Savannah morning news., 1886-05-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS have been instruct,

into France.
A POLICY for Sc, 900 on the life of the Queen,
with bonuses of 81, ,995 and an annual premium
| OF Sl26 25, was lately offered for sale at Lon
don auction mart, but attracted no bidders,
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN. Of Chicago, says
there is no danger that the city will ever be
ruled by Socialists. Next to Philadelphia, he
| SAYS. ihere Is no city in the Union where
| working people are so largely the owners OF
their own homes.
MR.. JOHN HoEY. OF New York, the other
day invited dozen or more actresses who
| have not had a lucrative season to a sumptu-
| GUS dlnner at the Bruins WICK, and placed be-
| side each plate an egg shell which, on being
! opened, was found to contain a crisp $50 bill.
THE IOWA Legislature had no trouble in
appropriating 100000 for a State soldiers
home, but it is by no means so easy to fix
site. The Legislature was unable to settle
| the cost of contendng claims that sprang up
! and appointed a commission to decide the
matter. This commission is in session at Des
! hnlnes hearing oratory on behalf OF some 20
1 towns, which offer anywhere from 100 10 320
| tcr' OF land, and some OF them as high as
$4,000 in cash for the buildings.
THE SUPERSTITION of luck in horseshoes
has been yer fed by the continued prosperity
o. the possessors of the shoes worn by Maud
s. in her early triumphs as trOtter. One of
them, through the influence of this "Mascot,"
J as he judges, married the woman of HIS choice,
and has been so trium phantly happy in all
other We lures that he has pad homage to
the mysterious talsman by plating n franz
ing 1t, and considers it the most potent of
househsld gods. Bair the driver of Maud s.,
had one OF her shoes stuffed into the cushions
Of his sulby, and attributed his unvaryiDg
success with the little mare to that fact.
THE PRIZE FUND EXHIBITION for the pres
ent year is in the galleries Of the American
Art Association of New York. The Jury ap-
pointed to award the four prizes of $1,000 have
reported that the most worthy paintings are
F. ID. Milletts "The Inn," c. +. Urich's
| ''Glass Blowers of Murano," c. D. Grayson's
Midday Dream" and E Simmons mo
| ther and Child" and as such they are entitled
t. the money. The Millett. it may be added,
| goes TO the Union League Club; the Ulrich to
the MetropOlitsn Museum; the GraysOn TO the
CorcOran Gallery at Washington, and the
| Sim to the Southern Exposition Co. at
| Louisville, Ky.
MEMBER OF the junior class at Harvard
! Is, TO use classic phrase, all broken up. Until
recently he has been paying pretty persistent
att' ntiOn to young lady living in - street.
His classmates took lively interest in the
| case, ana as long as the calls were limited to
| once week they only sympathzed. but when
| the visits reached five, SIX. and even seven
times in single week the boys felt that some
/ thing ought To be done. few nights later,
after protracted meeting at the house of the
young ady, upon stepping out upon the piazza
TO take leave of her. the junior found that the
| entire contents OF his room--even 10 trunks,
| curt ins and bedroom furniture-had been
remove during the evening and disposed
around the yard and piazza.
| A STRANGE STORY Is told Of a resident of
Port Huron, Mich. 1t is said that he en-
\ ployed young boy to do chores, and, to do
the fair thing, promised to give HIM a suit of
| clothes. To make payment for them easier
| application was made 20 the SUPERINTENDENT
| q to he uhi ha
/ did, on the representation that the boy was
| destitute. The boys mother was aferward
! employed to do certain sewing, payment to be
made in groceries. 1t is charged that the Su-
| perntendent Of the Poor was again visited
and an order procured for the groceries The
woman employ ed to do the sewing did not
know that the county had helped her until
she read the quarterly report Of the Superin-
tendent of the Poor.
The HARvARD COLLEGE PRAYER PETITION
has been referred to a C lmmlttee of three
the President and the Rev. Drs. Brooks and
Hale. These gentlemen will report at the
next meeting on the advisability of making
attend nee at prayers voluntary, There are
| several plans open to consideration, of which
| one is to make fourteen hours week of re-
! quired study for each man, of which PRAYERS
shall count as a two hours elective to every
man attending six times a week There will
| probably be great alterations in the interior
| of the chapel. A ritual will be substituted
| for the present nOndescript service, and new
/ IN pfeSSlVenes6 VIII be given TO lt by the
| polntment Of the Plummer professor. Chapel
! service, instead OF being held as now, at S:45
a. M, will be probably held at p. m, and
/ will be thrown open to the public.
/ IN A RECENT REPORT on St. Maryleboue
Parish, London, Mr. Wynter Blyth chronicles
! an unusual occurrence. A resident in Henri
| eta street found that each time the water
/ ''came on' coal gas was delivered In quantity
with the rush Of water. On investigation the
/ cause seems to be that from leakage of gas
| into he earth from the main tine soil round
| the water main became completely saturated
/ with gas, and since Henrietta street has an
/ intermittent and not a constant supply, when
/ he water is turned of vacuum is made in
the water main, and the gas is sucked in
/ through some imperfect JOINT. Both gas and
| water cnmpanie- are at work remedyinR the
matter, but the ease is cited az showing one
| of The dangers OF the intermittent system. 1t
is obvious enough that if, un er certain cir
/ cumstances, coal gas can get into water pes
| other gases can also obtain entrance.
JUSTICE STANLEY MATTHEWS, who is now a
regular visitor in New YORK. where he is soon
/ to be married, is tall and heavy man, whose
| features became pretty well known to the
country through the cartoons of Mr.. Mast
while he was making fight for the silver
! doll in the United states senate. He NAV
he seen in he corridors of the Fifth Avenue
hotel, when mere, chatt ng with acquaint-
| ance- or quietly enjoying cigar on one of the
! s~tt"es He has large mead ana a face COW
| cred wilh heavy growth of yellowlsh gray
| wniskers. In his manners he is one of the
m st genial and companion BILE OF men, He
| Is reputed to b. quite wrai thy, having had a
! large and lucrative law practice before h.
! came upon the bench, in corp ratinn cases,
| whice are considered the plums of the law
yers. | am told hat he is one of the most
/ popular men in Washing On. Mrs. Theaker
| whom he ia 10 marry, is said to have been
| sought by more than one OF the statesmen in
! Washington as a bride since the death of her
first husband.
THE truthfulness OF the old saying that
misfortunes never come singly is sustained in
the strange ttality following John and Mau-
rice Nuge t, brothers, who reside in Oakland,
Cal. Both men are candymakers by trade,
and Maurice had been employed in San jose
! for the past SIX months. Recently he deter.
mined 20 go to san Francisco, aud as he was
! boarding the u ain In the San Jose station he
/ slipped and fell. Before he could recover
/ himself his left arm was so badly crushed bv
he wheels Of the moving train that it was
! found necessary to amputate it near the
! shoulder. ills brother, John Nugcat, was in
| san Jose in search Of emp poyinsnt a. tho
/ time. but he did not hear Of the a cident
which had befallen Maurice. He WIS with
out money, and being desirous OF returning
/ 20 OAKLAND he started out to k He
reached Menlo Park as the freight train was
| passing, and he boarded the cars " i'm the in.
| tention Of stealing iide. lie rode a. far as
| san MateO. and while endeavOring to climb tn
/ the roof Of one OF the cas- he lost his balance