Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

BERLIS PAPERS report that n subscription
list for contributions to the pedestal Of the
Bartholdi statue has been put up in the United
states Consulate General in that city, IN ac-
cOrtlance with an order by President Arthur
The amount subscribed is limited TO II, ana
the list is already well covered.
ONION soCIABLEs are the latest fashionable
novelty in Wyoming Territory. Six ladies
take an onion with them into a room, and
one Of them takes bite out Of 1t. Then
vounc gentleman is admitted. and II, after
kissing them ali he fails to tell which OF them
bit the onion, all the girls are Obliged 10 klss
him.
THE Salvation Army claims 10 have $40
corps. distributed as follows: In Great
Britain. OBJ; France, S; switzerland, q;
Sweden. 1: United States, So; Canada, ~;
TnJis Il. Soutb Australia, 25; Victoria, q !;
New South Wales. 81; New Zealand. %; Tas-
mania, 3 and the Cape of Good Hope, H..
Total, 30.
HERE Is a marriage notice from Quebec
newspaper, which is a curiosity IN its way /;
"D'EntremOnt-D'En st. Peters
Church, West Pubnico. Dec. a, by Rev. VIII
lism Mcleod. Denis D'EntremOnt, the eley-
enth child OF Dominique D'EntremOnt, to
sarah J. D'Entremont, also the eleventh
child OF Francois }. D'EntremOnt.
TIE young Mems Union" of the Society
of Ethical Culture in New York has set aside
half its income for founding a free circulat-
ing library in the upper part of the city, and
issued a circular in regard to the need OF such
~, 1ostitntiOn The number OF well selected
books already bought is over 800, and this will
he Increased by frequent additions.
4 GOOD English judge Of art matters has
made a urophecy that men now living VIII
see the dispersion Of the last great private
Gallery in Great Britain. The class of rich
land owners that founded these collections
EXISTS no longer Englishmen have caught
from France the anxiety lest American MIL
liOnaires may absorb their treasures
IT is stated by the North British AgricUltur-
ist that three of the men who were engaged
TO slaughter cattle suffering from loot ana
mouth disease, and belonging to Mr.. W. =;
Webb, of Newstead Abbey, have contracted
the disease by holding their knives In their
mouths. An application was, 1t IS sald, maae
to the Lords in Council to know whetner the
men were TO be isolated or slaughtered
THE proprietors Of the London Post Office
Directory have Inexperienced religion" to such
an extent that their publication Is seasoned
with texts. Thus facing the Court" section
occurs Thou God scest me- w nat is a
man proGted il he shall gain the whole
world'0 etc. precedes the list of commercial
Persons" and "A false balance j. an aOoml-
nation 10 the Lord" serves as an INTRODUCTION
% the Trades" division.
An INCIDENT irdugnt WIN HuOH 9OiSi'N
interest is confidently expected to occur IN
bridgeport, Conn, soon in the birth OF
Young Jumbo. should the event actually
take place IL will be only the third elephant
in the worlds history that has been born IN
captivity, the only previous instances OF
which there are any record having taken
place in this country. The irst was in Phila-
tleIphia in 1880, by iIebe. and the second in
bridgeport in 1889. by Queen. both elephants
belonging to the Barnum and London shows.
WITHIN four years eleven members of the
House of Representatives have been pro-