Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


IRERE is only one man in Nebraska. who
Is millionaire. and only ten in the State
! whose wealth exceeds 100000 Eight of this
| number I'VE Ia Omaha, he other two holding
resldene IN Lincoln.
a GORREsPo NDENTi travelling in Noruandv
tells that III the church Of Elbnuf. the other
sunday, the cure, after has sermon, said: INV
| year Vs drlsh onerss please put only silver in
Inc Plate, ~ " takes such long time to count
| coppers
GROUP of women in fine gowns were much
surprised at legture on ancient key 90 I'd in
struments, in London the other day, when the
musician requested that hey should not al =
| 10" their dresses to rustic while the claw
ehor' wa belnS played, for without the ut
at ali.
NEW element has been discovered by DR..
L. Dahd in examining nickel ore from Kra
Sero' Norway. The name Norwegian is Civ
/ en- 20 l.. II j. ma liable, Of white color with
a lngr of brown, presenting " hen pure.a me
\ alllc lustre, but OK dizing when exp sed To
ne atmosnhe~e. 1t is about as hard n. co .
! pr, ana lts speclhc gravity ls 9.444l. 1t melts
a $50 deg. c.
! AN EXPERT from the South Boston Iron
! Works, wh has ex mi ed tn l6 bronze can
non owned by the STATE of Connec ticut, re-
| ports that he found but one yum n service
| am condition. SIX Of the pieces were dis
| covered To be absolu ell dangerous from
stralning or hoi eycomb ng; four ofthese form
! ne ~ mamrHt of one of the batteries of the
National Gu ri.
| The picturesqueness Of the arsenal at
/ Sprlngtiel /. with its rows of burrisred guns
that INSPIRED Lo gfellow's poem, has been
! ost. The ordinance Off ers no longer stack
! thr mus kets behind Il s. to LOOK pretty and
! gamer dust and rust. but D ok them in vol
pa PA ste "oX :. coated with petroleum paper
d "a 10 zbt Il
/ suner no damage as time g es on.
THE Tireida geographic" writes Alphonse
karr, ii, the smallest of all mo hs, bel tW o
lines wide when its wings are outs pread: but
| how magn fceutly il is attired. 1t is robed
n god and silver, al d on the sIlverv gauze ol
Us upper wings IS teared, IN letters of gold.
a. l ~crlplon which no ha vet succeeded
IN eclpheriug, though | fancy can read il
thus: MaAl'nus in minlms Deus God Is
greatest In His smallest works.)"
Dr. MAzzoTTI tells of n man who had a
scorbutic affection, which he set about to
cure with whisky. He got well of this troub e,
ont became a hard crinker, and Don found
himself the victim Of rare disease called
oplsthoporia. Tn rurlous affection 'onsist-
IN lna0llty 10 walk forward. when the
p1tIent WAS told to adv nee. he used every
effort to do so. but could only succeed in going
| pack ward, and he continued to do so until he
died.
THE Mexican State of Sonora is likely to
prove a seri US rival to Southern California in
the orange business. A cargo OF the Mexican
fruit was sent to Chicago, where 1t was ueliv-
cred IN five days, and met wi a ready sale
The Sonora fruit is ricner and JUG er than
that itOrnia, and labor and land are
cheaper there, but there ia a duty of 20 rer
cent. ad valorem on he Mexican ruit, while
he Mexican gro er Will have TO mort box
es and wrappers from the United S ates and
pay d ty on them. unless he can deyire
l. ing will fhn1
helps thv California grower but fear of COM
petitiOn in this line adds to the opposition in
California to reciprocity treaty with MeA-
leo.
A CURIOUS CASE was tried recently in the
Eastbourne, Eng, County Court. Dr. Sher-
rard sued R. Ballantyn r fl Is, fee for at
tendance in his wife's confinement The de-
Tense was that the doctor had failed to attend
daily on each Of the nine DAYS 1t was nd
nit ed that the mother did not suffer from
thi- neglect, though the child was ill, ana
| every married man knows that the fee in
cludes attendance on the child" on the
other hand the doctor said that he had for
gotten to call the day after the confinement
| because it had slipDed his memory. he
Judge laid down that 1t was the duty OF
d ctur 10 call on each of the nine days, but
gave Judgment for the plaintiff on the ground
that Mrs Ballintyn had exp ri. need no in
convenience from non attendance.
TIE mountain town of Plymouth, VT. has
sands of dollars worth having been quietly
washed out. For some years mining com
pany operated upon the mother ledge. and
though II owed nobody when it ceased opera
tl"ns, the name of gold seeker has come to be
Synonymous with swindler among the conn
try folk. Another mining company has NV set
up w0tks in the tow , aud is boring INTO
prejudice a well as quartz. Its secretary is
clergyman who breaches every sunday
ae ain lack of faith in general, with incredu-
ll;y IN regard TO gold STOCKS as particular
moral IN the bacF ground. ct so hard are The
hearts of his hearers that the clerical secreta-
ry can't take a drive without a report that he
has skipped" with mythical funds.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH has recently
revealed in the neighborhood of Nantes the
existence of racecourse of presumably
aOman origin. The foundations of the hp-
pOdrome occupy an area of about 2s3 by ia
metres. Further discovery has been made in
the vicinity of an ancient roadway leading to
the Loire, near the banks OF which river
traces Of number of villas prove the exist
ence Of a buried city. inasmuch as a theatre
capable OF accommodating 1900 persons has
been brought to the light OF day. A quantity
OF ornaments. jewels aud pottery has been re-
covered among the ruins. Thus far the alb
-ence OF coins has frust rated the endeavors of
-avants engaged in unearthing the relics to
estsb ish the epoch II this most recently found
city oil the Roman occupation.
ROBERT K. DUNHAM, who plead guilty of
Branch
and was let of with fine OF 5000, den, nded
for lega safety upon novel scheme. He had
miniature race course with metal horses.
These horses. by SOM mechanical arrange
m Mt. ran around he table. and those looking
on tried to guess the winning rse lie
showed the courts letters from Judge in
90 est Jersey and from Prosecutor Charles n
Winfield, OF Hudson county, in which those
gentlemen said that they did not think the
racing machine WAS in violation of the gam
ing ! VS. Of the Statr. judge " allina th0u0bt
tuat this was gambling within the meaning Of
the statute. Durham admitted that u rsons
made bes on the metal horses, and that he
deducten certain percentage from the
stakes Of the winner.
TEE clerk Of the New York Board Of AL
dermen testiles that the appropriation for
his department il made en- bloc, and the Al
dermen give him a list OF the clerks he is to
appoint and he appoints them. When there
were sixteen Aldermen, and nine made a
m jority, he had o find places for nine men
ONLY, but since The board has been increased
20 twenty i've he has 10 carry fifteen clerks.
ana has reduced his own salary from $4,000 10
81 900, 10 as to make the appropriation. 20
round Two OF hlr CLERKS do some work the
others he Ne dom sees az hardly knows nv
me- There IS "a librarian at s. 900 and An
ASS -tant II Hrarian at 5000 TO look after the
- brary.' VIII b contains "a dne b < { hi, Csc
Biue, quite u lot of the proceedings of The
board, and some other books 4 is sinecure
resembles the Office Of sfatuarv under
Tweed, which had superintendent of a Al.