Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

HAMPTON COURT, the once magnificent pal
ace which Cardinal Wolsey rave Henry VIII
/ for a present on one New Years day, il now a
tenement house for dependents on the royal
bounty.
THE body Of a female child was sent re-
Gently in a box marked '~perishable' to the
British Home Secretary. The c%hUrchyard at
/ C~olsterwOrth had recently been closed, and
as no other proper buFying place had been
provided. the parents OF the child took this
| means of notifying the honorable Secretary
Of the condition Of affairs.
THE workmen employed in the Boston navy
yard, in tearing apart the old United states
war ship Virginia, find he wood in a good
state of preservation. This is attributed to
the fact that her timbers were salted. Large
humps of salt have been taken from her thaU
were put there over seventy years ago, when
she was constructed.
An enormous balloon, to be called the
ECLIPSE" is constructing in san Francisco
| under direction of Prof. Van Tassell, who
hopes to eclipse all previous attitudes with it,
as well as TO eclipse the experience OF most
aerOnauts by returning to the earth alive.
The balloon Is los feet high, IS feet in diane
ter, and viii hold $1,000 cubic feet Of gas.
THE latest and most novel use Of city streets
for advertising purposes has been made by a
butcher in Chicago. He paraded a few days
ago a procession of fat cattle and wagon loads
Of dressed beef, headed by a brass band,
through downtown thOroughfares. The cat
tie had been bought at a fat stock show. and
the butcher wanted to let the public see the
quality Of his meats.
THIS TALE comes from the North Sea: A
Dutch lugger capsized and four of her crew
chung to the inverted keel all night. When
rescue came one Of the men had been washed
away and another was a raylng maniac. Inc
latter still held on to the keel and would not
be taken of. Force was used, but he con-
tinued to resist. and at last, with a
laugh, he plunged into the waves, 70 tell his
companions below, he SAID, That help had
come.
Al ingenious Italian has succeeded In train
ing a number Of parrots for opera singers.
Parrots have not been remarkable for sweet
ness of voice, but in intelligence they are
probably equal to some opera singers, and as
they do not demand eXOrbitant salaries, never
~dlsappOint audiences with bogus doctors Ger
t~iicates, never break contracts. nor quarrel
with the managers, parrot opera singers VIII
undoubtedly be much sought after by operate
impresarios.
DIFFERENCES between the French and the
French Canadians crop out in minor but sig
nifcant ways, says a Canadian exchange:
Neither Montreal or Quebec has a French
theatre or restaurant, or hairdresser's shop
after the style one finds throughout France.
In the artistic genius which makes Paris the
chief school of painting in the world. French
Canada has done scarcely anything. Her ar
lists for the most part connne themselves 10
church decorations. and even in this narrow
field attain but mediocre results.
AN extraordinary ride undertaken by a
young woman named Margaret Grice McNa-
mara for revenge is reported from Australia.
The Young woman considered that she had
received som injury at the hands Of a police
trooper named Power, and resolved to pur-
she him in order to seek revenge. She dis
guised herself as a Bushman and obtained a
pack horse. She carried a loaded revolver
with her, and had Travelled LOO miles on
horseback. when she was arrested at a place
called OuOrn. before she had an opportunity
TO accomplish her purpose.
THERE is a notable circumstance connected
with the sudden death OF DR.. S. NJ. Bemis,
New Orleans, on Monday last. He was one OF
the visiting surgeons at the Charity Hospital,
and A few hours before his death he delivered
a lecture to the students in the hospital on
apoplexv. At the time he was apparently IN
perfect health. In concluding his lecture, TO
demonstrate the kind of man who was liable
Il am a man IN danger OF apopleXy. | am
liable to die at any moment from IT," Ihree
hours afterward he was dead and apopiexy
had killed him. He was one OF the most
prominent physicians in the city, a member of
the National Board of Health, and OF the
American Medical Association, and one of
the professors Of the Louisiana University.
Mr.. CLEVELAND will be an important man
in the eyes of the army. According to the
Washington Capital he will have the appoint
ment of two Major Generals and six Briga-
der Generals. Brigadier Gen. Augur,
who commands the Department of the Mis-
souri,. retires next July. and it will depend
wholly on the personal wish Of the President,
after being advised by the Secretary of War
and the Lieutenant General, what Colonel
shall succeed him A year later will occur
the retirement of Gen. Pope, and then the
question will be whether Gen. Terry or Gen.
Howard shall be the next Major General.
Whoever is promoted there viii be a vacant
Brigadier Generally. Major Gen. Hancock
will retire in February, 1883, opening the way
to the promotion of still another Brigadier
General.
AT the time when Mormonism gained its
first solid foothold in Kirkland, Lake and &C.
auga counties, Ohio. were in one. When the
division was made the Official records were