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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
Nilsson Sees the Flood.
Cincinnati Commercial Gasette,


The distinguished prima donna assolu-
ia. Nine. Christine Nilsson, yesterday
took a boat ride to view the flood, as the
guest of Col. Thomas Zimmerman, OF the
Burnet House. At about noon the gig
of the steamer Mary Houston was
landed at the foot of Vine street and took
on board the famous sOngstress, Col. and
Mrs. Zimmerman, Miss Floyd, of Louis
vile, Mrs. Zimmerman's charming guest;
Mr.. Matthews, treasurer OF the Abbey
troupe, and Nine. Missions comrade,
Mile. Rosna. The yawl was manned by
two stout Oarsmen, and was in command
of a coXswain, who was also an expert
enced pilot for this port. The party were
first landed at this end of the Suspension
Bridge, which they crossed to view
the Ohio in mid-stream and to get
a bird's-eye view in the distance
of sunken Newport. The voyage was
then resumed and this end of the
Newport Bridge visited, a solemn pause
being made, the oaTsmen just "hOlding
her against the current in front Of the
fallen house at Pearl and Ludlow streets.
the ruins of which under which still lay
the Victims-and the novelty of the fire.
men with their engine on the raft greatly
impressed the fair foreigner. The i'm
mense waste of waters in the West End
was next taken in, and then the party re-
turned. Nine. Nilsson was very quiet
during the trip, and seemed to have full
realization of the desolatiOn, as well as of
the grandeur of the scene. She seemed
full Of sympathy for the sufferers by the
disaster, and was evidently pleased that
she was to sing for their benefit. The
little excursion, even in life full of adj
venture and attention, will be liable to
long linger in the memory of the Song
Queen of the day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
The Germs of Fever.


have recently had the opportunity of
learning, on the spot, the full particulars
of a case in which tour members of one
household were last year attacked with
typhoid fever-One of them narrowly es-
caping with her life-under circumstances
which left no doubt in the mind of the
very accomplished physician who had
charge of the patients, that the malady
originated in the opening of an old cess
pool belonging to a neighbOring house,
then in course of demolition. The house
place is large and airy, and
stands by itself in a most salubrious
situation. The most careful examination
failed to disclose any defect either in its
drainage or its water supply; there was
no typhoid in the neighbOrhoOd, and the
milk supply was uneXceptlOnable. But
the neighboring house being old, and hav-
ing been occupied by a school, its removal
had been determined on to make way for
a house of higher class, and as the Often
slve odor emanating from the uncovered
cesspool was at once perceived in the
next garden and the outbreak of typhoid
followed at the usual interval, the case
seems one which admits of no reasonable
On the whole, then, the conclusion
seems clear, that while the breeding
ground of ordinary malariOus germs is the
earth alone, and the breeding ground Of
the ordinary eXanthemata is the human
body alone, there is an intermediate class
ofpestilentlal diseases-including cholera,
typhoid, and probably yellow fever-in
which 4 as Mr.. Simon tersely expressed it)
certain microphytes are capable of
thriving equally, though perhaps in differ
ent forms, either within or without the
animal body; now fructitying in soil or
waters of appropriate quality, and now
the self-multiplyIng contdgiuDa of bodily
diseaseO
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

