Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A $4,000 TREE fern from New Zealand Is
just now hort cultural oddly in New York.
Two MANUSCRIPT volumes of Burns poems
have been sold in Edinburgh for 80 and 20
g meas each, and copy of the Kilmsrrock
edition OF his poems, dated lIs6, for so gum
cas-.
A GOOD HOUSEWIFE in Ridgeway, Mich,
says that for family Of SIX she has in the
las year baked 4,a05 cookies. 500 pies 2G3 cakes,
81 oougunUts, 65S lOaves of bread not count
lug Johnny cakes, short cakes, pancakes and
pudiings.
THE literary st. Botoph's club OF Boston
has begun a series of weekly ''smoke talks -
the members enjoying their cigars while the
chosen speat er dlscourses in an easy cOnver-
satl4. al way. The club proposes moylsg into
the Back Bay district.
j. f. ROBSON. of Baltimore, but recently of
Portsmouth, has received the rife forwarded
him by Michael DAILY, lste sergeant company
/ r. Nlnin regiment, IRISH brigade, New YORK
! State volunteers, This weapon was captured
/ by DAILY at the nattle of Seven Pines. The
rlile Is gaudlly tecked and has been placed on
/ exhibition.
AT the last meeting of the Philadelphia En-
/ gineer's Club the Delaware breakwater was
/ pronounced Of more harm than benefit, since
/ III has cou5ed the Judgment of vast quantities
| OF sediment. The closing OF the gap and re-
! moVal OF the Ice breaker Were recommended
/
| a difficulty which calls for attention.
THERE are 5,OOO GOO Indians in Mexico, ma
! king 35 per cent. of the entire population.
/ They speak thirty five idioms and sixty mine
! dta ects. They are nearly all grossly gno-
/ rant, and live by them elves wild, haif-sav-
| age lie IN the country districts. Gov. Jose
] Maria Ramirez, of Chiapas. will soon ask the
President to appropriate 81 ,00O, 900 TO educate
| hese Indians.
A LADY in St. Louis discharged a servant,
and as she left the house she said: "Tu get a
| place before you get another GIRL num-"
| The lady advertised, but received no answer,
and on making inquiries, through the me ium
! OF friend, she found that she h al been boy
cotted by an organized society Of servants,
and could expect no relief until she took back
the dis harged meuial
CHARLEY DAY, of Cambridge. N. Y. was
! invited to call at the residence Of the aunt of
Nellie LovejOy, a l7-year-old schoolgirl, to
whom he had been attentive He called, the
door was locked behind him. and Nelhe's
friends an q clergyman had no difficulty n
persuadlng him thathe ought to marry Nellie.
lie dld, and at once disappeared, and his
| bride has not seen him since.
bPEAKING Of teas, a character in Frank
! stock on's new novel, says: Il never could
endure those meals which consist of thin shay
lngs of bread with thick plasters of butter,
aided and abetted bv sweet cakes preserves
and tea AS an Improvement, the Virginia
supper is proposed: Coffee, as well as tea,
not rolls. heecV and light, hot batter bread
made OF the finest cornmeal, hot biscuits and
5teWeu Irult with plenty Of sweet milk and
| buttermllk and, il anybody wants it, he can
always have slice OF cold ham,"
THERE Is l3-year-old negro boy in Rich
mond, Ky, who is perfect little fend. The
other dsy he bought box Of rat poison, cut 1t
in two, and put one part in the teakettle of
the peatherage family. Three persons who
drank OF the water were made deathly sick,
anu Jhclr llVes were saved with difficulty.
The week before that he set fire to the house,
ana a year ago he tried to poison tue family
I oil a clergyman with whom he lived. He once
showed his wickedness or his sensitiveness bv
| thrustlng a hot poker into piano.
| DIR. JOHN BROOKS, who died recently in
Samos, Mo, left the following directions con-
/ corning his burial: "Place me in a square oak
| ooN, dressed plain inside and out, without
| staining, varnish, or cover; no lining; make
a pallet of my blankets in the bottom Of my
/ box; no pillow; lay me my right side, with
/ one hand under the side of my face, the other
| hand folded on my breast, with my knees
/ drawn up, as If was sleeping. Dress me in
\ plain white robe; socks. but no shoes; cover
me with white sheet folded back from my
shoulders just as | would fold il IN a natural
/ sleep; my grave to be walled in with brick
/ and brlcked oyer the top to keep out the rain"
THE only widow Of civilian drawing a
pension, except the widows of Presidents, is
Mrs. A. B. Meacham. whose husband was
/ Chairman of the ModOc Peace Com
mission, and was crippled for
! Il e in the massacre of 1873, when
! Gen. Candy was killed. She receives a pen
SION Of 500 a month, granted by Congress in
1885, by the way, in the report OF dsallOw-
ances IN the accounts of disbursing officers
| recently sent TO the senate by Comptrollers
Durham and Maynard, the latter is overhaul
| ing the accounts of Mr.. Meacham, probably
| without The knowledge that he Is dead. He
/ was Nupernl endent OF Indian Affairs IN Ore
gon from $50 until the Modoc massacre. anc
! comptroller Maynard. in looking over his
| disbursements, has found 81, 200 to be due the
| government from MIN on echnicalitles.
The English have some brutal instincts as
was recently shown in their photographing
some of their Burmese prisoners just before
! execution. Col. Hooper gives the following
| version OF the facts connected with the case
The camera was placed in position before
lhe prisoners were placed against the wall,
The men were blindfolded at the time and
knew nothing Of the fact that the camera was
| there. The words OF com and were IN no.
wise timed to suit the exposure of the plate,
which was instantaneous. The words Of com
| mand. Ready! Present! kiren were given
by the officer IN command Of the firing party
precisely IN accordance with the regulations
for vOlley firing, and no delay of any kind
took place between The words Present. and
, Fire! No previous attempt had ever been
made TO secure the picture Of an execution"
SENATOR SPoONER has a brother, "Phil.'
ana the TWO iOOk so muCn allEe that 10 is diff
I cult to tell them apart. The other day the
latter went to call on Representative La Fol-
lette in the House. THE doorke4per took nv
| card" he says, land / thought at first he
couldn't read very readily. and that he was
! spelling out my name, but after a little ne
looked up rather daZed and said: This is SEN
/ ator SpOoner, of Wisconsin, / SAID Yes,
! always believing IT, to be wiser to tell a lie
/ than to hurt "A mans feelings Then pass
| right in he said, there is no need OF a sens
! tors sending IN card; you are entitled 10
/ the privileges of the floor went in and had
| my cnat with La Toilette and ca ne away
/ hearing that dOorkeeper compliment mn
brother John with the remark: That's
! spooner, Of Wisconsin. and hes the freshest
senator you ever saw"
SERGT. JOHN NJ. SHERRY died in Philadel-
/ phia on Monday lie served in the Mexican
war, and for six years after its close was a
clerk 10 the post Office. when he enlisted in
/ The marines. lie was Sergeant Of the am
! phibious corps in October, 1853 and on the
/ l7th Of that month. while in barracks at
! Washington, got orders TO march, with 50
| otacrs, under col Robert +. Lee. to HELM the
! virginia militia in suppressiDg the insurrcc-
/ tiuu of John Brown. There were Is marInea
] detailed 10 storm the engine house at o'clock
/ on the morning OF oct rs, aud .rgt Sherrv
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