Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-12
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was placed in a bk, and on Dec. 5 Samuei
| walked down andrew it out, with interest! \
The other party 70 his entire family OF nye
| were all dead. fsa SEe atE
MILE. DE MAcAHoN, daughter OF the Mar
| shall, will soon married to M. lie Comte de !
Piennes. son Of e Marquis of Piennes, who !
| had been equerl to her majesty the Empress
and Deputy fro La Manche during the En-
pire. Mile. de acM ahon is q years of age,
and Is the harslPs only daughter.
MRS. CEARLIT TURNER. the daughter OF a
missionary to IL Sandwich Islands, and who
was born in Hoilulu. has been singing at a
church entertainment in New Haven, Conn.
| The papers saEhe audience was moved to
rapturous enthiasm. and good judges de-
scribe her voices equal to that of Parepa.
SOME eighteeInonths ago an English far
mer successfullamputated one of the hind
| legs Of valuab aud well bred short-horn
| cow, the object eng TO retain the COW for
| breeding purpoHs, while wooden leg was
affixed to the Jump. The COW is now a
mother and hasa fine bull calf running py
| her side.
| FRANCE revei in a diminutive gunboat
which has been wing around exper1mentally
near Toulon, cutting through the water at
| the rate Of DIneten knots, with gun out OF
| all proportion insize. The inventors proud
boast Is mat the loat is too small Tor pig SHIPS
smash things.
CAPT. SHAW, VI the London fire depart
ment, who figures 70 prominently in the
| Campbell divorcesui. IS not popular with the
! firemen of America. He has made several
visits to this country3ut his egotlstlcai man,
ners and offensive comparisons have lett Dad
| impression. He is esecially out OF favor in
Cincinnati and Louislile.
| JOHN B. ALLEY, { Massachusetts,, whose
wealth Is estimated twenty millions, was
| In ada Wadnpa0av
while eating a bowl bread and milk. cost
| ing lOc.. In restaurant. He is now over 40
| years or age, but Is ejoying as rugged health
| as when he sat in C0gress and backed Oakes
| a in building thu nion Pacific.
SPEAKING of the oval manner in which
President Arthur etertained his successor
on Inauguration da, Washington CORES
| pondent reyerts to tie story that John Adams
| packed up his effect and left Washington the
| night before Jeffersn was sworn in, and John
| Quincy Adams was put hunting during the
ceremonies which inugurated Gen. jackson.
JOSEPH ARMOUR, bother of the millionaire
pork packer of Chicgo, left 100000 on his
death for the establishment of kindergarten
and free dispensary with a physician in
charge. Mr.. Phil D.Armour. the surviving
| brother, added $4,000 to the fund, and the
mission has been dedicated The cost OF
| maintenance will be a,out $4,000 per annum.
THE last London Gazette announces the
promotion of the Dukeof Connaught to the
position of Major Genehl, and his assign
ment to one of the divisions in the Bengal
| army. The promotion Of the Duke of Con-
naught has been slow IN comparison with that
| of his distinguished brother, Field Marshal,
the Prince of Wales. who draws his pay for
the colonelship of over dozen regiments,
! but never saw shot flied at anything more
dangerous than targa.
ST. LOUIS has physician who guarantees
to cure almost any diiease for good round
sum, which must alwars be paid IN advance.
OF course he often fails ana then the patient
wants his money back. The doctor employs a
| lawyer for just such emergencies, and pays
him $1,000 year sala,y. The LAWYER is SO
skillful in pacifying angry patients and COM
promising with imDlGabe ones that the
| doctor is able to mako about $4,000 year
above all expenses.
j. L. COLE, hardware merchant of Buff
fale. has remarkably intelligent dog, a
small white cur Of uncertain pedigree. This
uog knows any number of difficult tricks,
andso confident is Mr.. Cole in its abilities that
he is now willing to bet a large sum that the
dog can walk tight rope across tile Niagara
gorge, and he'll give him chance provided
| the railroad companies or the Niagara FAILS
hotel folks will contribute $1,000 toward the
expenses of stretching the rope and net
FIFTY YEARS AGO Isaiah Hoyt became SUI
perintendent of Repairs at the Boston anC
Providence railroad shops at Rumford. HI
married Miss Bishop very soon after. He ha!
held the place with the railroad ever since
and on the fftieth anniversary of his super
intendency the company gave him a check fol
$500. ard his employees gave him gold watch
A few days later he and Mrs. Hoyt celebrated
their golden wedding, and then the presents
were numerous and valuable, Mr.. Hoyt doe
his work to-day apparently as well as ever.
Two MEN. strangers to each other, sat sid,
at Aual IL n.
OF them slept, and when he awoke found tina
his seat mate had gone, taking his bag, bu
leaving one in it's place. he conductor wa
consulted, and it was decided to open the re
naming Yalise to identify its owner. 1t wa
opened and disclosed, as its only contents, al
axe with piece of broken handle in it and
package containing 1900 in money. n,
name or address could pc found to lead to tn
ownership, and the finder is holding it until i
can be claimed and he gets his own valise il
exchange.
OF LATE Berlin has become a second Mu
Mich. The greatest capitalists of the CIT.
save Bleichroder and the Jewish clique ar
tue proprietors of beer halls and restaurants
Scores of beer palaces have been erectet
during the last year. The principal sites O
the city have been secured for tins purpose
The great brewers of Munich have their hall
here, and long trains laden with The Bavarial
! kegs leave the southern city daily for tn
metropolis Of the north. But few days ag
Sc 900 per square foot was paid for lot OF
one OF the business streets, the entire sun
being over 100000. Another beer palac
will be erected upon it.
A VISIT to private view of pretty ba
pictures in PIccadilly the other day reveale
Oscar Wilde roaming about, and necessitate
the telling OF very sad story. Wilde ha
degenerated now altogether. His long lock
are no longer cured TO look like a Roma
EmperOrs. The face looking through ther
is chubby. His legs-those which charme,
aesthetic American maidenhood-are incase
in long trousers; and for good reasons. The,
won't stand inspection. Avoirdupois insist
upon marring the symmetry of ankles AM
the graceful line which adds beauty to tn
stocking. In fact, The legs are fat, and so /
Wilde, taken as whole. Only his nobl
height saves him from the appearance @
obesity. Marriage has not been good for hi i'm
He looks happy, but aesthetic no longer.
WITHOUT exaggeration half of Berlin
awaiting the fnal drawing of the Art Exhibi
ton Lottery, which will take place soon, wit
fever-llke anxiety. The half million ticket
were all disposed of the last day Of the expo
sition, which closed Oct. 81 with more tina
$3.50, 900 profit, which will be applied TO tn
aid of INDECENT artists. The lottery ticket
cost 3je. and, there being 2SS62 winning mum
bers, the possibilities of gain were unusual
high. The principal prize consists of three O
paintings valued at 81, $40; the second, value
at $1,000; the third. at $3.50; the fourth
81, 800; the fifth, at 81 $50, and so on, endin
with $4,000 valued at IS apiece. many of theI
drawings from the pencil of Adolph Meme
the celebrated Berlin artist, and the creates
authority on the times of Frederick the Grea
The kaiser's lucky star dld not forsake him