Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE Detroit Times relates that one night
last week a lady and gentleman. the former
about 80 years old, the latter 60, were snow
bound at Williamson. In their trlbulatIOn
the two hearts were attracted toward eacs
other, and, though they had been acquainted
but a few hours, the old man proposed matri-
mOny. the lady accepted, and they were mar
ried by Justice.
A DUEL with swords between Sin mounted
dragons of the Thirteenth Regiment has
been fought at the riding school at Com
niegne France The combat lasted % min
utes. AT the second encounter three OF the
cOmbatants were wounded in the forearm.
but not seriously. The duel was witnessed
by the seconds, some superior officers, the
doctors and proVosts.
THE masses of ice piled up in Lake Michi-
gan affords great enjoyment to the adventur-
Gus citizens of Chicago, who seek to realize
the experiences of Arctic vOyagers amid the
frowning foes. Many persons wander away
as far as the eye can see, and become mere
snecks uDon the horizon. All that Is needed
to give thrilling interest to the scene is few
stuffed polar bears adroltly placed among the
hummOcks.
A WHALE of the rorqual species, which
roams the Arctic seas and is seldom mOlested
by hunters account of its strength and
fierceness, was lately cast ashore on the
French coast, near Luc. 1t was driven ashore
while in pursuit of the shoals of fish on which
it feeds. The monster was visited by thou
sands Of people, and its skeleton Is to be pre-
served in a scientific museum.
Mr.. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD in his lecture on
.sThe nomenclature Of cities and towns in the
United States" objects to the classical names
of Troy Utica and Syracuse as applied to
modern cities no less than to the barbarous
and utterly unmesning names so often given
to villages in the mining districts OF the far
West He advises Americans to cling to the
euphonious and musical Indian names so far
as possible, and although ''town" at the end
of the founders name might do, willie" is not
to be tolerated, being French and utterly in
harmonious.
ONE Of the most remarkable oils yet discov-
cred is that found in the Arago oil basin in
wyoming Territory. In a shaft put down on
the east side OF Bath Creek to depth OF
twelve feet, oil flows IN of exceptionally high
specific gravity. 1t is, when first exposed, of
like soft butter. 1t gradually turns black on
exposure 1t has little odOr when II first
comes from the shaft, though what escapes on
the south side of the ADJOINING rage mas a
slight pungency, which it loses on exposure.
RICHARD WALL, of Haverstraw, n. Y,
walked into the National Hotel Thursday, car
rying a broom, on one side of which was the
legend. "Let Her Go Slow, or Twenty-fOur
Years on the Lookout" and on the other side,
-, 104 plus As, equals game" He did not ap-
pear to be very fOotsOre or weary, although ne
had walked all the way to Washington.
There was no wager in this case" he said to
a Post reporter. Il simply said that if Cleve-
land was elected would walk to Washington.
He was elected, and am here. left Haver-
straw on the 9TH, and walked on an average
about fifteen miles Gay. It was hard
trsmD the worst being from Relay station to
this citv" "Wbat do the figures on the broom
meant well, Rockland county gave 1,lo4
majority for Cleveland and the State gave
/ Iig. so that 40 votes added to the county
majority won the game. Am going to stay
until the inaugurationg certainly l am. |
did not come here for nothing.
Ina group of Democratic politicians at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, Saturday evening, pref
ty good story was told at the expense OF Col.
b. b. Smallev, of Vermont, Secretary of the
Democratic National Committee, IN the laugh-
ter over which he joined as heartily as any
one. Col. Smalley recently went to washing
ton after a visit to Mr.. Cleveland at Albany.
He called there on Delegate Nj. L. Post, OF
Wyoming, and also of the Democratic Con-
gressionaI Committee, and was leaving him
when a newspaper acquaintance stepped up.
Col Smalley insisted that he knew nothing at
an that he could give to the correspon-
dent. ssBut you have just come from
AIbanv.r said the latter. "Yes. but
even il Mr. Cleveland had told me anything
I would not feel at liberty to give it away"
ssWelI, YOU have just been to see Mr.. Post"
''Yes, had message 70 MN MIR from Mr. CIevet
to know so as to keep posted. L don't want to
nut il in print" t'Oh, | know that you
Wouldn't print it," said Col. Smaney, as he
thought he saw his way to rld hlmselI Oh the
about telling you" Really, III keep KEEP Il i
cOse,'' put in the reporter. wen, tnen, IL
you must know went to tell Post tnat am
70 be Secretary OF the Treasury, anu ne = 70
be Secretary of the Interior" The young man
drew a long breath as if hit hard, but ne re-
covered in flash, and said quickly: "Wel,
/ vow; but always did say that man Cleye.
land would make BANKED fool OF himself