Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AN OFFICIAL TEST was made OF the pneu-
matte gun carriage at Sandy Hook SATURDAY
Inc new 54-ton gun was placed on the car
rage and seven rounds of 265 pounds OF pow
ger and 800 pounds of solid shot each were
hred, and the reaction in each case was SUE
cessfuliy checked by the pneumatic pressure
operated by one man. The gun and carriage
weigh nearly 100 tons. and Is the largest piece
OF ordnance ever made in this country
THE papers for the incorporation Of COM
pany TO build railroad in China have Just
been forwarded to Albany, n T., to be filed
with the Secretary of state. The Gould-sage-
Field clique viii control 1t. The Chinese
government is determined TO have the ROAD
punt, and 1t Is now only question Whetner
Ihe hnglsh-German syndicate Will get tne
contract or the americans. A representa-
tive of the Americans is now on his way to
tlons
IHE New York Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Children has just issued its an
nual report. 1t receives no aid from state or
city, but is supported by voluntary contribu-
lions. Last year the receipts were about $4O,-
UVV. During the year 1885 4,63S complaints
were Investigated, and 979 children were
rescued and relieved; the reception rooms
Sheltered, clothed and fed 900 children, and
2l,SI2 meals were furnished. Since us orga-
nlzatlon the society has Investigated 2l,i6l
complaints, involving the care and custody OF
| 64,5S3 children.
The NUMBER of electoral placards which
| ornamented the walls of Paris during the
three days preceding the reelection of M.
Grevy must have been enormous, for 1t took
no less than 1900 men to post them up against
the walls In the Rue de klvoi alone 81
Workmen were counted. busy with al rning
the arcades. CurIously enough, the destruc-
| llon OF the grand electoral toilet cost the
french government almost as much as the
making and putting out the sum of $4,000
! francs for taking down the placards day
| after the election by means of washing the
walls was paid. The -Grevyists look at
! The eXpense-after the electlon-with little
| favor.
AN extraordinary disclosure respecting
temperance wines was made at the Birming
ham Police Court when a confectioner named
Ruscani and Messrs. farley, manufacturers
of non-alcoholic wines, were summoned by
the excise authorizes for selling intoxicating
liquors without license. NJ essrs. Turley
guaranteed the wines called port and sherry
free from alcohol, whereas. on analysis at
Somerset house, the port which was sold at
6d quart bottle was found to contain seven
teen per cent. Of alcohol. and the sherry sold
at sd has nineteen per cent. of alcohol in it.
Ruscani was fined Is and Turey fl0. 1t was
England.
MINING MEN claim that the great drawback
to winter mining is the expense and difficulty
OF keeping the roads open. At HALEY, Idaho,
| where snow falls about the middle or latter
part of December and remains until April,
| there would be no trouble in running sleighs
! over roads If the snow would pack. One of the
| largest mining operators of HALEY has dis
| covered means for making good roads dur
ing winter, which he has tested and found
| practical, 1t is to run sprinkling- carts until
/ the snow becomes wet. Wnen 1t will pack, and
| at night VIII freeze. thus making solid road
| bed that Will last all winter. Mine operators
| IN Vienna, SaWtoOth, Galena. Boulder and
oil Mill
| adopt the sprink4ing SYST EN- and keep carts at
| stations along the roads at intervals of ton
miles.
TEE most remarkable mask costume on
record was worn by Miss Winter, daughter
of an Australian editor, at a ball in Mel
! bourne not long ago. She was dressed as
''SpOrt, the spirit of the Times" She wore
| pink satin bodice, gold cap and sash, the
| colors OF the tr0tter, Grace Darling. On the
| front and back of the waist were pictures of
other horses. One sleeve was decorated with
painting Of fOOuballer. the other with a
| lacrosse player, Portraits of various bicy-
clers, QUOT and billiard players and owners
of winning horses adorned the back and front
OF the skirt. On one side of the skirt were
! painted the Puritan and the Genesta; on the
| other there was slipper with his two grey
! hounds IN leash. Her fan was light lawn
! tennis racquet covered with geranium satin,
on which painted scene showed ladies play
| ing tennis ana crOquet.
TIE Methodist Episcopal Church NORTH is
| thoroughly and Officially pledged to prob BIZ
/ ton. The discipline declares 1t to be the duty
of the civil government to prohibit all traffic
in alcoholic drinks. At the last general con-
/ feren this declaration as ndo rsed, and the
| following addition was made: I'VE are I'M
! alterably opposed to the enactment of laws
/ that propose by license, taxing. or otherwise
/ 10 regulate the drink traffic, because they
/ provide for its continuance, and afford no
protection against its ravages. We hold that
! the proper attitude of Christians toward this
/ frame Is one Of Incorporating opposition;
! and while we do not presume to dictate to
| our people as to their political utilization, we
! do express the opinion that they should not
/ permit themselves TO be controlled by party
| organizations that are managed in the in
/ teTest OF the liquor traffic"
| ONE of the industries along the Shannon
river, in Ireland, is the capture and cultiva-
tion Of eels. The taking of 10000 in a single
night sometimes occurred years ago; but the
| present product is much less, owing to the
| drainage OF the country and other Influences
! At Castle Council are five immense tanks, in
/ which the cells are Kept alive and allowed to
| grow. the dead and weak ones being dIpped
| out every morning by means of large landing
/ nets, and sold cheaply to poor people. 1t is
/ during this fishing process that the inmates of
the tanks are seen To the best advantage. for
! every fin and tan are in motion, swimming
/ upward and downward IN one vast living
mass. Eels OF all ages, sizes, and degrees are
| there. Thousands are there alsO in the tank
varying in weight from two ounces 70 Is
! pounds. These latter are the we'll favored
Juicy fellows that are converted into the de-
iciOus ''collared eel" for which Killaloe is so
| justly famous.
| THE LIFE Of the cOnscript in the French
army is not always a happy one. Aubin. a
! private in the artillery regiment stationed at
1 Nannes, was terror-struck every time he WAS
required to mount a horse The Sergeant
| instructor, in despair of ever teaching him tn
| ride, asked the Captain OF his battery what
/ he was 10 do. The Captain, who bears the
4 name OF Bazaine, ordered thai the man should
be tied TO his horse. These directions were
| carried out with such hearty good will that
| not only we're his legs tied. but his hands u..-e
! fastened together with hay bands and IL il
| oven asserted that strap was nut around his
! neck. His horse WAS then started al a Gallon
| Unfortunately, Aubin appears TO have been
I He bad at saddlng his horse as he was at rid
ing IL, and the animal had no sooner started
! than the saddle turned round and he was
/ thrown with great violence to the ground
| striking his head and cutting it open in MS
/ fall. such Obstinate stupidity evidently de-
{ served severe punishment. The eDectators
| could not RESTRAIN their Indignation ana
/ Corporal gave vent to his feelings by thrasb
/ ing the PROSTATE man with his whip. After
, Justice had thus been satI fed, Aubin was re-
| moved 20 the ceils on a nandbalrow. on his
/ arrival there couple OF pals OF water we're
/ thrown over him 10 restore HIM to conscious-
ness. but further restorative proceedi n "a we're
unfortunately interrupted by the mans
/ death,
! THE CHINESE MINISTER az Washington con-