Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

SEVERAL persons have written to the Lon
don papers advocating fOgging as a punish
meEt for dynamiters.
Mr.. MIDDLETON, one of the members Of the
English Parliament for Glasgow, became in
sane from the excitement of the election, and
has been in lunatic asylum ever since.
Is the ninety eight years of its existence.
the American Bible Society has issued no less
than 43.S92,03l volumes. including Bibles,
Testaments and portions Of the Gospels.
A cREMAToRY is to be built at Buffalo, n.
V. modelled after the famous one at Milan.
No flame, but intense heat. will be used TO
reduce the bodies to ashes. The high tenn
perature is afforded through pipes from a
movable heater. which will be connected with
the fursace. The required heat by this
method must be 500 degrees, and il viii take
four hours to reduce a body to ashes.
ONE Of the enterprising citizens Of Bay
Ridge, Pa, encouraged, no doubt, by the
great success which MIR. Keely has attained
with his motor, has spent considerable Of his
time lately in inyenting a sail wagon. This
unique vehicle is triangular IN shape, with the
forward end the widest part. a mast
fastened to the middle forward part OF the
frame Is provided with sail and appliances
for raising and lowering II IN the same man
ner as an ordinary sail boat. tilleF IN the
rear is used to steer the vehicle. Mr.. j. A.
Aspinwall, the inventor, claims that he can
sail over any road at great speed, either with,
on, or against the wind.
TIE proposition to send John L. Sullivan to
Congress from Massachusetts, calls to mind an
interview between John Morrissey. Of New
York, and James G. Blaine. Blaine was
Speaker Of the House and was appointing his
committees, when one morning morrlssey
called upon him and presented 200 nne cigars,
which he declared cost 81 each. After accept
ing the GIFT, Blaine asked il there was any
thing he could do for the donor, when Nor
rissey replied: "Yes, Mr.. Blaine, have a
personal favor to ask OF you" '-Wel. what Is
itY'' s.You are arranging your COMMITTEES, are
you notg' 'sYes, sir; / am" swell. you just
put me down at the tail end OF some inslgnifi-
cant committee that won't have anything to
dO.n
THE Russian cemetery at Sebastopol would
be considered a handsome metropolis any
where. The men are laid away in patches in
great graves, but the officers lie in separate
ones The tombs in many instances are veri-
table monuments. Among them are column
and bust over the remains Of Prince Gortcha-
kOff, COmmander-in-C Chief Of the Russian
forces in the Crimea, who died in Warsaw
in 1851. hut who ssdesired 10 10 buried amid
those defenders Of their country who dld not
permit the enemy to enter their fatherland
further than where their graves stand" But
the most conspicuous object in the cemetery
is a magnificent memorial chapel of granite.
marble, and bronze, in the form OF a pyramid.
over loo feet high, the walls of which, inside
and out. are GuNeIEU Will uAlHtS u All
who took part in the defense OF Sebastopol
and for whom prayers are daily offered mp.
SOME TINE AGO a well known English
sportsman. who is devout Roman Catholic,
was married to a wealthy Protestant lady. 1t
was agreed that the children (of whom there
were severaD should be educated in the Ro-
man Catholic faith. The gentleman's specu-
latiOns on the turf proving extremely unfor-
tunate. he was compelled TO ask ms wlfe Tor
81 "a n
condition that the son and heir was brought
up in the Established Church. After some
demur this was agreed to, the father consOl-
ing himself with the reflection that the other
children would be left to him. But i'll fortune
still pursued him, and after another loss he
had to apply to his wife again, with the same
result. viz. the surrender OF another olive
branch. Still the luck did not turn, and at
recent race meeting. after series Of reverses,
he was heard shouting excitedly. 'sOutsider
wins! Outsider wins! good heavens, l sha'nt
have one - little Catholic LETT"
OF the four principal leaders Of the An
archist party in France, three are at present in
prison, Prince Krapotkine and companions"
Gautier and erie. the sole champion of unlim-
tied freedom at liberty being M. Elisee Rec US,
the eminent geOgrapher. The designation citi-
zen. It may be observed, implying as it does
settled social organization, with its accompa
nying checks and restraints, has long since
been discarded by the modern revolutiOnaries.
The Prince and NJ Gautier will shortly be
restored to society, NJ. Grevy having an
nOunced his intention Of granting them their
liberty on the occasion Of the next recurrence
Of the National Fete, six weeks hence. Som
paniOn'' erie, who is described as a singularly
mild-mannered, amIable man, was sentenced
only a month ago 70 years Imprisonment for
the systematlc advocacy OF ihhIaer anu arson
as a mode of bringing the 6Our oe0is to their
senses. "Citizen'' Morphy-he is only So
cialist-may possibly profit by the Presidents
clemenev on the same occasion. As his name
implies he is of Irish descent-perhaps, in
deed, of Irish birth. According TO the NGfiH,
he only TenOunced his nationality quite re-
''to escape hanging. They still keep up the
practice in England