Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-07
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Two hundred and twenty-three slaves were
/ freed in February in Brazil, leaving total CT
/ Is 0,C0J still IN slavery.
/ JACOB ScuAEFER, the billiard player. has an
I elaborate cue that other experts envy. 1t
can be uuiointcd and has an ivory top and 4
/ lcatt er tip that viii unscrcw, aud 1t Is laced
with wax twiue. He VIII initiate IL IN inc
tournament which VIII soon take place.
NrGrsr WmHELaJ, the yiolnist, has paid
$500 for an ancient Guasncri violin, which
has been preserved in single family Tor
generations. According to rumor he has re
sold tne instrument TO his friend GaJlc, also u
DISTINGUISHED vlo'inist. Of Bohemian origin,
FOR about the same sum.
4 BfRNINGHAM, Eng. commercial house,
acting up the spirit of the age, has employed
lady Travellers Placing great faith in the
power of beauty on tradcsmen, the house in
question selected !rcttY women as is repre-
scntatvcs. II VIII be .iticult for traders 10
withstand the canvass OF su-h unc0mmcfcial
travellers.
THE natives Of India are said to give their
hor Is opium when they wish to accompll h
long journeys. IL is related that an Indian
h0rscman gave his animal drachm OF opium
after fatiguing nights MAJ CHI and nus en-
a5led MIN TO travel with ease forty miles !ur-
Their; but in the end the practice Is dcstlUc-
tive 10 horse flesh.
BosTox has always been very proud Of the
Ball. in the Public Garden. The horse has
been declared perfect. \ good Bostouian
took a friend from the country to see the
statue The old gentleman looked At II some
time, and finally exclaimed: ~ splendid
horse, but he halnt got no tongue Ana an
these years no Boston critic had discovered
that a horse with The bits in his mouth would
naturally show his tongue.
LIEUT.. cor. PHILIP EYRE, who lost his
life in the battle Of Dulka, was once clerk
in the Dublin post office. lie was careless IN
his work. and one day the head of the depart
ment anErily told lin he never would earn
his salt as a clerk. What shall | do, tn NJ
make a good target.'' Scxt day Eyre dill not
put in an appearance, but late on the second
came strolng in leisurely. "Well, SIR" de-
mandCd the cnraSed chief, "eXpiain ny YOU
were absent without leave yesterday "Oh.
/ took yOur adv &c and enlisted. Thought
Ia just call in and bid you all good-bye"
GEN. WOLsELEY's wife heard first Of the
fall Of Khartoum from a crossing sweeper.
She was out in the morning for her usual
walk, and crossing GrosvcnOr square was
salutcd by the sweeper to whom she was
known: Very sorry for this bad news; my
lady" ''What bad newsr" This about
KhArtOum being taken" "Absurd." sad
Lady Wolsele"; "where did you hear such
nonsense" 1T amt nonsense. took let
ter from a house here to Marlborough House
lust now, aud the porter there was reading it
out Of the Telegrdph." Lady Wolseley re-
turned home. and an hour later received
dispatch from the War Office.
Is the baggage that left the White House
Wednesday was coop of prairie chics ems,
the Gift of Jesse Spaldmg, Collector of the
Port of Chicago, to Prcsi cent Arthur. Mr..
Spa,ding trapped til, m down in the Indian
Territory, about the only region in the United
states where il is now possible to trap Them:
Years a o many were caught in Kansas and
Nebraska bTt SETTLE mCnTS tllCkGn the BIRDS
become educated to know every sort OF
trap. Mr.. Arthur's coop # chickens has been
on the back porch Of the White House for sew
eral days, and has attracted almost as much
attention as the President himself. 1t will so
to MIR. trellnghuysen's farm at Raritan,
whe! Mr.. Arthur will see his chickens from
time to time in the future, if they live.
CAYUGA LAKE freezes every winter, but
Seneca Lake, with strip of land but Is miles
wide between 1t and Cayuga, has not for more
than 30 years been known to have more than
n thin harder of lee a few yards wide on it,,
and that only during the most severe weather.
Tie fact therefore. that ii is now frozen over
from shore to shore in many places, with lee
nowhere less than a loot thlch, anu IN some
places two feet thick, IS making the lake a
great curiosity TO all the urToundlng country.
People ATE flocking to by the hundreds every
day, and sleigh riding, skating, anu zee yaeht-
ing are enjoyed on Seneca for the nTst llne IN
Its history. 4 half-mlle race track has Ocen
measured of at Geneva, and trottlng Tor
purses are INDUCED IN almost daily by owners
of fast rOadsters.
\ POPULAR Paterson, y. j., physician OK
pecle TO be married next week. The brides
toilet was being prepared and the invitations
were out. 4 few nights ago ttey went to
New \ ork to attend theatre, after which
they took lunch at a restaurant. The time
few so fast that they lost the last train home
ward This put them in an undesirable pre- |
dicament. But the doctor Is man Of re- !
sources He took the young and ha ds0me !
lady on his arm, walked to the residence OF |
DIR. HOughton, of the Little Church Around |
the Corner, aroused chat gentleman from has |
sIumbers and explained the situation to him. |
When the couple came out OF the house they |
were man ami wife. They spent the night at |
a hotel, and returned home in the morning.
Hon. TIN TARsNEY, who succeeds Horr in |
the next Congress, is a modest young Irish |
man, with a beaming eye and head full of |
brains. He visited the House one day last |
week, and, during the temporary absence of |
the corpulent Horr, occupied that genIlemans |
seat. When Mr.. IIOrr returned nc was aston
ished to see Tarsney, and exclaimed in an APP /
excited manner: "For heavens /
sake, man! You are not entitled to occupy /
that scat until March Rextvi Tarsney be-
gan 70 explain when Mt. Horr laNghea and