Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THREE thousand people arc said to be stary-
ing IN the White Bay district, Newfoundland
AN English school girl has just died from
the effects of a bite on the arm by one Of hel
companions.
A YOUNG LADY Of Milwaukee has justrecov
cred 5000 damages in a breach Of promise
suit ''for expenses incurred in preparing the
wedding and for great mental anguish sur
fered."
THE agricultural statistics for Ireland just
issued show that the total extent under crops
in 1854 was 4.s72, O69 acres, being decrease
from the extent in 1883 Of 63,132 acres, or IL
per cent.
THE topography of the moon is well known
TO astronomers and has been carefully out
lined on detail maps. There are five noun
tains in the moon more than 2OOO0 rect hlSl
the highest measuring 2S,9'5 ieet.
Az Italian has been studying the relation Of
malaria fever at Rome to the weather, and
finds that a wet spring s followed by an eN-
cess Of fever in July and August, while those
seasons which enjoy the longest visitation OF
the dry sirocco winds show minimum OF
fever.
THE growth Of potato culture in Accomac
and Northampton counties, Va, is one OF the
most remarkable features in the development
OF the peninsula since the close of the war.
averages about 100000 barrels per annum.
The crop this season is little short.
Russia has project in view for turning the
OXus river from the Aral to the Caspian Sea,
which is rapidly drying up. This would be
only reyiying Of an old state OF things, for
ancient records show that from the fourteenth
TO the sixteenth centuries, this river, or a
branch Of it, flowed into the Caspian.
NEARLY 1900 people have been arrested in
London the past year for assaults upon the
police This evidence OF the increasing bold
ness Of criminals, combined perhaps with the
greater activity Of dynamltCrs, has Weaneu
the. authorities from their stubborn cOnserva-
tism, and the night police have at last been
allowed to go armed into the slums If they
choose.
A NEW drawing room car has been rcccn ly
made, in which, by a simple device, the heavy
chairs are made to fold at joints; the seats
sink to the floor the mirrored panels swing
Open, reaching within a foot of the car CEN
ire. and, presto. the drawing room Is divided
into ten sections, each allOrdinE bed room ~
which there are two beds. Il mirror, ward
robe hooks and other cOnvenlcnces.
AN official communication has been receiy-
ell in sydney from MenindIe, giving some re-
markablc information regarding the richness
of one Of the silver mines at SilvertOn. There
are three or four shafts on the lode, the deepest
being eighty feet, aud the lode in the
mine maintained an average width OF three
feet. The ore tested and in sight Is valued at
flO0, 200. besides which ore to the value of
100000 had already been dispatched from the
mine.
Arkansas PAPER takes the responsibility of
printing this: "a painful accident happened
to a son of Barney IIeeney, of Union town
ship a few days ago. His mother sent him to
the corn field for roasting ears. lie had TO
use ladder to get up to the ears, when nc
climbed out upon an ear and proceeded TO
saw it Of lie thoughtlessly sawed it OF be-
tween himself and the stalk, precipltatlng
him to the ground and bruising him severely.
Had il not been that the shade of the corn
kept the ground moist and soft he would have
been killed"