Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-14
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nus Of the Suez canal. has the reputation Of
being the Wickedest place in the WOrld.
NOT long since a durable monument Of ce-
ment was raised On the SITE in the Island Of
Hawaii On which the famous Capt. james
Cook fell in 1873. 1t is the custom among
saIlOrs 70 lnscrlbe their nsmes upon small
pieces Of copper plate and nail them 70 the
trees in the vicinity Of the monument.
CALIFORNIA hasNhoice Of ninety-four vari-
eties Of grapes ffBm which TO extract its
wines. These are exclusively wine varieties,
the table varieties being almost without
limit. II is predicted that the day Il not dis
tant when all foreign wine countries Will De
completely OyershadOwed By California.
THE volcano Kilawea, on the Island Of
Hawaii, is 1900 feet high, and is said to be
again showing bad disposition. Five years
ago last month it gave the town Of Hile free
show. which ended by running down the cur
tain Of oblivion on the town ITSELF The mass
OF lava was half mile in width, 20 to 20 feet
IN thickness. and buried Hile mucn as Nesu-
vlu= did POmPei.
SIR WILLIAM CHERE had a very long nose.
and was playing at Backgammon with old
Gen. Brown. During this time Sir William,
who was a snud-taker, was continually using
bis snuff box. Observing him leaning con-
tiDuailY over the table, and being al the same
time in very bad humor with the game, the
General said: sir William. blow your
- It's as near you as meH
EARLY exhibition visitors to New Orleans
are astonished, on disembarkiDg from a
steamer, to find that the sewers are open
strea ans Of water at the sides Of the streets,
and running away from the river instead OF
toward it: to see wells built up from the
ground, not dug into II, and to learn that the
cemeteries are verltable ''citles Of the dead"
the tOmD5 being little houses with gables and
roofs, ana arranged in avenues and squares.
TIE electric bells which have been placed
in the Senate Chamber at Washington have
the following code Of signals: One ring an
nOUnccs the call OF the yeas and nays; two
rings, call Of the Senate; three rings, eXecu-
tive session; four rings. adjournment. Here
tofore dozens Of speeches have been delivered
in the Senate when not one Senator beside
the speechmaker was in the chamber, and
under the new arrangement they viii hardly
be even In the building.
BY the suicide at Centerville, near King
ston, y. y, Of a German named Louis Deis-
enhofer, the mystery surrounding a recent
murder in Germany has been unravelled. 4
few weeks ago, in conversation with per-
son with whom he worked, he said that he
was obliged to fee to America az he had com
mittcd an unintentiOnal murder. a man
named Frank Gerstner and DeisenhOfer be-
came involved in a fight. when the latter
seized an iron bar and struck GeTstner such
stunning blow that he died from its effects in
a short time. He then escaped to this country
and avoided arrest.
A PRoNIEENT New York Congressman re-
marked, in talking about Representative Rob
insoD's bill to have the Inauguration ceremo-
MES restored to their former austere Jeffer-
sOnian republican simplicity, that he knew
that Presldent-elect Cleveland disliked need
less display. Mr.. Cleveland had discussed
the Inauguration ceremonies with him, and
said he would ike them to be as simple as
possible, but, added the President-elect with
a smile, "there are two lnsurmOuntable OBJ
stacles IN the way OF an exact repetition Of
the Inauguration Of the first Democratic
President-the horse which President Jeffer-
son rode on that occasion is dead, and the 10
cation Of the tree to which he tied him when
he entered the capital is unknown"
THE great shoot in New Orleans is to come
of in February next, from the lst TO the 5th
inclusive. The crack shots Of the world will
be assembled in the Crescent City on that oc-
c2siOn. Tiger hunters from India, scouts
from the plains, British army experts and
Carver. Buffalo Bill. BOgardus and all his
toys. A friend Of Capt. Andy Meaders told
an American reporter that the Captain
would shoot against Bogardus at New Or
leans for $50, TO be put up by each party.
and 20 double. thrown from a spring trap 20
yards rise. Capt. Meaders has broken 81 clay
pigeons out Of a possible 100 under the same
conditions. using only one barrel OF his
gun. Bogardus broke 80, but used both bar
rels Of his gun. This match will be one Of
the most interesting to be witnessed in New
Orleans at the February shoot.
SENATOR VANCE, who Is a particular friend
Of Senator Bayard, was asked Friday if he
knew anything Of the published statement
that Senator Bayard and Senator German
were no longer on good terms, owing to Cor
mans alleged betrayal Of Bayard at Chicago.
yes. / know something about it," said the
Senator, cOOlly. ''In fact, | know all about
it. They both saw the statement this morn
ing. don't know whether German showed
il to Bayard or Bayard showed il to German,
but do know that they had the biggest laugh
over il have heard in the Forty eighth Con-
gress. knew the statement was a story"
The Senator used a more picturesque and
hamboyant word which does not look so well
in print. "If there had been any disagree
ment between them every Democratic Sena-
tor would have known 1t. 1t would have
been family quarrel, German never be-
trayed anybody. You ought to have seen
them laughing over that newspaper this
morning"
THE gentleman was returning from Rich
mond to his home in southampton county,
and as we came to Petersburg says a CORE
spondent, asked: "DO you know Mshone?'
'Oh, yes; he lives here. / served in his brigade
in the war. He is smart fellow. They cay
to me here, Malone is dead tell them,
Wait and see.' They do not know Billy Ma
hone as we'll as j do. He is an indefatigable
worker, and he never knows what it is TO get
licked. He can put up more jobs in a day
than any other Virginian | ever met. He is
perfectly INSCRIPTIONS, and all he cares about
Is Billy Malone. His father kept saloon
down in Southampton county WHEN Billy was
a boy, and the planters for miles around would
gather at his place to drink and play poker.
The old man could play good hand until he
got drunk. Then he would say, Billy, take
my hand.' Billy, a little sandy haired cuss,
would take the old mans hand and clean out
the crowd. That was Billy Malone when he
was boy, and / think he is just as good at
poker now. This is his last time in the United
States Senate. but the devil only can tell where
he will turn up next"