Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

a CONhECIlOUT SPORTSMAN latoly bnot a
prize peacock belonging 10 one of his neigh
bors. He said he Thought it was a wild
| goose" An accomplished Ornlthologist that.
PROTECTION to home industry and a care
for home people is the rule in Dakota. Re-
Gently a bank failed there and a receiver was
/ appointed. His taking possession was resist
ed by the bank officials, who divided the as
sets among the local depositors, who were
ranged around In waiting.
SOME children playing with matches re-
Gently in the Hungarian village of Nemedi
caused a disastrous fire, which destroyed 232
/ houses. Nothing remains of the village except
the chbrch and few cottages in its neighbor-
! hood. The whole population has been ruined,
| for only few of the people were insured, and
these but partially.
IT is said to be quite the custom now for
French ladies to carry revolvers. At a
fashionable dinner party lately, gentleman
was observed hesitating whether to sit on the
| right or left of a handsome young widow. At
! length he said, with very polite bow, 'Par-
/ don me, madame, bnt Will you kindly say on
which SIDE you wear your revolverW
A YOUNG farmer of westford. Otsego
county, n. Y e, was struck recently in the face
by the tail of a COW which he was milking,
! and became so enraged thereby that he pro-
| cured an AK and chopped of the tails above
| the switch of every COW in his stabie--siX in
! number. The proceeding finally came to the
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| was fined sl0
! WINNING the Derby seems to give brevet
! of longevity TO horses. for out OF the twenty
/ three last winners of that race only five have
died, and one of these not from natural
causes. But while all but five of the horses
/ which have won the Derby since 1868 are
/ alive, only ten of their owners, or eleven,
! counting the two owners of the horses which
ran dead heat last year, are still in the flesh.
IN Norway every holder of public Office is
obliged to declare his adhesion to the Lutheran
or State Church, but this requirement does
not prevent persons who disbelieve the doc
trines of that church from obtaining official
| position. No scrutiny is made of their pro-
! fesslons, which seem to be regarded in much
the same light as some of the planks in our
political platforms-made only to be trod-
den on.
THE throne of the Empress of Russia is COM
pletely covered with plates of gold, and con-
tains l,500 rubes and 5000 turquoises, besides
| many other rare and costly gems. The throne
! OF the Gar is known as the diamond throne.
| Russia possesses more precious stones than
| any other nation, majority OF which were
| procured at the expense of blood. Tho jewels
| IN the Cathedral at Moscow alone are valued
| at 100000.
THE whaling schooner Ellen Rizpah, Capt.
Durham, arrived at Provincetown, Mass,
after a four months cruise. She had $50 bar
rels of humpback and 100 barrels of sperm oil.
She reports that whales are plenty but small.
/ On June she spoke the schooner Antarctic.
which had raised whales eight times, taking
! us barrels of sperm oil, but was obliged to
cut away from 60-barrel whale on account Of
| darkness and lost him.
THE new Connecticut law against "fiash''
literature, which has just gone into effect, i'm
poses fine Of $50 or less, and Imprisonment
for three months or less, or both, at the dis
| erection Of the court, upon every person who
shall sell, lend, give or offer, or have IN his
| possession with intent to sell, lend, give or
offer, any book, magazine, pamphlet or paper
| devoted wholly or principally to the publica-
tion Of criminal news, or pictures and stories
| Of deeds OF bloodshed, lust or crime.
FURTHER FACTS are learned in reference to
the appearance of swarms of locusts ON the
ridges north Of Chattanooga. The numbers
are increasin and all shrubbery and trees
| and every green object is covered with the tu-
sects. In some localities they are so nUmer-
| Gus that all other sounds are drowned by their
noise. Tuesday they began moving INTO the
valley, and they are spreading through the
lowland farms. They appeared in that conn
/ try II years ago, ana their ravages destrOy ed
nearly all vegetation.
No Russion General, not even the most dis
tinguished during the Crimean war, has been
go rewarded as KomaFofI, whose sklrmish
with number of badly armed Afghans was
the cause of all the glory with which he has
been covered. He has just been the recipient
OF more substantial hOnOPs than the piece of
ornamental military equipment which he first
received-the Damascus sword, with the gold
and diamond studded handle. telegram
announces that the Gar has bestowed on him
the magnificent sum OF 100000 Toubles.
IT is said that there are upwards of $4,000
poultry keepers in the United Kingdom, and
their annual exhibitions are very numerous
So great is the desire of obtaining prizes at
these, and so great the advantage in the sale
of their fowls after getting them, that I'M
principled poultry men resort to many de-
ceptions to secure prizes. They stain the legs
with desirable coOTs, paint parts of the body
feathers in different spots to make a more
perfect show Of pumage, pull some from tufts
on the head and sickles from the tail, glueing
in others Of a more fashionable kind to take
their places cutting combs and wattles, espe-
cially of gamecocks, in order to give the head
fine snake-like appearance.
THE trouble between the New Jersey and
Delaware fishermen is now claiming the at
tention of the United States authorities. A
few days ago several boats and valuable stur-
geOn nets belonging to JeFseymen were seized
by the Delawarians and cOnfscated under the
laws OF Delaware. This made the Jerseymen
angry, and they were about TO resort to vio-
lent measures when the advice of Gov. Albeit
aud Attorney General stockton was sought
The outcome Of this was that Q. j. GarretsOn,
Camden lawyer, was dispatched in bot
haste to Wilmington, where he replevined the
boats and nets through a United States Mar
shall, who at once returned them to the Jer-
sey owners. VexatiOus and pFotractedpitiga-
tion is likely to follow.
THE Arc de Triomrhe. which contributed to
the apOtheOsis of the great poet. has already
served as a centre In other national demon
STATIONS. The first stone WAS laid in 1906
and when the Empress Marie Louise made her
triumphant entry into Paris in 1910 the strue-
ture had scarcely risen above ground, but an
imitation OF il was improvieed with timber
and canvas and the procession passed beneath
IL. The arch also served for the entry of the
Duke dAngOuleme in ls24 for that OF thu
Princess Helena on her marriage TO the Duke
Of Orleans in 1887; for the funeral Of NAPOLEON
l. on she return Of the body from St Helena
in $40; and for the inJerment Of the Duke OF
Orleans in ls42. In S4S the Republican Gov
ernnent made a distribution of hags 10 the
army and the National Guard az the foot Of
the Arch. Victor lingo himself predicted that
the Arc de PEtOile would share with Notre
Dame and the column I'm the Place Vendome
the privilege Of eternity.
PATENTS lesued Tuesday for new system
for the production OF spherical and conoal
proectlles, which was laid before the Army
and Navy Ordnance Department some time
ago, and deemed Of such importanee to the
government service that the Secretaries OF
War and she Navy made official requests 10
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