Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Legislature asking that the name be changed.
TIE maidens' ball, in London, was very
successful Each maiden paid S25 and re-
ceived thereby the privilege of inviting i've
gentlemen. The wall-howers were eX-
clusiyely OF the male sex. ~-%rH Tr
THE Wisconsin State Legislature has ap-
propriated the sum OF $1,000 to the State Uni
versity 10 be used ia holding farmers iusti-
tutes'' in various places fer the instruction of
the people in agriculture, during the mouths
OF November, December, January, February,
March and April.
NEW and destructive oyster pest has APP
peared along the Connecticut shore of Long
Island Sound. It attacks 'seed oysters"
those from 10 years old, by building on top
OF the shell a cluster of cells winch smother
the young biyalve. The Shell-hsh commission
are TO investigate the evil.
PAssMoRE EDWARDS, NJ. p, who a couple
OF years back sold the Echo to a syndicate, of
which Mr.. Carnegie was the head, for $780, coo,
has repurchased the paper within the last few
weeks for $500 000 The syndicate at the same
time bought several other evening newspapers
IN the mtdlands and north of England, and
Mr.. Carnegie, having achieved a success, Is
deslrous of retiring. The Conservatives in
surfing the proposed news agency were in
SD red by the great financial success Of the
Carnegie syndicate.
A CONNECTICUT FARMER tells how sheep
kill rattlesnakes in his section by surrounding
the reptiles and breathing upon them until
they are stupefed, after which they trample
them to death. The California hog has q more
expeditions way of dealing with the RATHER.
lie steps right in and begins to eat the snake
tail first and the more the snake bites him the
better he seems to like it. When hog is fat
the poison OF q rattlesuake has no effect on
him, but lean porker Will occasionally sue
cumb to the terrible venom.
LAST WEEK Eli B. Parker, an aged resident
of Middlebury, Vt, received a letter from his
son Edward that was written in Copfed-
crate prison twenty one years ago. He gave
the letter to a prisoner who was about TO be
exchanged and the address was erased, leav
ing only the word Edward" signed to the
epstle as r guide TO tell Its destiu alton. After
carrying it for several years the EXCHANGED
prisoner sent the note to the Attorney GEN
erals office at Washington, and the destina-
ton was discovered alter years Of hunting.
DR.. j. SAVAGE DELAvAN, Appointment physi-
clan OF Albany, y. Y, was drowned or Satur
day at Saranac Lake, IN the AdirOndscks. He
was about to start on a boating excursion
with his wife, when the Doctor saw a large
hawk. He fred at it while standing in the
boat, when the recOll Of the gun caused his
fall, and the boat was upset. Mrs. Delavan's
life was saved By her becoming entaOgled in
the fishing tackle, which sustained her. When
found she had been in the water some hours
and was greatly exhausted A. G. Clark, an
old guide, was also drowned.
The Countess dc la Tore, OF London, an
eccentric character, now in jail for not paying
her rates, has Partially for cats and dogs,
who form a considerable portion OF her fami-
ly. A sanitary inspector lately made two
visits to her house. On the first VISIT he saw
81 cats AMI 60 dogs running about the prem
ises. The floors Of the rooms on the basement,
ground floor and first floor were in an abomi-
nable and most filthy condition, saturated
sawdust, filthy rags and other materials living
q hOV9p
wh'ch WAS totally unfit for human habtatiOn.
Many Of the animals seemed half starved.
THE latest official list of officers of the German
navy shows an enormous increase as com
pared with the ate OF things ten years ago.
The number of officers in active service is now
more than thrice as many as in 1873, when the
plan for the formation of the navy was set
tied. The number Of war vessels Is l02. with
$40 guns. They include iro0clad frigEtes
and irOnclad coTvectes, and the whole are
manned and defended by $4,000 sailors.
glDecrs and marines. Sixteen OF the German
war ships, with Ill guns and 1900 men, are
now in waters beyond Europe. while % ships
and "a torpedo boats are IN service in German
waters.
LIEUT.. PALAT, of the French cavalry, has
been dispatched by the Ministers OF Public
Instruction and of Commerce on a mission to
the Sahara, his point OF departure being Sene-
gal, and his terminus Algeria The advanced
posts recently occnpied ny the French in the
Senegal. and the presence Of gunboat on the
Niger are believed TO render the present a
favorable moment for such an expedition.
AtTimbuctOO Lieut.. Paiat win appear as q
French officer, but from this place TO Algeria
he viii travel as Moslem doctor. His mis-
sion, though OF geographical interest. appears
70 be undertaken chiefly with the object Of
leading the trade OF the Sahara to Senegal on
one side, and TO Algeria on the other.
A GREAT NUMBER of cherry trees in the
Northwest perish annually from rupture of
the cells in the cambium layer of the stems
that is, the layer between the bark and wood.
where growth takes place. Prof Budd ad-
vIses trial OF growing this tree on the bush
OF Gordon system-a practice which prevails
in Northwestern Europe. where the soil and
climate 70 semhle those of the Upper Missis-
sippl valley. The holes are not hlled Wnen
the trees are planted-the lower buds near
the crown are encouraged to grow, SO that
when leVeled up The earth covers the base of
the limbs. The centre shoots are pinched out
and the whorl OF branches spread outward
and upward. and much bearing wood in bush
form Is produced In pruning the old stems
are taken out. and young growth encouraged
to till the vacant space.
AT the last meeting of the French Academy
Of Medicine Or. BrOwn-sequard related
very remarkable instance of the power OF
sympathy which came within his recent oh
servation. little girl was looking out of
window IN a house in the Batignolles a few
Jays ago. Inc lower sash was raised and The
child had placed her arms on the sill Sud-
denly the support on which the sash rested
gave way and the window fell with consider
able force on the little girls arms, infictinq
severe bruise. Her mother, who vas in The
room al the time, happened TO look toward
the window at the moment OF the accident
and witnessed it She tainted with fright
and remained insensi BILE for a minute or two
When she recovered she was conscious Of q
severe pain in both arms, and on examining
the seat of II she was amazed To find on each
arm bruise corresponding In position 10 that
left by the accident on the child's, though
more extensive.
THERE hiss Just been admitted to the mill
tary school AT Welburg, in Germany. youth
with a curious name and a still more curlous
history. He IL called Sedan BOhme. Young
BOhme Is one Of very few who can ella n, IN
have lrst seen the light on the field Of battle
just after the battle uf Sedan. In the FPanco-
Frossan war, n sutler belonging 10 the Ger
man force gave birth To child and IL vsa
forthwith christened with the name of this
decisive struggle. The Crown Prince acted
rs spons0r, and Siesian battali, n OF cbas-
srurs. now stationed ut Gurlitz, look the in
ilnt under ts especial urotec ion. The son
oi the regiment has continued with his milf
AIRY protectors until quite recently, receiving
frequent tokt n Of the interest taken in him
ny the Crown Prince, and enjoying the marx
ed care and attention Of the battalion. II 1
was naturally decided that Sedan Rohme
should follow the trade " war aud 40 he has