Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ NEW WAX Of value has been found in the
bark of the ocosilla, thorny plant of Mexico
/ WITHIN week after publishing book on
the perlls Of Alpine climbing, Vienna law
yer fell down glacier aud was killed.
THE death OF an aged Ohioan was caused by
the shock of discovering that he was only 80
| years old, instead of being the centen&rian
that he had supposed.
SIX thousand letters of Peter the Great have
remained under suppression. The Emperor
OF Russia now permits the publication of a Sc
lection,
1T is estimated that the opposing candidates
for District Attorney of Luzerne county, Pa,
have promised 1900 post offices to politicians,
though there are only 100 to be filed by any
| body.
! TWELVE MOUNDS Of inclnerated human bones
have been dug up in France, at point which
makes it Likely that they are the remains of
/ Gaulo-Roman warriors, who, IN the time Of
/ Hannibal, fell ia defending the Rhone against
that Generals passage.
RHODE ISLAND still has the densest pcpula-
lation of all the States, the number Of inhabi-
tants to the square mile shown by the new
] census being 80, as against 240 for NJ ASA
chusetts, which has ranked second in the list
since the foundation of the Union.
AN effort is being made to re-establsh
Italian opera in London next season. How
little faith in the popularity of the thing the
/ projectors have is shown by the fact that once
week performance ls TO be given to which
! only the arisEocracy VIII have access.
THE fortifcations surrounding Paris be-
came the lurking places of vagabonds and
scoundrels whom the military are now driy-
| ing out, at the same time destroying the
| woods and shantles which sheltered them,
and from which they sailed sorth TO rob.
! IT is charged that the Canadian volunteers
that put down RiePs rebellion plundered the
! houses of the half breeds of valuable furs,
! which they are now ceiling in Montreal to the
/ furriers. One artillery officer is "credited"
! with having thus disposed OF $3.50 worth of
| loot.
A JoT for the thousands who sell and the
thousands who buy the fabric mentioned
/ herewith appears: "Alapaca goats have been
| discovered in Asia Minor, whose hair excels
that OF the South American alpaca, and a
very silky, soft alpaca fabric results from
| its manufacture"
The worthlessness of the murdered man
was the only plea made by a Wyoming law
/ yer in defence of his client, who had delber-
| ate shot barroom bully formerly annoying
| him. The Judge said that the argument was
unsound in law, but the jury let it justify, to
their minds, verdict OF acqulttal.
ALMOST half million dollars is on deposi-
in a San Francisco bank by the Attorney Gen
| eral Of California, subject to his personal
| draft, and yet his bond Is only $40 COG. THIS
sum was paid to him in settlement of Pacific
railroad taxes, and a complication of au-
thorlty delays its transfer to the State
| Treasury.
A man in lonely part of Iowa had brain
lever in consequence of the death of his wife,
and on recovering could not remember where
! he had buried her. During the interval the
three persons who had assisted in the inter-
! ment became scattered. Very DESTROYS of To-
eating the grave, the widower dug over most
Of a 10 acre field before finding the remains.
A SAVINGS bank in Portland, Ore, has a
twenty dollar gold piece which was taken
from the stomach of a slaughtered COW, and
| found to be worth 1929. The milling is
! worn of the edge, which is smooth and robnd-
| ell, but the des gns upon the sides remain Wis
/ ible. The date OF the coin is. 1870, but how
long the COW had been digesting the 1915 no
| one can tell