Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE Cincinnati Coffin Makers Association
embraces thirtv-three firms, representing S.
100000 capital.
MR.. DEPAUw, the wealthy glass manuiac-
turer of Indiana. predicts that gas wells VIII
revolutionize the manufacturing business OF
the country.
IT ia estimated that there are now in the
United States 100000 mich cows and that
there are made annually l,3OO.O9O'ooe
pounds Of butter and 450,00O,OOO pounds OF
cheese.
MANY Englishmen are settled on ranches IN
the neighborhood of san Antonio, Texas.
Among them are an ex-General Of the Indian
srmv. an ex-Captain Of the British navy ana
other soldiers and sailors OF rank
A CLERGYMAN in Pontiac, Mich, 1t Is al
legged. went to sleep the platform at re-
cent union meeting, and, being requested TO
offer a PRAYER, astOnlshed the congregation ny
Swinging to his feet, stretching out his hands
and prOnOuncing a benedlctlon.
THE Quebec COntario) Z Euenement pub
fishes the improbable story, on the authority
of a private letter, that there is much destltuI,
tion among the colonIsts of Minnesota and
Dakota. and if the authorities DO not senu
help a large number will die OF munger
IT is said that a decided majority OF the
members of both branches of the Legislature
Of MARYLAND favor submitting the question of
speciaI election this spring, instead OF de-
ferring it until after the Presidential contest
FIVE HUNDRED vessels at time have found
protection in the harbOr of Portsmouth, \. H.
The channel is 900 yards wide at the narrow
est place. and there is never less imam seven
fathoms of water at any stage OF the Ilue.
The harbor is never frozen, so swift IS the
current Of the Plscataqua.
ENGINEERING in China has achieved not
able triumph in the construction of the bridge
at Lagang over an arm of the China Sea. IL
is five miles long, built entirely OF stone, mas
three hundred arches seventy feet high, ana
the roadway is seventy feet wide. Inc Pill
lars are seventy five feet apart
THE furniture interest in this country is
enormous Three years ago it amounted IN
New York to 800 factories and product OF
nearly SO. 100000. Cincinnati had !l9 FAC
tories with a profit of S4,50O00O chicago
turned out above S6,0OO,OOO, Phllauelphla
S., 900, 900, and Boston S4,OOO,OOO.
1T is related of the 18-year-old Boston
school girl who died last week, as alleged, OF
over study. that during her delirium she re-
peated page after page of history and strug-
gled with the notes OF music, frequently cry
ing: ''Oh, mother, if | could only get these
notes out of my head"
A PROMINENT and prosperous farmer OF
Michigan is quoted as saying recently: when
was a boy and trudged along to school was
taught to take of my hat and make obesance
whenever / met a grown person. HOW Is II
now2 Why, a man Is fortunate IL ne can
pass by a school house without Delng shO"
balled."
INNUMERABLE snow "mufs' were formed
by the wind in Oneida and Herkimer counties,
n. Y. on Tuesday night last. Hundreds were
seen on an acre, the largest being ABOUT 10
inches in length, a foot in diameter, ana IN
some cases hollow; in others solid ana so urn
a., norrfd handled
without breaking.
THE last census reveals the encouraging
fact that the proportion of the blind to the
population has decreased with each successive
enumeration since 1851. in which year account
of them was taken for the first time. The
decrease in the decade ending IN 1881 was
much greater than in either of the proceeding
decennlal intervals, the number OF cases
returned on this latter occasion being 22,e32,
equal to one blind person in every l,l33'
A CURIOUS law suit is now awaiting trial in
New York. Some ten months ago Miss Annie
Petit, a young girl Of unusually large pro-
portions, was engaged by dime museum
manager to exhibit herself as the largest
yOung lady in the world" Miss Petit was
given to understand that her position was
fife one, and it probably would nave Deen
hadn't nature interfered and reduced her SIZE
so much that she was no longer curiosity.
The management promptly discharged her'
A FIRM of wholesale dealers in fish in Buff
faIo report the discovery of wonderful winter
fishing grounds in Birch Lake, Michigan.
The fish caught are pickerel. When first
found the lake had been but little fshed, but
when holes were cut through the ice and
halted hooks were dropped in the fish bit SO
ravenOuslv that one person, 1t is alleged, land
ed thirty fine large pickerel in twelve MIN
utes The discoveries immediately started
ont to secure men, fishing apparatus ana
teams and set to work in a business way.
Thousands of fish were taken from the water
during the first full days fishing. Now the
fishing firm has more than 500 men employed
in the work, and plckerel are being carried
away by the ton,
REFERRING to the danger encountered by
pedestrians in crossing the streets in Paris,
correspondent of the London Times writes:
DRIVERS may go at full speed over the cross
ings. and pedestrians must not expect the
slightest forbearance. Often, indeed, it seems
as if drivers of empty cabs increase their pace
at crossings for the purpose OF frightening
nervous pedestrians. There Is moreover, not
a pin to choose between drivers OF cabs ana
of priyate carriages. The latter are frequently
the greatest offenders. especially near the
dinner hour: and it is impossible to acqut OF
serious blame masters who bid their coach
men to make haste home, no matter II IL be
the hour Of dusk, with the gas still unllghted,
or it, as at this time of year, night has set IN.
The gallon home from the theatres about MD
night Is equally scandalous. though. happily,
pedestrians are then less numerous"