Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE Wild Horse Capturing Association
| has asked the Nebraska Legislature for in
! corporation.
WHILE elephant hunting recently in the
| Garrow Hills, in Bengal, Lords Arthur and
Henry Grosvenor captured IS elephants in
| three drives.
SOME interest attaches TO the proposed
! changes IN the examination system at Oxford
especially as one of the indirect results will
| be a lesscning II nOt q total abolition of Greek
as a necessary subject of study.
THE girls Of Philadelphia have organized
| an athletic club, and propose TO establish a
we'll appointed gymnasium. In addition tc
the usual appliances for spraining ankles and
wrists. and II breaking bones, there will be
| a roller skating floor, and in the spring aud
| summer there VIII be horseback rldn g under
! the exclusive escort of riding masters. No
men are to be admitted as spectators under
any conditions.
AT White House reception not long since
| Dr. Mary Walker was presented to Mrs. Nc
| Elroy. Mrs. McElroy spoke word or two to
| her rat'er unexpected guest; and, so it hap
! pened, the next person presented to her was
a Miss Mann. To her Mrs. McElroy made the
| neat remark: 81 have just been presented to
a woman who would like to be man. am
pleas q now to meet Mann who IS content
to remain woman"
A FUNNY INCIDENT is reported from Stras-
bourg A French dyer captured number Of
the storks for which the spires of Strasbourg
are famous. and dyed them in places red and
blue, 50 that, with the natural white feathers,
they made tri-cOiOrs. He then let them loose
to roost at will on all roofs and steeples in the
town. The German officials were furious
over the matter, and at first resolved TO shoot
the birds. but they finally agreed thaJ the
best thing was to accept the affair as bad
sort Of joke.
ocf Of eaprfIo~p has thrown
the little town of Saint Saulge, near Nevers,
France, into state of wild excitement. Dur
ing the night a gang Of malefactOrs forced
their way into the cemetery and desecrated
over 100 tOmbs. They also destroyed all the
crosses in the neighbOrinR cemetery OF Ga
mecy and prOfaned 1t in the same manner. 1t
is supposed that the Anarchists are implicat-
ed. but nothing certain has been discovered.
The Procureur de la Republique and the local
Magistrates have begun an inquiry.
DIR. WILLIAM A. RCDDACK, who died re-
centIyin p ennsylvania had during the last
wears of his life been made miserable by the
delusion that thirteen women were after him
with matrimonial intentions. One of them,
he said, wanted him u marry her and Feed
her on peacock's brains and diamonds. The
doctor once thought OF purchasing large
farm and stocking it with his bakers dozen
of admirers. One OF his latest vagaries was
to nut on his clothes in an eccentric fashion,
sticking his arms in the legs Of his trousers,
and wearing MS SOCKS on MS HdHuss
NEVER before had Bishop Of LondOn's
wife such an array Of noble relatives as has
Mrs Temple. The story goes that at her wed
ding, after the Bishop had been hOhnObbing
amid very cluster OF strawberry leaves.
some one came forward and said: "Bishop, |
don't think you've been introduced to your
new cousin, the Duke OF --." what"
nuOtb DR. Temple, in amazement, as he was
being conveyed away, "mOrc dukesn Mrs.
TemDle is niece to the Dukes OF Dev0nshlrc.
first cousin to the Duke OF sutherland. and
frat cousin by marriage to the Duke OF Lem
ster and Argyll.
THERE is an old story Of the COmte de
Saint Cyr, who tried to get out OF Paris der
ing the great revolution. Being stopped by
the sentry and asked his name ne re! ff9pIieu:
monsieur lie Comte de Saint Cyr.- III ny
pas de messieurz," was the grun response
sComte de Saint Cyr, them" he rejoined. I'll
ny a pas de comics" "De Saint Cyr.,, III ~
ny a pas dc de-" "Sant Cyr, then" I'll
NY pas dc SAINTS" "All right. then, Cyr,
only" And then the reply came back; I'll
NY pas de Cyrs tsires)," And so the poor
man wandered out into the world nameless.
Mrs. VICTORIA SCHELLING -HULsKAMP is on
n trial tour as the prima donna Of an Italian
opera company, whose repertoire consists Of
..Don Pasquale." Max Maretzek taught her
what she knows of the part of Norma. The
artists supportng her played minor parts
with the Milan Opera Company. Mrs. Hulsz
Eamp is declared to be still devoted TO her
husband, and out Of loyalty to him tried to
get portion OF the text altered. Inc Duno
sDeaks this line: Gal diavOla al cochiere ca
valli g carrozze," which, being interpreted,
signifies: ITO the devil with the coachman,
the horses, and the carriage" But the man
agement was heartless enough to let 1t stand.
THE LETTER CARRIER system was intro
duced in Salt Lake last Monday, but did not
work very well. The carriers found great
~, Mt IF
the Mormon tactics Through fear of pOlyga-
NV nrosecutions) of refusing to give informa-
ton rs 10 who lived at the different numbers,
and how many there wished their mail de-