Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-22
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upon proposition Of some capitalist TO build
a large cotton mill al that place.
DR.. FISCHER, Of Trieste, il using cellulose
a. a dressing for wounds. II is first moist
ened. and after application is covered with
any ImpervIOus tissue.
VIRGINIA ores are sought by some Of the
largest establishments IN the North, especially
the Pennsylvania steel Works, which have i
worldwide reputation.
1T seems from the English census returns
that tailoring and shoemaking are the favorte
trades with the deaf mutes but four are put
down as commercial travellers, and one is "a
cabmau.
OSE Of the wealthiest firms in the state Of
Maine is composed Of two brothers Of Au-
gusta, whose only original capital was 5000.
which their sister recovered in breach Of
promise suit.
Az Austrian artist, Adolph KOenigsberger
has just executed striking likeness Of the
Emperor Francis Joseph in characters, form
ing no fewer than 5000 words, the whole re-
semblng copper engraving.
MoRE than fifty Sisters Of Mercy, whom the
Paris Municipal Council lately elected from
the hospitals in favor Of lay nurses, are going
to Panama. where they Will minister TO the
sick in the hospital sheds erected alongside Of
the canal.
TIE official reports from the Maine builders
show that in the construction Of s. vessels,
aggregating Al, 90 tons, there was used -, l66,
90 feet OF Southern pine and only 1927 ,03s
feet Of Northern pine, and 4,6s0,01O feet Of
white oak.
THE "fad" Of the hour in New York is anna
tcur theatricals. People have gone half crazy
over them. writer says, and a surer pass
port To fashionable circles cannot be found
now than the ability 10 act, or at least the IN
cllnatlOn.
THE Australian colonies are gradually
forming a navy. The Protector, powerful
cruiser carrying six formidable guns, has Just
been launched for south Australia. Mel
bourne has torpedo and gunbOats, and New
Zealand has similarly provided herself.
JUDGE LYNCH has extended his jurisdiction
in the State Of Colorado to cover bogus doc
tors. \ quack named Madlong, having given
a prescription which resulted in the death of
the party taking it, the vigilance committee
prescribed for the doctor, and he died Of
strangulatlOn.
WILLIAM KING, upon being converted IN d
Methodist revival meeting in Caldwell, KY,
arose and confessed that he had robbed a store
in 1863 of $500 worth of goods. He went to the
proprietor the next day and paid the amount
with twenty years interest, but was immedi-
atcly arrested for the theft, and now lam
cuisines in jail.
BELGIUM is to be added to the list Of cOun-
tries in which an agitation for univeral suf
frage is now in progress. Recent changes in
this direction have embOldened radical
minority, and caused it to play the same part
at Brussels that Mr.. ParnelPs party plays IN
the British House Of Commons. The coming
elections in June are awaited with great
anxiety.
KLEIN induced McCue to drink three pints
of whisky on a wager, at san Antonio, Tex
The feat proved fatal. McCue's widow sued
Klein for damages and got a verdict ef $4,000.
On appeal the supreme Court atlirms the
iurv's conclusion. The ruling was that as
the drinker was so intoxicated as to be IN
capable OF consent at the time Of swallowing
the third and killing pint, the man who made
hIm do il was responsible.
THE following, from the Pioche. New,
Record, indicates the manner in which arid
regions in Eastern Nevada store up supplies
Of water: 1.-The prospectOrs high up in the
mountains will now be able to pile up the
snow in such quantities that they Will be able
TO get along all the coming summer, and have
plenty Of water" BY covering such piles Of
snow with sagebrush, they slowly melt away
during the summer months, the water being
caught in a barrel sunk in the ground, or in a
shallow well plastered with clay.
THE Quakers of Logan county, Ohio, do not
now worship with the quietude usual to their
denomination, but are holding revival meet
ings Of an exceedingly demOnstratiye charac-
ter. Noah McClain, the evangelist who has
brought them into such a state Of excitement,
Is Il ne no. He Is described as a wonderfully
magnetic orator. The daily exercises last.
with brief intermlsslOns. from 10 O'Clock IN
the morning until past midnight. The widest
OF camp-meetlng scenes are here exaggerated.
Peculiar attacks Of coma are common among
the converts. one young man, an atheist. de-
faint and shockngly profane, fell suddenly
insensible, and lay so for two days
burg, who accumulated a large fortune in Rio
Janeiro, but losing all Of his children there by
sickness, returned to Germany, had died.
leaving a viii which bequeathed 100000
marks for the erection Of dwellings to be oc-
ctrDied free Of rent by deserving poor families,
and by aged persons without means. Plans
are TO be devised for making these dwellings
far possible an improvement upon any
that have been constructed for the poor here
tOfOre, in respect TO combining comfort and
healthfulness with cheapness. Much is left
by the VIII To the discretion OF the executor,
but halls for religious services are expressly
prohibited. and 80 are all superluOus archi-
tectural devices and adornments. DIR. Anton
Rec a brother Of the deceased banker is a
member Of the Prusslan Parliament.
''WHAT is the largest number Of drinks you
ever heard Of a man taking in a day" was
asked Of a Chicago bartender. 81 have
heard he replied, "of the old topper who
NIdlh JJy ttfCi dES "a lhh9 VI hhiShy III ~ Sh-
ty-four hours, but I'm free to say ! don't be-
lieve it. But / do know Of men who take
from 80 to $50, right straight along. There is
a city official who makes a boast that he takes
eighty square drinks Of whisky every day.
Fact, / assure YOU" The proprietor OF an
other resort was sought out and asked to tell
what he knew about heavy drinking. 81 have
seen politicians come in here" said he, land
in four hours get away with forty drinks Of
whisky. but they only took a very little at
time. They were working some point out of
the person they were talking to, and did not
drink for the sake of the whisky, but to fur
Their their object. / have known plenty OF
men to swallow thirty good drinks day.
Some of the hardest drinkers | have ever
known were barkeepers. They would take a
quart of whisky each day for, say year, but