Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-26
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VENEZUELA has been favored with blue and
rose coored hail stones.
THE first silk hat is said to have been made
for French sea captain in China, fifty years
ago.
MELoCIPEDE is the new name OF musical
bicycle so fashioned that the rider can Kick
out melodies, waltzes and reels as he travels
along the road.
ENGLISH railway companies have successful
cooperative banks of their own. In one
company the employees have deposited over
Ell, 0U0-a remarkable illustration of thrift.
A CURIOSITY of engineering. in the form of
tiny steam engine, has been made by an in
Eenious clockmaker. 1t weighs only about fif-
teen grains, and is entirely covered by an Or
binary thImbe.
THE publishers say that the publication Of
work in cheap form lessons very little the sale
of better edition. AT first authors were
averse to the experiment, but the result was
both surprising and gratifying.
AMAN in Bloomington, ILL.,, discovered
twelve pound turtle on the sidewalk during
heavy thunder storm, and thinks it must have
fallen from the clouds. Its head was almost
severed from the body, but it was still alive.
A BROOKLYN MAN expended $50, 900 in fitting
up liquor saloon in close proximity to the
Sands Street Methodist church, but the church
and temperance people generally made such
strong protest against this invasion that the
Commissioner refused license for the place.
DIR. W. C. DoANE writes from Manitou.
Col. to G. B. Merrill, of Lock Haven: bring
your fishing tackle and come out here imme-
dlately. The fish not only bite, but follow
you out of the stream. Sometimes you have
to drive them off of yourself with a club to
get mouthful of fresh air. MY lord! it is
grand, old boy"
THE first female clerk employed by the gov
eminent was Miss Jennie Douglass. who was
appointed in the Treasury Department In the
summer of 1852 upon the recommendation of
Treasurer Spinner, and was put to work trim
ming the first issue of legal tender United
States notes. In the fall seven ladies were
appointed as counters.
THE mountain range which divides YER
mont physically also divides it politically. 1t
is rule which has grown into an ln1exible
custom that the offices shall be apportioned
equally between the two sides. Senator Ed
munds is on the west side OF the mountains
Senator Morrill, on the east. The governors
are taken first from one side and then from
the other and 30 with all the offices of any i'm
portance.
WIN. FORBES, OF Morrisonville, ILL.,, is a
wheelman of more than local celebrity. He
is somnambulist as we'll. A few nights ago
he arose in his sleep, put on his hat and
ClOLneb, DeSbTlueu MS bicycle. ana struck out
at prize winning rate through the streets of
the slumbering village. He was headed off
by the night Waterman. who was not afraid
of ghosts on wheels. With difficulty he was
awakened from his dream rs the champion
wheelman OF the world. Once awakened he
speedily abandoned the turf and hurried
home.
NEWSPAPER in Illinois recently brought
suit against forty three men who would not
pay their subscription. and obtained judg-
ment in each case for the full amount of the
claims, OF these twentY-eigh ma de afida-
Wit that they owned no property in excess of
what the law allowed them, thus preventing
an attachment. Then, under the law of Con-
gress making the taking of newspaper from
post office without paying for 1t, theft, they
were arrested for petit larceny and bound
over IN the sum of $500 each. All but SIX
gave bail, and the others went to Jail.
NJ. PAHAUT, the leader OF the Belgian quar-
rymen, who during the recent labor riots in
| that country exercised his influence on the
| side of order, enjoys the unbounded respect
| and confidence of the laborng population.
| He ID often called King Pahaut, and on his
| way to his recent conference with the Cover
| nor of Liege was followed by an almost royal
| escort. He rode at the head of 800 quarry
| men, heavy hammer in his gloved hand, and
| bowed graclousy in response to the enthusi =
| astic shouts OF the populace. Pahaut, who is
| 81 years of age, is said to be very intelligent
| and giant IN strength.
THE son of the former Servian Premier Ris-
tics, who is a Russian cavalry officer, was re =
| Gently challenged by Polish nobleman of
Kalisch for his ultra Russian sentiments
| During the duel with swords which followed
| Ristics made use of such questionable prac-
| tees in fencing that he was chastised on the
| spot by his antagonists seconds who after
| wards called the attention of the military
| authorities of Kalisch TO his behavior Ristics
was dismissed from the army, but at the in
| reference or the Governor General of War
| saw, Gen. Gurko, he was not only relnst ated,
| but his opponent, Nj. KObierzycki, was ar
| rested and ''transferred'' to post in Siberia,
A SOUTHERN ILLINOIS editor who went 10
hear Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Riley a
| month or two ago says he has ''refrained until
now" from giving his real opinion" of the
two men, through fear that 1t might seem to
be inspired by hasty impulse;" but having
taken plenty of time to ponder his words and
| weigh his criticisms he now declares: ''We
| wish to say in the most calm and dispassion ate
| manner that Bill Nye and Jim Riley are the
two most ungodly ugly men ON the surface OF
| the green earth to-day-especially Riley
| This gifted poet could turn the Amazon river
| up stream by landing at its mouth and look
ing at it. We have no prejudice against Riley
| We admire his genius. We have wept over
| his poems, but we never really knew what il
was to weep until we saw him."
ANOTHER TRIAL was made Thursday even
of the ammonia motor invented by Mr.. P. G.
| Mcmahon. The special object of the trim was
| to give the members of the Streets and Land.
| 1ngs Committee of the City Council an oppOr-
| tunlty to see the workings of the machine
| This committee have under consideration an
| Application TO allow the running OF the motor
| on the st. Charles Avenue Railroad to Canal
street. The distance from Napoleon avenue
to Carrolton was made in thirteen and
a half minutes, bat the speed couId
have been easily increased. The car
operated by the motor is run to Carrollton
several times every week, and the machine
is found to work better at each trim The
principle involved in the motor is the exnan-
sve power of the highly condensed Ammonia
gas, which is applied to motive machinery
| much In the same way as steam The great
| difficulty first experienced in the use of this
agent was the freezing action of the ammo
| MIA, which interfered with the working II the
machinery. This ii f1iculty has been obvi-
| ated. The ammonia IS carried in a tank un
| derneath the body of the car, ana is connected
| with simple arrangement OF piston, thrott lie
and brake. which en- bic the engineer to con
| troll with ease the movements of the car from
| his stand on the platform.
| THERE are in the United States some ten
colonies of Russian, Polish and Hungarian
Israelltes, most OF whom have come here
within the last five years. One of these. in
the suburbs of Vineland. n. j., has an inter.
estlng history. At first IL was feared that the
| tract OF lana CHOSEN was mere waste, but
| In the course OF few years. by constant and
| lncessant labor and perseverance, it has been
made productive, 20 that more than sixty
| ,v;a