Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-11
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now being made daily. II. D. Van Wyck set
| out 100000 plants on his four farms. and VIII
send to market over 1850, 600 heads of cabbage.
THE military balloon establishment at Mcu-
| don France. has been placed on permanent
| footing. Designs, construction, and training
will be carried on there, while every en-
( gneerlng college will have balloon depart
| ment, and company IN each engineer regi-
ment Will have balloonlng duties assigned 1t.
ACCORDING to the Kievlanen, in Pereislavl
there lately died Jew, named Srlbnyi, aged
III, VINO up to his last remained hale and
| sound, possessed an acute memory and a sane
! Intellect. and even, few months before his
| end, contemplated marrying a ninth time.
His eldest son was only 81 years old, but
| looked much Older.
A DEVICE has been invented by which cleo
trcity Is made to record the weights indl-
Gated upon scales or steelyards the applica-
ton being specially designed for the weighing
OF goods wagons while in motion. 1t is said
that, with the device properly applied to the
scales, an accurate account can be kept of the
weight OF every wagon passing over them,
even at full speed.
BENJAMIN r. TUCKER, of Boston, has pub
lished for the FIRST time in English the famous
Russian novel, "What's to be Done?" by n.
q. Tchermychewsky. The book was written
In 1868 in a ST. Petersburg dungeon, where
the author was then prisoner. Afterwards
exile. The book is called the ~ ncle Toms
CABIN" of the Russian Nihilists.
NJ. LEssENNE, at a meeting of the Societe
Medlcale d'Amens, indicated a certain sign
of death, simple and trustworthy. After
pricking the skin with a needle the puncture
remains open, just as when piece of leather
is pricked On the living body, even if the
blood does not come to the surface, as would
happen If the person were historical, the pin
prick closes at once, and does not leave the
slightest trace.
PEOPLE who give incorrect news to re-
pOrters in Germany received a lesson from an
energetic reporter in Frankfort. A practi
cal joker, who gave false scrap of news to
reporter, found he mad made a mistake. He
soon receivcdi news that the innocent
victim Of the press had made claim upon
him for $4,000 marks for damage to reputa-
ton" and was glad to compromise for
twelfth OF the sum demanded.
SIR WILLIAM FRASER writes as follows to
Notes and Queries: "The Russian national
hymn Is Haynes Bayly's 'Pd be a butterfly
played in slow time. Lady Dufferin's song,
so Miss Myrtle is going to marry is For
thee, oh, dear, dear country well-known
hymn in H ymns Ancient and Modern We
don't want 70 tight, but, by lingo, if we do, is
English church TO the words Judge me, o
Lord"
THE work on the breakwater at Smiths
| island, of the mouth of the Potomac, is pro-
crossing slowly. Laborers are cutting brush
in large quantities and making fascine ropes,
and the work will begin in earnest very
shortly under the direction of W. J. McCul-
lOch, of Baltimore. The shore protection will
be coo feet long, 20 feet wide, to parallel
with the beach. AT or near highwater mark
it is estimated that it will take 500 cords of
brush and 1000 tons of stone.
THE use of technical words without know
ing their exact meaning sometimes leads to
mischief In will case recently argued in
England testatrix had bequeathed a sum of
money to trustee to be expended in the re-
| lief of the poor and sick, or for any other
"utiitarian" purpose the trustee might Sc
| lect. His counsel commended that the word
"utlii,arian" was meant to be, and was, the
| equivalent of charitable" but the court de-
clded otherwise, and held the bequest void
for uncertainty.
THE "wets" of Loudon, Va, are exultant,
believing that they have, by a single move,
checkmated the local optionists. The latter
had a petition, numerously signed, for an
! election, bat decided not to send it to the
/ court until they were fully ready, intending
! to so fix it that the election might be held in
| August, just after the annual bush meetings.
The ''wets" getting wind of this, got up an
other petition, promptly presented 1t, and the
county Judge ordered an election for July s.,
about a month earlier than the local optiOnists
wanted it.
A STRANGE spectacle was presented before
Judge Barrett, in the Court of Oyer and Ter
miner at New York Tuesday, when eleven
murdeTers were led in together, ACCOMPANIED
! by as many deputy sheriffs, and crowded into
! the prisoners box to be arraigned and have a
| day set down for their trials. They were all
! young men-the eldest not over 40, the young
est mere lad of l7-but a more hardened
! looking lot of criminals is seldom seen in a
court room OF the eleven, nine had been in
dlcted for murder in the first degree and the
other two for manslaughter.
BowDoIN COLLEGE has student named
Soule who appears to have been admitted to
one of the classes solely on his qualidcatio
as base ball player. The college clubs have
a rule that the members shall be bone fde
students, and Soule's case was investigated
! 1t appears that he was admitted without eX-
animation, took history and physiology as his
special studies, but seldom appeared in the
classroom. SOule testified that he had not
been at school for four years before entering
| BowdOin, but could not remember the name
| of his last teacher. President Hyde declared
| that he could properly be regarded as college
man, and the Investigating clubs were forced
| to accept him as a bah player.
FATHER WILLIAM NJ. O'BRIEN, in his dis
course at st. Patrick's church, Lowell, sun
day, denounced the action Of the Catholic
laymen in attending other churches than
their own as reprehensible in the extreme
His remarks were inspired by the fact that
three local Grand Army Posts attended d %
vine service at various Pr Jtestant churchcs
where special mem Orlal exercises were held. .
Among these churches were the Unitarian
the Paige street Baptist anu the Central
Methodist. The preacher said that Catholics
had no right by their presence to give any en-
couragement to other religions than their
own, which was the only true and authorized
one. The reverend gentleman's remarks have
given rise to much unfavorable comment.
If it had not been for George w. Childs'
generosity and kindness Nine. Janausehek.
the well-known tragic actress. would have
been stranded in New York AT the close of her
season, which was so unfortunate as to leave
her without enough money TO return to her
home in Europe. AT one time, not many years
ago. the great tragedienne owned $500 600
worth OF government bonds and cOnsdera BILE
real estate both in this country and abroad
but ner last three or four seasons have been
so bad hat all her fortune, except "A small
amount OF property, has disappeared. Hear
ing OF the unfortunate position OF the arti-te
MIR. Chlds at once sent her u check from
Philadelphia for $500, thus enabling her TO re
turn to her home. Nine. Janauschek left no
debts, and will return for a last visit in the
tall.
ExKING TnEBAw's famous harry family.
which he long kept jealousy At Mandaay.
are coming TO Europe for exhibit on. The
family have been renowned in Burmese his
tory for many years, and the present MEM
bers. a mother ana son, form the fourth gen
Grafton known. The mother. Maphon, Is 81,
quite blind, and usually sits motionless on "A
DiatfIrm. occasionally flaming hprseIf ana