Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Oceanic, OF Honolulu.
THE Court OF Alabama Claims, which has
been in existence three years, and will expire
with this year, has still about 1900 cases for
adjudication.
Boston has made a contribution toward the
culture Of the Congo country by sending ont
a cargo of liquor, said TO be 30 vile as to be
unstable in New England.
LONDON dealers in birds received, when the
fashion was at its height, a single consign-
ment OF 30, COO humming birds. aud another at
one time received $4,000 aquatic birds ana
100000 wings,
THE Chinese pheasants turned loose in Ore
gOn some time since have interbred with the
native grouse, and new game bird with the
head Of pheasant and wing and tail feathers
OF grouse Is the result.
A COUPLE Of thousand or more tons of rock
fell from ledge in West Rutland, VT. lately,
with a tremendous crash. Houses in the vi
entity were shaken, and the occupants thought
an earthquake had visited them. The mass
that fell covered space on the ledge 3c3 feet
long and rs TO IS feet wide.
FAvORITE MODE OF getting Cinnamon
safely to station houses in San Francisco is
for the officers to take hold Of their queus, and
1t Is getting TO be a common thing for appre-
! hended heathens to quietly part with those
append ges. leaving them in the officers
A''''N@N "h'iS my m~NS SOuO bhSAA CSS0bO-
To KEEP her boy from the school board q
London fruit seller adopted the expedIent of
putting him INTO an orange boz, which was
safely corded up and showed under the bed
whenever she had occasion to 20 out, remain
ing there till her return. The boy had become
nearly Gemented when he was found by the
agent OF benevolent society.
KING LEOPOLD, OF Belgium, is trying en-
ergetically to make his new African colony a
! success. Not content TO leave the missionary
work to the London and American societies
AMI to the different Protestant denomina@
| tons. he hae. it is said, made arrangementstp
/ open an African seminary at the University
OF Leyden, Holland, where young men can
| prepare for missionary work in the newly
| opened portions Of Central Africa. 4Yfga1
GERMAN party of rank, on their way to
Persia, recently had a curious experience at
! Baku. To honor them It was resolvedto play
| one of the fountains j. o., a petroleum we'll.
| The fluid shot high into the air, and the Ger
mans were completely soaked in it, as they
| had no time to escape on one side. The natl YES
/ did not understand why the Germans made
| long faces. and seemed di5pleased, for habit
| has rendered them indifferent to the odor of
| petroleum.
IN the British House of Commons all the
members keep their hats on, and it is even ir-
regular to address the Speaker uncovered.
| This rule gave rise to an amusing scene the
!
| dress the char on point of order. To do so
| in accordance with the rnles il was nee essary
| that he should speak seated and covered, but
/ at the critical m ment he was unable to find
| his hat. and on addressing the Speaker uncOv-
cred was met with Laughter and loud cries Of
| "Order" Mr.. Courtney then borrowed hat
| from member sitting near, and stated his
| point.
a VERY unfortunate and extraordinary
double drowning accident occurred in Hunts
/ in, rid
| brothers named Heaton were in bathing. The
| younger was seized with cramp, and was
| about to drown when he was rescued by n
/ gentleman who witnessed the occurrence. At
! this juncture the other brother began to sink,
/ having lost the control Of his muscles IN the
excite nent. The brother who had been
| rescued sprang to his relief. They were
| clasped in each others embrace and before
assistance could be rendered both were
| drowned.
AN English gentleman rented house at
| Croydon on the landlords representation that
| IT was in good condition, and thai the plumb
ing and drainage had been done under the
| supervision of the local authorities. The in
spectioH had, indeed, taken place, and IL 9
landlords representations seem to have been
made in good faith, but one drain was stopped
and sewer gas escaped from two defective
! pipes. and four members of the tenants fami-
| IL fell Ill. his wife dying. He sued the land
| lord, and obtained Sll,l40 damages, $40, OC0
representing the loss sustained through the
death of his wife, who had an annuity of
| So, 900.
WELLESLEY MASS, has become "rich
mans paradise" The assessors report the
valuation of the town as 81, 553,69 which is a
! large increase over that of last year. The
valuation of real estate is 81 4Ol,S54. and of
| personal property s. 082, 3S7, The rate Of taxa
| ton is So on $1,000, decrease of 81 so from
| that Of last year. There are $50 polls. Con-
| siderng that the town has put in fine ague-
| duct within year. the reduction of its tax rate
| ls remark able, and probably unprecedented.
| 1t has new town hall, one of the finest in
| Massachusetts. now nearly finished, but this
| will cost the town nothing, as it is a gift from
Mr.. III. II. Hume we'll, and Is built in COnnec-
ton with the elegant library which he pre-
sented to the town two years ago. The two
are estimated. together with the books, to
| have cost some $leJOO0.
A SENSATIONAL INCIDENT disturbed the
harmony Of r banquet at Hanover, in Ger
many. a few days since given in honor Of the
rifemen of that city. The highest of the
Prussan officials now IN power there had
been invited TO the fete. Itis usual on such
OCCASIONS, as the champa gne goblet PASSES
| around, Tor each person taking It to give
toast. When 1t came TO the urn Of Town
! Councillor Wiukelmann, that gentleman, to
| the horror of the loyal compeny present. gave
1.-THE Heath Of the Duke Of Cumberland -
Instantly the President of the province and
| all the officials, with many others. rose from
| their seats and left the hall. Senator Buhe
| the Chairman. then addressed Herr Wirkel-
mann, and called upon him. ma he had not re-
spected the hospitality shown him. at once to
withdraw With this request he complied
whereupon the Oincials returned. The incl
dent is only anOther illustration OF tho strong
| feeling still existing in Hanover and Bruins
wick IN favor Of the Guelphs dispossessed by
| Prussia in 1866 and 1885. .t-
The chemical exhibit Of the Ohio expert
ment station, at New orleans, is very illustra-
! tive and cannot fail to teach even the casual
observer an important lesson as regards the
chemical composition OF our important food
stuns. In a jar on the bottom of the case is
| placed 1000 grammes of corn ~ some leading
variety, on the shelf immediately above a
smaller jar holds the quantity of starch con-
tanned IN the LOCO Rrammes OF corn below; in
succession on shelves above the starch, sttll
| smaller jars contain the albuminoids, the
| fibre, the sugar, the water the oil and the
| ash which go TO make up the quantity OF corn.
/ Thus the corn IL shown resolved into its con-
stituents, with the relative quantity OF zach
OF these carefully and accurately measured
and displayed. This analysis il repeated with
several leading varities Of corn. whent. rye
oats. barley, peas, beans, potatoes, sugar beets
lesson which can hardly be exceled AS
means Of teaching even those wholly ignorant
| Of the science OF chemistry the important con-
| stituents Of grains and vegetables aud the
relative quantities " these cOmponents In
each.
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