Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A BATAVIA, ILL, jeweler missed fine
god watch from his shp wcase, and discovered
it IN the pos session of a young lady on whom
he WAS calling. Her lover had stolen II anu
presented IL to her.
THE lowest round OF the Ladder Of political
organization is occupied by the Swiss half
canton NiIwalden. 1t has 10 bankruptcy
law. no written law of mortgages, no pro-
Derty law, no criminal code, and no regular
law of criminal procedure. The a'lmlnlstra-
lion is omnipotent, and does as II llkes
THE southerners at the Inauguration in
Washing ton attracted great atten-
ton. Their wide-spreading gray felt hats
snd light overcoats distinguished them and
the throngs they mingled with. They have
been lionizIng handsome Gen. Fltzhugh Lee,
and their brethren OF the North do rot take
exception to their assertion that Zen. Lee,
sir made the finest appearances. SIR, oil any
man in the parade, sir. He looked the gentle
man, sir, and the soldier and the man, sir, TO
a degree, by c., sir, that no one else APP
preached"
OF the thousands Of bottles thrown over
board annually by the captains of trans-At-
lantic steamers, for the purpose of determine
ing the ,ursc of currents, but very few are
ever picked up and reported. Last April n
passenger on the steamship Eepu lie threw
over ottle containing paper which prom
ised reward of IS to any one picking it up.
In the month of October following the bottle
was nicked uD at sea about 40 miles from the
Island of Fayal, of the Azores group, and
sent to New York, where the reward was
promptly paid.
An OLD Englishman is now travelling
through Kansas with twOpairs OF ferrets, with
which lie is making money by killing prairie
dogs. He has bis pets in wire Gag, and,
going 70 a ranch where there are indications
of prairie dogs, he offers to clean out the dog
town for one cent per dog. Inc price up ears
so very small thdE the rancnman uocs NOT
hesit ttp to accept the of 7. one ferret W III
clean out from twenty to nifty dogs before nc
tires cut or rather before he gets 50 lull OF
blood of his victims that he can't work wen.
When one is tired out a fresh one IS put into
service, and so on until the town Is ria OF uOss'
AN enterprising reporter of q Hartford
Conn Journal stretched his conscience few
DAYS ago in order to obtain a little of the in
ner facts OF the ''secrot praise seryIce' of tho
Salvation Army holding forth in that city.
The requisite 10 gain admission into the sane
tum- sanctOrum was proof OF penltence and
conversion which the reporter admitted TO
he his experience. The closing part of the
service in which the reporter entered with
Zest was the embracing ana Kissing OF the
women SalvatiOnsts by those OF the sterner
sex. The reporter has since Deeh regular
attendant and vows that he VIII never become
a backslider from the faith.
THE royal seraglio OF Persia contains no
Europeans or male persons over the age oil H.
Each royal favorite has her separate pavilion
and her stan of servants, her equpages, her
Jewels, and her revenue. The principal
fayOritc generally has some hgh-soundIng
title conferred upon her, such as 1.-THE Delight
of The State.r The ladies are never seen
abroad UNVEILED, save one or two OF inc
hsndsomer or more tiighty OF their number,
who sometimes, when driving la their glass
coaches. purposely give rather liberal dis
nlNv of forid charms to passers-by IN car
riages or on horseback. 1t Is quite certain