Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


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A FIRM in Germany is manufacturing
United States postage stamps of denGminadi
ton long since extinct which have attalheu
an enormous sale in this country.
THE HORSE RACING on the ice Of Lake
Champlain, in front Of the city, will he one OF
the strongest attractions at the Burlington
carnival. vermont IS noted for iast horseS,
and Burlington is the central horse mart. All
the Connect cut valley draws its trotters
from his locality.
KERcHEvAL, Republican was elected
Mayor of Nashville last fall after ahard fight.
Before the election the Citg Council polished
the 81 400 salary Of the MAYOR he iicult
Court has just decided that Kercheval mus
nave MS money, as the Council cannot Adolf
ish, though 1t can alter, the Mayors salary
A LONDON CORRESPONDENT writes that all
other correspondents who speak OF the Prince
of Wales as ''Tum- Tum." or ''Tum," only
show their deplOrabe ignorance. Nov, as
matter OF fact" he says, the Prince Is called
-Eummy'-that is rhe pet name he goes by;
Inc name Is not chance APP ellatioD' hppleu
without either rhyme. reason or meaning. III
H. chlldl~h and playful reference to MS Roy
al Hignness' stomach, the rotundily OF which
10 one vi Ills most striking features.
AT ONE TIME during the war it was thought
that jefferson Davis would, for some cause,
remove Gen. Beauregard from command.
senator Wigfall, of Texas, a bold, outsp ken,
indeuendent man. happening to be IN the
prerence of Mr.. Davis When the subject was
referred to, said: Don't touch him. Mr..
President; it's dangerous policy When
man becomes so popular that his iellaw clu-
zens nam th"ir race-hor rs AMI steamOo Us
an the women nam their babies after him,
let him alone; don't touch nlm."
THE COREAN SUMNER is very hot and the
northerly winds which prevail during the
winter come directly from the vast frozen re-
giOns of IBERIA and Chinese Tartary. Never
theltss, Inc reptiles and insects appear TO be
lhuse OF eemt-irOpical countries. They are
seel only IN summer, but at that 81 asOn W
servatOry island swarms with snakes mot
supposed To be very 20 sOnOus) cent pedes.
s metlmes inches long, and sp,0ers, some
of them with bodies rs big as waluuts. The
place also abounds N beautiful butterflies.
THE silk tailed chatterer, one Of the am
Ds'id@. has been lately seen in several places
in Middle Germany. after an absence OF more
than thirty wears. A few DAYS ago nearly
II teen specimens of TINS rare bird were
counted in the ublic garden at hamburg on
the Saal. As lts usual hablti ton is much
higher latitude, its presence in central Ger
many is regarded IS an indication Of the Sc
verify of the winter in northern regions,
which, making food scarce and hard to OBJ
tain, forces the chatterers to seek less rI6or-
Gus temporary home.
PHILIP D. ARMOUR is a very generous man.
Il biCl E1 man III " nun uG udu COuuu6hCc OuG
| day asked MIN for 49, to relieve poor woman
whose new born baby was lying naked IN her
one room where there was n-Ither FIRE nor
! food. The money WAS at once handed to the
! parson. who afterward returned ii vii h a note
| sa ing that he had I'D sc0Vered that the WON
an was OF iii repute and The child the re- ult OF
| SIM" Mr.. Armour at Onre sent word 10 Mrs
| Armour, who gave the starving mother and
child ample assistance, while her husband
stamping with rage, shouted to mis- clerk: III
| that id scoundrel comes in here again throw
him oUt!'
THE accommodation train was tagged
! down Wednesday evening near Carriers
creek, Tenn, by young lady who, as the
tram slowly pulled up, exclaimed: "For
heavens sake do STOP and let me on " The
accommodating conductor took the air lady
aboard aud carried her to Columbia. Her
name was Miss Annie Mckinley, apd that
night she was married at Columbia to Mr.
| william Guest, son of he former proprietor
OF the Guest House Of tn It place. The young
ady had been lock- up at her home by her
parents In order to prevent the match, but
he escaped and the marital knot was sue
cessiullY tied.
AN excited mob at Dayton, Ohio. recently
threatened to cut through the reservoir dam
N the eastern part OF the city to draw of the
water SO that the body of little John Franz
might be recovered. The reservoir was
thoroughly dredged but the body could not he
found. several hun lred men armed them
selye with picks and shovsls and BEGAN to
cut through the bank. The Dayton police
department Was applied to for assistance and
force Of men was AT once dispatched to The
spot. The mob was furious ami the police
had cOnslderab trouble in restoring order
| There Is stiil great eXciten ent and the police
officers are patrOlllng the banks to prevent a
fresh oul break.
ANDREW CARNEGIE, the Pittsburg multi
millionaire, began his career as a messenger
II the Ofligp n tba late Col A
Scott, and afterward became an operator in
the telegraph department of the Pennsylvania
road. lie was an expert sound re der, and
one ay when On "A locomotive near tina tele-
graph Off e at Altoona he heard the news
| come that y n hHd spill IN two on a sharp
! grace few miles away and that part of the
rain WAS coming along iIhe lightning Young
| Carnegie told the engineer of a passenger
! ain which was waiting on the track which
the fugitive train wobld pass over There
! was Just time enough to switch of the pa
| senser train before the runaway came rat
| Ting on.
CONGRESSMAN LIBBEY, Of Virginia, is not
unmindful 90 the comforts OF tie soldier. He
| is anxious too that the soldier sha not be Ne
pr ed of the refining influence OF woman.
Eary in The present Congress therefore. he
| IN, reduced Dii repeating Sec. OF the act Of
! June, 1878, which fJrDIds laun1 resses from &c
cOmpanying troops. The phila thrO 0ic Vir-
! ginlan has been cut short IN his endeavor to
hlcI thls pr tclc7s DShtlb upon the soldier
! Uy Gen. sheridan, who write to the House
| Committee on Military fairs expressng
| the hope that Mr.. Libuey's bill will not pass
| Their presence" the General says, referrin <
! to The lauudresses, is a burden with no com o.
| peusating re urn" The General OF the army
! IL is surmi- ed, deals with Oh namen only.
NJ. NAUDIN expresses the opinion concern
ing the proposed Alg rian inland sea, that to
| fill with salt water the shallow basins of that
reg on would be equivalent to reproducing in
Algeria all the evil features OF series Of
marshes--an opinion held also by many emf
| nent men Of science. The deepest portion
would, IL IS admitted. not exc .et so Ieet in
/ depth, and the whole coast lHe would he 20
| shallow az to be but lttle else than "A marsiiv
| bank. which. under the influence Of d tropical
/ sun for eight months Of the year. wound
| doubtless, become q focus which Would de-
yelOpe aud distribute all the evils Of malaria
| An examination OF the region cen Blsk ra
| and the Gulf Of 1abes, by competent en-
| gineers. shows that the project, II carried out
ne estate the removal OF 2v,U0l,O00 cuOic
metres OF sand.
1T Is REPORTED in court circles at st.
Petersburg that a formal separation will
| shortly take place betwee the Grand Duke
and the Grand Duchess Serge. whose eighteen
] months married liIe has been urcliuv A,
/ squabDlugs and misunuerstaudlngs The,
would have heen separated nearly year Ano
| II the Emperor aud Empress mad not then IN
| teriercd TO avert the Scandal. The Cram
| Duchess IA the second daughter OF the Grand
| Duke Of Hesec, and the Queen will be *
| C, edingly wro n at this termination OF her
/ granddauE lter's married life. TIE Princes.
| EliA beth Of He-se was 81 scr Of The sordi