Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

4 COPY Of the first lhilmarnockl edition OF
Burns poems has lately been sold at Edin-
burgh for 10000. and an incomplete copy OF
the second edition brought $4,000.
The glaciers Of Mont Blanc, which had been
in a continuous process Of retreat since 1916,
have entered upon new phase. Prof. F. \.
Forel. who has been engaged in unwearied
observa tiOns Of Mont Blanc. asserts that the
advance Of the glaciers during the last four
He specifies as IN 1se in which the change is
most observable. the sO-cailed Mer dc Glace
the Blossoms, Argentieres, Tour, Brenva, and
TRENT.
THE First Republican National Convention.
in 1885. took an informal ballot, and it appear
ing that General Fremont had a large major
itv. he was declared the unanimous nominee.
There were three ballots in 1850. when Lin
coin received his first nomination. One ballot
sufdced in 1854. and one in lS6S. General
Grant was renOmnatcd by reclamation in
1872. There were seven ballots in lS76. and
th.rty-SiN i'm lSS0. Thus the average, largely
increased by the experience OF 1850, calls for
at least seven ballots this year.
THE Governor Of New Jersey has signed a
curious bill. It is designed to prevent Vir-
glnia schooners from coming to New Jersey
resorts and carrying away pleasure eekers
ut cheap rates. Ii prohibits any vessel from
carrying more than thirty persons in such
parties. Atlantic county Nacntsmen say that
their business has been ruined 10y the way in
which owners Of large schOOners from other
states have crowded their vessels bevOnd the
the point of safety in order TO get enough pas
sengers at . cents each to pay them for run
ming their boats.
a SUCCESSFUL experiment has been made
with the object Of testing the readiness Of the
German navy on a sudden emergency. At 5
o'clock on Tuesday morning. April -, orders
fzannIf without for tho u1ohf1f-
zatlOn Of the mauWuvring squadron lying at
hiel. In = few hours the sailors and marines
were on board their vessels, and provisions
and ammunition were also embarked with
great rapidity. showing that 3 squadron Of
twenty war ships could. II necessary, have
gone TO sea within twenty-fOur hours.
A CORRESPONDENT writing to the s.. James
Glsette about the recent fatal fire in Old Bal
ley, London. says: Il recommend that on re-
firing TO rest you should place a pocket hand
kerchief under your pillow. should You be
aroused by an alarm of IRE. steep the hand
kerchief in water and tie IL round your head.
covering the mouth and nOstrIis. This will
enable the weaver 10 Withstand the suffocat-
ing influence Of smoke. and give him or her a
valuable chance OF escape. For years l WAS
an amateur fireman, and so proved the eff
cacy of this plan"
BAPTIsTE BCTELLE, young Frenchman.
began 70 build upon a lot which he purchased
at Williams Bridge, New York. Being
a poor carpenter he worked in
a shop in tue city during the week. and put his
time into his house on sundays only. 1t was
a wear. therefore, before il was cOmpleted-a
pretty one story structure. He married a
Young wife. and his mOther-ln-law came on
SUNDAY TO live with him. She contracted ma
laria and became insane. and one Sunday
night set fire to and partly burned the house.
She died on the following Sunday, and SIX
months later Butelle himself died on sunday.
The people at Williams Bridge call the house
the sunday House
THE ice in MoOsehead Lake, Me-, is still
solid, and early last week q heavy pair %
horses were driven on il the whole distance
from Northeast Carry to Greenville. The
man who drove the team said that at the
Northeast Garry there were about two feet Of
snow, and the weather was Quite mild when
he left, but when he got TO GreeuvIlle. forty
miles south. there were six inches more snow,
and the air was crisp and cold. II is always
q little warmer at the head Of the lake than
at the foot, aud last fall a bay near the North
east Carry was free Of ice when the lower