Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

BISHOP ELLIOTT, of Texas, went to Del Rio
few days ago to dedicate new p. E.
church. just before he reached town a cy-
clone came along and blew the structure into
a thousand bits.
THE exodus Of French Canadians from their
native country into the New England States
has assumed such vast proportions that much
concern is felt in Montreal and Quebec lest a
general rush across the border line should
ensue. From Montreal alone from 100 to 80
families may be seen waiting daily to leave
on the emigrant train.
IT now turns out that London is the victim
OF new Yankee humbug. A late brand OF
American cigars introduced there and smoked
by all the dudes of Regent street with great
satisfaction are found to be made of tobacco
paper-that is, cheap kind of paper soaked
IN tobacco juice, stale beer and strichnine and
then rolled like the tobacco leaf.
4 BIT Of street car conversation between
two Boston girls is thus reported by the vera
cious AdCertiser Of that town: oh" said
one, she sent me such perfectly lovely bou-
quet. 1t was all tuberOses in the centre, with
mgnOnette round that and light pinks out
side. Oh, it was perfectly lovely, and kept
it whole week, and then put it on mothers
grave"
THE north Of Scotland recently came in for
the tag end of a shower from Hecla or the
and the Shetlands ash has fallen so thick that
it had to be shOyelled of the deck OF passing
vessels. When Skapta broke out violently
some years since the fine dust fell in such
quantities over Caithness that 1t entirely kill
ed the crops.
LEWIS MCMURRAY, the owner Of some 5000
acres Of land near Frederick, Md, finding
the present system Of blowing too slow, has
introduced the new and novel method Of
blowing by steam, and on Friday last gave an
exhibition TO a number Of interested Balti-
moreans. The plOws cut seven feet in width.
and will pillow a strip Of land one mile in
length and seven feet wide in about forty
minutes, cutting a furrow about seven inches
deep.
NEW YORK Is the centre Of the cigar making
trade. She has nearly 1000 factories, and
turns out l,00O, 900 cigars a year. Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Illinois rank after New
York. There were made in this country last
year 3, III, S60952 cigars, about forty for every
pound Of tobacco used. About b, 0OO, 900 were
imported, thus making a total OF about $780,
100000, or sixty for every man. woman and
child in the United States, and $50 for every
man over q years Of age.
A SINGULAR coincidence is related con-
corning the recent death of DR.. Yandell, of
Louisville. On the day Of its occurrence he
described the case of a patient to whom he
administered choral for angina. 1t relieved
a
in his chair and died. The doctor was him
self subject to angina, and few hours later
had an attack. for which he took a dose of
choral. He, too, experienced a mOmentary
relief from pain, but soon expired.
WORKERS in ornamental wood now assert
that yellow pine, hard finished in oil, is the
rival in beauty Of any wood that grows, not
excepting the cOstliest Of the hard species, 1t
being susceptible OF receiving and maintain
ing as high degree Of polish as any known
wood, while, when impregnated with oil, il IS
almost indestructlble. In such a condition ii
is impervious to even hot grease and other
substances that leave an inefTaceable stain
upon white pine, maple, and various other
woods.
1T Is now more than three centuries and a
half since any but an Italian has sat on the
Papal throne, Adrian VI, a Holander, who
died in 1873, being the last, but the large in
fusion Of the foreign element which IL now
taking place may materially influence future
elections. The great reforming Popes, like
Hildebrand. who IN former ages did SO much
to restore the failing fortunes Of their Church,
were Of TeufOnic, not Italian, blood. IL used
during the last pontihcate 10 be a favOrite cry
among those styled liberal Roman Catholics,
ave want Teutonic Pope"
Az accident policy in Oregon destroyed tho
happiness Of a newly welded couple few