Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-10
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crossings The work consists chiefly of the
closing and opening of the bars and the
l2htIng and sweeping of crossings. and the
women In most cases are either the wives or
widows OF guards. Their pay is from l2c. to
zoe. per day.
WINSoME centenarian. whose handsome
face has but few wrinkles and whose intel
lectual faculties are still undimmed, is Mrs.
j. Witherspoon Smith. of New Orleans. Her
husband was a grandson of John Wither-
spoon, sgner of the declaration of indie
pendence, and one of her nephews was John
Z. breckenridge, of Kentucky.
WHEN the late Rev Dr. William Adams,
of New York. was at the Pan Presbyterian
Council at Edinburgh, finding the church
rent into Regular Presbyterians and indie
pendent Presby terrain and United PresbYte-
rians and what not. he said in his speech
brethren, you K, P.'s and |. 2. and U +. IS
why don't Won call yourselves split peas and
be done with itY'
THE Christian Register predicts that when
Harvard celebrates its five hundredth ami
versary the women will SIT with the gradu-
ates in thU lower tier. will wear gowns with
out trainsl among The facu' ty on the q atform,
and will rise among the distinguished guests
TO receive the honors of the university. And
1T would not be strange if the degrees should
be conferred upon the President in a pleasing
feminine soprano instead of a manly Elioto-
MAN bass. .st...
THE following notice in Montana news
paper is not calculated to soothe the feelings
of the thief who stole Mr., SIMPSONS bay
mare: 1.-THE night of the 18th instant dark
bay mare. fifteen hands high. small whi te star
In forehead, both hind feet white. was stolen
from hestable of Ira Sampson. the under
signed. VIII give the mare and $40 in cash
for full ana reliable particulars regarding the
funeral OF the thief. That's the kindof man
L am" i~ -t-ttenQW bua s
THE Providence Journal tells Of a.fard-up
type setter who tried hard to go up to the
composing room to see friend. He was re-
fused permission, aud so sent up this note
Friend Xprsa -: Please send me down a v.
Yours. Sam =" Very soon an answer
came. There was small package and a
| note reading: "Sam -: "You don't say
what kind of w you want, so l send you
an agate lower case, that being the most
numerous In my collection"
W. w. CoRCoRAN, the aged Washington
millionaire, takes much interest in the Sisters
of the Visitation, who have a convent there.
Recently he expressed strong desire that
the nuns might see new picture In his art
gallery. The Superior said that it was i'm =
possible, as the nuns never went outside of
the convent. Mr.. COrcoran answered that he
would go to Baltimore to see the Archbishop
and If he could got his consent to the Sisters
going to the art gallery he would have il
| close d to all other visitors on the day. The
nuns are rather curious as to the result.
A FIERCE and terrible struggle between two
7.year old buck deer lately occurred at Gran
lite farm, Township 81, Me. The story comes
from Mr.. John Haslam, Waltham, Me-, that
while his two sons were going along the bark
road near Grants farm, their horse stopped
and refused to advance. Looking lutte way
ahead they saw two deer, one alive and the
other dead, locked together by the horns. The
ground was torn up around them SO that the
0eud naArlV no
| live one. The other had been dead two or
| three days. They had to get stakes to pry the
deer apart. The live one had broken the
others neck.
TEN YEARS AGO Mrs. Ada Martin. of Bron-
| son, Mich, broke her left leg, and paralysis
of the limb and loss of speech followed. For
| some years past she found pleasure in making
| crazy quilts, sending to eminent persons for
| bits of cloth for the patches. Among others
| she sent to President Cleveland, who sent a
| patch and neat letter. Mrs. Martin re-
ceived the letter on Wednesday. and was so
pleased that she attempted to rise, and in 80
| doing Knocked her sons revolver off of a
| stand near by. The pistol was fred by the
fall, the ball passing through Mrs. Martins
paralyzed leg, the shock restoring her speech.
and apparently the leg VIII be all right again
after the pistol shot wound heals.
THERE is strong movement among Japan
| csc ladies in favor Of the speedy adoption OF
the European dress. A native journal of Yo-
kOhama recently contained a letter from a
Japanese woman correspondent, who pithly
expressed the motive for this change. She
| said: I'VE dress not for vanity. nor for
| healthfulness, nor for any other motive, but
| in order to get our rights as in civilized Chris
| tian countries" To enforce the new custom
the female students of the Toxic Higher Nor
NAL School have been ordered to dress in for
| eign style, but the use of rich materials has
| been forbidden. A scheme is also proposed
| for the erection of theatre in the foreign
| style IN Toxic, to which only those in Europe-
| an dress will be admitted.
FRED ARCHER, the English Jockey, was an
extremely temperate man. In address and
appearance he was quiet and gentlemanly,
| and though, of course, quite uneducated. was
accustomed to behave with Refinement. His
excellence as rider depended good deal on
| his remarkable strength and the wonderful
power OF his hands He had horse under
perfect control, and in this, perhaps, he ex-
celled any Of his rivals, and had the gift of
pushing horse at pinch and bringing him
in with rush at the finish. Archer, though
the son of an old steepiechaser, was no good
in the hunting field. He could not jump, and
never rode in a steeplechase. On the other
hand, his rivals Cannon and Wood, are ex-
| tremey fond of hunting.
THE cremation building at Milan, Italy. is
| a beautiful edifce, situated in the Necropo-
lis. Its interior is provided with the newest
inventions in machinery adapted to crema-
tory purposes, and the walls are here and
| there decorated with slabs, behind which lie
| urns containing the ashes OF the dead On
each of these slabs is a CONNIE moratiye in
| scriptiOn. There are almost a thousand such
| memorials aong the walls, a glance at which
| shows that the crematory edifice is really an
| international one. some of the names were
| American. others English. others Austrian.
| German, swiss. Belgian. Russian and Freqcb
| n ight majority, however, being Italnn'
One Of the slabs is sacred TO the memory of
SIR Charles Dilke's first spouse. "a lady who was
| very ardent crem ationist, According to the
| terms OF her will Sir Charles had TO carry k,e
| remains to Milan and have them cremated,
| In answer to a query put one OF the Officials,
! il appears that they now burn at an aver
! age dozen bodies per week, there beng a
| slight increase in the number from year to
year.
A NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT relates that
| when ex Senator Conkling, on his way TO the
church in New York where ex-President
| Arthurs funeral was held, reached the police
| line on Fifth avenue the carrisges con
| tanning the family had just driven to the
| curb. Inspector Steers had given orders in
| behalf Of CLAYTON McMichael, who had
| charge of the funeral arrangements, that
no one would be admitted within the line
| during the time when the family were
entering the church. 1t was a necessary
| PROBATION to prevent confusion. The ex-
senator was somewhat FESTIVE under it, but
| an incident which occurred just at that time
| caused a smile TO come over his face, and he
| accepted the situation thereafter with more
| grace. A bustlng man pushed by him and
| thrust card Of adm issIon under the police
m ans nose. The new conner was told to stand
back and wait as Mr.. Conklng had. Il am
Alderman CoDkiiD2. sir" eaid the man, very
impress vely, and got reply Immediately