Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

NEW LONDON, COM, Is the oniy Town III
New England which imposes tax upon COM
mereial travellers.
ANEW YORK firm has engaged to finish the
decoration Of Maximilian's palace IN the City
Of Mckee. left unfinished e. the fight Of the
eX-EmperOr.
THE Gassta de los HospitdIss, Valencia, re-
ports a case Of cure Of trichinosis in eighteen
DAYS by use Of alcohol in six to nine ounces IN
twenty -four hours.
THE President OF the Society Of Public
Analysis in England recently bought 800 sam
pies Of milk in London, and found 2O5 OF them
either skinned or Watered.
JOE EMMErr's $4,000 dog, Rector, has, since
his purchase cost his master 8, 800 in repairs
To a bflliard-room which the animal occupied
over night, and in which every oreakaole
niece of furniture was broken or otherwise
damaged by the immense brute.
GRINNELL. IA, is a model town. There
are no saloons within its limits, and no one
has been sent to jail. to the poor house or TO
the penitentiary FOR over twenty years. w
can stand a cyclone occasionally" one OF the
inhabitants recently SAID, IL you VIII keep
whisky away
THE Moscow girls are attracting some at
tention from scientific Europe. \ so-called
epidemic Of chOrea. or st. Vitus' dance, broke
ont in a girls school there, and now various
e.
h0oi of the kremlln are trying 10 keep theT
features straight.
o. all female servants in Prussia and Al
SAGE Lorraine who have uninterruptedly re-
NAMED in the same family for forty years,
the German Empress confers golden cross,
with an autograph diploma, and between the
Ist OF January, lS71, when the order was
founded. and the end Of December last. the
distinction has been bestowed on no fewer
than 1927 persOns-a creditable and interest
ing fact.
THE Ford BOYS, the slayer Of the bandit.
Jesse James, appeared at a St. Louis variety
theatre the other evening, in dreadful
sketch of their own composition, based on the
Efe and adventures Of the late Mr.. james.
From first TO last they were vigorously hOoISu'
Kissed and ieered at by the audience. Inc
voung negro minstrel who lmpersOnated the
bandit was loudly cheered, and his cruel tax
ing of at the hands OF his Tlenus, the EOrl7-
came near leading TO uenlohelTatlOh u VIZ
lence.
SIGNoRA LAURA BELLINI, the accomplished
prima donna of the late Rosa Italian opera
Company Of Mexico and Havana. and soprano
Of the Josefy concerts, on the occasion Of a
recent visit 10 Washington sang at private
soiree in that city. and created quite iurore
by the superb rendering OF some Of the most
select Italian aTias and English ballads. Mr..
Ferdinand Quicken, who was IN that city at
the same time bridal tour, accompanied
Nile. Bellini in his usual excellent style, and
played some of his late compositions.
TIE British Medical Journal says that while
the Irish abroad are fertile race, they are
not so on their own soil; that their marriages
are few in proportion to the population, take
place late in life, ana are not so productive as
might be expected. Many marriages escape
registration, but even then 1t remains true
that the irish are not marrying people: The
marriages registered in 1852 were -, 029 being
d ] Of
much lower, SAYS the editor. than the mar
riage rate Of any other country whose stalls
tics are available.
Ina recent issue Of a London paper a cor
respondent writes: I'VE hear a great deal
about the inteui gence and sagacity of the dog.
Let me record a further instance. / have
doc which had its leg accidentally broken.
and | took the animal to my doctor. who set
the bone, and eventually made cure
shortly after this the dog was seen conduct
ing lame dog to the house OF the doctor, on
the doorstep OF which they both sat, and,
when the door happened to be opened the dogs
EXPRESSED the object Of their visit by Wagglng
their tails and otherwise showing signs OF
pleasure-in anticipation"
THE draining and replanting Of the Cam
pagna has been favOrite idea OF the Italians
since Rome became the capital Of United Italy,
and now the attempt is going to be made on a
large scale. A certain amount OF drainage
ent land owners, and no less than eighty irri-
CATION companies under government control
have been set on foot to reclaim the waste OF
centuries. One or two minor experiments
have been fairly successful, and among other
things plantations OF eucalyptus have made
certain long deserted spots habltable, notably
about St. Paul outside the walls.
THE Earl Of Huntington, who, with his son,
Lord Hastings, is visiting this country in the
interest Of the Florida Land Purchase Com
many. of which he is Chairman, though third
on the roll of English Earls. his peerage dat
inc from 1929, may be regarded As an Irish
man a. he was born in that country. and his
mother was of an old Irish family. He mar
Red too. the only child and heiress of cele-
brsted Irish sportsman, the Hon. Jack Wes-
fenra of Sharavogue, Kings county. OF which
he was NJ. p. for many years lie was owner
Of a noted Irish race horse, freneys ana an
accomplished performer on the irish pipes
IL Dakota there are great numbers Of Nor
wegians. who have been attracted TO the eoun-
try by the flaming circulars Of the railroad
and land companies, and still more by letters
from friends already on the ground They
are not disappointed, for they are content 70
begin very humbly. at first house OF s0ds
OF one room is satisfactory. though the pig Is
a fellow occupant. The first improvement Is
a stv close by the front door, and the pig only
enters the house occasionally as visitor.
Next the homemade sod stove must make
wav for an iron one, and the sod house itself
Is deserted for dwelling all wood, and cost
ing perhaps as much as 500. When this h0use,