Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Southern Dakota a year ago, are preparing to
emf CRATE TO Reno county, kansas.
The English revenue benefited to the eX-
tent Of about $4,000 from the legacy and sue
cessiOn duty paid By Mr.. Holloway the plll
makers legatees.
TEE North Carolina oil and Guano Com
PAW at Beaufort. since its organization, has
caught and worked up within the past three
years g,0Jq 900 menhaden nsh.
TIE colored people Of Lafayette, Ala, re-
fuse to allow the body of the rapist, Jen
Rogers. who was hanged last sunday morn
ing. to be buried in their cemetery
ALL the northern counties Of Alabama have
had mass meetings and appointed delegates
10 the Tennessee River Improvement ConYen-
ton which Is TO meet al Chattanooga MaTeH
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TIE View Hampshire papers say that the
Amoskeag mill, in Manchester, viii neither
reduce wages nor curtaI hours, and that it is
not at all likely the other corporations IN that
city viii.
Az English woman who had little faith IN
banks used often to swallow coins for safe
keeping. One day she swallowed seven pieces
Of silver. At her autopsy Elk Of the coins We're
found, amounting TO y. 0d.
a MINISTERIAL decree recently issued IN
the Grand Duchy Of Weimar enjoins upon all
public departments 10 abstain as rgidly as
possibly from the use OF lOIclzu W OIu- IL tL4C4A
official reports. documents, etc. Inc Grand
Duke is DESTROYS Of restoring the language Of
the Fatherland to pristine purity.
THE Government Of Bombay has published
a long memorandum on the plague among
cate which appeared at AhmednugSar two
years ago. and al Sirroor last June. The gov
erument seems to think that the plague may
have some connection with the cholera, ana
invites opinions on the subject. II unaccom-
panied by cholera, similar plague here would
be deemed matter rather Tor congfatuiatlon
than for inquiry.
REV. DR.. CHARLES :. ROBINSON, who Is
something Of a traveller, complains that the
smoking room Of the average transatlantic
steamer is a NOISY, stenchful pandemonium
Of drinking. betting, gambling with cards ana
dice. into which no decent person can enter
without receiving an Ohense- and IN which no
peace-iOving person can stay without eNa5-
peratlon." DR.. Robinson, 1t may be added,
is no bigOt on the subject Of tobacco. tie uses
the weed temperately himself.
The archapiscopal city OF Canterbury. Eng
land. was on the night Of Dec. y scene Of
wild disorder. some 300 cavalry soldiers COM
pletely wrecked THE City Arms and drank
an the LIQUORS The landlord and his wife
capped. and the authorities found that if they
attempted TO quell the riot they would
make it worse. 1t arose out Of the landlord
not sending a soldier silver watch, won at a
party held in the house. Many OF the men
left for India the following Monday.
Is PRUSSIA a druggist cannot put an article.
value cents into bottle with an attractive
label and charge 50 cents for it, as the price Of
indictments. and even phials, is regulated an
nuaily by the state. By the regulation for this
year, lately issued. almost all drugs are large
Is reduced in price. Qulnine, which was 80
pfennige per gramme IN laos, and ll5 IN 1871,
l. now s.. Its consumption has largely in
creased. Cod liver OH has gone up from 50
and So pfennige per 100 grammes to $ and rs,
according TO quality.
THE lady students Of Girton College are
proud examples of energy and originality,
proving this in their recent exploit Of form
ing a fire brigade. Having had cause Of alarm
bv the overheating Of one Of the stove pipes
OF the building, they applied through the lady
Superintendent TO Capt. Shaw for instruction
in the duties Of a fire brigade. The gallant
Captain refused, on account OF the risk Of
danger. and an ordinary fireman was en-
ployed, In a short time the young ladies be-
came proficient, calling forth compliments
from Capt. Shaw on their drill.
WAsH1NGToS SOCIETY is interesting itself
just now in q young handsome Mexican named
Iturbide, who VIII be remembered when a
child the little prisoner of state in Maxi
milian's court. and who is hereditary heir to
the throne of Mexico. being grandson of En-
peror Augustin T. His mother, related both
TO the revolutionary families OF Washington
and Greene. Is now living at the Old Greene
mansion on the Georgetown Heights. She
was in her prime great beauty, but her am
bitiOn led her to marry the dWarfed, nOseless
but well educated Prince Imperial Of Mexico.
FROM a rough draft Of Prince Bismarck's
bill for insuring men against accidents and
death. it appears that all the various employ
ers will be required to establish insurance
companies. and to pay the whole Of the pre-
miums on the lives and limbs Of their work
men, in proportion TO the wages earned by the
latter, and to the danger tariff. Thus one
element in the previous bill, which formed
such bone of contention, has been dropped
namely. part payment by the State OF the ac-
cident assurance premiums, with which the
labor-givers or capitalists are now to be eX-
the companies tGen0sseHschdfte1t) prove I'M
equal TO their liabilities, they may be aided
and even taken over by the State.
orders have been given to examine at St.
Petersburg all passports Of persons not
well known living IN thoroughfares through
which the Emperor is in the habit Of passing,
or likely to pass. and TO note those who
occupy rooms with windows fronting the
street. Police agents may be seen noting
these particulars from the dr0rntks or house
police People well acquainted with the
aspects of the streets Of the capital have re
marked an unusual number Of detectives and
spies meandering or skulkIng about since the
return Of the court. The imperial residence,
the Annitchkin Palace, has reinforced guard
at night. Besides the ordinary foot sentinels
encircing il and the guard of honor lodged in
the entrance yard, may be seen number of
police officers at the gates and distributed
round about and also infantry attachments
Of three men pacing round the building on the
tinually passing each other, making the same
circuit