Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE capital required to build the proposed
ship canal to Manchester, England, is fS.-
100000.
4 COLONY of 1000 Italians, located IN Orr
zaba. Mexico. two years ago IS breaking up,
and the people are coming to the States.
THE ..four-mile law is being enforced in
Tennessee. 1t means that saloon shall not
be operated within four miles Of school
house, and is a virtual prohibition
ENGLISH merchants in ConstantinOple are
in a state of great excitement, owing to the
rihing Of their merchandise packages on their
passage through the Turkish custom house.
BosToN's new system OF sewerage, which
has just been put into operation, IS pro-
nounced the most perfect of any in the world.
Paris has heretofore taken the lead IN tins
particular.
To suppress the unnatural practice of bind
ing the feet the Church Missionary Society OF
ENGLAND have decided to exclude all Chinese
girls from Christian instruction unless the pa
rents consent to unbind their feet.
MR. II. H. WARNER has arranged to give
the public free opportunities of visiting the
Warner Observatory at Rochester, which
was founded for the purpose Of pOpularizlng
as well as promoting a astronomical science.
IT is said that the scheme for the revision of
the French constitution as proposed by NJ
Ferry. the Prime Minister, chiefly aims at the
abolition Of the Office of Life senator, ana the
restoration of the scratiH de hste system OF
voting.
KANSAS bids far to become an active COM
peti-or of the South in the raising of cotton.
Quite a quantity of this staple was raised the
past season in the southern counties OF the
state. and the cotton gins at Oswego ana
Independence have plenty of material on
which to work.
THE wear 1888 opened with Az iron furnaces
in blast in this country, and 2O7 idle. On June
the number III blast had been reduced to 35l,
or SO less than at the beginning Of the year.
On November l the decrease in stocks was
%. 236 gross tons, leaving 432,354 tons unsold,
against 52S, $50 tons July l.
THE experimental trials with the new Bri-
fish rifle have been brought to n conclusion.
The practices up to 1900 yards have been very
satisfactory. The new rifle Is splendid
weapon for prize shooting and holiday work;
but it is a very delicate piece of mechanism;
and all too complicated for the rough ana
tumble Of active service.
LORD WoLsELEY recently delivered a lee
tare on s'Success in Life" lie recommended
total abstinence, on the ground Of expediency.
IT, he said, two lads started together in life,
all things being equal, with the exception Of
one drinking and the other being teelOtaller,
it was long odds on the latter. He added that
on his htu hlNeI dlllpdlShs OO "a eiiC Ia "O7'
he was ever on, there was no strong liquor,
and there was likewise no sickness and no
need for prison discipline. If drunkenness
could be eliminated. crime in the English
army, he contended, would be practically at
an end.
THE authors of the recent census in Eng
land note the encouraging facts that the pro-
portion of the blind to the population has not
only decreased with each successive enumera-
ton since 1851, in which year account of them
was taken for the first time; but the decrease
in the decade ending in 1881 was much
greater than in either Of the preceding decen-
NAL intervals. The number OF cases returned
on this latter occasion was 22.S32, equal to one
considered to be fairly attributable to the
progressive improvement in the surgical
treatment OF affections of the eyes, and to the
diminished prevalence among children OF
such diseases as smallpox.