Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-05
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THE two tiny satellites of Mars, which wert
! discovered by Prof. Asaph Hall in 1871, hav'
| diameters Of less than ten miles each, and arr
the smallest celestial bodies known.
IL his superb garden at Varzin Prince Bis
m arck makes speciality Of roses Of all varie'
ties, and whenever at home takes great pleas
ure IN attending to them with his own handss
HOUSE RENTS in New Orleans have risen tC
an unprecedented figure because Of the ex-
peeted influx Of visitors during the coming ex-
hlbitiOn, and boarding houses are said TO be
sprinGlng up almost everywhere.
N THE province of san Pedro, Brazil, the
destruction Of all eucalyptus trees has been
ordered. 1t appears that the tree favOrs the
generation of terribly dangerous dragon fly,
which attacks all living creatures, and whose
sting Is fatal within few minutes.
A WOMAN with her four children, ranging
in age from TO years, and a large dog, are
now journeying in a wagon from Kansas to
Oregon, where she will meet her husband.
The party is travelling at the rate of twenty
miles q day, but do not expect to reach their
destination for many weeks.
AN ingenious farmer makes scare crows
out Of old tin cans-tomato cans and the like
by rigging them up with a bit of OLD iron
suspended in them like the tongue of a bell,
and hanging them up in a cOrnfield where the
WIND VIII set them ringing, making such an
unusual and unexpected noise that crows will
not dare to remain in the field.
4 BIRMINGHAM MOTHER let out her curious
" diminutive baby to a Snowman for small
sum weekly. The infant was six weeks old
and weighed but ten ounces. The unfortu-
nate child was exhibited every five minutes,
and soon died under the exposure. In court
the woman expressed sorrow that the law
would not permit her to sell the remains to a
surgeon for 500.
AUSTRIA is going into electric railways on
a liberal scale, an extensive system of com
municauon being planned, the cost Of which
viii be several millions of forms. The house
of Siemens & Halsk, which has done so much
for the development of the industrial uses of
electricity. is to construct the projected sys-
ten, which is expected to reYOlutiOniZe street
travel in the chief Austrian cities.
Mr.. MCHUGH had a narrow escape from be
coming Mr.. St. George in New York the other
day. Mrs. st. George claimed him for herself
and her three children with so much conf
dence and pertInacity that he almost began
to think with toe little old woman Of the
nursery rhyme, This can't be l." Mrs. St.
George claimed him by such marks as q scar
on the back of his head, a twisted nail on a
certain finger. which she specified, and by a
felon mark his left thumb. All these to-
kens Mr. McHugh was found to possess, and
when the three little st. Georges threw them
selves on his neck and claimed him as 'papa,"
he was almost ready to give up the struggle.
He rallied, however, as Mrs. St. George let
drop the remark my husband has beautiful
teeth" and. brushing back his heavy NOUS
tache, he showed a mouthful of broken and
discolored stumps, That saved HIM. The
woman admitted her mistake and the police
ustice allowed him to 60.
THE French are making merry over the
English reporters, who are striving to cast
discredit on the operations of the French fleet
at Foo Chow, and yet cannot, for the life of
them, get the names Of the vessels straight.
George Augustus Sala, who has enough
French blood in his veins to secretly enjoy the
embarrassment Of his brother journalists,
comments particularly on the Inflated frigate
D. Estaing which, by the assistance Of the
types setter, came out OBTAINING. In the con-
nection he tells an anecdote. He relates that
a quarter of a century ago young Lord Car
narvOn, having just entered into public life,
was anxious to know something Of the habits
and manners of the criminal classes. A meet
ing Of the ticket Of-leaye men was convened
for his benefit sol eWhere In the East end Of
London. The men for once behaved very
well. saws SaIa. aIsd his Lordship was much
edited. He was not little IiscOncerted,
however. by one of the speakers, who went
by the sobriquet of 'tBoss-eyed Peter" allud-
ing to him as 1.-THE Noble Hearl Of Conni-
wing"