KEROSENE OIL has driven cocoanut oil
wholly out of use in Zanzibar. Fifty thou
sand cases of kerosene were imported by
American houses in that country in the year
1882.
THE Society for Psychic Research proposes
a so-called ''ghOst census The society is
seeking for cases where some marked event
happening to a person at distance has coin
cided with the apparent perception OF that
persons presence or with dream of him."
THE Montreal papers mention as one of the
happv results Of the Carnival the interest in
outdoor sports that it has awakened among
men of business Many OF these have sudden
Iy discovered that they never had any boy
hood, and have dOnned tuques and unframed
themselves hoarse tObogganlng.
1T is not perhaps generally known that steel
rails can now be made more cheaply than iron
rails. such is the fact. ShiDs built of steel
cost only 10 per cent. more than ships built of
iron, They are so much lighter that the diff
ference of cost is more than compensated by
their lightness. Experts believe that the diff
ference IN cost will soon disappear.
DR.. ABBOTT writes in Science that he once
found a full grown chipmunk in the stomach
of a bullfrog; in another of the same species
fR1aq CafesBvana) he found an eighteen inch
garter snake which had been swallowed by
the frog while the snake was in the act Of
swallowing a mouse. The snake could not
defend itself while it had mouse IN Its gull
let. and the frog took advantage OF the fact
OF course no one will find the story difficult
to swallow.
SOME letters OF Horace WalpOle, just pub
lished for the first time, give strange pictures
of the London of his day. A fayorits morn
ing diversion was to pass under the heads of
newly hung criminals at Temple Bar, where
peopie made trade of letting spyglasses at a
balfpenny a look. Another fashionable
amusement was seeing prisoners logged at
BidwelI Hospital, where men and women
stripped to the waist. were brought one by
one to the whipping post.
THE Supreme Court of Massachusetts, mas
decided that the setting of telegraph poles IN
the highway is proper use of highway. A
public highway is properly an easement, or a
privilege of passage resting upon the real es-
tate so covered; and the court decides tnat
the use of the same site for the erection OF
poles for the transmission Of intelligence by
telegraph is not foreign to its character and
does not entitle the holder of the fee simple 10
any extra compensation.
ONE of the results of admitting women to
the practice OF medicine may be to lead us to
a scientific understanding Of the nature OF
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
ENCOURAGING Immigration.

The Southern immigration Association
has got into shape, and is now ready LOT
business. The States embraced in the
association are: Missouri, Arkansas
Texas. Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
Georgia. Florida, North Carolina oou'n
Carolina. Virginia, West Virginia Men
lucky and Tennessee. A convention WIZ
he held at Nashville. Tennessee, Deglh-
ming on the 18th Of next month, ana eoh-
tInuing three DAYS. The purpose oil Tue
association is to induce emigrants from
Europe and from the Northern ana Nortn-
western States TO settle III
the South. An effort VIII
be made TO establish emigrant
entrepots in the South Atlantic and Gun
ports to accommodate European mml-
grants. and an effort will also be made to
scatter correct information respecting the
soil. climate and lands of the South among
the people Of the North and Northwest
The South, with the exception OF Florlda'
has not been advertised as 1t oughl 10
have been. Within the last year or TWO
more has been said about the South 5 ma
terial interests than ever before, and con-
sequentIy she is only beginning to feel the
effects of immigration. Political out
rage stories have done a great deal
to keep immigrants from coming
here. but the period Of these stories is about
over. 1t is to be hoped that the Danville
and COpiah county investigations Will be
the last of their kind Mr.. Wayne
McVeagh, who was Attorney General
during Garfield's administration, in pa
per in the March Century, says that 1t IS
probable that the Republican party, IN
the coming Presidential contest, Will
recognize the fact that the Southern
States are great and growing Industrial
States. and that it is folly to attempt TO
make the ignorant class rule the
intelligent class. With this outrage busi-
ness out of the way, and with an earnest
effort to bring the South's advantages 10
the attention of the world, there is no good
reason why the South in the next ten
years should not have growth, IN wealth
and population, as great as that which
has been experienced by the most favored
sections of the country. The Southern
immigration Association and all similar
associations, which have an honest and
intelligent purpose, should be encouraged
IN pVprv DOSSible Way
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
The Dcmocratic Convention.

The Democratic National Convention
is to meet in Chicago. That city is lucky.
1t is to have both conventions this year.
Logan thinks that the meeting of the Re
publican Convention in that city will help
him. viii MOrrisOn's prospects be i'm
proved by the meeting OF the Democratic
Convention there: Mcdonald wanted the
convention to meet in st. Louis, or Louis
vile: at least that is the popular impress
sion. Morrison is an Illinois man and
his friends, no doubt, will be present
in Chicago in force. The Morrison
boom hasn't attracted much attention yet.
There is no doubt, however, that he is
working for the nomination with all the
skill Of which he is master. If his tariff
bill gets through the House before the
convention meets his prospects Will
brighten a little. just now there are
other candidates who appear to lead him.
1t would puzzle any one, however, to
pick out the fsvorite.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
PERSONAL.

