Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-07
ITEMS or INTEREST.

! PIuLADELPHIA's Coroner reports ITO deaths
/ during the year of persons whose names nave
l never been ascertalned.
! A BRIDGEPORT Comm man lately found
| roll OF bills. amounting to $4,000, that had been
| washed ashore from an ocean wreck.
.sSLUNNING~ is new word which the dis
NAL politics Of England is about to add to the
| 1anouare. II now means visiting the rock
| cries Of the Outcast poor in the London Sums.
DURING the past year 1882 new buildings
| have been erected in Baltimore, making the
| total number of structures in the city $1,000.
! The principal growth has been in northwest
| direction.
ssHAUNTED HOMES OF ENGLAND" is com
| ing book which will delight the readers OF the
/ marvellous 1t is to be a sort of encyclopedia
/ of ghOstly tales and a blue book OF English
| phant0m5 of high degree.
! 4 LOUISVILLE CLERGYMAN said in his SER
/ mon on Sunday morning that If women and
men would only dance in separate rooms ne
/ would not object to dancing. IL Woula De
| Just as graceful, he claimed. ana just as
] healthful exercise. and they could keep step
! to the music just the same.
THE bicycle sled has been perfected in Can
ada The rider sits on wheel which Is
/ cocred TO catch the ice, and there is frame
! shod with four blades of steel ike ordinary
/ skate runners. upon which the machine gldes
along still it is said not to be so popular rs
| skates. There is nobOdy's hand to hold
A KISS and a betrayal were dramatically
| coupled at Wiikesbarre. Pa, on New Years
day.when Fred Scroder and Gustav Schmaltz;
| German miners and old enemies, eXchanged
| friendly greetings. SchmaltZ, however, stab
/ bling ScrOder twice while the unsuspectlng
man was locked in his arms. The injured
man will die.
IT Is prop osed to erect a statue in Paris in
honor OF Balzac, at a cost Of 10000 francs,
| which is to be raised by a collection OF
| sketches and essays by prominent french
| authors and by four theatrical performances
One hundred and seventy seven authors nave
| promised to cooperate. NJ. lola Is the only
| one of note who has refused.
OF the SIX largest sugar producing coun-
! tries of Europe. Germany this year carries of
| the palm, with 100000 tons, or 30 per cent. Of
/ the whole. Next come Austria with 10000
! tons. France with $4,000, Russia with 100000,
| Belgium with $4,000 and Holland with Z5,OOO:
| Germany has not only the greatest number OF
reineries 357 out of l,204, but the largest also.
| In Mr. Surgeons fund Of Illustrative
stories is one Of man who used to say TO to ms
Wue: MARY, go to church ana pray lOr us
! both" But the man dreamed one night that
| when he and his wife got to the gate OF heaven,
Peter said: "Mary, go IN Tor BOTH" lie
aWOke and made up his mind that 1t was time
| for him to become Christian on his own ac-
count.
THE following item is going the rounds of
the British journals: A project for purchas-
/ ing Arab was seriously proposed to Lord
| Duferin bv Mr.. Bennett OF the New York
| Herdld, and Mr.. Barnum. Arab was Tor
wear to be employed in writing for the Herdtd
and was afterwards to be exhibited by Bar
mum. Two hundred and htty thousand
pounds were to be paid down, and Arab was
to be allowed 900 year.
DAVID MOUAT, who was one of Grants BOG
at Chicago in 1880, and subsequently served a
two-ycars term in the Pennsylvania Eastern
penitentiary for election frauds in Philadel-
phia, is wanted for a cOwardly attack on Mat
thew Galen, one of the witnesses against
him. MOuat approached Gallen from behind
while the latter was encumbered with bass
drum and pair of cymbals, and fclled him
with terrific blow, following up the attack
with a severe beating.
The Salt Lake Utah) Herald, a Mormon pa
per, says: ''In connection with Edmunds
present position In regard 10 the constitution
aity of comforting legislative powers upon a
commission, it may be suggested that the SEN
atOr instruct his present Commissioners that
they have no authority to leglslate. lie must
be aware that they have assumed 10 enlarge
upon his law. and rs q consequence are ue-
PENDANTS in suits at law that promise to be-
come interesting for them.'
Chicago Herald: ''Oh, Tilden is hourishing,"
was the first bit of a conversation overheard
the other day. "Buys good deal of grain
and some stock, and sells dry goods, groceries
and farm machinery, as well as q good deal
of whisky. Drinks good deal nights at
home, too. Is putin up new school house
now, and expects to have big boom next
fall. just come from there" My friend"
| interrupted, ''dO you speak of Mr.. Samuel
j. Tilden?" "Sam Tilden HI, no. Pm
right from the town OF Tilden, Tex, stranger.
and that's what l was talkin about"
TIE writerof the satirical pamphlet, 'John
Bull and His Isle," has the following: The
French fight for glory, the Germans for
living, the Russians to divert the attention of
the people from home affairs; but John Bull is
a reasonable. moral and rejecting character.
He fights to promote trade, TO maintain peace
and order on the face of the earth, and the
good of mankind IN general. If he cOnquers
a nation it Is TO improve its condition in this
highly moral aim, as you perceive. Give me
your territory and | will give you the Bible"
Exchange is no robbery.
A MAINE LAWYER, Herbert Blake by name,
has produced CONSERVATION among the cor
pOrations Of his State by bringing suits against
the Treasurers of a large number Of them for
$500 forfeiture in each case for failure to pub
fish statistics of their condition of business.
No criminaHty is alleged against the Treas
urers. only neglect in complying with the
law. The lawyer. If he RECEIVERS, VIII hold
the $500 as his own fee. the State law prOvld-
ing that ''if any officer of corporation
charged with making and causing to be pub
lshed any statement in regard to any such
corporation shall neglect so to do, such officer,
in addition TO the penalties already provided,
shall forfeit the sum of $500 10y action OF debt
or action on the case, such sum to be to the
use of the person suing therefor"