Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

PrxDJ0FH il accurately written and pro
nounced PuDj1eh, and means live villages
ONLY about IsO cans Of snails are imported
annually. Outside of few French restau'
rants, there is no demand for them.
ABOUT hundred marriages between Chris
tfau Chinese couples are reported as havine
taken place IN the san francisco hiseloH
Chapel.
TIE Methodist Episcopal Church OF san
Francisco has raised s.. coo towards an eplSco-
pal residence. and hope soon 10 OBTAIN sum
Client for handsome house Tor Blenop ro"1ei
AT the last official reception given by Presl-
dent Grevy Of France some young Iashion-
ables. who thought 10 introduce scarlet neck
tias for evening dress. were summary eJecteu
from the Elysee palace.
AS rather singular coincidence the recent
session of the Arizona Legislature wss@or-
gained on jan. Is for the thirteenth time IN
Arizona. II adjourned on the 49th' anu nss ):
during its session I3 fights. There was lie
politically IN each brSnca, as well IS III natrl-
mony and bachelorhOo0.
SEVERAL American telegraph operators
have recently been offered good positions TO
90 TO Siam to work on the new telegraph lines
OF that country. The pay Is $3.50 month Win
free outward transportation. The Slamese
GOvernm eDt, after careful study. oSclCed 70
adopt me American telegraph alphabet and
instruments rather than the Continental or
European method and pattern.
THE amenities Of journalism were iffustra-
ted the other day BY a conversation between an
editor who had just resigned his position and
one who remains upon Boston daily. Said
the former: I'm going 10 give up newspaper
work. 1t doesn't pay me. I'm going into
money" We'll" ret0rted the otter w tn
suspicious suaTity, Il trust your efforts VIII.
as heretofore, meet with the success they de-
serve
CALIFORNIA red wood was introduced in
England last year, the imports being Sl,O0
cubic feet. It is very suitable for furniture,
inside house finishing and the best j0iners'
work, besides many other purposes. 80 rsr,
two cargOes of this remarkable wood have
been landed in Scotland where II has met
with ready sale and mas ceen highly apprecl-
ated by contractors. builders, cabinet n aKer5
and other consumers. The price realized W as
S5I 66 per thousand feet, board measure. and
the cargOesWeTe carried distance Of about
1900 miles.
THERE Is no more curious sight than the
Brooklyn terminus OF the great bridge at 6
o'clock in the afternoon. The cars are then
run ar about minute and q half headway.
as they call il. by which they mean that two
cars are empfied on the Brooklyn side about
that h6ur III every minute anG haH. l ne
passengers then descend a stairway 10 the
street. bur notwithstanding the interval
OF time named the procession OF people = IN
broken during the rush Of business. A con-
slant stream Of men and women, seven and
eight abreast, is 20 be seen descending these
stairs.
THE sale of Charles O'Conor's library only
realized $1,000 or $500. Probably the books
cost five times the amount. But they were
old fashioned. There are new fashions in
law. it seems. as in spring bonnets. The
largest fee Charles O'Ctnor ever received
was his last. It was paid him by Referee
RCggles, on the partition and sale Of the Jumel
estate. and amounted 20 a clean cash o.,
GO. Il came out Of Nelson Chase's one half
OF that estate. The other one-half Of that
estate goes TO Che French heirs, who were rep
resented By Marun{s de Chambrun and the
late Lew :. Chatfeld.
JUDGE THOMAS j. MAC6EY, OF South Caro-
lima, who has been acting as counsel for Gen.
Hazen before the court martial, is, says the
Philadelphia Record, "a very queer fellow.
He Is an elderly man, but his hair and nous
tache are still jet black and his eyes are as
piercing as ever. He is a man Of excellent
ability ana good education, with 8 most re-
markobie flow OF words. He can talk for
three hours without stopping for breath.
senator Morgan, Of Alabama, is the only other
man IN W aShington who can do this. Mackey
Is man Of excellent family, too, and very
proud Of It. One Of MS near relatives was the
late DR.. Marion SIMS, of New York. whose
memoirs Judge hackey IS compiling"
JUDGE JA4Es has had under consideration
in the District Court at Washington the cases
Of Cornwall and Cumberland agt. the steam
dredge, 40. :, owned in Jersey City, at work
on the Potomac flats. Mr.. Nat. Wilson. for
the respondents, raised the question of iuriz-
dIctIOn. claiming that a steam dredge is not a
vessel within the jurisdiction of the admiralty
court. Mr.. L. Z. Briggs, for libehantS. claims
that a steam dredEe. which is merely a decked
scOW, fitted up with dredging apparatus. IL,
in every sense OF the word. a vessel subject to
States District Court. The court sustained
the point that the dredge IS not vessel with
IN the jurisdiction Of the court, and dismissed
the hbels.
THERE is q curious method for making
horses lie down IN the stable in an Old English
book. published in 1865. 1t said: whoever
has any concern with horses must know that
it is sometimes very difficult TO make them
lie down in the stable. for some OF them viii
stand night aud day for several weeks, till
their legs swen and many disorders come on
them which are not easily got rid Of" A
dealer IN horses gives this simple method:
when on have 3 mind TO make a horse tie
down ia the stable take piece Of strong pack
thread or bag cord and tie ii as tight round
the horses tail as possible. without breaking
the skin. and as near as you can 10 the rump
bone; this VIII give him g PAIN IL The back
and he VIII be glad To change his posture to
get ease, and when he finds he cannot in any
OF her way procure II he VIII lie down. which
he viii ind the most easy posture, and he
viii. OF course, take liking TO it."