Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE sealing steamship Aurora, after a voy
age of but eighteen days, has returned to ST.
Johns harbOr Newfoundland, with 2S,O00
seals, which il is estimated are worth $4,000
1T is proposed to tunnel the Sierra on the
line of the Central Pacific Railroad, from
Truckee to Blue Canon. and do away with
the snow sheds, many Of which are getting
old and rotten, and break down easily under
heavy weight of snow.
FORTY Sioux Indian boys have recently ar
rived in YanktOn, Dakota, as the first Install
ment of pupils for a school that Bishop Marty
has recently established in that city This is
the only school west of the Alleghanes THAT
proposes to take up the work begun by Hamp-
ton and Carlisle.
AMONG the things to be exhibited at the
meeting Of the inventors in Cincinnati is the
first patent ever issued in the United States.
1t is dated New York, July 81 1890, and is
signed by George Washington, President;
Edmund Randolph, Attorney General, and
Thomas Jefferson, Secretary.
Mrs. LANGTRY has sent to Editor Yates, of
the London World, a fine photograph of her
self as Lady OrmOnde' in PERIL" and takes
particular pains to tell him that after her
provincial tour in England in the summer her
movements are very uncertain" But then
the same thing may be said Of Freddy.
THE method Of nominating Presidents by
convention is only fifty years old. The anti
Masons set the fashion in 1880 by meeting in
Baltimore and nominating William Writ, Of
MARYLAND for President, and Amos Ellmaker,
of Pennsylvania, for Vice President. The
first Democratic National Convention was
held in 1882 in Baltimore.
A MONKEY signalman manages the railway
traffic at Uitenhage, South Africa, according
to the Colonies. The human signalman be-
longing to the post lost both his legs in re-
cent railway accident, and so has trained
babOOn to discharge his duties. JockO pushes
his master about on a trolly, and under his
directions works the lever to set the signals
with most ludicrous imitation of man.
SAMUEL W. BAKER, the African explorer, is
quoted as saying that camels will cross des-
ert with load of 40 pounds at the rate of
thirty miles a day, in the burning heat of
summer, and require water only every third
or fourth day. In the cooler months the ami
NAL Will work seven or eight days without
water and il grazing on green foliage, with
out labor, will only drink once a fortnight
THE Boston Adoertisers revision Of its can
vass among prominent Republicans in Massa-
chusetts on preferences for Presidential and
Vice Presidential candidates gives for Presi-
dent: Edmunds 359 votes in total vote of All,
Arthur next with 70, Blaine third with 25.
On second choice Arthur leads with 81, Ed
munds has 75 and Blaine 80. For Vice Presi-
dent Lincoln has 259 out Of total vote
of 29l.
PRINCE NAPoLEON's sheer at the Orleans
Princes-"I have not the gold of the Orleans
Princes; l am poor, and l am proud Of it,
has recoiled on himself. Several Paris news
papers remind HIM that during the empire he
received 37,07S, 000f., besides 1883, 000f for
fitting up the Palais Royal and Meudon. NJ.
de Lavedan remarks that France had nothing
in return but the questionable part taken by
the Prince in the Crimea, Italy, and the war
of 1870.
AS usual Young America Is prominent in
the annual Salon in Paris. Alexander Har-
rison has sent in two pictures, Sargent sends