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

The cattle market at Brighton, Mass, is TO
be closed this week after a continuous exist
eace ever since the Revolutionary war.
There are at least $4,000 children, whites
and blacks. in Louisiana, and according to
the New Orleans S0tsth-1oesterl Christian 4 d.
gocate there are school accommodations Tor
not more than IS, 900 OF them.
THE Wheatlands, President Buchanan's old
home, near Lancaster, Pa, is offered for
sale. Before Buchanan bought it it was owned
and occupied By William NJ. Meredith, Presi-
dent TaYlor's Secretary Of the Treasury.
TIE largest book ever made at the Govern
ment Printing Office, in Washington, has just
been finished. It is bound in sheep-skin and
Russia leather, is l foot 1 inches in breadth,
contains 10000 pages, and weighs 40 pounds.
THE London association which offers prizes
Of goo and $500 for the two best nom alcohol
ic beverages is ready for business. COMPETE
tors must submit a sample Of not less than
three gallons Of their article, with a state
ment Of its ingredients. and the cost must not
exceed f3 per 100 gallons Of English measure
1t Is not stated whether foreigners may COM
pete. but the address Of the association Is 50
Chancery lane.
THE success Of the bOrings for artesian wells
at Denver, Col, seems to have encouraged the
people Of Montana to experiment in the same
direction. \ boring at Miles City, Mont, on
the Yellowstone river. struck flowing water
at a depth of 81 feet. A second well has
reached the depth Of 33l feet without the flow
OF water. At Billings, nearly $50 miles fur
thcr up the Yellowstone, boring has been
carried to a depth OF 900 feet without success,
but viii be carried still further down,
ABYssINIANs seem to be both good eaters
and good fasters. Senior Sasten, an enterpris-
ing Spanish traveller who has recently
returned from that country, relates that,
while all his men were away but four,
he had COW killed for the absentees, reserv-
ing 4 steak for himself. When the rest Of the
caravan returned for their supper nothing re-
NAMED Of the cow. The four men had eaten
every mOrsel. He made them fast four days
for il, but this did not seem to trouble them
at all.
AN observation made by Mr.. Wilcox upon
the actions of some young sawfish which he
speared in Florida throws some light upon the
manner in which this shark uses its formidable
weapon. When struck, these young fishes
elevated the head, throwing up the saw. and
then pulled it down across the handle Of the
spear. making a deep notch. The two rows
OF teeth. one on each side Of this appendage.
unht it for employment, Ike the sword Of the
swordfsh. in a direct thrust, and it would aB-
pear that it is employed pretty much as we
use a saw.
MADRID takes the pre-emInence among the
capitals of Western Europe as a centre Of ex-
penditure and consumption, possessing prac-
tically no producing industries, and conse-
quently labor on a large scale has only one
applcatiOn-namelY,i in building. During the
past three years there has been a mania for
building, both in the town proper and in the
suburbs. According to the most accurate
data, S20,000,000 have been spent upon new
houses and new streets during the above
named period; and. with a population Of about
500. 600. it is estimated that there is now house
room there for from 100000 to $4,000 people.
THE new port which has recently been
opened at Trieste has been in course Of con-
struction for fifteen years, and has cost alto
gether S7.3OO,OO0. By the building Of three
jetties, 700 feet long by 300 feet broad, the
former northeastern harbor of Trieste has
been converted into three basins, with nearly
two miles of quay. As protection against
the winds from the northeast, the southeast,
and the southwest, jetty nearly three-quar-
tiers Of mile in length has been built parallel
with the coast. 1t is about ZOO feet from the
shore and is 300 feet broad at the base, 60 feet
broad at the surface Of the water, and 65 feet
high. At distance of geo feet from the north
eastern end pier $50 feet long has been run
out at right angles, thus anOrdlng well-pr0-
tected entrance more than zoo feet wide. The
three new basins inside the jetties have
depth of water varying from Is to IS feet.
Owing to the softness 81 the SOIL, great Diff
Guilty was experienced IN completing the
work. as the walls Of the quay, though four
feet thick, gave way and had 10 be rebuilt in
1878, since which date they have, however,
WllHsLOOu Two OF TIC il4O5b SCfGIb ASAi pests VI
the century.
A CORRESPONDENT writes TO the 81. James
Gasstts in reference to the observance Of April
10 as Primrose day in honor Of the late Earl
Beaconsfield: 1.-THE following Primrose day
statistics may possibly be Of interest: On Sat
urday. between and ) in the afternoon, /
stood at five separate points in London, and
watching the first 20s adults that passed me
at each place noticed how many Of them wore
primroses. The percentage Of primrose wear
ers was, at the corner Of Remington road and
Westminster bridge road, IS; at the corner of
Parliament street and Bridge street, 53.5; at
the corner Of the Strand and Duncannon
street, 63.5; at Piccadilly circus, 80, and at
the corner Of Apsley House, 1876. These lg-
ures show that, Of the thousand people whom
/ observed. no fewer than 535 wore primroses.
| afterward walked westward along HYDE
Park to Princes Gate, and on my way passed
2I3 carriages, some or all Of the occupants of
IO3 Of which wore primroses. Five or six OF
the remaining carriages seemed 10 be empty.
In the evening went to Drury Lane Theatre,
where Lucia di LammermOOr' was perform
ed. / could not, of course, take stock Of the
whole OF the house. but beginning at the front
row Of the stalls and working backward to-
ward the pit noticed 273 people, OF whom l54
wore primroses."