Savannah morning news., 1885-12-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Aey Can 10 Outy as z WoQGADB ring. rrfr49 re,t.
SO wELL-TO-Do are the. Boston hicyelers
that they are to build slo0,eOO club house (.
No FEWER than Zoo cattle cheW the eud
ON ex- Senator Dersey's ranch in Collar
county, n. M. lQ 81 9dt 5sTf ( i
WHITE LILACs now bloom where orange
blossoms once shed fragrance at swell we'd
dings IN England. 2li NJ 9Si
1HE NEW TOWN of Dunreith, in Dakota, Of
fers $500 and town lot to the first boy baby
born In that place. 'Aoti
CREMAToRY is usually mispronounced. The
nrst sylla le is pronounced krem, with the
snort sound as in gem. .v u
THEY are trying to prove now that the Van
dyke portrait of Charles l.. in the Louvre, is
not portrait of that Prince. rf M ~ ~
A. j. HOLLAND, of Mason Valley. New, has
raised three kittens that ne obtained from the
nest of a wild cat that he had killed. Thew
nave become thoroughly dOmesticated. and
though now but four months old, are good
ratters. ''7 a7IV
A COLONY OF ITALIANS in New Haven is
ruled by one Kate Donghen who is known as
the "Queen of It0lians." One of them stepped
forward and paid fine that was imposed
npon the Queen the other day for breach of
the peace.
WHEN the King of the New Zealand Maoris
was in England he promised to work for tenn
perance reform amOnghis people. He seems to
have kept his wort, for it is now announced
that more than ll,000 OF his subjects wear the
blue ribbon of teetotalism.
THE WATERS OF Z axe Tuiare, in California,
which had been recedIng for long time, have
risen rapidly since the autumn rains. aud
many squatters' cabins that were built on dry
land are now mile from shore. 1t is thought
probable that the lake viii assume its old or
even larger proportions.
NEAL DOw's ALLUsIoN to Bangor as the
''drunkenest city on the continent leads the
Bangor Commercial to print the police record
OF Neal Dow's city, Portland. beside that OF
Bangorfor one dav. Bangor had only a lone
drunk but Portland ent eight drunkards
10 jail for thirty and sixty days.
IN the mountains above Chico, Arizona, the
residents slong lumber iume have novel
way of getting their mail 1t is started on a
raft from the head of the fume at regular
dates, and the people below watch for it, take
out what belongs TO them, and then send the
raft, with its precious cargo, ON the way.
BUTTE CITY, NJ. T.. has a population of
$1,000, 1000 to 5000 of whom are employed in
the mines at 81 80 per day, whi g fully as many
men are idle. The town supports FIVE news
papers, five brass and string bands and fifteen
ambllng establishments. four variety theatres
and one opera house, which are doing a rush
ing business every night.
THIS is the kind of yarn that Englishmen
are ready to believe about this country. A
Yankee off red a prize of sl00 and a years
subscription for The hest written proposal OF
marriage from a lady. He then picked ont
nee proposal from beautiful and wealthy
widow, an wered it accepting the proposal,
and with the threat of a breach Of promise
suit, actually captured her.
IN THE COUNTY COURT at Milwaukee Sat-
urday, motion was made that ex-Judge D.
W. Small be disbarre for unprofessIona
practices. Small is one of the leading law
yers in the State. Afidavits were filed show
ing thai he acted FOR client and then had
his Ttner resist ne suit, both fees being re-
.ceived in his ofice. A committee has been
appointed looking to smaIl's disbarment.
THE vast extent of British commerce is in
dlcated by the ct that no day passes without
some British vessel being lost with all its
crew. Indeed, the statistics for the month Of
November show much greater average loss
than this, for during its 81 days no fewer than
"a ships with all IN board ~ rished. This
constitutes tremendous toll. but. having the
carrying trade of the world chiefly in her
hands, Britannia is able to bear the strain.
THE PRINCE OF WALES has entered on his
45th year. He was born at ls minutes past 10
on Tuesday morning, Nov. 9. 1911, the event
coming very opportunely for the Lord Mavor's
dinner, From some crotchet Of the Prince
AohsOfbs lHtellgence or fne Queen being in
labor was not sent of Till so late that some of
he dignitaries whose duty 1t was to assist at
the birth did not arrive until after all was
over. AID the Archbishop of Canterbury wa
thus relieved OF part OF his task. Instead OF
engaging in prayer for the safe delivery OF
the child. he had only TO offer the usual
thanksgiving.
The LATE LADY ROLE, of England, who
was always hot tempered, once gave her hus-
band slap IN the face in the drawing room
at Bicton before several visitors, and the old
man exrlaimed: "By G., madam, if Won
shant repent of this" and he swOre a furious
oath. 1t used TO be said that this outbreak
cost her ladyship vast Estates After his
death L}dy Role manifested her wrath
against her deceased lord by burning his
clotnes. hnntng-gear and favorite chair and
also his Bible and prayer-book, in Bicton
park, the whole making a bonfire which
blazed for some hours.
AMONG the 1884 couples who got married
in Berlin last year were 5Sl widows. 22o di
vorced women, and one man who had the
courage 10 marry a woman who had been
divorced three times. There were 9s mar
rlsges OF cousins, OF uncle and niece, 2 of
nephew and aunt. One man of Is married
woman Of nearly so, and one man OF rs a girl
OF -. In So cases the man was l6 TO 20 yaars
younger than the bride, in cases 20 to rs
years younger. in one case about 80 wears
younger. March, April, and Nav. September.
~ctober, and November were the months in
which the greatest number Of marriages took
place.
CLIMATE was fully appreciated by the Ro-
man physicians Of the early ages as remedy
or prophy Tactic. Thus in the terrible D ague
that swept Italy IN 1SS, the Emperor Commo-
Gus, at the instance Of his medical advisers
Quilted Rome, where the mortality was
heaviest, Tor Laurentum. on the Latin shore
me dense laurel groves, from which the nlace
ooK It's name, emf ted an odor which seemed
70 antagonize the pestlence, and sugeested
10 the Roman physicians the inhalation OF
aromatic essences "a preventive for those
VINO could not leave the city. The passs ge IN
herodln a.. l2) from which these facts are
IARen Is OF much interest TO the historian of
medicine. Va
JAY GOULD is the hero Of melodramatic
anecdote now on the lips OF the New Yorker.
AS the story runs, Mr.. Gould once called on |
Commodore Vanderbilt. who at that time was |
known as an enemy Of the little black bearded
speculator. While they chstted the Commo- |
dore became suddenly IN. In fact there acfu |
aly wa real "rattlep in his throat and the |
rlgiuty OF his lmbs betokened something |
afeaafnl. For his part. the little black |
bearded hnancler vas shaken with fear lest |
some one should rush In. and shouting "Ah. |
villain. ] have thee" charge him with the |
murder Of Vanderbilt. But the Com modore |
came to-and the horror OF the inc dent |
chn.ef not the h6'r OF the distinguished MIR. |
Gould 10 turn white.
THE Bushe-Brooke elopement scandal in
England has ended in very, prosaic wav. |