Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-29

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Il remains now to be seen whether
Lord Wolseley will, like Gordon, get
bottled up i'm the Soudan.
The suggestion of Mayor Grace Of New
York that beer be exempted from the sun
day liquor law, is not received with favor
by rural statesmen. 1t has made him
immensely popular with the Germans,
however.
Congressman Bland, of Missouri, thinks
that there is an Infamous conspiracy to
prevent the circulation of the silver dol
lar, and be has offered a resolution for the
purpose of trying to discover who the con-
spiratOrs are.
Remembering the results OF the recent
reduction of the price of gas in New
York, the people Of Philadelphia are
alarmed at the announcement that the
price in that city will hereafter be only
81 so per thousand.
The ubiquitous mischievou= boy in
merry old England viii not have SO much
fun as usual on April 1. No Euglishman
viii dare to kick the brick which the NJ.
B. will wrap carefully in brown paper
and place on the Sidewalk.
A member OF the Missouri legislature
from ST. Louis has introduced bill to
prohibit the playing OF base ball on sun
days. tits supposed that be viii not he
candidate for reelection, as sunday is
the great base ball day of thas place.
The sugar planters of Louisiana are
putting down their seed cane. hut are not
very hopeful Of "a profitable crop. They
say that the good prices they received for
m0lasses this winter enabled many Of
them to keep their heads above water.
An exchange calls for the laying of a
protective duty on foreign eggs for the
announcement Of American hens. II
would probably be much better to feed
the hens on parched corn, and drive them
up hiIl-as tho old poultry books recon-
mend.
The mining excitement continues in the
old Cherokee country. 1t : now stated a
rich silver mine has been discovered near
Chickamauga. Tenn. IL is supposed to be
an old mine which was once worked 10y
the Indians. and a shaft has been sunk To
a depth Of fifty feet.
The coIored citizens of b ,ston are hold
ing Indignation meetings because the
managers OF a rink refused to let some OF
them skate on his So nickei-pIated rollers.
The right Of c0iorc5 citizens Of Boston to
break their nscks whenever thes wish to
do so should not be iutringed.
1t looks now like there will BE a triau-
gular fight in the next Republican Ma
tiOnaI Convention, the candidates being
Blaine. Logan and Evarts. The old adage
s.a lean dog for long race may not
bear ON THIS contest. Nr. ESort~- Proba-
bis, has some hope that il does
The temperance people ought 70 send a
delegation 10 study the prohibition ques-
tion in the provinces of tine Ural river,
Russia. The laws against the sale or
smuggling IN Of Intoxicating liquors are
50 rigidly enforced there that the people
are forced 20 drink enormous quantities
of cologne.
The London Ne,rS has advices to the
effect that the American Government has
advanced claims to land in the Fiji
Islands, in behalf Of its citizens who set
tied there before tue annexation OF the
territory by the British. It cannot now
be doubted that the foreign policy OF the
administration at Washington Is some
what "hjity."
a bill has been introduced in the Michi-
gan Legislature which provides that the
occupation and politics eft each candi-
date shall appear on a voting list giving
the names OF all candidates in any cleo
ton. That kind OF a law would not work
well in Georgia. There arc a good many
candidates who would not he able to de-
termine either their occupation or politics.
Philanthropists appear not to he very
numerous in Mexico. Signor Nievez, Of
Carmen, in that country. caused n great
sensation the other day at the celebration
OF the golden anniversary OF his wedding,
by giving away about million dollars.
a lump half million went To the sufferers
in the IOcust-eaten district, and good
sum was presented to the government TO
help pay of the American debt.
Representative Nichols viii exert him
self to the utmost doubtless to secure the
passage Of his bill apprOpriating 100000
to build navy yard and depot on Blythe
Island, in Brunswick haTb0r. In the first
year Of Buchanan's administration $780,
600 was appropriated fer the purpose and
applied to the purchase OF LOO acres on
Blythe Island. but nothing was ever done
towards building the navy yard.
Writers in some Of the Northern papers
are fond Of abusing the Southern planters
for not paying their IabOrers more than
40 to 90 cents per day for work. While the
wages are nOminally from s. to $l2 per
month, these writer's do not take into con-
sideratiOn that ratiOns, house rent. fuel
Gnd garden patch are almost invariably
furnished to each regular lab0rer free Of |
charge. The actual cost of labor to the |
Southern planter cannot average much 1
less than 81 per day.
The Signal service men in Washington 1
are said to be- indignant because Gen. |
Hazen has ordered that they shall be 4
drilled regularly, preparatory, il is sur /
posed, 10 their participation in the parade /
at the dedication Of Washington mOnu- 1
meut, and at the Inauguration. The
Chief Signal Officer says they are soldiers,
and that they shall make a martial APP
pearance. The little subdued tempest in
his Office VIII probably not affect the bs-
rOmeter to any great extent.
The prOtracted deadlock in the Illinois
House Of Representatives on the Speaker
ship question appears to be due TO the
inability Of one of the members to eat
crow. Mr.. Haines, an Independent, who
has been nominated for Speaker by the
Democrats, could be easily elected by
majority OF one, but he refuses TO vote for
himself. He is not actuated, however,
by any false ideas Of delicacy, for as long
as the House remains unOrganiZed il is
impossible for the canvass Of the votes in
the last election to be made, or for the
Republican State Officers-elect to get
possession of their offices.