Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

FOUR seals were recently caught near Nor
ristown, on the st. Lawrence river.
TWO thousand British troops are in Scot
land and thirty thousand are in Ireland.
Is India curry is served late and as saw
DRY dish. Served early it spoils the taste for
other things.
SENATOR JAMES T. WILSON, Of Iowa, says
he has no doubt that the Legislature Of that
State will pass prohibitory laws and insure
total prohibition,
THERE are clearly exceptions to the rule
that s'the policeman's lot Is not happy one
London "bobby," recently deceased, left
$4,000 to his widow.
THE colored people in some portions OF
Texas are clamoring for legislation requiring
the railroads to provide frst-class accommo-
datiOns for their race.
a CRUEL FATE follows the English sparrow,
even in the land of its nativity. 4 club has
been formed in Warwickshire, Eng, having
FOR its object the determination OF sparroWs.
ACCORDING TO statistics prepared at the
New York Meteorological Observatory, that
citv had 1895 hours Of sunshine ont Of posi-
bic !. iI9 during 1879, while in 1880 it had 3,lOl.
1T having been found that the regulation
sword Of the mounted branchcsis all too heavy
for the British cavalry soldier Of the present
day, 1t is in contemplation to issue soon amuch
lighter weapon.
THE Harvard Union few days ago debated
the following: "Resolred, That the require
ment of Greek for admission TO Harvard Col
lege should be abolished. 4 ballot taken
after the debate resulted: Ayes Is, nays 2l
IT is estimated that the wheat crop of
Colorado for 1883 was l,s5S,o00 bushels, and
that all Of it was used for home consumption.
Sixty thousand bushels more are needed
before the State can be said to be raising its
own bread.
AMAN by the name of Taylor, who has
ranch six miles west of the head Of Cattle
Greek, in Colorado, Is building an enclosure
which will contain over 1000 acres, Tor the
purpose of raising deer and elk for the East
ern market.
PROBABLY the longest lovers quarrel on
record came to an end the other day in Bran
ford. Conn, when Miss Jennie Durand and
James 0. Smith were married. They quar-
relied in 1875, and did not meet again for fifty
eight years. The groom Is 50 and the bride -.
\ CURIOUS instance Of the kindlIng Of fire
by means Of the concentration Of the suns
rays by a globular water-bottle through
which they passed IS related by corFespOn
dent of Ia Nature The day was cold, but
the sun shOne brightly; the bottle, an 'Onion-
shaped" flask. filled with water so as TO form
perfect lens, sat upon the table. The start
ing Of the fire. which would have caused
great damage if the relater Of the incident
had not been present to UXtiuguish it, was re-
veaed BY the smoke. \ deliberate expert
ment was made on the next day, with COM
plete success, in kindling fire by this means.
GHOSTS are about to enjoy a tremendous
''boom" in England, where a guide-bOok to
haunted houses is on the eve Of publication.
"London alone" says the Globe, "it is becOm-
ing generally known, literally swarIns with
haunted houses. As for the rest Of the king
dom. it is doubtful whether even one OF the
many thousand parishes Is without its ghost,
though it is singular that few, if any, should
enjoy the possession Of more than one. That
a serious belief in ghosts is on the increase Is
obvious enough to any one who remembers
the scorn with which such persOnages were
treated in print some ve-and-twenty years
ago.