Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

SENATOR BLACKBURN says that there are
$4,000 applicants for Office in Kentucky alone
ONE Of the women said to have been lately
cured Of her malady through the prayers of a
miracle worker, proves to be kleptomaniac.
OVER thirty bodies are awaiting cremation
in the furnace Of the New York Cremation
Society at Mt. 0llyet \. J. 1t Will be COM
peted by March.
TWENTY THEATRES in Europe are in receipt
OF state aid. The Paris Opera heads the list
with 100000 year, and the Carlo Felice, at
Genoa, comes last, with $4,000 year.
IL the celebrated Muzo emerald mines at
BOyaca, in Panama, an emerald has been
found weighing in the rough over one pound.
This specimen Is believed to be the largest
ever discovered.
A DEMOCRAT at Plymouth, n. H has
barrel of cider made in 1850, which he has
said should not be tapped until there shall be
q Democratic President. His friends will
sample 1t on March 4.
OLD John Ruskin's latest edict is against
sewing machines, and he declares that all
English girls should make their own gowns
with the needle; but this is only fresh in
stance CT Ruskin's unbounded belief that
what he says is so "
ONE of the largest whales ever captured on
the Long Island coast was harpooned Thurs
lay at sunrise by the life-saving crew OF
Bridgehampton. The whale will yield from
IS to 100 barrels of oil, and the proceeds Will
be divided by the crew.
A BOSTON physician advises everybody to
ascertain what diseases have carried of his
ancestors, with a view to guarding himself
against inherited tendencies by adopting the
requisite manner of life, place of residence
and general self treatment.
OVER hundred pairs of ladies' shoes have
been found among the effects of an old bache-
Tor, who died recently near Norwich, Conn.
There were Cainty little b 9ots and shoes in al
the styles Of quarter of a century, not
pair of which had ever been worn.
THE GROWTH of the oyster Industry in Con
necticut has been remarkable. The first
steamer that was used in this trade was put
on less than 20 years ago. and now there are
40 steamers, with an aggregate capacity OF
So, 40 bushels day. Four more large new
steamers aIe building fOr the spring
TIE CAMEL has twice the carrying power
Of an OK. With an ordinary load Of 400 pounds
he can travel y to IA days without water.
going i miles day. They are fit to work al
i've years old, but their strength begins to de
cline at Is, although they live usually until 40.
They are often fattened at 80 for food, the
flesh tasting like ecf.
THE Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts
protests against the purchase of Miss Ran
SONS portrait Of Gen. Thomas and Mrs.
Fassett's painting Of the electoral COMMISSION.
It's members say that purchasing inferior
pictures Tor exhibition in the national halls of
the country degrades American art. not only
IN the eyes Of the country, but IN the opinion
OF cultivated foreigners.
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