Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-06
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IN an old tenement that was recently pulled
| down in London thirteen cart loads of cock
| reaches were carried away.
TEN States were represented in the Demo-
cratic National Convention with Senators and
| fifteen with ex-Governors. and thirty with
| Congressman and ex-Congressmen.
SO far as known phosphorescence is chiefly
| developed in fishes in consequence Of nervous
excitement or irritation, and is mostly of use
as a means of defense against enemies.
OF the four original proprietors of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph, paper that now nets a
profit of $4,000 weekly, the sole survivor is
now the owner of a country weekly and an
other died in a pOorhouse.
PROF. vIRcHow, in recent pamphlet, sus
tains the Turks in their apprehension of dis
ease coming by way of the Suez canal, which
he regards as the chief, if not the only, way by
which contagious maladies are imported into
Europe.
A ROSE BUSH at Antioch, Mich, has bloom
ed this season without bud. The petals have
developed in regular order around the stalk,
and the effect is singular and beautiful. They
seem to have grown from the stem like COM
mon leaves, but form splendid crimson roses.
1T is said that the devil quotes Scripture
when it suits his purposes, but the Canadian
smugglers know how to beat the devil at max
ing a profitable use Of the good book. They
den in holes scOoped in copies of the Bible.
PROFESSIONAL entertainers of the higher
class find Mount Desert and Newport their
most profitable field. Richneld Springs and
the Catskills are also in favor, but the White
Mountain region does not yield a satisfactory
harvest to the professional entertainer. as
society there is less fixed and concentrated.
THE small proceeds of the sale of Womb
wells menagerie, in London, has called atten-
ton to the great depreciation in the price of
wild beasts One German dealer has twenty
seven elephants on hand. Tigers have fallen
from GOO to ESQ a two-horned rhinOceros
bought by the Geological Gardens twelve
years ago for fl.250 could now be had for
EIO0; bears can be had for gIft,and lions are
open TO offers.
THERE seems now to be general revival Of
horse thieving. Randall Keen passed through
Miles City, going west to Billings, the other
day. soon after crossing the Mussel Shell.
while he was in the act of scanning with
field glass a small bunch of trees not far ahead
and a little to the right shot was fired from
the spot. and a bullet crashed through the
killing the holder.
A VERY strange and painful death was re-
Gently recorded by the English papers. A
young woman walking near a precipice
slipped and fell over the edge. The bottom of
her dress caught on stump and was pulled
up over Hef nedQ anu arms. CHECKING neF
descent but rendering her helpless. In this
position, about ten feet from safety, she
starved to death, her position being unsus-
pected by any one, and her cries being in
audible.
EXPERIMENTS by Prof. Maggiorani Of Rome
to ascertain the influence of the magnet upon
the animal organization gave results which
are likely to modify the uses of magnetic
electricity. Eggs placed in the current were
DELAYED in development, were smaller than
the average size. and some of them appeared
without the yolk. The chickens were preco-
cious IA sign Of organic inferiority) were born
lame or rickety, and showed remarkable dis
turbances at the nervous centres.
THE royal African coal black family of AS
sab, Italy's new colony, is being lionized at
Turin. Queen KaIiza is sweet sixteen and
has taken a great fancy to European gar
ments: Prince Amadeus sent modiste to
dress her NJ, and the Queen kept her seven solid
hours fitting on and trying the current fashion.
Her sons All, z, and Mohammed, 5, run about
the streets and are great pets OF the public.
Italy Is showerlng upon the dispossessed fami-