Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

wine and larder. The ship is always ready
for an ocean voyage.
FIRM of cheesemakers near Buffalo have
just pressed a cheese weighing $500 pounds
! Sixteen tons of milk were used in its manu-
tacture. Three other cheeses, weighing from
l:uO0 70 S,OOO pounds each. are being made by
| market.
WELL-DREssED VISITOR, last Friday, to
the cottage where Gen Grant died, stole the
pencil with which his last message was writ
ten. The newspaper account OF the affair I'm
I fortunately omits the fellows name, which
should be published as that of one of the
meanest Of thieves.
AMONG the animals at the Jardin d'Accli-
nation, in the Bots de Boulogne, are some
specimens OF very prolific race OF Chinese
sheep, introduced twenty years ago, and
which produce from four to six lambs year
In TWO filters. They still preserve their fe-
cundlty, and 1t is suggested that the propaga-
tlon OF this breed might become remedy for
agricultural distress.
THE REMAINS of Jumbo have arrived at
Rochester from st. Thomas, Ont, and are
now in the establishment of Prof. Ward,
whore the skin is to be- stuffed and the bones
OF the skeleton united. The skin weighed
1900 pounds when it was taken from the ami
NAL. At present the hide is about an inch
and half thick, but when properly dressed
quarters OF an inch thick
A NEW YORKER in looking for rooms for
winter quarters struck good looking land
lady on Shawmut avenue. Boston. and. after
terms we're arranged, remarked he wanted
something hot for supper, and was met with
the reply they always had 1T. On taking
his seat at night. with slim looking
spread before him. he remarked TO the girl
that he expected something hot, when
Bridget said" Fots the matter wild the tay2''
WHILE the csmp-meetIng of the United
Pilgrims was in progress in Isaac Haines'
woods, about a mile from Wernersville, Pa d,
empty whisky barrels were used in conveying
water to the grounds, the United states
stamps on which had not been destroyed
Cigars were sold on the camp-meetiDg
grounds without the proper license, 1t IS
alleged, and the ministers who participated
IN the camp meeting VIII be summoned be-
fore the United states Court.
A HUNTINGDON COUNTY, PA, man boasts
that he is the owner of raspberry bush which
has bCrne fruit four times this season.
Blair county man can see that bush and go
one better. Albert Wilson is the owner of a
black raspberry bush which has borne fruit
continually since July /. At present this
wonderfully prolific bush has upon its
branches green, red and, ripe berries, and q
liberal supply of blossoms. Ripe berries are
gathered from 1t every week.
For SEVERAL MONTHS Miss Mary Beekman,
OF Canjoharie, n. Y, has been on a sick bed :,
anG she has frequently said that she seemed
to feel something moving within her. After
eating she was always ttacked with retching
and the other day q little squIrmlng animal
was found in the bowl. 1t was black, had an
oval body as large as a copper, and legs very
long and slim. It looked like a toad, and
when thrown into the canalIt proved to be an
adept swimmer. 1t is thought the LADY will
recover.
AN ENGLISH RADICAL CLERGYMAN who ad-
vised his flock to lie if any one asked them
how they were going to vote, is catching 1t all
around. His bishop has sat down on him very
hard. and his clerical brethren are saying very
uncomp1mentary things about him. Besides
he has been reminded by some newly eA-
franchised wOrkingmen that the new voters
VIII lie quick enough when it is to their IN
tereat to do so without being urged thereto.
Altogether the Radical clergyman seems to
have put his foot in it.
INSTEAD Of giving the parson a silver water
pitcher or a donation of dried apples and
pumpkins, says Lewiston, Me-, paper, our
ancestors made him a present of a negro
slave. This was done in Maine. Although 1T
Is not agreeable to be compelled to believe
that slavery has existed in that state, the
parish records of the town of ] ork show that
at meeting ON Jan. 9, l722 it was Voted
that there be a slave purchased by the parish
labOring for the Rev. Mr.. Samuel Moody
SOME of the words which Miss Knell, at
Monday nights teachers meeting at Spring
field, Mass, brought forward as samples of
the spelling returned on the examination for
admission to the high school in June. are as
follows: Physique was suelled psque,
phseec, phlseke, phiseque, physic, physick,
phIsqUe, phIZeeke, physige, physice, physeac,
physeque, and phise 'ac; Observation-Disclosures
o al o n
phOger, pedafOger, and peJefOger; vehicle
veacle, and vehecal; geyser-gizer, and gy-
serre.
WHEN the new postmaster at Amherst
cleaned house he found about forty postal
cards under desk where they had been ac-
STIMULATING for yers. He Immediately mailed
them to their destinations, and now Amherst
people are getting replies to letters written
many months ago. In one case a bookseller
received a lot of boo which had been or
dered year ago; and forgotten. He wrote,
asking why they were sent, and this led 10
the discovery that the order had been but
Just received Waterbury American.
FRAU WoLTER. the Austrian actress, who
has been playing before the King of Bavaria
gives curious account of her experiences.
His Majesty ordered the performance for mid
night. With the exception of the footlights
the house was pitch dark. The Kings arrival
aud departure were announced by an electric
signal lie was the solitary spectator. No
body could see him in his box. where he re-
matned during the representation silent and
medtatiVe. On the fall of the curtain he sent
her n0segay and q jewel as a mark Of his
appreciation. which she had to q knowledge
on the spot by formal letter, dictated to her
by his chamberlain.
TIE royal Prussian domanial admInistra-
ton have introduced an arrangement for the
protection OF the purchasers OF Kline wine.
For the spring auction sales Of Rheingau cabi-
net wines several so-called cabinet cellars
were established at Hocheim, Wiesbad, Eher-
whole. half or quarter cask Of the fner
growths Of the royal vineyards at the afors-
satd auction sales VIII have the right not ONLY
to store the WINE in those &c lars until il he
ready for bottling, free OF stOrs ce but also To
have IL IlleI, tensed and bottled there. the
pieces from the moment o. purchase being
marked with his private seal.
TIE horse and the br ght new buggy which
admirers OF Walt Whitman gave him few
days ago, have since that time been cared for
at Camden livery stable. Every morning
the good, gray poet' has visited the stable
and made an admiring inspection OF his new
property. He would gaze az il for hours
with his heat on one side and far-away look
m his eyes. which led the stable boys to d.
clare mat he was lnborlng with poem on the
situation. But on Monday morning SAL news
awaited Mr.. Whitman. His shining harness
had been stolen during the night by some oold
aud igltgcrout thief. Nnen the reluctant
b he snN..f