Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


| to make loans to young wolen for the eX-
| penscs of their education, ne money TO DO
repaid without interest.
THE $4,000 gift of George Seney to Wes-
leyan University, payment which was de-
! layed by Mr.. 5eney's finandal troubles, mas
been made good to the univeDlty, Mr.. Seney's
| mlsfortunes having be IN retrieved. A clrcu-
i lar has been sent by DIR. Bss, President OF
the college, to the trustees announcing the IGct'
Mrs. LILA MAY PAW, widow of the late
DR.. Octave Pavy, naturalis and surgeon OF
the Greedy Arctic expedition, hasgiven to the
National Museum at Washington the relics
collected by her husband On his trip to the
Arctic region, reserviDg the right TO with
draw them If she desires al any time during
her lifetime.
THE work of the Assessors shows total
valuation in the city of Boston OF 81 1851, 200,
being an increase of 25,Oo2,7OO. or S25 per
cent. above that of last year. 1t is thehighest
valuation that has been placed upon he city
since 1876. OF this additional propertywhlch
the Assessors have found, $5l7, 495.00 is in
real estate and Sl93. 0S6, 500 in personally. The
former shows growth of So, 62l,SoO, lie lat
ter of So, 100000.
SUMMIT GROVE camp meeting, MARYLAND,
closed on Tuesday amid great religious ter
vor. On Monday an eiopement from Ihe
camp was frustrated. A siXteen-year-pld
girl from York, Pa, met young printer fr1m
Washington there, and they proposed to Qe-
part together, when their actions attracted
attention, and the girls father was sent or
in time to prevent her escape Her abandoned
lover looked on from a distance as she tO'k
the train for York.
SHoOTING-sTABSs have dazzled the astr-
nomical eye very much this week, though tie
annual shower Of AngnBt meteors was looked
for rs diligently as ever. At S:3l Up. m. On
tuesday, Aag. 1c, meteor began to show hr
In Cepheus, and then startled those who hap
peneG to see it with a splendid plung
through the earth's air, clear across tfa
Northern sky.to the last space of the fading
twilight. his meteor was seen from nea
Landsdoune. Paramount.
TIE etiquette classes are an important par
of the instruction in girls schools in Japan
In the course of a generation code OF Ell
quette has been worked out which regulate
the smallest details of life and there ar.
proper phrases to be used in meeting people
There Is proper Wav of making tea, servini
| IL ana receiving it. There are prescribed al
tltudes to be adopted by young persons in TIN
| presence OF their elders. All these details ar,
taught to the little maids at school.
SECRET CONFERENCE of business men anG
merchants was held in Richmond. Va. OF
Thursday night to take steps to offset the boy
cotting influences in political and business
| circles. Extreme precauton was taken tc
Keep the action of the meeting a secret, men
being posted on the housetop and at the
doors, consequently nothing authentic is
known of their action. The knights of Labor
1t Is SAID, laugh at such action, and are more
ueter mined to adhere to their order.
In recent conversation with Rev. Mr..
Jones. Hon. Jefferson Davis spoke with com
mendable pride of what progress the Con-
federacy had made in creating material Of
war until at the end of the struggle the best
powder IN the world was made at the Con-
tolerate mill, near Augusta, under charge OF
Col. Rains. He said that while a prisoner al
Fortress Monroe he was told that the powder
which produced the best results IN firing al
iron plates was some of this powder captured
from the Confederates.
HON. CHARLES J. O'FERRALL. of the Sew
enth Virginia district, is the most popular
Congressman in the State. and secured re-
nomination the other day without effort.
| When Mr.. Clevelan nd became President OFFER
ran went to work to reorganize the office
| holding brigade OF his district. There were
| Ab-big, little. old and yOung-in the boup-
| darles OF the Seventh district who were on
| government pay rolls. and in precisely ninety
| days al the places except four were filed nv
| good Virginia Democrats. This is a record
that has never been made before nor SINCE
A. S. ABEL, of the Baltimore Sun, was 80
| years old on Tuesday. He received bunch
| OF suniiowers in recognition of the day. and
| thus speaks of the incident in his paper.
'Three pretty little maids brought the mes
| sage and the flowers TO the Sun office Their
! beautiful Offering included several charming
| specimens of the sunflOwer OF different varie
! ues-one ten inches in diameter, another iii q
| large ball of golden fleece and a beautiful
! bouquet of smaller sunlowers very tastefulIv
arranged The little maids performed their
! presentation parts very sweetly and grace
| fully"
DEER are reported to be unusually nuuer
! n
the forests and are seen near the settlements.
The greatest deer park in Maine, or in fact on
the Atlantic slope, is in the vicinity of Mica
tous Lake. few weeks since Jaines West
| and wife, of Camp Nicatous while canoeing
| irem Nlcatous Lake up Gasabeus stream to
the lake OF the latter name, saw twelve deer
! mono forenoon. j. Darling, of Lowell. ON n
| trip TO Gasabeus, short time since saw
| eighteen deer IN one day. Mr.. Merrick, a
somewhat noted pear hunter, on recent visit
10 GasaDeus saw seven deer in the AXE at one
| time. wv WV
THE venerable Duchess of Cambridge. aunt
| OF Queen Victoria, has just completed the
seth year of her age. She is, after the Emne-
| ror OF Germany, who is a few months her
| senior, the oldest member of q reigning bouse
ana Is uVlng link with a generation still
more remote than that with which the aged
Emperor seems TO connect us, for the Empe-
| Tor lathcr was not horn when the Dnchasa
| OF Cambrldge's father in-law, George III
| camc to the throne. She is the last Of a long
| generation Of George III. "a children and mn
| merous as the Kings family was, and some
| OF It's members lOng-lved, she has survived
| them all by moro than quarter OF century.
| WRITER for the Boston Herald saws that
the construction OF the American raiIwavs
mas practically quadruped the efficiency of
| the army on the Mexican frontier and tho
! ability to put the troops INTO the froptiar
SCates-where trouble generally begins
gives the Federal government sense Of az
! curIty which was never felt before. The Mex-
lcan soldier, though largely recruited from
the criminal Class BY that system OF commit
sory service based on army enlistment being
maze the alternative Of vegetating in prlson
Is a good lighter He has recently done some
eHecllVe WORK IN the Yaqui war in Sonora
hI'ii as trallef or savage Indians NAV ne
relied ON to tight hard and march far. and ali
this on very light rations. va
IL an interview a few days ago Mr.. Romero
the Mexican Minister to the United state,
~said, regarding the Cutting case: "Msxico
mas among its statutes Il provision which
authorizes the courts TO take oognlzspce in
certaln cases and under certain conditions
Vi crimes ana nllsdemeanorB committed in
foreign countries. She has taken thar nro
vision from the laws of other countries and
peneVes IL Is In accordance with the law of
nations. The United States object 30 that
provision, so far as their own citizens are
concerned. THIS difference of opinion. IA n
the9retlcal question, ought not certainly 10
lSau 10 any difficulties. Should 10 apDear
that thIs provision is against the law of ma
tlOhh MEXICO could not object TO modifying