Savannah morning news., 1886-03-27
ITEMS OF UNREST.

J IHE BISHOP OF PE1EpRO says thSt OF
5000 livIngs in private ponage in England
! no less than 1900 are freently IN the mar
ket,
! TIE EXPECTATION of washed wool from
/ the Argentine Republic It year was to the
value Of S32,01O,O0O. W, growing in that
country is its chief indUy, and is rapidly
/ increasing IN Importance
! THE Audubon SOcIetynamed after the
great naturalst), foundedn New York last
| February. is rapidly incrslng its member
ship in all parts Of the Duntry. The pur-
/ poses OF ne society are t0event the klHlng
Of any wild bird not used r food, the taking
or destroying Of the eggs NESTS OF any wild
birds, and the wearing Of feathers OF wild
birds.
CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA, b lawsuit which
is fatal TO lawyers. The st originally arose
on disputed account of but which now
Involves costs to the amounof $3.50 A law
yer by the name of Coats bnght the suit and
died; 1t was defended by lawyer lngham,
VINO died; oats was succded by Lawyer
I ates. who ed. and mos Lawyer Cloud
takes Ingham's place.
The new system Of enlistnnt tried as an
experiment in the BritishGusrds, under
which the men have virtual the option OF
serving for 3, 7, II. or 2l yea with the colors,
has turned out most successful. All three
reg meDts are consideray above their
strength. while large proDrtion OF the men
enlisted for three years cors service are eN-
tending their term. he reruits obtained are
OF excellent physique.
A TELEGRAM from Khahroyka in the Rus
sian papers states that thproprietors of land
in the Amour region hse resolved to con-
struct line of railway om Baikal to Sire
tensk. Another messas gives the infOrma-
that { nave
dispersed the maraudig bands around the
gold mines of ArgOun and Jeltunga. They
al seized their proyions. All the prison
er5 were decapitated nd their Corpses scat
tered along the road. The Russian wOrkmen
hastily Quilted the spt, starving and badly
clothed.
A MEMORIAL to the1ieutenant Governor Of
Bengal on the sanitsion of Calcutta is now
in circulation. 1t hs been signed by all
classes Of the popultion and by the entire
body of local physicins, and states that since
the year 1881 chOleL has swept away more
than 10000 people In tlcutta and its suburbs,
tnat IN some subu"b1 wards the death rate
has stoO at 20 IN tie ], 900, and that during
the decade of 1875 TO SS4 out of population
OF 251 goo in the suhrbs no fewer than Ealf
have persisted. The femOrial points out that
this mortality is cleaTy traceable to defective
sanitation.
EX-SECRETARY BAKNAP is still a devoted
resident of Washington. which he seldom
leaves. as he finds hs law practice a constant
pre- e-occupation. He lives at the Arlington
hotel, and is a familhr figure at the Capitol,
where his erect ami soldierly bearing and
genial face attract the attention OF strangers
TO whom he Is pointed out as one of the great
celebrities of the civil war and the Grant
administration. Like most men GhO have
been prominently identified with political life
he continues to TAX. a great interest IN It,
without. however, the desire to again engage
In the conflict.
OUTSIDE Of Omdurman, the little town op.
pOsite khartoum, on the spot where til,
Mahdrs tent stood aad where he is buried, ;
simple monument has been raised to hi
memory. 1t is in the form Of a round tower
about fourteen and a half feet in diameter
built of stones and bricks The wall is white
washed on the outside. and an inscription Il
painted on it in large black letters settin.
out that he Ambassador of God" res be
meath. Within the tower is the grave, ol
which the Mahdi's sword and silver helmet
are placed. Four deryishes watch continually
by the grave. reciting prayers.
WARNER Bros, corset manufacturers. hav
commenced the erection OF building il
Bridgeport, Conn.,, to cost SIS 0 0, for the fre
use of the 1000 girls employed in their factory
The building will be about 20 feet square an,
three stories high. The FIRST story viii be de
voted to restaurant, where good meals viii
be furnished at cost. The second story viii
contain a large reading room and library
conversation room, music room. bath room
and lavatory. Tne third story will contain
large hal, seating 600, small hal, seatini
80. and class rooms, where evening classes II
singing, penmanship, drawing. bookkeeping
fancy needlework, etc, will be taught.
THE PRAIRIE DOGS which have a villag,
oDpo lite the snake house in the Philadelphi,
Zoo" got into terrible fight on Saturday
After the battle was over two of them wer,
found dead on the held, literally torn t,
pieces. These little fellows. who can be seer
dOdging up from their burrows in the grounC
and then down again as quick as a flash, ar,
peculiarly savage at this time Of year Ther,
are iifty-fve or sixty OF them in the village
They divide of into factions ana deliberatel'
20 to battling with each other until one sid,
or the other has TO succumb. The fight oi
saturday lasted an hour ana was accom- panied
by the usual barking noise, intensified il
sound by their anger.
THE following are the requirements for ,
truly good, pure, potable water, as prescrib
ed by a scientific comm ssiOn in Belgium ;
short time ago: ,l) 1t must be clear anC
transparent; ~ 1t must be of agreeable taste
and not warmer than Is deg. c.; 81 it mus
contain some air and some carbOnic acid: a
II should rot contain more than 20 miIllgraml
Of organic matter per litre; o. it should no
Il
per litre; (6l it should not contain aigsp. iufu.
soria, or bacteria; 2 upon addition of som,
cane sugar no bacteria must be developed
(sl the water should not contain nitrites mol
sulphuretted nitrogen. and not give precip.
itate with sulph.ds OF ammonium: (9) i
should not contain more per litre than
grain mineral salts.
THE Court OF Cessation in Rome gave judg
meut recently in an extraordinary case. Or
Sept. y, 1884, the Advocate Nicolas wen
from Siano to Rome, having with hin
g small box com aiming parcel O
sugar weighing 800 grammes fabou
lo1z o.. The octroi officers at m,
city gates demanded 1 centimes octroi duty
and centlme stamp duty. This the Advo-
cate At drst refused. because the law eXempf,
from duty all parcels under 400 grammes, but
ne hnatly paid under protest, and forthwith
CON menced an action againstthe Roman mu.
niclpaflty for repayment OF the bcentimes
He was successful, but the municipality an.
pealed. and, alth0ugi he was az lin aud agar
successful. the case was carried on st last by
the uiunic pality 10 the Court Of Cessation
which mas given Judgment for Sgnor Nicolas
ing TO 9,so0f.
A \. KELLOGG, the originator OF the svs.
TEN Of auxiliary printing for country news
papers patent insidesl died at Tompkins.
vile, Ca, on Tuesday. He was born n 1884
aud graduated from Columbia College in 1852
In l'6l he was publishing the Barraboo twis.
ReDu5iic, a weekly His assistant enlisted one
day and went away 70 the war. Mr.. Kelloeq
found. ~ the day OF issue approached that m
could not alone have the pauer ready FOR
press. An inspiration came 10 him. He sent
20 the D0Og J0ur1at of Madison an order for
halt-sheet supplementsto to fold in with his own
h4lt sheets. They came. and a. lac folded
them another thought came also II tbe t,vo