Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-16
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for lost and starving dogs, where as many as
300 dogs enter in ak days.
REEF known as the Culaberas, 60 miles
from Tong Island, in the South Pacific. has
become All active volcano 800 feet high.
STEPHEN BENNETT, of Montpelier, vt, has
greenback stained with blood that was IN
his sons rocket when he was killed in battle,
q years ago.
"FRoI single acre you can gather 5000
bushels OF prime OYSTERS" said an oyster
man Of the Lower Chesapeake Bay. This
beats wheat raising by large majority"
KANSAS win before long have the first legal
hanging in many years. Gov. john Martin
will sign the death warrant Of William Bald
win who was convicted OF numbering his
sister, Mary Baldwin, at Atchison. Hereto
fore 1t ha been the practice in this State,
when sentcnce of death was passed, TO confne
the convict in the penItentiary TO await the
signing OF the death warrant, which never
took place.
SOME English cergymcn Of the Established
church get for themselves but little of their
income from their livngs. in the case OF
benefce worth I'll, 1862 per annnm. the various
deductions for rates, taxes, expenses for col
Letting rents, annual repayment for loan from
the Queen Anne's bounty fund, brought the
total down to f745; and it, out of that the
unhappy parsOn pad the stipends of four as
slstant clergy. his income would fall TO just
cas-.
A CORRESPONDENT tells of remark able re-
Suit of the use of sic I'm as dislnfectant OF
ships. The vessel to be treated, was made
tight. fore and aft, and the steam turned on
| for the requisite time. The hold was found
| TO be In good condition after the cleansing,
ana the QislntectOrs entered the cabin. But
mere they discovered that the fine furniture
and cabinet work had fallen ap TT, and lay In
comprehensive heap on the floor. The steam
mad melted the glue.
IN the Aanuairs du Bureau des Longitu1es
NJ. MIGUEL states the purity Of stmospheFes
considered with Difference to the amount of
bacteria they contain, to be as follows: Ocean
air, 06 bacteria per cubic metre: mountain
heights. l.; the saloons of vessels. 60; the top
Of the Pantheon, 200; Pare Moptsouris, $50;
ut Berne. $50; Rue de Rivoli. Paris. S4SO;
Paris severe, 5000; new houses at Paris,
$500; old houses, $4,000; the new hospital
LHotel Dieu), 10000; the old Hopital de la
Pitie, 10000.
CASHMERE shawls should in future be some
what cheaper than they are at present in the
market, for the new Maharajaah of Cashmere
has abolished the export duty of 20 per cent.
! hitherto charged upCp them. They are still,
however, subject to other heavy dues. There
! is local tax Of rupees on each piece of
shawl material, and there is a heavy import
duty on the raw wool, which IS not produced
| in Cashmere at All, but is brought down from
a.
up mainly IN the bazars Of Leh into the form
| which is 50 familiar in Europe. Neither Of
these taxes has been changed.
ADMIRERS of Shakespeare will read with
interest, that by order Of the trustees Of the
British museum. a photograph has been taken
of the original deed of mortgage by William
shakespeare and others, to Henry Walker, Of
London, vlntner of a dwelling house at Black
Friars. dated March II, lBl2-l3. with auto
or N IA c on II Of n ~
panylng the deed. is a letter of Albany Wallis
| 20 David Garrck, stating that the document
rad been found mopg the title deeds of an
state at Black Frars, belonging to the Rev.
Mr.. Fetherstonhaugh, of Oxford, who pre-
ented 1t to Garrlck April is, l76S
THE meanest fraud recently brought to
light in this town." said a Harlem physician,
''is fraud on physicians and their patients
There has been for some time scarcity OF
vaccine virus hereabouts. owing to the great
demand along the Canadian border. Taking
advantage OF this, unscrupulous druggists
have prepared quilts with CrOtOn oil instead
! Of vaccine matter. The sore produced by Gro
ton oil is 80 much like that of the genuine vlr-
us that ordinary people would never know the
difference. / have no doubt that here are a
good many people in town who suppose they
are safe from small poX infection. when they
have simply been vaccinated with an irrl-
| tant."
STEPHEN GIRARD, whose lump Of gold
more than coun terbalancet his own weight
left the bulk of his $7,5OO,OOO estate to char
| ties in and around Philadelphia and for
other good purposes. The AstOrs gave to
the Aston Library 81 900, coo; Johns Hopkins
gave S3,000,000 to found great school, Leland
stanford 10, COO coo for similar purpose; Ezra
Cornell s2,500,000 to Cornell University; Asa
Packer S3,00O,000 to Lehigh University; }. c.
Green $l.5 5000 to Princeton College; jones
| Lick 100000 in the name of benevolenee
and James H. Roosevelt spent 81 600, OCO in
founding Roosevelt Hospital In New York
The Peabody Fund, the Slater Fund and
Peter Cooper's gifts are well remembered.
also.
TIE FEES of extra Royal Knights of the
Garter, as paid by the treasury, and also the
bill for the insignia and robes, amount to
about S4,50o. The insignia are always given
with the understanding that when the knight
dies thew are to be returned, but they rarely
are. When the late Gar died his insignia
were gwen up 10 member Of the royal
family, who retained them. although he had
a set of his own. There s an UNDERSTANDING
that when a member OF the English royal
family dies, his repre-. entatives can keep the
Insignia Of the garter if they pay the value
so that they are usually returned, but the
Queen kent Prince A iberf's. The insignia oil
n ordinary knight are always returned after
his death, and the custom is for his successor
To deliver them to the Queen at a special
audience.
a GREAT DEAL OF stupid fuss is making in
England, especially among the Tories, be-
cause Of the humble circumstances Of many Of
the Parnellite members-elect. Among these
are two drspcrs. three tayern-keepers. four
farmers. two grocer, carpenter, a black
smith. u florist, a matchmaker, a tailor. a
dancing master and the manager Of dane
ing school, and. TO add b tho enOrmitv of the
matter, they are all 10 small lines Of business
qua wear the apron or use their tools with
their own hands, The Tories fear that when.
ever the system OF paying men bers Is resumed
things will be made much worse On the
other hand he Radicals. Who nave elected
about dozen eOrkingmen. including a ma
son, glassbiowcr. n tailor, a oatmakcr and
laborcr. ere in high g.ce, and urge the rem
reseptatives Of labor IN the House Of Commons
to Join hands against the arist0crats
THE WIFE Of lem Allen, prominent citi.
zen Of Churchill county, New, has been an
invalid FOR long time. Occasionally her
suh'cr'ngs were great, and recently her all
mcnts were most serious. such as to cause her
friends 10 almost Use hopes of her surviving.
hile ahorinR under the most accute pain.
accompanied with symptoms Of inflammation
OF he stomach and bowels. the most heroic
medicines were used After a time four
snakes ul the water species were taken from !
her. one was quite three feet IN length |
another about twenty Inches, and two about /
eight inches. The powerful medicines d. Ell /
loslned them, and evidently they remained I
dead IN HE sHmach some little time. How 4