Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
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IIEhS Of INIEISE5I.
/ Hos. joins L. ALLEY, Of Massachusetts,, ays
/ proudly that his state has not elected a
/ wealthy United states Senator during the last
/ fifty years
/ PERMISSION for an elevated road IN Boston
has been granted by the Massachusetts Lcgis-
laturc. The City Council have yet to pass On
the matter, however.
! NEwBURG has a 8-year- old Holstein hcifei
! that gives, what no other Of its class has ever
| given, Gfty-One and half quarts Of milk a
/ day Its owner thinks his prize invaluable
for hc has already refused an offer Of $4,000
| a STEAMER, with 2 cargo Of 5000 bales Of
cotton, sailed from New York day or two
! ago en- route to China By way Of the suez
/ Canal. This is the first time that frcighted
! American ship will have passed through the
/ canal.
/ THERE is strange but ancient Roman su-
/ perstition that three cardinals always die
/ together. Cardinals BiliO and DeLuca de-
| parted not many months since, and Cardinal
/ Hassun, The Armenian patriarch, followed
/ them three weeks ago.
! IT is a significant fact, according to a New
| York criminal lawyer, that among all the ma
tl0ns Of the world whose people have made
1 the United states their home, IL may be ex-
ceptionally recorded Of the japanese that no
one has been convicted Of a criminal 0lcnse
IN an American court.
An earthquake observatory is being erected
| in the coal mines near Nagasaki, Japan In
| struments are placed al different levels in the
| mines In Orlea to afford measures Of the re-
latons ia time and intensity between the
| earth tremors below ground and those OBJ
/ served on the surface.
IT Is now reported that the Cape Cod folks
were not aware that they had been libeled
| by Sally Pratt McClain, in her novel, until
they were 80 advised by lawyers eager for
fees, and the damages recovered by Mr..
Nightingale 20 10 his attorneys, who are said
to have paid him for the privilege OF bringing
the SUIT.
THE Little Rock Ark Gasette prints the
following as a veritablc letter Of Andrew
Jackson. It certainly has a characteristic
flavor: 81 was glad to hear from you and to
know that the good Lord, in His divine mercy,
had thus far spared you. May lie ever bless
us and damn our enemies. We must all lean
on the cross for support, for man 10 weak.
Did you ever see such id scOuDdrel as
John q. Adam5f am pleased 10 hear that
you have pr0fessed religion and joined the
church. This more cncctually eleYates you
above the id Wings"
THE sheep industry is, on the whole, de-
crcasing in California. In 1876 the wool crop
Of the entire State was 5000 tons; in 1881
only 1880. This is the result in part, Of
fluctuations ia the price OF wool, but more OF
the growing sense Of the greater certainty Of
increase from agriculture and horticulture.
The cost Of keeping "A sheep in California
averages only 81 Is, and for each 100 there
will be forty five lambs, worth 75 cents each.
But there have been drOughts in California,
which have killed over 1000, 900 head Of sheep
ia "a year There is always, therefore, the
risk OF losing In one year the profits Of many,
and many farmers prefer safer investment.
sOKE time ago the miners in the Ophir mine
on the Comstock Lode. found the sledge ham
mer which John W. Mackey, the Bonanza
King, used when he worked there years ago.
since then they have boon on the lookout for
his pick, and day or two since they found il.
IL IL a genuine curiosity. The handle has
long since disappeared, and about the pick it.
self has formed solid mass Of quartz and ore,
only the point and a portion Of the back ap-
native copper, through the teaching of water
from the copper stained ground up near the
groupings. Owing to the peculiar cOnglOme-
rate formation in which the pick Is encased,
Mr.. Bender, Of the Ophir, is talking Of send
ing il 10 the Academy Of Sciences at San
Francisco.
MEXICO has no political conventions. The
newspapers do the nominating. The papers
begin discussion Of candidates about year
previous to the Presidential election. Next
they nominate certain candidates. On cleo
ton day the voters assemble at the polling
places and each deposits written ballot for
electors, who are TO constitute the electoral
board Of the state. The law stipulates that
the ballot must be written. and table, with
paper and writing utensils, IS provided be-
side the ballot box, and the ballot must be
written and Immediately deposited under the
inspection OF the supervisor. Sometimes the
voters OF the different parties Will meet few
hours previous ana agree upon some candl-
date, but usually each voter has made a
choice Of candidates without any pressure
from party machinery.
MANY visitors to statuary Han, in the Cap
itol, at Washington, have noticed that in the
statue OF Washington. contributed by Virgin
ia, both the upper and the lower lips bulge
out into undue prominence and give the ex-
preston q rather curious cast. A native Yr-