WENDELL PHILLIPS favorite book, accord
ing to gentleman who interviewed him, was
"BacOn's Essays"
JULES VERNE intends to visit this year, on
his yacht ST. Michel, LissabOn, Oran, Algiers,
Tunis, Malta, Corfu, Sicily.
SIR THOMAS BRAssEY is to be promoted to
the peerage for having married a wife who
can write clever books of travel, and Sidney
| AIlport is to be made a barOnet for his general
good management of the Midland Railway.
MRS. LoGAN's second choice for President
is said to be Mr.. Blaine, but Mr.. Blaine has
one of the brightest feminine minds that ever
cared for politics opposed to him until there
is no chance for first choice.
REV. EDWARD FONTAINE, who died in New
Orleans last week, is said to have been the
protector of the jetty system, SO successful at
the mouth of the Mississippi, but for which
Capt. Eads gets all the credit and most of the
cash.
SENIOR CASTELAR, has been challenged to
fight duel by a Servian because, in a re
cent speech, he referred to King Milan as a
ruler of a kingdom of barbarlans. Like a
wise man, he declined the combat and mOdi-
fed his language.
A VIENNA paper says that the three great
Wapnerian singers, Materna, Winkelmann.
and Scaria, engaged by Mr.. Theodore Thomas
for an American tour in the spring, are de-
voting two hours day to the study OF the
English language.
1HE Emperor Ol AubNIO-lIu Has illdut
Herr Tia (who after the awful floods at
Seezedin was appointed Special Royal Com
missioner, and rehabilitated the town with
marvellous energy and success) a Baron,
with the title of the place he has served so
ably and with such complete satisfaction to
its people.
"THE other night while talking to Senator
Brown" says a Washington correspondent,
81 noticed a piece Of rabbit fur prOtruding
above his collar. l asked him if he wore a
rabbits foot about his neck. No. he replied
but | do wear a rabbit skin on my chest. A
lady commended it as the best possible pro-
lection against cold. got fine rabbit skin,
cut off the feet, and, tying the two legs to-
gether with a ribbon, tied the skin about my
neck 1t has worked like a charm
III. CHEyREUIL, the illustrious French chem
ist. and director Of the GObelin's manufacto-
nv lately reached the age of 9S, when he was
put on the retired list. He would not stand
such treatment, however, and has been re-
stored to his position. The old man is con-
stantly at work, and allows himself but ten
minutes for each of his two daily meals. His
breakfast consists of plate of meat, single
vegetable. and two glasses of water. He never
drank glass of wine in his life. His dinner
is almost as plain as his breakfast.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

I35 Bay street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

The haIf-starved Italian laborers on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, who at
tempted to take the law into their own
hands and seized Contractor Parliament,
have been paid of in full, but the ring
leaders are yet in prison. While the most
guilty parties will be punished for their
act Of brigandage, the sympathies of the
people seem to be very largely with the
Italians, and their sentences will prob
ably not be as heavy as if they had not
been in real distress, and been entirely
ignorant Of American laws and customs.
The railroad company has given notice
that contractors will be held responsible
in the future for the pay Of laborers en-
4sloved by sub-contractors. This step will
render the laborers more secure Of receiy-
ing their wages, and prevent much suffer
ing among them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

san Francisco mOdestly asks Congress
to donate the small sum Of $2,0O0,OOO to
the Worlds Fair to be held in that city
some time in the future. 1t is not prob
able that much of the surplus in the
United States Treasury will be invested
I'm the show business while the Demo.
Gratis have majority in the House OF
Representatives.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
a Common Cause.

