Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
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| built 100 cars IN one day. If one figures a
| little he viii see that that means a car CON-
/ plete every SIX minutes.
| AT cattle fair at Edinburgh bull rushed
| at a woman and, catching her upon his horns,
bore her aloft through the excited crowd OF
! spectators. The woman, though half dead
/ with fright, maintained her position Tor a
| considerable distance, and was at length
| thrown over the animals head on to the green
sward. She escaped with only a few bruises.
THE trail of Gen. jackson in his march to
! New Orleans was through Newton county,
! Miss, and while but few traces are left of he
route, the old bridge built by him across tie
| POttOXchittO creek. some Of the timbers being
UndlsJurbed by time and mans r2vages. re-
main as an index TO his route. These will be
taken up and carried TO the New Orleans Ex-
| position during the next few weeks.
TIE Mosque of Omar stands on what was
the Holy of Holes at Jerusalem. Its dome,
some 20 feet in diameter, covers the top of
Mount Moriah. The imprint Of the foot on
the rock is covered with iron network. and
the rock itself carefully guarded with gilded
IRON palisades 10 prevent the pilgrims carry
il OF bits. The rule against entering with
SHOES on Is rigorous; all the more so, perhaps
because slippers are on hire.
THE room in the Hotel de Vile, Geneva.
which was occupied by the Arbitration Con-
gress, has been preserved exactly as it was at
the adjournment of that body, now nearly
twenty years ago. The passage leading to it
is an inclined plane, instead of st airs. made
so because the ancient burgeOises were too in
dOlent and too proud TO walk up stairs hence
they were carried by their servants upon
litter up the inclined passage way.
AN epidemic Of disease lately broke cut in
the Navajo tribe of New Mexican Indians,
and medicine dance OF unusual ceremony
was deemed necessary. There were six per-
formers in fantastic costumes. Each bore
stone headed arrow of great size, to the stem
order to conceal the mechanism By which the
implement y as telc5cOpically shortened. The
feature Of the ceremony vas a trick by which
the dancers seemed to thrust the arrows down
their thrOats.
THE Marquis Of Lorre is still, according to
the London World, DESTROYS to go to Ireland
as Lord Lieutenant, and it is p ssible that
this post will be offered to him should Lord
Spencer retire in the spring In the mean
while the Campbell family are sending tele-
grams TO the Scotch crOfter-, to which they
decline 10 listen, and writing articles in mag
aZines to prove that all crOfters with the eX-
ccptiOn Of those on he estates Of Lord Napier.
Of Ettrick. are exceptionally well of, while
those on the Argyll estates are in an earthly
Paradise.
THE Swiss Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals has declared in public
meeting btdb tilC jew lHll ySttll OF slaughter
ing animals is accompanied by cruelty. The
society has further determined that strong
efforts shall be made to cause a general pro-
hIbltiOn OF Shechitd in Switzerland. Should
the agitation prove successful, jews viii
either have to become vegetarians or they
will have TO eat the flesh of animals which
have not been killed according to Jewish
rites. In few places the prohibition is al
ready in force.
THE late Marquis Of Londonderry was
Chairman OF one Of the Welsh railway COM
panies. and was once travelling in company
with several other gentlemen, when the ticket
platform was reached. Here a youth, who
had not long reached his teens, entered the
carriage with Tickets, please" Lord Lon
dODderry never carried a railway ticket, but
the mpervious youth was not to be satisfied.
do you know who / ann" inquired my lord.
mo, SIR" was the bland reply. Il am the
Marquis of Londonderry, the Chairman of
this railway" But how am to know that,
SIR" was the sharp rejOinder. The station
master was called, and his lOrishp, delighted
with the lads shrewdness. had him at once
promoted, and he is now occupying an homo
rable position in the cOmpany's service.
4 SCHOOL DISTRICT in Marshall township,
Butler county, Pa, owns an acre of ground
on which is a red schoohouse worth about
500. Until sour weeks ago the entire proper
ty was valued at $500. Then oil was struck
on the Marshall farm near by. This farm con-
tains $50 acres, and was valued by its owner
at $1,000. The oil wells were big gushers. and
opened up new Gil territory. The Marshall
farm cannot be bought now for $780, GOO. The
BARLEY farm adjoining, ON which big wells
have also been struck, is held at $4,000. The
acre of school ground is surrounded by the
big wells, and all indications are that it is the
very centre of the rich pool. The school di-
rectors have refused an offer at 100000 for the
patch of ground. This is the largent price
ever offered for an acre of ground in Penn
sylvania, and if the school directors had &C
cepted it the district would be the richest
country school district in the Union. They
are holding it for 100000. In the meantime
the surrounding wells are draining the oil
from it, and the general opinion is that unless
the stubborn school directors close with the
offer of 100000 the property will be rated at