Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-30
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pasture.
IN MAKING GEEUFLEerIoN in a New
London Comm church on Sunday last a
man ruptured the muscles attached to the
knee-pan on both legs. He rose, tottered a
Few stels, fell and was unable to rise. The
physlclans are Of the opioion that he viii be
confined to his house for at least three months
and fear that he Will never recover the full
use of his legs.
THE Herald, of Utica, tells this: 4 Bing-
hSmton commercial agent wore ceIluloid col
lars. The train on which be was riding
slackened its speed, when he thrust his head
out oil the window to learn the cause, At
that instant a spark from the engine
struck his collar and ignited it. His whiskers
We're scorched. but fortunately he escaped
serious injury.
WELL, Of all foolishnessv' exclaimed the
high school girls mother, looking up from the
paper. What is it map asked Mildred.
They are going to wax Cleopatras Needle"
why. that's all right. ma" mildred, Won
incident try to tell your old ma anything
about needles. | have Waxed thread lots OF
times, but = know it's perfect foolshness to
wax needles. They don't sew bit better"
so MUCH did Miss Melissa McClery's heart
tnump when card bearing the name William
Richard was sent up to her at her home, in
Fort Wayne. Ind, the other day. that she
could hardly sit sllll. This was an unseen
lover. who had come all the way from Clarks-
burg, Va, TO end a matrimonial correspond
ence with marriage itself. And so they were
married, and those who like that sort Of thing
look upon the affair as delightfully."- romantic.
The English mint made in 1884 net profit
of 100000. The deputy master says, in his
recent report, that much of the British gold
coinage finds it's way here, and he mentions
the coincidence that as he and Prof. Roberts
entered the melting room at the san Fran
cisco Mint preparations were in progress for
l4if rafr
We're Informed that from July ], 1882, to June
20, 1884, 2l9,629 ounces of sovere gns OF the
value OF ES3l,slS, were melted at that mint;
while at the New York ASSAY Office in the
eight years ended June 80, 1854 no less than
t!.35S.s22 had been received, or an average of
fl69,853 year.
CLARA BELLE writes of the V-shaped vest
as follows: The V-shaped vest of a darker
color. and the trimming of Spanish lace run
ming from the middle of her smallest girth in
'front.' up over her bosom to her shoulders, give
artificial outlines of greater conveXity than
ceptlve enough to be delightful to the eye, and
at the same time her tender conscience is
saved from that stricken condition which
arises from padding. She could enrapture
fellow to-day with her contour, marry HIM
tomorrow, and yet suffer no conviction of
physical falsity, tor he wouldn't know how
his estimate had been missed.
The CORRESPONDENT of the London Meas
who is accompanying Mr.. Gladstone son
tour tells good story of the Provost of
Mofat. The other day the election to the
FroVostshlp took place, and two candidates
were propOsed-Bailie Kennedy and Mr..
Robert Begg. The voting was equal, and 1t
was left to Bailie Kennedy, who presided, to
give the ca ting vote. The occasion might
seem trlfe EN- barrassing but it was molly
met. There was short pause, and then the
President spoke: GAY, ay, may as well give
the one vote TO myself" The self-elected
Provost then RI uyala Mr.
Gladstone at the railway station.
ONE of the most remarkable of clocks has
just been constructed in London for banking
establishment. 1t is on the twenty-four hour
principle, and is notable as possessing proba-
bly, the simplest method which has vet been
resorted to for indicating time according to
the new enumeration. The clock in question
has only one hand, the long minute hand, and
the figures around are placed as heretofore.
Instead, however, of indicating the hours
thew Indicate the minutes only. which are
marked from to 60. The hours are shown on
a sunk dial revolving under the upper dial, a
space being left IN the upper dial in which the
mex hour figure comes forward instantane-
ouslv upon the minute hand completing It's
circuit OF sixty minutrs-that is, in a word.
the. solitary hand marks the minutes, and the
sunk space shows the hour.
NJ. HILLEMACHER, a well known Paris
painter, has been the victim of his own mis-
placed confidence. On the occasion of his
sons marriage he gave luncheon to large
number of guests al his residence on the Bou-
levard Magenta. About $50 persons presented
themselves ami, although many of them were
unknown to the artist or his wife and the
newly m arried couple, they we're nevertheless
admitted, the mutual impression being that
they were the invited guests of the brides
family. In the course of the evening the hos
tess missed her purse A search was made to
ascertain whether some strangers had rot
found their W into the gathering. but the
thieves had decamped. About one half of
the company had left, and those who emained
were all intimate friends of the two families
w hen they were informed of what had o.
Cured, several OF those yet remaining dis
covered that their pockets had also been
picked, and two portfolios, with securities
and bonds Of great value, had also disappeared
THERE is certain self-styled man ofletters
in London, who is more remarkable for his
lofty indifference to soap and water, than for
any 'difions which he has made to litera-
ture. In spite, however. Of his somewhat nm
comely appearance, he fancies himself to be a
great conqueror OF the heart OF woman: and he
is always delighted to set alb Dad Ii tie rumors
about fair beings whom his destinations have
charmed-rumors which are by no means
agreeable TO tie fair beings whose names are
ment oned. One young lady was very much
disguised the other evening, on being asked
at a dinner table by the friend who had taken
her down, II there was any truth in the rumor
that she was engaged 10 be married to the
somewhat unsavory man of letters in aues-
ton. The young lady denied the suggestion
Indignantly Then you have not accented
his hand?' her interlocutor inquired, "Ae-
cept his hand!' said the lady dec siyelv and
iDgramm atically-"accept his hand! WHY. I
would not even shake his hand, without a pre-
yious course Of Turkish baths on his part, and
a subsequent course on mine."
TWENTY SEVEN YEARS AGO a Buffalo man
went of, leaving his wife and children be-
hind. For long while the woman heard
nothing Of her husband, but finally, during
war times. rumor had It that he was dead
She took Il for granted that this was true and
accordingly some time after took unto her, elf
another husband, who is now dead. The wo-
man has renamed single since. not for A
moment doubling that h r first husband was
dead until the other day when one of her
daughters was told that the long absent man
was living In Atehson, Kansas. and that
note sent there would reach him. A letter
was mailed, ana, strange enough, q reply.
that was followed shortly after by the man
himself. came. He desired to resume his no.
sition at the head Of the miy and have his
, former wife return West with him This she
refused To DO saying that as she has lived 40
long WITHOUT him she can do 50 the rest OF her
| lie. The We-terner. however, has made an
ofier TO both OF his married daughters that il
! they viii move West with him he will act
both OF their husbands up in good business.
The daughters have the matter under cUnsid-
GRAFTON.
THE Philadelphia Times, VIII oh has heen
printing recently series Of forcible editoriAs |
in which the merchants and others OF pat
city arc charged with provincialism andlack
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