Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE Prince Imperial Of Austria speaks, it
is asserted, every dialect known in the Aus
| trian dominOns, except Turkish.
IT Is calculated that there are now residing
in the United States nearly 1000 japanese,
and OF this number it is said that not one has
| ever been convicted OF any crimal 0hesne IN
an American court.
WHEN "Chinese" Gordon frs visited the
| SEYCHELLES Islands, and saw the curious grove
Of palm trees there-which grow in pairs. and
| if one is cut down its mate also dies-he at
once indited an official dispatch announcing
that he had discovered The original Garden
OF Eden. in which trees Of good and evil were
still fourlshing.
No SOUTHERN State has made greater pro-
gress in manufacturing for the past three
| years than Virgins, and she stands second in
| the list, Kentucky coming first. 1t is stated
| that the value OF Nlrglma's manufactures IN
creased from $5 ,Sl0,692 in 1880 to $l0362l 1874
in 1888, while Kentucky manufactured s75.-
4S3,317 worth OF goods. %
FRENCHMEN are protesting against the Ian
guage recently used in speaking Of the books
published in their souItry by member Of the
Belgian Senate. After observing that the
class Of books sold at stalls in Belgian railway
stations were the dregs OF Partisan novels, he
added that $4,000 out OF every 100000 volumes
brought out in Paris were unfit reading for
respectable public.
BALAKLAvA, although its name will be ever
famous in history as associated with the IA
nous light cavalry charge. has hitherto re-
NAMED an uDimportant town. 1t Is, however
now beginning to develop resources, and bids
fair to become a fashionable resort for inva-
lids. 4 medical commission visiting it last
summer has reported very favOrably on its
sheltered position and climate,
THE Scientific american says the beat OF
hickory used in the arts where toughness is
required is obtained from North Carolina and
Eastern Tennessee. at is wonderful what
tOughness the hickory timber of the noun
tain region is capable Of" said wheel
maker recently, 1--WE can turn piece COM
pletely around circle without breaking
fibre" This, Of course, after It is thoroughly
steamed.
AMONG the immigrants who arrived in New
York sunday on the Inman steamship City of
Montreal, were three little children aged re-
spectively Z, 6 and years, who had crossed
the ocean alone. Each had pasteboard on
its back, bearing its name and place OF desti-
nation. The children are Swedes. and their
Christian names are Charles, Franz and
Freida. They are on their way to Illinois,
where their father resides.
HORACE J. PERRIN, the Michigan million
aire, who died at Marshall, in that State, re-
Gently, passed the summer Of 1870 at Saratoga,
where he met and became engaged to Miss
Annie Meredith. As the time for the we'd
ding approached Mr.. Perrin asked Miss Mere.
dith to release him, and she, consuming mar
Fied younger lover, Mr.. Percy, Californian.
Now Mrs. Percy sues the Perrin estate to
recover $4,000, alleged TO have been prom
ised her by Perrin IN consideration Of his re-
lease.
SIXTEEN OF the statues erected at govern
ment expense in different parts of Washing
ton have cost s55O.O0o, and it is probable that
the Washington monument. on which work is
trrfTI adj 70 fbo
total. CHI eff Justice MarshalPs bronze statue,
recently unveiled. cost $4,000; GreenOuRh's
Washington, at the front of the capitol, cost
$4,000 and the two statues facing it S24 600 900
each; the naval monument, on Pennsylvania
avenue, S25, 900; the statue OF Freedom, on the
capitol dome, $4,000; the emancipation
group, $l7 O00i General McPhersons statue
$4,000; Admiral Farraguts, $4,000; General
Scott's, $4,000; General Thomas, S65, COO; An
drew Jackson's, $4,000; General Greenes,
$50 900; General Rawlins', $40, 600 and $5O, 900
for the equestrian statue Of Washington.
TIE national monument at Washington.
when finished, will be the Hottest structure in
the world, by about 80 feet. The towers Of
the Cathedral at Cologne, just finished. have
a height of 52f feet II inches; tower Of
St. Nicholas Hamburg, 473 feet inch; cupola
of st Peters, Rome, 469 feet inches; cattle
dral spire at Strasburg, 465 feet II inches;
ct. Stephens, Vienna, 443 feet 10 inches tower |
OF ST. Martins, Lapdshut, 434 feet inches; |
cathedral spire at Freibnrg, 4lO feet inch; |
cathedral OF Antwerp. 4oi feet l9 inehesi ca
thedral OF Florence, 300 feet 5 inchesi St, |
Paul's. London, 1855 feet ! inch. cathedral |
tower at Madgeburg, 339 feet II inches; tower |
OF the new Yotiye church at Vienna, 3l4 feet |
II inches; tower Of the Rathhaus at Berlin. 2sS |
feet inches; towers OF NOtre Dame, Paris, |
a32 feet IL inches. OF American structures, |
the Washington monument Baltimore ls 30 |
feet; Bunker Hin monument "a feet; Trinity |
Church, New York, 2S8 feet; st. Patrick's Ca |
thedral, New York, 10 be 80 feet. !