Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-17
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a COLONY OF Connecticut farmers 10 DelhB
settled in Dakota by p. 7. Barnum.
OF the l67 in Connecticut, IS are
now under a license vote and 81 under no
license.
The telephone has been introduced in New
Z-aland. Van Diemen's Land, Borneo and
Formosa. In Borneo the natives call it the
shell taiker."
A RANCHER near Hawthorne, New, who
owns q good many porkers, found a recently
born litter Of pigs among his herds the other
day. all Of which were covered with fur, IN
| stead Of bristles-
FALLEN forest leaves are giving the Mary
! land Central Railroad trains great trouble.
| Trains have been delayed by the accumula-
tiOn of leaves on the the tracks at steep grades
| and in deep cuts. The slippery debris has
made 1t difficult for the locomotives to lake
time on their trip
PUBLIC OPINION is rapidly coming round IN
| support Of cremation. says the British Nedi-
cal Journal, and broad, religious sentiment is
prOnouncing in its favor. Among Its support
ers may be counted the Earl Of Shaftsbury
! and more than one OF the Bishops. Inc Lon
don Sewer Commissioners advocate the prac-
tice.
FIFTY soldiers Of the Mexican army, belong
ing to the artillery service, and a number OF
distinguished Mexican officers, have arrived
i'm New Orleans as representatives OF their
government at the Worlds Exposition. Toe
soldiers have been quarJered in the eXposl-
tiOn grounds and Will be utilized IN the MeNl-
an department.
PROF. AUSTIN states that many clay and
iron sewer pipes and house leaders are per-
viOus to sewer gases. In one instance in Jer-
sew City the leader was so porous that the
parlOr was rendered almost unlnhabltable.
He recommends that all sewer pipes be thor
oughly vanished with shellac or soluble glass,
or else painted with heavy paint.
WILLIAM HAGERTY. of Bankston. Iowa,
commenced sinking an ~artesian well on his
farm some time ago. When down a consider
able distance the drill sunk into a cave. the
,.ho1toDl- Of WHICH 'GedIS f%rcnuertjv a.
E~ces1reo fhipeAIt ulu NOT REACH AuOlurf
hole was drilled with the same result. lie
commenced operations about l5O feet distant
from the two holes. The drill was 50 ieet be-
low the surface Saturday, when 1t again telii
into the cave. the bottom OF when was touchtu
at los feet, thus showing the cave TO be 2Q5
feet deco. BIOLOGISTS and mlnerallsLS VIII
give the matter attention.
TIE higher education of Hindoo women is
steadily gaining ground in India, notWlth-
standing native prejudices. Thus a high
school for girls has been opened at Poona, and
already claims some sixty pupils, several OF
whom are young wives, while the naive COM
muulty show great interest in the movement.
The Bombay Presidency is decidedly ahead OF
the other provinces in this respect, but mat
tiers are greatly improving IN MduTdss where
q much larger percentage OF girls now attehu
school than in previous years. a great IN
crease is also noticeable among the Moham-
medan female pupil.
ANEW skating surface, called ''crystal ice"
has been invented by DIR. Calantarients. of
Scarborough, Eng. Considering that after all
ice is merely a crystalline substance and that
there is no lack of substancesth are crystal
line at ordinary temperatures. Dr. Caianta-
rients eXperimented with a variety OF salts
and after a time succeeded in making a mix
ture consisting mainly OF carbonate ana SUI
phate of soda. which, when laid as a floor by
his plan. can be skated on with regular ice
skates; the resistance of the surface Is just
equal to that of ice, II looks Ike ice, ana lu-
deed when il has been skated on, ana got cut
ing nP NUE. '"S "''Sp'''" - 4-''
FOR some years the Selectmen Of the adj
Joining towns of Avon and Canton, Conn,
have paid a bounty Of 30 cents each for all
woodchucks killed. The Avon Selectmen re-
quired the tail as a voucher, and by the Can
ton Selectmen the ears were taken as proof.
Recently il was discovered that the number
az animals on which the two towns PAID
bounty was precisely the same. Then II
dawned on the two honorable bodies that the
unprincipled boy hunters OF the two towns
had collected SO cents from each town
whenever tdey bagged a ground hog. where
upon the Selectmen of both towns, with great
dignity. decided to pay no more Dountles Tor
WOOdchucks.
QUIET, reserved gentleman Of 70 years is
Admiral Porter. His eyes are still bright,
his voice is soft and entirely destitute Of the
husky, fOggy character popularity supposed to
attach 10 Jolly cd Sc. dogs. His face is
brOnzed. and his hands large and knOtty, but
soft in texture. To relieve the monotOny OF
the not OverhazardOus duties OF a present
naval commander the Admiral has written
a startling novel, which Is now publishing
in parts. He has already achieved a reputa-
ton as a brave naval officer, an historian, an
inventor, an authority on proJeetlles, arma-
geniOus and formidable submarine torpedo
boat, besides being somewhat OF a pontlclan.
THE tannekaya bark, which comes from
New Zealand, and is a new agent In tanning,
is one OF the novelties of commerce.. This
discovery is very recent. In 1873 the whole
export from New Zealand was Is tons, but
last year it was 375 tons. The greater part OF
the export is taken to Grenoble, France.
where il Is used in dressing leather for gloves.
The price of this bark in its native country Is
$40 per ton, and the freight IS as much more.
Hence il has been proposed TO make the tree
one Of our own rOducts since the bark has
at times been worth $3.50 per ton. 1t contains
1896 per cent. OF tannln, whereas OAK BARR
contains only SIS and hemlock %. Inc tam
nekava tree il very beautiful, and, as its tim
Der is very useful, ii has every point or value.
Being Of the Ar species, 1t Is well adapted TO
the light soil Of the South, and might do much
to enrich this part Of the union.
MACON COUNTY, Mo-, can boast a man who
was IS years old when Sir Moses Montehore
was born-and has not been gwen a celebra-
ton either. His name is Robert Gibson; he
lives with his son. two miles southeast OF Col
lege Mound, and is described as rather
small of size, can get about the house and go
out int the yard. sit at the table and eat
without help" He was not a soldier IN the
war Of IsI2-being too old to perform military
duty at the time. He drank q good deal OF
whisky in his early days. but finding that the
habit was growing on him. abandoned It, and
has been a teetOtaler ever since. lie mas
cbewed tobacco for sixty years, and docs not
think it hurts him." He does not know when
he was born. as the family record was lost
long ago; but putting this and that together,
it is made out that he first saw the light in the
wear 1906 in Randolph county, North Caro-
lima, uoved with his father to Kentucky at an
early dav. and went from that state to Mis-
souri, in 1850. He has been married twice, has
Is children. y of whom are living. de has
$50 direct descendants-children, g%randchll-
dren and great-grandchildren.
BRIGHT BITS.