Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST

THE latest service of a burglar alarm in
Chicago was to call its pOssessor into the hall
way, where he was shot by the burglar.
A PARTY of six left New York week
ago for a short visit to Niagara Falls. They
staid at that scene of beauty about four
hours, and meantime were driven in sleigh
to the Rapids, Prospect Park, Goat Island,
and other regulation resorts. Durlng thal
brief period they were compelled to pay In
tolls SO 80.
The skating craze attains its highest de-
velopment in the country. City people have
little idea of it. A Vermont clergyman in a
recent address expressed the idea that a
moderate use of the Kinks was well enough
for children, but he said he had known of in
stances in which men had left their work.
farmers even in their busy season, and gone
in their overalls to the skating rink
A FRENCH SCIENTIST has been studying the
effects OF altitude upon vegetation. and con-
cludes that for each augmentation Of about
100 wards there will be. as a general average,
a retardatiOn of days-tbat is, other clrcum-
stances being equal, crop planted at the sea
level Will appear above ground days before
a similar crop planted 300 feet above 1t.
FOR wears after the gold fever had subsidized
wretched buildings might be seen alongside
Of palatiaI banks and other such edifices in
Nelbourne. the explanation being that the
tile was bad The sites had been bought IN
the flush DAYS OF gold finding by successful
gold diggers. who had disappeared ana could
not be found, and people were afraid OF build
ing on the land.
A MAN with French accent, nervous man.
ners and peculiar attire, claiming to be one
OF the Bonaparte family, applied to Gov. Abb
bett, of New jersey, Tuesday for protection
He claimed to have been kidnapped from
France when a child. and to have lived in At
lantic county, n. J., ever since. He said that
enemies of the family were plotting to murder
him. IL IS thought possible that he is insane,
but the case will be investigated.
A DOCTOR who ought to know says that the
practice of the wholesale use OF smelling salts,
which came IN with the universal fashion of
carrying smelling bottles, is sure to have Its
influence upon the OlfactOTy nerves sooner or
later. and render the victim uhaDie 70 us
tinguish cologne from asai9tlda. more than
an that, il causes headaches, sore tnroats ana
red noses The last argument VIII nave It's
weight. The smelling bottle must CO.
AN old colored woman at Glasgow, KY.
was attracted one day by the humming OF
swarm of wandering bees as they passed over
her cabin. She ran out, and by ringing bells
and beating tin pan induced them to settle
in a tree in her yard. She then climbed the
tree, and with small broom, swept the
swarm int her apron, descended, and, as
nothing else was handy, emptied her capture
into a nail keg. They prOspered, and she now
has good start III the bee line.
IN France the consumption of alcohol is
over 900 litres per annum, and the num-
Der of drink shops about 100000, or one for ev-
cry JOG inhabitants. But in certain Of the
Western departments the proportion is one to
every "a, taking all ages and both sexes, winch
is equivalent 10 Is or 20 adult men: IN the
central and southern departments wine Is the
most fruitful form of intemperance, but In
the north it is the spirit from grain, beetroot,
or potato that is most consumed and causes
the most mischieYOus results.
THE streets in Cuba are named after the
saints, and the saloons and cafes are often
distinguished by appellations that are usually
considered sacred. The saloon of the ''Im-
maculate Conception" is prominent one and
the Trinity" is as common as can be. Even
the police stations are designated by some