Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-09
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DURING the past month 5l7 slaves were de-
clared free IN the province of Matanzas,
! CUBA.
THE death rate Of Cairo has been frightful
this year. In January it was so per 1000. Bad
/ water Is believed to be the cause.
IN an old house demolished at Warrington,
W. Va, last week. were found sixteen hui
man scalps, evidently those Of Indians.
! BIDS have just been opened for a new TIN
roof on the White House. No one knows how
long ago the present leaky copper roof was
/ put on.
! SINCE the Second Empire l. French army
/ has worn limperale with the eoustache; to-
day the beard is once more revived, but
/ whlskers are forbidden as being too English.
| GAMBLING has grown TO be so common a
cause Of ruin in respectable towns of Berk-
shire Mass. Pittsdeld, Lee, LenoX, North
Adams, etc that powerful movement has
! been begun against the practice.
An effort is being made IN Stockholm to in
troduce the custom Of sending instead of
flowers to a funeral card on which is in
scri0ed a rece pt for contribution to some
benevolent institution. Such cards, for the
amount Of five crowns each. can be had at the
| bookstores for the benefit of proposed chill
drens hospital.
THE Homestake mine 10 one of the best
known in the United States. 1t Is owned by
Ca ifornians, who have for years been taking
out of it annual fortunes; the ore is rotten
rock, and it only costs about soc. per
ton to handle. ami they get So to IS a ton out
or 1t. Hitherto they have had to haul their
machinery some 800 miles by oxen from the
/ railroad.
A MEDICAL MAN who has lived long time
among the Chinese writes that they treat
cholera by acupuncture and condemnation.
Hhey believe that the poison accumulates in
Ger ain parts of the body and can be discov-
cred by an adrOit physician and extracted; it
| Is of practical value, as The pains accompany
ing me cramps are Immediately relieved by
! acupuncture.
| POOR WOMAN, who has been accustomed
to beg with two children in her arms at
! well-known corner IN London, was seen the
| other day down in the Black Country BY
] gentleman who had given her many a copper.
| Remarklng that she had four infants In her
charge he reclaimed: "Why, how's this"'
| IAN. sir" was the reply, 1.-TWO are enough to
fetch the Lonfoners, but they are very hard
people down here"
CORONER'S JURY OF physicians in New
| York decided that no blame attaches to the
doctors who administered chloroform to John
F. Lurking at 691 Lexington avenue on Wed
nesday last. Lurking had died of paralysis
OF the nearJ. The Jury, of which Drs. Sands
an Markoe were members, said that no eX-
listing method of administering an an@sthetic
| is absolutely free from danger.
A JOKE has brought man in Siesia into
prison for three months. One day an adver-
tsement appeared IN a SIN all provincial PAPER
Announcing the engagement of the Mayor of
Ber0ls orr to young girl whose reputation
was not the best. Moreover, the Ma or was a
married man. Assisted by the publisherOf the
ptper imposed upon, he succeeded IN finding
out the author OF the advertisement, who,
upon trial, W as sentenced to the above pun
lshment.
LORD hENMARE. one of the largest land
owners in Kerry, and whose splendid seat
looks out upon the lakes # Killarney. has had
his income so reduced that he now gets abso-
| lutely no rents at all, and IS obliged to live
entirely upon his salary "a Lord Cham nerlain
one resultof this Is that, instead of inhabltng,
az he was wont to do handsome house IN
Belgrave square, he has taken a small house
IN lite street, Chelsea.
The GAME OF HAZARD, which is prohibited
in every club in England. and not even per-
mitted in tripots in France. dOurishes in Ber-
lin so much so that the Union Club. in cOnse-
quenct of sever al recent grave scandals, have
determined to put a stop TO it. Germans NAV
be slow gamblers, but they play uncommOnly
heavy at times, il it be true that one petty
prince lost $l25.000 in one evening. having pre-
vi ,usly dropped 100000, and baron a trife
OF $4,000 on another night.
LEOPOLD H., in whose dominions such seri-
Gus labor riots have taken place. recently cele-
brated his nftieth birth lay. lie was married
to the Grand Duchess Marie Of Austria in 1883
or the children, his only son died in 1869 at the
age of 10; his oldest daughter is married to
Prince PHILIPPE OF SAKE Coburg- ootha the
second son to the Crown Prince of Austria
and the third Is said to be destined TO marry
the eldest son of the Prince of Wales The
King passes all his time 1T his magnificent
country seat of Castle Lecken.
A GERMAN PRACTITIONER being called to
see a child of five weeks old, who was contin-
ually crying and suffering from collie, and
whose skin was of dun blush tint, was
somewhat puzzled as to diagnosis. until look
ing at the nurses zee. and seeing it of brill
liant white and red tint he touched the sur
face which left greasy stain on his finger of
a cosmetic rich In lead. This poisonous sub
stance the nurse had long been in the habit Of
using for the purpose OF improving her COM
pleXiOn. The cause Of the chld's collie beng
removed. and ap rOpriate treatment adopted
cure was effected in few days.
LONDON is about to have 5000 new cabs, in
cluoinG a new kind of GROWER" roomy and
comfortable, an improved hanson with door
at the side, and many well-furnshed victo-
ras. The drivers will be dressed in livery
and every are will have to be deposite in a
box the men. who Will have a weekly wage
beng also allowed a commission on their taxi
ings. SiXpenny fares will be introduced and
books OF tickets VIII be issued, with which or
in exact cash the fares must be paid The
present hanson cab driver has on the average
to pay about "a for his days hire Of cab and
horse and the company who bring out the
new vehicles believe that in less than year
they will have the cab stock of London in
their hands by forced sales.
ONCE a conductor on the Atlantic Coast
road was much annoyed at the importunate
curiosity of an old Boston lady, with indie
scribable bangs upon her forehead and gigan-
TIC spectacles upon her nose. Every time the
train stopped for fuel this formidable female
wanted to know what caused the detention.
Tired Of this interrogation, the prosecuted
man determined to put vindlctive stop TO it,
When she assailed him again with the old
question, he replied: my dear madam The
brakeman is very lex at the stomach !" "Ciood
heavens. sir" CALCULATED the woman, sis he
extremely illY" The man nodded in solemn
Affirmation. "HOw do you know shrieked
Boston. "Because,' wickedly retorted her
victim, "he Is throwing up wood"
THE SCoTr MANSION, at No. q West
Twelfth street, New York, has been leased.
furnished. for a number OF years. Recently
the furniture, part of which was owned and
used by Gen. scott, was sold at auction for
the benefit of the Scott estate. The buyers
were principally dealers in second hand FUR
niture and barg lin seekers. Nothing appeared
TO have any historic value or value rs a relic.
seven octave grand piano, an old-style in
strument. sold fir S72 50; a gilt harp, made bv
Erard, for S55; bronze group. "Pan and Gu
pid, for S25; an antique ormOlu and bronze
mantel clock for Sl6, an Ormolu and crystal
chandelier for &6l, and an Autioue TnFttah