Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-05
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poisoning in consequence playing with
cat which had just killed at.
HUNOR has no chance in ,qlane. A Brit T;
sh canon has just denouncb bro her clergy !
man for calling MIN asmoolbOe.
THE number of pictures emf in for the
spring exhibition of the Par Sion is 5000,
but there is room for only ha othem.
HARvARD's 25Oth anniverarpccurs next
October, and the students wmtO celebrate
1t, but the faculty remain sihnn the sub
ject.
DREDGING BOATS are now Hathaway 1000
| tons per week Of the debris OfoOd Rock.
! Dynamite surface blasts are useO break up
the boulders left by the submarilmine.
A CONGRESS Of skat- players''skat" is a
game of cards which has supplaed all other
| scientific card games in Gernty) will be
held at Altenburg from Aug. to Aug. Is
next.
THE TOWER OF John the Feass, built in
lll0, in the Rue Turbigo Paris, e remaining
relic OF the residence OF the Ikes of Bur-
gundy, Is about to be restored al cost OF 2OC,-
900 francs.
IN MEXICO if you ask nativdn regard to
the sex of paby he will rot salt is a boy or
it is girl, but 81 hOnt5re MD or Ia 0aujer
"a woman. All efforts fai to AXE them say
hSO fson) or hijd daughter!
CONSERVATIVE patients art adised by pu-
pill of Liebig, in the ADothke Verein, to live
in rooms where one or two dachms of sui
phur are melted on hot stRe The first ten
days bring increasing coue and irritati on,
then these cease, and the adent improves
rapidly.
JUDGE LUCAS, of McCook.eb., went to the
public bath house the 9th day, and was
just in the enjoyment of hot-Water bath
whom thara xErac a m of no
bath house went flying in the street, and
the Judge followed, landI IN a big snow
drift. The boiler in the bament had burst.
CHICAGO JUDGE WI surprised and
chagrined the other day aibeing shown his
own signature and that othe prosecuting
attorney to petition, ashg the appoint
ment to Federal Office of alan then on trial
for receiving stolen goods, 1t didn't make
any difference though, forle man was con-
victed aud sentenced to 800 fine and two
months Imprisonment.
''IT does not seem general known to ska
ters, says the London Standgd. "that March
ice is usually treacherous, inbmuch as it does
not bend, but remains firm and silent up to
breaking point. This is caued by the rise Of
temperature which takes plse bewee sun
rise and sunset, as also by tn surace having
been exposed to numerous hdf-thaws, which
weaken it underneath"
a AhOAOhhAE II VI tlC AuPnOI OF bIl6 quar-
ry of Chancelade, Eng, whee number of
workmen were entombed thrt months back
by a landslip, has now been successfully taken
from the hole bored to a depth # more than
200 feet through the crown of tie Nil. The
body of man can be distinctly eenlving at
a SNORT distance from the spot. The gallery
in which the men were employed aDpars in
tact, and the unfortunate men must Rae per
lshed from hunger.
MORE than $500 babies have been etered
for the International baby contest in Paris.
The favorite for the prize in the heavy Weight
class is at present young gentleman mined
Sidoyne Vallez, Belgian by descent but
born at RoubaiX. AT the age of he is feet
~ inches in height, and weighs l5S pOunis
There are said to be several SINH ar specimens
IN the family. and that the father is small, but
wlry and active. In connection with the show
a prize Is offered, open to all the doctors in
France, for the best illustrated work on baby
culture.
THERE is said to be a we'll authenticated
case of leprOsy in Yadkin county. n. c., the
patient being John Plewmap, aged 40 years
Eighteen months ago be felt a curious numb,
ness of the left arm. He could stand great
heat near that arm without suffering pain
and later could pass his hand through the
flame of a candle and be insensible to the
heat. White blotches appeared on the arm
and large scabs formed. These blotches are
including three specialists, pronounce the dis.
ease leprOsy.
A ROWING CLUB at Crefeld. on the Rhine
having ordered a craft from Mr.. Teller, boa
builderof Paris, received this reply: I'm &C.
cordance with the custom of your country
you try by every means to procure designs OF
French workmanship. We French copy me
BY incessant labor | have acquired a Euro.
pean fame. and am afraid of nobody at uni.
/ q \ In IL ri from fn
can only ee one way of our coming to an un
deTstanding. Having served in the artillery
/ 1 hope to help one day in the taking of Berlin
and then can deliver to you personally tn,
wlshed-fOr boat"
TIE PRINCE OF WALES has a most luxuri
GUS private railway saloon carriage for Con.
tinental travelling. 1t is generally kept al
Havre. and is in charge of a first-clasi
mechanical engineer, who examines il care
fully before each journey, and who travel
everywhere with the Prince. Il has spaciou.
drawing sleeping berths with bail
room, even shower baths, at each end for tn,
Prince and Princess, and ia supplied with ;
reservoir for gas for forty eight hours. IL II
considered the "fnest thing out on wheels
and was built three or four years ago il
Manchester. England. Under such condi-
tions journeys on the Continent become bear.
able.
A CORRESPONDENT in Notes and Querie
L
look at the linguistic poster OF Sir3Wul
lam Whytyngton Gather of the famous Lore
Mayor, am enabled to answer an inuuir,
as % the cause OF his outlawry. lie is sal,
/ therein TO have been outlaWed in London on
Monday, the feast OF SAINT Gregory. in IN,
/ previous year, at the suit of Sir William d,
/ Southam, in an action for debt, and to hav,
/ died on the following Saturday The iurOr
! further declare that the said William de We
/ ty80t0n held the manor OF Pauntley, Glouces
/ ter5hire, in community with Joan. his wife
| through a fine levied in the Kings court: tina
! such manor is worth eight MARKS per annum
/ and that William de Wetyngton, his son an,
! heir, is % years of age A similar return
/ Uiutdtis UlUtIBdiS, is appended respecting tn
! manor of solershope. IN the county OF Here
/ ford. valued at COS per annum.
! IN Moo at Hamburg the other day, a 49,.
600 elephant got to be 80 vicious that it wa
thought well to kill him. An Engllshman OF
| fered $3.50 for the prvile &c OF shooting th
animal, but when brought face to face will
| the beast elected to pay forfeit. Ultimately
/ strong chains we're passed round the unfortu
nate creatures neck and tightened by now.
! erful pulleys. until he was strangled IL Il
/ probably the FIRST time that an elephant ma
! ever been bow-strung. To drop an elephan
! with ball in the forehead is still the hiybea
small for the size OF the beast, and the i'm.
/ mense skull Is almost wholly filed with ,
mass Of h0neycOmb-lke bone in the cavities
Of which bullet produces no immediate ef.
feet. Against poison-so far rs has beer
! hitherto ascertained-the elephant ia nractf
cally proof. But In any case a rogue ele
plant il, "a Bottom the weaver has IL, so fear
tul wild fowl that IN the interest Of societ,
TO say nothing of science, q museum is a dtte
place Tor him than menagerie.