Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-07
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Z NAANFt9tSAAN IL n
| FORTY-sEvEN countr7 houses, with shoot
ing over > 5000 acres, were lately advertised
( IN one days issue of Scotch paper.
MORE new buildings ar, going up or are
contracted for in Boston than during any
spring since the conf grafton of 1879.
BERLIN has Of la years boycotted French
styles to such an extent tina only zen Pa
rsIan modis,es and cooks re to-day dong
business there.
A QUESTION likely soon D come to the fore
is the practcahilty OF tmnellng between
England ana ireland. AT me point the dis
! lance is under p miles.
CHARLES DUDLEY WARsER writes from
Nor la, Mexico; IN fact Morelia is the
peri elton OF climate. Sumner weather, but
| not debli tatng. June r6es in February.
| That Is the sort Of thing"
A CONSTABLE at Canaan Conn, while in
search of criminal in anOld colored WON
ans house a week ago, fond six bury ne
groes packed away in snail cavern under
/ meath the hearthstOne. They were all
| wanted for one crime Or another, and the
constable reaped reward for the arrest Of
| each.
! A LITTLE 4-year-old girl,a resident of Min
nesota's capital city, is not noted for her
beauty, though possessed Of very sweet dis
| position and a remarkably bright mind. She
was recently presented to a minister who
chhnc To be whiting at her home. He took
her little face between hit two hands and
| looked down at her In the most sCrutnizi' &
manner. She evidently anticipated that her
face would not bear the close inspection. as,
turning her eyes in the direction OF his face.
she lisped out: Il ainth petty, Mither Brown,
but I'th mighty mart"
THERE IS but little specu alton just now
among Wholesale produce dealers on the
Z oct - ~ NJ hsYf
the impOrtations Of these during the last sea-
son. il now turns out, were heavier than for a
| long time previous, and a good business Ia an
/ ne paied the coming season. The r-celp 6
| t'r eleven months ending Feb. amounted to
| ll,934600 dozen against 10 >, 23S d zen dur
ing the corresponding period IN 1881, valued
! respectively at $685. 55 and 81 $50 1873. At
] present there & re no arrivals. the season gen
erailv commencing about November and end
| ing with the first spring month. when the
| abun lance and cheap1ess of the domestic
product make impOrtatlons prOfitless. The
| foreign sources OF supply are sweden, Den
mark, Franc and Germany. The goods are
| brought chiefly bv tramp" steamers. and the
freight Is comparatively trifiing considera-
ton.
AN OLD CLERK in the Treasury was dis
missed day or two ago, ter about twenty
years of service, and he moved out on days
notice. He hal been g'tlng $500 year,
but he made no kick" in the newspapers,
and there was much nder thereat, But he
knew. and others in the Urea ury to whom
Tor years he had been advancing small sums
OF money at per cent. month, just why he
dropped so suddenly. He had been a saving
m an, and ont of his capital had loaned money
10 men not so well paid With promises to
pay IN his possession, he collected each pay
day his eNorbitant interest, at a rate far
| higher than real estate prOI erty pays, and in
the course Of time had acquired neat little
property. Mr. Manning bad determined to
get flQ of these GhVlOeEa in the dpnArtm pnt.
He cannot reach the eX-Congressmen and
Con2re smen who do the same thing, but he
can root ont all of them within reach Of HIS
order. and he ana his successor will turn all
thu Sc rascas out in the course OF time.
WHEN the cholera appeared at Toulon in
June, 1884, there were loud official denials of
the statement that it had been brought by a
Cochin China transport on board of which
there had been fatal case during the pas
sage. The medical inspectors and the speak
ers at the faculty OF medicine insisted that
England was the Gu prlt IN having allowed
quarantine regulations IN Egypt to be re-
laXed, and some name ess English vessel was
alleged to have brought the infection from
Egypt to TOu on. The Toulon people never
doubted Tor an instant that the Cochin China
transport was the offender, and they have con-
sequentv been vehemently protesting against
the landing of TOnquin troops at their port.
| The result is that, according to report now
published, elaborate pres autlOns are to be
taken. There is o he quarautit Q in Tonqun
before starting, clothing is to e disinfected
during the massage, the andng il to be on
certain OF the uniuhabited Hyeres lies, ami
only after second quarantine of six days
VIII the healthy soldiers, with entirely new
clothing, be landed at TOulon.
THE PRESIDENT returned from his wild
duck shooting expedition at a late hour
Saturday night. lie was accompanied TO the
hunting grounds on Gunpowder river, Nd g.,
by Gen. Farnsworth. Speaking of the trim.
the lat er said to the Ar0us correspondent
esterday: while MIR. Cleveland NAV not
be what is termed a crack shot still he can
! han lie breech loader very neatly. His best
shot yesterday was seven redheads at one
crack. The ducks rose from cove in front
OF our SKIN, and as they were or tCefulV
passing us on the right the Pr sldent let them
have both barrels, bang! bang! and smiled
broad a he saw the water in front of him
cover d with fiuttering nirds. These ducks
were gathered NJ by attendants in another
skif, and VIII be served on the White House
dining table tomorrow. Mr.. Cleveland
made another pretty shot during the after
noon by killing a 'dipp"r duck' while 10 was
diving about seventy-6ve feet distant from
the skiG. 1t is well-known fact that the
clippers, ar water W tches, as they are some
times called. are the hardest wild duck to XIII .
hey are said Ivy duck hunters dive at the
flash Of the gun. quickly can they dis-
appear beneath the sun face in the time OF
peril"
LEOPOLD H., whose little kingdom of Bel
GUM has been the scene of social revolution.
IS tall and slender, with strikingly elegant
manners. He wears long beard, and his
HAIR, which is closely cut. is beginning to tnrn
gray. In spite Of his delicate appearance his
heat h = extremely good. IndefatigabIy ac-
tive, he Is better walker than anv Of the Of
hcers accompanying hIm and oufstrips al his
score aries " no assist him in his work room
His -" oll-knoWn features and the expression
OF his face are more ike those Of his mother
Marie Louise. than those Of his father he
like the dau. hter Of Louis PHILIPPE, has blue
ewes, generally yelled, and with a beuevo-
ent, gentle expression, but sometimes
ihey express great energy and
powerful Will. They are the ev.s of
& man who reflects before he commands. hut
who knows how to command His child
hood was spent in comparative soil ude. with.
out other companions than his tutors The
absence Of III child-h gayety was part Of Leo
uold / Is idea ~ arist0cracy, in strict accord
ance with which his son was brought up. As
an outlet for his activity and ener the Young
Prince threw all his heart into work and
study, his special passion being the study OF
geography and a love for tales OF adventure
anu travel Long before he attained his ma
j0rlty he had Travelled IN ASA Minor. AID
shortly after marriage to the Grand
Duchess Marie Henriette Of Russia in 1872
he visited the Holy Land. Later on he trav
oled in lnfia and China and was ready to en-
bark for japan, when su idenly he WAS called
back 10y his fathers Illness, whom he suc-
ceeded on the throne in 1868.
LIoPoLDs DAYS WORK at Castle Laoken.
which he has converted into one Of the most
magnificent royal residences IN Europe. be-
gins &c 6O'clock. At he breakfasts heartily
and scans the daily papers, among which he