Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

QUITE a number of Chinese residents oil re-
oria are members Of the I. NJ. T. A. Dlo'e
class.
SMALLPOX has made its appearance IN the
south. aud number OF cases are repor'eu "'
Louisville, KY, and shreveport, La
IT nsed to be the fashion in Paris to lunch
at ono of the cafes. Now. after the English
custom. among Louis Nv. pretty and costly
TOYS CAV friends. the rustling of silk the
ti1kiinU az cold spOOns and bracelets, ana Ihe
acromnaniment of merry laughter, the .
0,clocF tea is made the excuse for the most
charming Of reunions
THE Ohio and Mississippi Railroad company
has settled with the Yale College Glee Oluo'
except Strong and CrehOe. who were so Dadly
i,fnred for damages resulting from the COLL
sisSn nesr Charleston Ind. The club VIII be
Maid as an organization Sl,2e0. Bowen, VINO
mad his nose and an arm broken, VIII get
81 600 Cutten and Sanford, who were Drulseu'
will receive $500 each.
Miss PHELPS, in her recent work on alter
life. saws one Of the ladies employed IN mi
adelphIa library often sees Benjamin FRANK
lin sitting Mt the table reading. On one occa-
Son sbe said he came in with his arms tull OF
hooks She moved to make room LOT MN, pul
ineumbered as she was with pals ana brushes
She was not quick enough, and ne, IN ms
ghostlv near-sightedness or lmpalience'
6usbed against her with unghOstly violence,
and nearly tumbled over. so she sald'
AN officer tells me-" says LabOuchere in
the London TRUTH that when private IN his
corps was tried the other day for selling ms
medals. and was asked by the President OF the
court-martial what excuse he had to make
for such adisgraceful proceeding the man an
sWered: Disgrace, SIR / nave grown 10 1iilih
the medals almost a disgrace, having Deeh
chaffed so much by my friends about my PIC
mic TO Egypt. | was tired OF the SUBJECT, ana;
rs supposed the medals were my own, sold
them for half q crown.
SIR GEORGE WOMBwELL has just placed a
large stone tablet over the principal entrance
TO shandv Hall, at CoxwOld, in the North Rid
ing of Yorkshire. 1t bears the following IN
scription: ''Here dwelt Laurence Sterne,
for many wears incumbent of CoXWold. mere
he wrote Tristan Shandy' and the 'Sentl-
mental Journey Died IN London In liOo,
AGED s. years. Sbandy Hall has been con-
verted into cottages, but it retains All It's olu
features. and is practically Just the same as
when Sterne lived there.
THERE is funny story current to the effect
that while he was editor of the evening Post
Carl Schurz had piano placed in his sanctum,
and in the intervals of editorial composition
would pIav music expressive of his emotions
Mt the time GOdkin, who Is an Irlsnman;
would sing ''W caring OF the Nreen, anu
EILEEN Alanna" in opposition TO Scnurz 5
tsN afGn on the hul0C anu IL tNAi'A
between them they drove White nearly crazy.
Finally White poured mOlasses in the piano,
and left the window open so Godkln caught
cold. and then there was peace
THE BURLINGTON Free Press tells an anus
ing story Of a wedding party at Fairfield, Vt.
The marriage took place all right, but When
the happy couple were to start for the depot
il was found that the snow had drifted so that
their horse could not be brought to the door.
Investigation proved that travelling was I'M
possible, and so an all-nlght dance was set
agOing, and the merry party Oh Ihlrly hau Il
Jolly time until near sunrise. Iheh inc gen
tlemen made their way to the barn ana Slept
on the hay, while the ladies disposed Iheul
selves in the house. The upshot was ram
storm and a good breakfast, and, at the eXpl-
ration of the second day and night, an exodus.
AcANvAss of the New Jersey Legislature,
| as to its Presidential preferences, shows that
| of the Republican Senators four are for Blaine,
one for Arthur, one for Gen. sherman, one
for Logan and three without choice. OF the
| Democrats, two favor Tilden, one Randall,
one Bayard, one Payne, and one anybody eX-
| cept TIlden. In the Assembly Blaine has nine
| supporters, Arthur three, Lincoln three, Cen
| Sherman two, Edmunds two, Conkhng one,
| and six Republicans without choice. The
| Democratic members. so far as they nave any
| preferences, are five for Randall, ten for Gov;
| Albeit, six for Tilden, two for Bayard; anG
| one for PAYNE. These straws may be OF IN
| terest but they fail to indicate with mucn
| certainty which way the wind blows
| DURING the past year the Professor OF Is
| thetics in the University of Munich, pro-
/ verbally wearisome writer, delivered his
/ lectures to a somewhat eXigu0us audience
| There were five students in all. who week by
| week melted and grew beautifully less uhtll
/ at last but one was left. This solitary Indl-
| vidual. however, seemed to concentrate in his
/ own person all the diligence, application and
| punctuality Of his frivolous fellows Al the
/ conclusion of the last lecture OF the course,
| the Professor approached him and praised
| him for these admirable qualities, and proceed
| ed to inquire of him: "What is your uame, my
/ Young friend2" No answer. 'What country
| are YOU FROM" Absolute silence. The mat
| ter was soon elucldated, for 1t was discovered
1 that the patient and persevering disciple was
/ poor deaf mute who had taken refuge from
| the severe cold Of winter in the warm lecture
| rooms of the university.