Y. .. TtcuyUNe IUeHt.I.
But let the race issue be raised again, let
il be understood that the Republican party
intends to effect the political conquest Of the
South by forcing negro supremacy, and i'm :
mediately all factions of the Democracy VIII
forget their differences and make common
cause against a common danger.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
washington's Good Advice.

Boston 4 dUertiser (Rep.).
No legacy of Washington has proved more
valuable than the advice given in his fare
well address to avoid participation in foreign
complications. To guard against such en-
barrassments it is necessary that the emo
lions Of Congress should be revised and tenn
pered by the judgment of its most conserya-
tive committee, aided by consultation with
the State DeDartment.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

PhiEadelphiG Record (Ind.).
Unjust be apparent that there is no room
on the prOtectionist platform for more than
one marty in Pennsylvania. Democrats who
undertake to crowd on to it are pushed OF
without ceremony. What is true Of Pennsyl-
vania is true of every other State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
The TIMannered Absolutist

Ne1C York Times lHep.J.
Bismarcks act is that of an i'll hammered
absolutist who seeks an occasion to advertise
his dislike of everything emanating from a
popular government. The resolution was
kindly meant. 1t was not matter of great
moment, and its return is bit Of superfluOus
impertinence which our people can regard
with unruflled cOmpOsure.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

The New York Legislature Is trying to
brace itself up to the point of apprOpria-
ting another million dollars TO continue
work on the new capitol at Albany. The
previous appropriations amount to over
SII, 900, 900. AS this is the Presidential
year. and New York is supposed to be the
KEY to the situation, it is necessary for
the Republicans to leave all the money
they can lying around loose, especially in
the neighborhOOd of Albany. 1t may
tighten the work of the soap committee
enInnWhaf.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

Abiding to Judge Holman's vote FOR
the unconstitutional appropriation by
Congress for the Ohio food sufferers, the
New York Sun says: a man like MIR.
Holman must be pardOned, not for one
mistake only, but fors fifty" What are
the other fOrtv-nine
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

some OF the Boston fanatics are getting
to be over particular, and do not approve
of the selection of George William Curtis
to pronounce the euiogy OF Wendell
Phillips.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

An exchange says that when this coun-
ty becomes as thickly settled as France it
will contain 6SO,000,0O0 inhabitants. 1t IS
to De hoped that Prince Bismarck will not
consider this in the nature of an insult and
take steps to check the growth ofour popu-
tt.tr
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

just about the time Bismarck's brow
began to get cloudy over the Lasker reso-
lutionf Prof. Swift, Of Rochester, re-
ported the discovery of a new nebuia.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

The demand for cheap liquor and dear
necessaries appears to become weaker.
The cross-examinations by the Morrison
committee was a heavy cross for the pro
tocti0ufsts TO bear.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

The New York Board Of Aldermen has
passed a resolution asking the Legislature
to authorize them to appropriate $4,000
to the Bartholdi statue pedestal fund. The
prospects are good that Liberty will yet
LaNn n funting ON American soil.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

The Republicans are very busy now
Iecturing about civil service reform, that
is when they can spare time from forcing
voluntary campaign contributions from
the government officials and clerks.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

With Gen. Gordon and the smallpox
both at Khartoum the False Prophet IS
not i'm hurry to take possession of that
place.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
CURRENT COMMENT.
Republican Platform
Crnwded or the Platform

4 lcadin Republican says the Republican
platform should be contained in one sentence.
Wei. one sentence would express it,and in fact
nrn NNnrl VIZ. Plunupr.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

Reports from Missouri indicate that
there are a great many Democrats in that
State who have not forgotten the Hon.
Allen II. Thurman, Of Ohio, and want to
enter him for the Presidential race.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

If Tom Ochiltree contemplates a decla-
ration of war against Herr Bismarck it
would be well for him to 90 over to France
and get a few dots. The only trouble IS
that France is also down on the American
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

