Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


California is less than it has ever been. One
farmer in the San joaquin valley pays 4c. a
sack for harvesting his crop. Under old
methods the cost of threshing alone has been
as high as loo.
THIRTY years ago an attempt to raise sufii
cient money to buy a town clock was made by
the citizens Of Pennington, Me-, but failed.
Last week a fair was held there for the same
purpose and enough money was raised, To-
gether with that collected three decades of
years ago, To buy the long sought for time
piece, which Will be placed on top Of the new
county buildings now being constructed.
SIR RoDERICK CAMERON, OF New York, and
one of the Judges OF the Canadian Supreme
Court, went fishing on the Ristigouche two
Sundays ago, and We're promptly prosecuted
sir Roferiok, who had killed a salmon, was
fined $40 and costs, but his companion escaped
by proving his own ill luck. and the fact that
the statute prohibits killing fish-not fishing
on Sunday.
A NEW method of dressing wounds, by
which their healing is said to be hastened
and the pain made to disappear at once, has
been brought into notice by a French sur
geon. 1t consists On the application Of COM
presses wet with a decOctiou Of thirty parts
OF valerlan root in 1000 parts of water. 1t is
expressly stated that the treatment Is of no
avail in deep wounds.
THE flock Of Southdown sheep, consisting Of
five rams and fifteen ewes, which were re-
Gently purchased by Park Commissioner
Crimmins at Lord Walslngham's sale in Eng
land, arrived Thursd ay at Central park, New
York. They are very handsome sheep aud
among the finest ever brought TO tins country.
Two OF them will probably be presented to
Mayor Grace, and the others will be kept at
the park.
PAYMENT to singers has sometimes taken
an odd form. When Mile. Zelle, a vocalist from
the Theatre Lyrique at Paris was making a
professional tour round the world some years
ago she gave a concert in the Society islands.
she agreed to sing an air from Norma" and
4 Few other songs, and was TO get third of
The receipts. w hen counted the prima donna's
share was fOunfl TO consist of three pigs, TWEEN
ty-three turkeys. forty-four chickens, five
thousand Cocoanut5, besides quantity of ba-
nanas, lemons and oranges.
THE opening of the Tower Of London to the
public will take place az soon as the recon-
mendetions of the authorities for It's better
security have been carried out. These are
very numerous, and include several structural
alterations and the lighting OF the building in
some places bv the electric light. The Tree
days are to be increased from two to four and
an ext staff Of police and warders is to be
mainta ned. The Tower will be closed at
dusk in the winter months. but always by :
p m. at any time. Visitors will move around
the various points of interest in n continuous
about.
THAT there is proper time and place to
speeze, both when IL can be profitably done,
is evineed by the conduct of young ensign,
poor amt frlendless, of the English army. He
was once attending grand ball and stood
near duchess She inadvertently uttered
an enormous sneeZe-in fact. a snort catcula-
ted to bring on her the rIdIcule of the assem-
bled guests. The young ensign took in the sit
10 md IRA
his nose as if to throttle the fneeze. rushed
from the room, leaving the guests to suppose
that he was the offender. The next day he re-
ceived n captains commission from the duch-
lit was an i'll sneeze that did nobody any
good"
WITH but one exception the Liverpool
transports, which were engaged by the British
government when the Russian difficulty was
most threatening, have been returned to their
owners. The Oregon and Peruvian sailed for
Canada in their regular lines a few weeks
ago, and the Abyseinia for New York on
Saturday of last week. The vessels chartered
as armed cruisers are still in the hands of the
government, and viii remain until the termi
nation Of the six months for which they were
engaged. These vessels, well hnOwn on this
side of the water, are the Oregon, the I'm
bria. the America, the Alaska. and the
Arizona. All are now at Liverpool except
the Oregon, which is with the evolutionary
squadron.
AN attempt is about to be made to settle the
vexed question as to whether the bones Of
Columbus rest in Cuba or San Domingo. In
1877 it was announced that the people of San
Domingo had discovered that the bones sun
posed to be those of Columbus, which had
been conveyed to Havana with great pomp,
were spurious bones, and that the genuine
bones still lay in Dominican soil. With the
view OF settling this point in dispute the gov
or of a "a cd
number of savants to attend an international
congress. which will open in the capital of
that republic on Sept. TO- The government
viii submit to the judgment of thus congress
its proofs that San Domingo possesses the
only real bones of Columbus in existence.
ROLAND the recently published novel
which has created such sensation in Paris,
Berlin, and Vienna, is believed to be from
the pen OF the Countess Romrod FRAU Won
Kalomine), the divorced spouse of the Grand
Duke of Hesse, who is at present engaged in
preparing for publication her memoirs con-
corning her second marriage and divorce ex-
perience, which. IL Is said, will include some
decidedly sensational correspondence, aud a
series Of piquant sketches OF the English and
Hessian royalties. ROLAND" has hitherto
been ascribedtO the Princess Catherine de
Radziwill, anf. as it contains some very free
not to say scandalOus. sketches Of most of the
members If the highest Berlin society, il has
given the greatest possible ofense in the court
circle.
AN instance of "cheek" occurred at ATTAIN
tic City, N. J.. the other day which would
make the average insurance, lightning roo, or
book agentturn green with envy. A gentle
man of influence, who occupies a handsome
cottage, is great bather and Is fond OF swim
ming far beyond the last line OF bathers. He
was dtsportng himself, as he thought. in soli-
tude, when be was overwhelmed with sur
prise at the apparition OF a figure which
seemed To rise from the sea and showed a
countcuance which he had never beheld be-
fore. His surprise was not lessened when his
own namewas pronounced in y confident tone
and without any more ado his strange visitor
plunged into the recital of a business scheme
In which he WIS anxious to enlist the gentle
mans influence. lie explained that he had
gone 10 the gentlcman's houee and been in
formed by his wife that he mad gone to the
beach TO battle. He had no time 20 lose as he
was compelled to return by the next tram
He asked the lady 10 permit him 10 look at the
photograph Of her husband. and then hasten-
INK To the beach. donned bathing suit
rushed into the water and swan around
through hundreds Of hathers until he discoy-
cred the original Of the photograph. Such q
soliciting agent rs this ought 70 be worth his
weight in gold.
AN extremely rare and curious military
medal was recently found under the kitchen
on the premises Of r. -. Chapman. at No. 81
President street, Charleston S. G. On one
side II has the words "For courage, good
conduct aud faithful service. HindOstan. list
Highland Light Infantry. Ten years SER
vice" On the other side are the words (:
peninsula. kOleia. Nimiera, Nittoria, Alma