Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

prove unable to pass the examination for
admission that about fifty Congressional dis
tricts are unrepresented.
MONARCH, England's champion bulldog, for
which f4O0 had been refused, has just died.
He has taken an immense number of prizes,
and was considered by experts to be the best
bulldog since CRIB.
A LAW has been enacted n Austria making
the observance of Sunday compulsory. The
law, however, contains a clause exempting
from its operation Jewish tradesmen and ar
tisans who do no work on their Sabbath.
OF the 5000 patent medicines of American
concoction now in the market, 900 kinds are
thought TO be of real value The trade
amounts to $22, o0oOOo, year. OF this $40 OOO,-
GOO IS expended for advertising. The proprie-
tors divide the profits Of $5,0o0,000 annual re-
turn.
AT ameeting of an English Board of Guar
dams letter was read from a clergyman,
stating that an old blind fiddler in his parish,
having, by savings and small legacy, accu-
mulated $3.50. was anxious to refund some Of
the money-say two or three years. receipts
which ne had received IN outdoor relief. 1t
was resolved TO accept $32 so, that being one
years aims.
A TALL MAN sat with his wide brimmed
hat on at Texas concert, and when COM
manded to remove it. he said: "It'll be worse
If DO" But those behind him insisted that
he should uncover. He did So and mass of
bristling hair stood stifiy out from his head
In all directions like the SEARCHED locks OF I'M
itatlon Circasslan girls in museums. Il told
you it'd be worse if did," he remarked.
Four more gas-lighted buoys upon Pintsch's
principle have been sent off from Paris to the
Suez canal to join the eight already doing sat
isfactory duty there. The buoys are charged
with compressed oil gas. and win burn for
days or weeks, according to size, without any
attention whatever. The first of q new pat
tern of gas beacon on the same principle is to
be put up in the Clyde on the Gantoch rocks.
1t has TWO red lights and will burn hYe weeks
with one filing of gas.
AN odd sign that the political barometer on
the southern side of the Rio Grande is low
comes by way of Ell Paso. Silver is flowing in
a steady stream on the backs Of mules into
Uncle Sans territory. Gen. Trevino has
ma AIDE large deposits lately in Texan banks,
and Senior Gonzales, once President OF the
sister republic is hugging the sandy shores of
the great river ready to run acrOs- at any
moment, that he may snuggle down under the
warm, protecting wing of the American
eagle.
THIS Is the latest parrot story: ga common
gray Polly, having been brought from Guinea
oy sailor with coarse. rough voice and
afflicted with cough, the parrot learned to
initiate the exact tones Of his master, even to
the cough, 50 closely that the sound of his
voice WAS often mistaken for that of the sailor.
1t was afterwards taken in hand by another
instructor and taught softer tone, but 1t
never forgot the harsh voice of its former
master, ami often amused bystanders by re-
lapslng into sea slang, interpreted with the
asthmatic cough of the sailor"
THE Queens swanherd visited the Windsor
waters of the Thames recently for the purpose
Of marking the swans. Three boats crew,
clad in red and other colored boating costumes
and wearing swan quilting in their straw
hats. we're engaged in the pursuit of the birds.
The wineries were decorated with a white
ensign bearing crown and the Initials
". r., and the banners of the Dyers' and
Winners Companies. The swans. on being
sighted. were driven ashore and 'snicked" on
the bill with the emblems of their owners, who
claim all birds of this description found on
the Thames between London bridge and
Henley.
A DISPATCH from Billings, Mon, says the
Marquise de Mores, who is daughter OF
Banker Hoffman, OF New York, has returned
from her hunting trip to Northern Montana,
accompanied by a lady relative, the party be-
ing in charge of Vic Smith. a well-knOwn
frontiersman, who was formerly q scout for
Gems. Terry and Miles on the Meeteetse
mountains. The lady shot four bears and the
scout shot two which were coming uDpleas-
antly near, and each killed another higher up
in the mountains, making eight in all. Smith
says the Marquise is an excellent shot and as
fearless as a cowboy. The party rode 1856
miles across the country in four days. Nine.
de Mores. on account Of her carriage breaking
down, riding all the way in q mess-wsgon.
BISHOP WILLIAM TAYLOR and his band of
missionaries, according to the English papers,
are having a bitter struggle to MAINTAIN
themselves in their chosen field of work
Southwest Africa. The accounts which from
time to time have been received in England
have. il is said, represented the missionaries
as undergoing terrible hardships, and the
latest information shows that those of the
party who are alive are in most deplorable
condition. The party, on leaving Liverpool,
included men, women and children. and
were evidently totally unacquainted with the
nature OF the country they we're gong to.
Shortly after their arrival many of them were
stricken down with fever, and several of them
died. The missionaries appear to have been
nl-prOvided with funds, and although two or
three Of the party have returned home, they
were only enabled to do so by the considera-
tion of the English steamship companies trad
ing to the port.
THE Mosaics in most of the churches at Ra-
VIENNA are undergoing renovation; in fact, St.
Apollinsre Nuova and the Baptistery are the
only ones in which scaffolding is not erected
for the purpose. And the latter of these two
is threatened. The Mosaics in it are not in a
good condition, ami appear to have been
picked on rs relics by visitors at their will.
from the fact that 1t is repOr ted in most guide
boOksl, an idea OF raising the whole building
by machinery. At present It ia what might
be cal eel an open sepuchre, only surpassed by
the catacombs Of st. Sebastian st Rome. Ra-
venna should not be visited by trave ers our
ing the hot weather. as in most of the
churches, IN which places all the interest is
centered, notably st. WHALE and st. Apollin-
are in Ciasse, there ls stagnant water which
has horrible putric smell. within eighteen
inches Of the surface. The drinking water
which Is much the same, is also very bad, and
II taken, even with wine, produces uncom-
Portable results.
KING OSCAR H., of Sweden, visited the
United states flagship Pensacola, at Stock.
holm, few days ago. He arrived on board
at 2:45 p. m, when the yards were manned
and national salute was fired. with the
officers in full uniform drawn up in line on
the starboard side Of the quarterback Tn,
Admiral and stan, with the American Minis
tor, received him ht the gan away, the oficers
saluting and the marine guard presenting
arms ~ the King passed down the quarter.
deck, the band at the same time PLAYING the
Swedish national anthem. He WIS then
shown over the ship, the ships company in
the meantime forming into battalion. After
a short stay IN the Admlral's cabin the King
returned 10 the quarterback and tooK up n
position on the bridge where the battalion
was put trough ne drill and moved IN re-
view before him. He waa accompanied by his
son Prince Gustaf, aud a retinue OF seven
officers OF his household guards. The King
has stately Appearance, standing over feet
~ height, ana looks TO be about 10 ,eara az