OF 40 prominent Republicans of Ma
honing county, o., who were polled for
Presidential preferences. $40 pronounced
for Blaine, and only for Arthur. Logan
got Il votes, Lincoln 10, and Gen. SHEER
man H. The indications are that even
GOV. Foster was able to tell the truth one
time. The President had better make a
few Ohio appointments at once.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

FOR SALE, desirable corner lot on Duny
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

The impression in Massachusetts is that
Butler intends to run for Governor next
fall, but does not expect to be elected.
He expects to run again in 1888, when he
thinks he can be elected, because he
hopes that the Republicans will be worn
out in the effort to defeat him in three
successive campaigns. Butler, it seems,
isn't laid on the shelf yet.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
For Throat Diseases and Coughs.

Browns Bronchial Troches. like all
really good things, are frequently imitat-
ed. The genuine are sold only IN b01es.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

Mrs. Bonanza Mackey had her portrait
painted by a celebrated artist in Paris,
and paid S15,0 900 for it. After awhile her
friends decided that it looked very much
like her. and confidentiaIly told her it was
caricature. whereupon she cut it up and
burned it, This shows the folly Of patrO-
niziug great artists. If she had gone to a
fourth-rate artist he would have selected
some handsome Partisan for model, and
perfect satisfaction would have been the
result
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

A poker room was raided in St. Louis
the other night and the memorandum
book of the proprietor captured by the pO-
lice. His percentage on the games for the
month of January was S1,7S0 20, and his
expenses for rent, cards, liquors, coal,
etc. 1868 -, leaving him net profit of
$780, 10. or nearly $45 per night, and this
was not one of the swell saloons either.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

The statement of Hon. Judah p. Benja-
min to a Herald correspondent regarding
the forged letter is pretty strong proof
that Thurl0w Weed Barnes is the cham
pion outrage hummer of the Republican
party. If he does not make money out of
the coming Presidential campaign, it Will
be because he does not know how to real
ize on his talents.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
psrnonaL.
DERsONAL.-If Georno l.


)EhhsONA LII George Edgar. VINO lef, -
= nome IN Woodstock, Ontario Ca aoie ms
shortly after the close of the war viii fiiltla,
m unlcate with the undersigned. he viii I bd
OF something TO his advantage. The LAST near near
Oh MN was from letter written L7 u r,ea ,I
pohi Ken dated at Savannah, Georgia Nv
per, io'I: ANY person knowing the viii gbseLl-
aDOuts OF either Of the above parties viii NeIe-
Ter great favor by cOmmunicatiTr ,, g. IONS
as soon as possible. WIN. FDG3 p i'1 1I me
Agent, Windsor, Ontario. Canada. NAH
PERsoNAL-Clementsaussy az ST. JnIIer
street, buys Old Gold and Silver fo- 49,,
lends monevoD personal security.
d Y. REEVES,
IA Real Estate and Collecting Agent
40 Bay street, Savannah O.
PERSONAL attention to renting repairs co1,
tious. 7'-e pans colec-
MONEY LOANED on personal prone,--
VI large assortment of unredeemaS' y. A
and Silver Watches, and other JeyTejr7UC 3 ~
sale very cheap at Licensed Pawnbyyo1t'oar-
House, lSI Congress street. E. MUHIPFPSS'
Manager. n. B.-Highest prices paid far NJ
gold and silver. N ioi Old
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

There is still a want Of harmony in the
New York Cotton Exchange. 1t has de
termmed to try to secure Il new commits
sion law. and committee of twentY-one
has been appointed to submit draft Of
such law to the body. During the meet
ing Wednesday some of the members
were quite sarcastic towards each other,
and one openly stated that the Board OF
Managers could not be trusted.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

Besides the Board of Councils New
York is being scourged with insect pests.
The trees of Central park are being de
stroyed by $40 different kinds of worms
and bugs, and energetic measures are TO
he taken for their determination. After
this has been accomplished some more
effective steps should be taken to eXter-
inmate the 900 humbugs and parasites
that fnfest the political and social walks
of the metropolis.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23

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