Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ANEW overshoe made of strong. ng~ water
proof canvas has been put on the market TO
take the place OF ordinary rubbers.
MASSACHUSETTS, added only 81 miles last
year to its previous 1878 NJ les Of railway.
/ This mileage is owned by SO corporations,
whose aggregate stock Is over 81. 5, 600 OOO, ana
net debt nearly $15,000,O00. There are SO'oOO
employees.
WHITE people OF means and education are
said to be leaving West Virginia, Ohio, and
! parts of western Pennsylvania for Arkansas.
! their intention beng To carry on farming e0-
1 tenslvely IN the most productive aud healthy
/ sections of that state.
RED CANON, CAT, prospector gathered
rabbit meat enough during the last storm to
last him until June, He cut down a lot of
trees, painted the ends black and the rabbits
/ ont Ell heir brains out trying to jump lnto
/ what they took for holes,
I THERE was a queer scene on the prairie at
( Fort Custer, Mon, the other night when the
/ quarters OF Troop NJ First Cavalry, went up
I ia names and some dfty-eight ca Talry horses
! were burned todeath, one of them, though on
nre, galoplng a long way over the snow before
! he fell.
IHE Northern Railway of Russia IS using
peat as fuel to a great extent, and saves half
/ the cost Of wood or coal by the operation. The
peat - found chiefly near Moscow, ana Is cut
mostly by steam machinery, which can pene-
! traie 10 a depth Of 20 feet from the surface Of
/ the bog.
CURIOUS club exists IN PARIS, whose oh
Jeet IS to assist intoxicated persons home late
/ at night. If the patient is able to indicate
Where he lives, he Is escorted to his lodgings;
/ u he is 100 far gone to give The Information,
/ ne Is conveyed TO the headquarters OF the club
i and kept till sober.
/ THERE pr misses to be a sharp rivalry be-
( tween Northern and Southern California Ia
the ne ar future Hitherto sou hern Califor-
MA mas nten more talked about. bu nov the
J people OF the North are bestlrrnE then Sc "a
1uu re de er ined o beat their southern
nelgloors even IN their own speciality Of fruit
/ The editor of the Scourye, comic paper,
+ published at Agram, has been sentenced to
1 Two years imprisonment. with Nv o DAYS fast
/ lug each month, for having published an article
1 on the Hungarian Parll ,meut. the fun OF
/ which the authorities failed to appreciate.
/ Inc Publisher has received ten months I'M
prsonment.
/ The old Freeman Tavern, at Morrlstown.
/ y j., IS soon to be demoli shed. 1t said 10
/ have been erected about l740, ana when the
American army was CHARTERED IN the hills
aoout Morrlstown IN the winters OF lI77-'Si
Gen ashlngtOn there 'nk the rites f Free
I Masonry. \ grand bail was al given there
~ the othcers OF the army, the tickets selling
Tor 500 III Continental currency.
TUE directors Of the London Tramway
a I
per cent. The success which attended the
business of The company has been felt by the
directors TO be due TO the faithful services of
their employees, and they have gwen a bonus
Tor all no have been in their service two
wears and upward. The f0remen OF wards got
sou each ana drivers and conductors Sl2 80.
AFIREMAN, employed by the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company. whose capacity for drink
lng enormous quantities of cold water made
him famous ong the line, has died after
1ort Illness, asCr bed to his lnordiaai All
: snrptlon. II is SAID that he often drank IL
tWO-qutrt pitcher without taking the vessel
from nl7 lips. and he had been known to drink
as much as eight gallons Of water in one day.
THE City Of Mexico has lately been af-
hlcted i" ith scourge Of mosquitoes to such
au extent that they have in many cases caused
Illness. or, IL IS SAID. even death, By their
polsonous bites. The spacles Is a large one, not
hitherto class ned, and Dr.. tnafel, The Dirt c.
tor of Staustlcs, has issued offici al circulars
stimulating inquiry into It's habits and sug-
gestlon' as TO relief. The pest Is an entirety
novel one,
GERMANY has Just celebrated the hftieth
birthday Of the first railway in Germany.
Ghe LITTLE road, some three or four miles long
WIS completed at Christmas time, 1885, and
ran between >urem berg aid Firth II con-
tlrues 10 r aud To pay very nice dlvioends.
II 4, N '0levally ma aged affair, and only
wants IA Faust IS a conductor and Mepnis-
3 e a m n Et4
1t classlca ly poetic
An unusual spectacle was preeented at
wedding IN birmingham. Eng, theother dav.
The bridegroom was so drunk that his BRIDE
mad to lead N to the altar. and the officiat-
n clergyman was so dsgHsted with the
mau's 81 p-arance that h refused to perform
he cerem ny. despite the entreaties OF the
bride, VINO swooned into one OF the brides
maids arms when the clergyman ordered the
party out Of the church.
SoNE OF the Boston quidnurcs have been
hunting for the national motto. A Garfield
story gave the clue, not quite right; it was
not Horace, bat Virgil, who gives d directions
for salad dressing, Of which, when founded
q the mortar, "t olor est piuri Us ur ="
This Is prosaic. indeed, as Is the motto itself
Another hunter finds it. 1t the end Of the
lEhth chapter Of he fourth book OF It An
gustno,s Confessions, 'EX pluriDus unum
facere,"
Or the upper portion Of the RIVER Severn
the salmon now on the spawning beds have
been sensibly dimin shed by the increase of
offers n the district. Hunting the fish an
sears to be As much an amu-ement for the at
ter as source Of food; for after takin. a
srge bite out of the shoulder OF q salmon and
20 killing II. he will destroy in the same wav
second or third 4 h. Az many as seven dead
salm n. 30 KILLED, have been found at the bot
tom of ono pond.
THE dangers Of deficient ventilation have
repeatedly been shown n the Mont Gents tuu-
mel. The ordinary freight train leaving Mo-
! dane at y. IN. Dec. y was observed to come
! to q stand-ilil ~ about two miles from Ithe
mouth Of the tunnel. and lid not start AGAIN
The conduct r Of he freight train coming
( from he opposite direction was informed III
+ the fact, ana when coming up 10 the standing
! tram he found the tralnmen - the latter in A
/ dead stupor. They were taken Oh ana trans
ported with all possi ole speed to BardonechlA
I where al OF them were soOu revived.
THERE is a conflict between the local gov.
eminent OF the Cnoctaw Nation ar %.
/ schools. One Of the principal academies %
the Methodist lnsttut", whlcH Is G, ntro3led bv
( the NethOdists and upon which thcy claim 10
nave sptut 100000 donations mainly from inc
East. Tie charge is m de that the Ch0ctaw
government ls seeking To control this Institu-
ton aud place it under Choctaw supervision
Z The management are resisting. The 6ght
promises 20 array an the school Interests io
the Nation against Chief McCurtain ard his
supporters o the Choctaw Legislature.
TWELFTH NICHr juvenile parties in Paris
were very e'aOorate TINS year. In fashona-
Bile houses tie supper tab "a were arranged IN
trur regal style for the Jour dos Rofs.'' even
tht Lao tclotls and dinner napkins hetuc ~
cream 80 b, emhroittrnd ln gold. Mhtc real
f1 era W. re- scattered sIuglF ap over ne
f4he. Two large crowns made Of "noupatf
were D. 20 before lAU AIuE and queen of tho
cVcnil =. who broke up The sweet dIadem. and
gave hc tfaGmeu's to Do 90 friends. A loving
cup d.. bot old Preach vine 100 a huge vafua-
uie china owl was also passed round the