Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MS neuralgia to 1t. His mjesty was in the
haoH o. SMOKING twenty cIars daily.
Col. H. KYD DOUGLAS, of tagerstown, says
the Light Brigade" Gen! Stuart's, con-
tanning the second Maryland regiment, which
charged into the Federal line at d p'S Hill
and suffered SO terribly, was he last body Of
Confederate troops to SURRENDER in 1855.
The result Of Commander Simpsons recon-
mendation that the Naval Academy course
be four ears, instead OF sx.i carried into
eject, would be to graduate naval officers
thlrd raster. Our navy at pRsent seems to
nave plenty or ofhcers-and excellent Officers,
too-and 1t would not seem tat they could
learn too much in six years.
AMONG the presents to a Detroit bride the
other day were some diamonds and check
for $4,000 from her father The guests were
cToWulng around to see IL, when she held the
check 10 the gas. and exc aiming, "Dear
iather, but thee diamonds are enough" let
IL Durn. Some of the ungrateful guests int-
ranged.
PERE DIDoN, the well-known itinerant
preacher who published last year work On
the German universities, has started on tour
to Palestine, in whose cloisters aud places Of
worship he expects to gather material for
com1lete reputation of Remains 'Vie de
Jesus ltissaid that the Papal Nuncio at
faris has provided him with the means of
undertaking The journey.
Now thai the Court OF Appeals of Missouri
mas decided that contracts made by telephone
are binding there will probably be sudden
falling OF in telephone Irritation, which is
SAID to have been exc edIngly popular hith
erto. The idea that m ~ can be sued for
ureach OF promise OF marriage by young
woman he may never have beea closer TO than
three or four miles 10 simply horrible.
AMONG the candidates for Major and Chief
OF Police of Washington are Gen, Alfred
Pleasanton, Col. William G. Moore. COM
mander Of the Washington Light Infantry
Corps; the well-known William Dickson, Col
Amos webster, formerly of Gran g staff;
MAJ. IT omas p. Morgan, CsI. f. II. Cum
MINIS, formerly ofthe Confederate army. and
capt. Austin. wqo is now acting chief.
NOAH RABY, Of Plainfeld, n. j., visited
and took his Thanksgiving dinner with a
great-granddaughter at Rosele. He sald: Il
am lis years old, as near as l can make out.
| well remember seeing the firt Presiden of
the Y nited ates. | was in the war of 1872,
anu served on OOart the frig9te onstltution,
came to reside in New Jersey eighty years
ago. My eyes!ght has never fai ed me, but 1t
is not as good as it was. My health is toler-
ABLY good for d man OF my age"
THAT the great artist, Munkacsy, should
consider the women of New York the hand
soonest be has ever seen is a source of great
edCisidCtlOn. ne mas tndC love IOr bn6 OeauC-
full which is part Of an artistic temperament,
joined to a critical discerDment the outcome
OF years Of professional study and achieve
ment: Such man is high authority on a
question OF physical beauty. His testimony is
an important addition to the compliments so
many loreiQners have paid to the destinations
OF our women.
EVIDENTLY Prince Alexander of Batten.
berg does not contemplate for a moment go
ing back to the Bulgarian throne. He has
taken possession of his new purchase. the
charming estate of Charottenfeld, near
Schaffhausen, for which he paid over zoe, 900
marks. Characterized, which is in a delight
full coun nv near the Rhine. was built by a
rich Merchant about thirty years ago,
and the late Emperor of Russia was at one
time desrous OF purchasing it as residence
for his morganatic wife.
SURGEON GENERAL r. NJ. GUNNELL, Of the
United States Navy, in his annual report,
says: / have to invite your attention to the
condition of the medical corps of the navy.
Its vacancies have not been filed for several
gears. designations, deaths aud retirements
having depleted it more rapidly than can
dldates have been obtained The bureau ha~
not heen willing to lower The standard of re
qulrements. and it is impossible, with the
present inducements offered, to find young
medical men possessing the necessary qualifi :
cations who are disposed to become medical
officers OF the navy. 5asysS
ALL Paris continues to be interested in the
fasting men MerIatti and Succi, and the apart
meuts ofeach arecrowded daily. The former
is described as spare, good looking, olive
comp eXiOned. clean shaven you h of two
md twenty, with deep set, piercing black
eyes, and bpshv eyebrows which meet over
his nose. He looks like priest, but Is
painter by profession; shows no visible sign
OF weak ness; speaks in fairly good English,
and low musical voice, of former fast ac-
complished in London; says he learned TO do
without food when he ran away from school
and is confident that he shall "do' his fifty
DAYS in spite OF the doctors and the unbe-
levers.
"CoUNT BowosKI' has been forwarded BY
the directors Of the poor, of Reading Pa, to
| the Soldiers Home at Hampton, Va. He
says he was born at Warsaw. Poland. In 1871,
and that he served under Napoleon in the
battles OF AusteritZ. Leipsic, Moscow and
Waterloo. He showed papers signed by Ma
poleon bonaparte in acknowledgment of his
services. Up TO the Franco Prussian war he
received an annual ne sion from France OF
1886. He came to this country with Kossuth
| in 1851, and ne has an honor BILE discharge
showing that he served four years in the
Union armv as amember of the One hundred
and-tlrst Pennsylvania Volunteers. After
the war he served four years In San Fran
cisco as captain of police.
TIE Duke of Devonshire, the Duke Of West
minister and the Du of Bed ord have In
comes ranging from 100000 to $500, 900 q
| year. No one thinks of trying to estimate
| their possessions in any other way. The
| Duke of Bedford ami the Duke of Westminis.
| ter are among the great landlords who
| own London. The Earl of WharnclIfe owns
| a large part Of Sheffield, which was built OF
| land he owned. The Duke of Devon hire
| owns all OF Eastbourne--a great watering
| place on the east coast. In these DAYS houses
| are by TAR the best class of property IN Eng.
| lsnd. m IN who has bought any other sor
| of real estate in the last twenty years think
! himself lucky IL IL pays him per cent Mucf
of IT pays nothing at all.
AN ARMENIAN, in native Turkish costume
lectured on Accommodation in Boston tn,
other night. The NOLAN medans, said he, be
| ieve in Christ in the same way as we do il
Moses. The priests never sleep, drink or eat
in the daytime, but in the night they eat All
they can. The churches ali have carpets or
the fio0r instead Of seats. The people never
remove their hats n going inside the churches
But II you want to find out how many people
are IN the church you go outside and count
the number OF shoes placed there by the de-
vout. If the priest'has good voice he has
good pay: II poor one, poor pay. The people
have to saw their prayers Ave times q day,
and whatever the minister does or says Il
always considered all right.
THE arst stone that was erected over JEFF
fersons grave, says the Washington CORES
pendent of the New YORK Sun. was an exact
copy Of diagram he left, and the epltaph
was as he wrote IL. It was clipped to piece
by relic hunters. second one. and fac
smile, was substituted IN 1851 OF the same
material, which he thought no one would be
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