Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

GEN. P. n. GUTHRIE is named as a possible
Democratic candidate for Governor Of Penn
sylvania.
THE Boston Herald thinks 1t would be wise
for the Republican members Of the House TO
| vote for Carlisle fer Speaker.
| NEW SECT has sprung up in Canada, whose
doctrine is that women have no souls, because
the Bible nowhere mentions women angels.
! The leader is a Frenchman.
AN autograph of the Mikado Of Japan, upon
silk, with gorgeous red background. illumin-
ated with lettering Of gold, has been received
from Yokohama by Gov. Sherman, of Iowa.
MRS. WHITNEY expects to be established in
her Washington home by Christmas, and has
invited the Cabinet members and their fami-
lies to dine with her on that day In the even
ing sne proposes giving children's party.
MRS. ENDICoTT will matronlze the tea
table, Mrs. William B. Hazen the flower
stand, and Mrs. Senator Dolph the Ice cream
selling at the coming kettledrum to be given
tai. -'''- --'P'
SECRETARY LAMAR has become an accom-
pllshed diner out. at the home OF the Post
master General recently on leaving the draw
ing room to go to the dining room he insisted
upon going through the large mirror in the
hall.
NM hENDhlOhss says the HnlIaQSipnld
Record, was delegate to the last general con-
Vention Of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
and was much admired by all with whom he
came IN contact. He was one of the most
persevering and hard-working delegates in
attendance at the convention.
MISS MATTE MITCHELL, daughter of the
Senator-elect from Oregon, is in Paris, and
French Count there is paying her most de-
voted court. The young lady Is winsome and
INN a
1t 10 expected she will spend the season at the
capital, and will bring with her when she
comes splendid wardrobe from Paris.
PROJECT is on foot for introducing in Lon
don, new style of 4-wheel cab, with many
improvements on the existing vehicle. an i'm
portant modification being, that the cab can
Oe readily used as an open one. The new
cabs will be we'll horsed, and we'll driven by
men In uniform Improved hansoms are also
contemplated, und it is proposed thSt for both
descriptions of vehicles, the fare shall be six
pence per mile.
A WRITER in the OOn0regattonatist has been
in the Sunday school class OF Mr.. George ".
Gable, who, with his sweet-faced wife and
four of the six little children now living,
Oraved the storm tn be present at public wor-
snip. Mr.. Cable is slight in stature. has
heavy dark whlskers, a musical voice. and
manners which betray the fine Southern
breeding. To his gifts as novelist he adds
teachlng the Bible wonderfully weil."4
DIR. CHARLES II. NICHOLS, the superinten-
dent of the Bloomingdale Asylum, New York,
defends his treatment Of the actor while I'M
der his care, and states pretty plainly that his
death was fastened by the course adopted
after his removal to Philadelphia. DR.. Engel.
McCullough's attending physician in Phlla-
delphIa: does not rest quietly under such
SUR on his professional skill, and Will make a
vigorous reply. The remains of the dead actor
Will not be removed from Philadelphia to st.
LOUIS as was reported.
1T is said that wild cats Of enormous size
still haunt the back country towns of Connec-
tlcut. In East Lyme they dart up trees about
the farmhouses at night, snatch a fat turkey
and make off with ii easily. In Bozrah. the
other day, big cat killed full grown sheep
ana had partly eaten it before the farmer
could get his gun. Hunting parties frequent
" get on The track OF the animals, but have
not got a shot at one as yet. Last year seve-
raj wild cats were Kied In East Lyme and on
the western border of Salem.
THE most muniicent requests that have
been made in North Carolina in many wears.
are contained in the will of Miss Mary R.
>mith, who died near Chapel Hill She de-
vised a plantation, which is said to be worth
$4,000 to the trustees Of the State UniVeraitv
for the education of such poor boys as the fac
ulty may designate Other small legacies
were bequeathed to her old servants who had
remained faithful to her, and the residue of
her estate, valued at about $50, 900. is devised
and bequeathed to the trustees Of the Protest
ant Episcopal church In the dioc Sc of North
Carolina. The Hon. Kemp P. Beattle is an
pointed executor of the will.
ANOTHER REPORT comes from the Little
Rockies, Dakota, that gold has been found in
paying quantities. John Flynn and Jack
Armstrong miners Of experience, renort that
hey have discovered vein of gold which
hpvr will IN ha
finds In the country. Several claims have
been staKed out, and about fifty prnspectOrs
are working with good results. They saw
that a large amount of free gnldis fund and
eXh bit two nuggets val1ed at over S25 each.
There is no railroad w3thin many miles of the
claims, and as the prospectors must depend
on Inc river Tor supplies nothing definite can
be done with the claims before spring.
A SHOCKING OCCURRENCE is reported from
Ramotuelle, in the Department of the Var,
France. An Italian family, consisting of a
man, his wife, and his two children by a
'ormer marriage, had lived for some time in
The place. The stepmother detested the
children. and during her husband's absence in
field adjoining the house, she took his gun.
ana, after shooting the younger son, was
pointing the weapon at the elder, when he
rushed at her, and, turning the gun az tlnst
Ter. fired, wounding hefiseVerelv. The father
hearing the firing, buried to the house, and
rendered furious by the sight of his chIl0,s
corpse, stabbed his wife repeatedly and fed.
II is thought that he hascommitted suicide.
The Pau Nal Gazette gives the following
as "curiously comprehensive list OF EnglIsb
Socialists -: Edward Carpenter, the Million
aire: Edward Aveling, the economies; Michael
Davitt, the agtator; Belfort Bax. the ESSAY.
ist; hegan Paul, the publisher; and Walter
Besant and Mrs. Lynn Lynton. The novelists.
Shelley, Keats, Jones. BrOugh, Dobell, Brown
ing, Swinburne, William Morris, and Edwin
Arnolf, the poets; Ruskin. the art critic:
Charles Kingsley, the clergyman. novelist'
and geologlst; Bronterre o. Brien and Fergns
OConnOr, the chartists: Robert Owen 9ha
philanthropist; and II. NJ. Hyudman' The
journalist; Herbert Spencer. John sinai
Nj l, Y. III. Huxley, and Charles Darwin.
John Tyndall, the scientist; and William
Kingdom Clifford, the moralist,
on THE OCCASION OF the opening OF the Jaf-
fray hospital, at rmingham. by the Prince
OF Wales. his Royal Highness was presented
with key, which is believed to be the finest
ever made N England 1t is in the STYLE or
the Queen Ann period, and is full of marvel
Gus designs, the leading figure being that ~
Charity extending one hand to the neerv
while the her holds the scroll of benefactIons
10 the hOspital. The Princes arms and those
OF the borough OF Birmingham, together with
Mr. Jahray's crest, are duly exhibited: lint
what "a, perhaps, most remark BILE ia that 40
very wonderful and unique an Instrument
should really be capable OF fulfilling the ordi-
nary ana commonplace function of turning a
lock; and, IN TACT, of unlocking the h spitaI
door. reduced copy OF the kew in void
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