1,aY nofr- 4 1Fr-
the aelectmen regarding the orphan girl,
Elizabeth kroutzke, who, Tor purposes OF
education, clothing and general care. Is 10 be
adjudged to the lowest BIDDER. All persons
DESTROYS Of competing are hereby invited to
appear"
NJ. DE vIEL-CAsTEL has left astory of Cam
bronze, told him by the famous General him
self, who gave him an account Of the cele-
brated charge at Waterloo. Each time that
the proposition to surrender was made to us
raised my sabre and shouted IN my biggest
voice, Forward! grenadiers! And | was
presently wounded. / tainted from loss Of
blood. and at the end of half an hour the gren-
adIers could not charge forward. They were
all dead"
SOUTH and west of Hebron, Mormon set
Element in Southwestern Nevada, hundreds
OF wild cattle roam over several hundred
square miles of rugged and uninhabited terri
tory. They are the OFFSPRING OF the domestic
of emigrants, which, during the massacre,
escaped into the mountains, and have since
greatly increased. Notwithstanding the fire.
quent raids by the adjacent Mormon settlers
to supply their winters beef.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, the inventor OF
the air-brake and automatic engine, has lately
been Unexpectedly enriched. A few weeks
ago a valuable well of natural gas was struck
on his premises at Homeward, near Pitts
burg. The well is 1850 feet deep, and such is
the force Of the escaping gas that the resi-
dents of the neighbornood are said to be
greatly annoyed by the roar. From this well
and two others which he is putting down, Mr..
Westinghouse expects to realize the snug in
come of $1,000 a day.
THE French crown diamonds were fire.
quently worn by Marie Antoinette, who had
q great fondness for precious stones, as was,
indeed. amply shown By the unfortunate
affair OF the necklace--one Of the causes,
historians have said. Of the downfall OF French
monarchy. Both the wives Of Napoleon 1.