Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| MONTGOMERY, ALA, ia greatly interested
! in the development of an opera company OF
| its own, composed of amateurs, under the di-
rectlon of Mrs. Dudley Robinson. The COM
pany recently presented the "Nikado" with
! such success that the representations are TO
| be continued.
! PAPER, with printed label address to
samuel o. Nichols, Nowhere, n. H." was
received at the No. Weare post Office last
week. On the wrapper was written: "Do
/ you know Sam? Try No. Weare." Postm as
| ter Simons knew sam" and the paper was
| placed in the proper box.
TWENTY ONE YEARS AGO Pierre Birria, who
| had just been discharged from tho Union
| army, settled in st. Louis. Near him lived
| the buxom widow Angelique de Bouton.
| Though Pierre and the widow were 80 years
| old each, he set about wooing her. and met
| such success that they have been married at
the age of II after courtshpof over 20 years
MRS. MARGARET WEBER, of Camden, asked
little Eddie Wood to drive her chickens out of
the yard. Boy like he threw a stone at them,
and to his surprise hit one of the finest OF the
flock and killed it, A this Mrs Weber be-
came very angry, and, with a stick Of wood,
beat the boy until he fell at her feet. The boy
died ten days after. Mrs. Weber has been
arrested
LAST YEAR 279,OOo.ooO stamped envelopes
were sold by the government. They were
worth $5,773.0 900. Envelopes, which in 1869
COSTS so per 1000 can now be sold for 81 so
per 600, and the extra letter size that cost S6
are now sold for 80 40. The proposals for bids
for the next four years will include two sizes
called barOnial, about three by four inches,
Tor the benefit OF ladies who like 70 use fancy
note paper.
FOUR CANADIANS found large she bear
and three cubs near the village OF Arthur,
% he o.aEf bs,v,n 1ohft
The other was aoon Ireed again, but, as night
came on, big fire was built, and after an all
night watch, the third cub was caught. The
ola bear had disappeared, but the cub was
tled 70 tree, the hunters hid near by, and,
when in answer to the cries of the cub the
mother appeared, she was slain.
THE business colleges of the United States
have within twenty years multiplied from
few Institutions to several hundred. some of
| which have An annual registration Of over
| 1000 students each. United States Commits
sloner Eaton reports greater number OF
| graduates from the business colleges than
from the colleges OF law, medicine and
| theology combined. Official reports show
about $4,000 students during the past year.
NEW building material, for which re-
markable fire resisting qualities are claimed,
as we'll as superior hardness and adhesive
ness and applicability at all temperatures, is
called ''asbestine.' 1t is proposed to make it
substitute for plaster as at present mixed,
because 1t requires no hair, and It is repre-
senLed not TO crack under the influence of
fire, as ordinary plaster does, and will there
lore prove check to the spread of flames.
THE mother of ex-Khedive Ismail Pasha,
who died few days ago at Cairo, was one of
the most wicked old women I'M gnable. She
was noted for her depravt7, and the men who
once entered her palace at the Abbassieh, just
outside of Cairo, never emerged therefrom
again. On several occasions her carriage was
pelted with stones and she herself mobbed bv
crowds OF women, some of whom demanded
their sons, Others their husbands and broth
ers. Latterly she became exceedingly devout.
SIT is universally believed" says London
Truth, that the drainage arrangements at
the Colonial Exhibition are wretchedly made
quate, and sore throats and other typhoid
| s. mptoms are, and have been, rife among the
unlucky people whose duties compel them to
pass the greater part of every day at South
henSlngton. Some Of Sir Alexander Stuart's
| friends are convinced that the typhoid fever
| which killed him was caught at the EXHIBIT
! ton. 1t is too bad considering that the
profits OF these shows are, or ought or to he, so
| great, that the drainage should be reported
! To be 50 defective"
| MONDAY afternoon David Stevens andGeorge
Merrill were fishing at Durham. in the OYSTER
| river, Maryland, ten miles from whore it
| empties into the sea. They were suddenly
| astonished by a series of small water spouts
|
| from them. They pulled cautiously to the
| spot where the last spout was seen. In mo-
| ment dark object gIided by the boat a little
below the surface of the water. just beyond
| them 1t came to the surface and squir{ed a
| stream of water into the air. The TWO men
| pulled rapidly after it and Mr.. Merrill suc-
| ceeded in striking the creature a heavy blow
| just back OF the head, which killed it Instant
| ly. As well as landsmen can Judge they have
! captured baby whale. 1t is three feet two
! inches in length,
EARLY last Monday morning it was discov-
cred that Pleasant Hill Cemetery, in jackson
! township, Shelby county, o., had been entered
| by miscreants during the previous night, who
had overturned twenty -four handsome and
costly monuments and headstones Seven
! large stones of Scotch granite were demoIsh
| ed IN falilng, and majority of the others
| cracked and clipped. A small headstone was
| thrown out upon the pike, and was there
| found In the morning, which led to the inves-
! ugatlon. The residents near the cemetery
| Immediately organized asearching party and
| by the peculiar marks OF a horseshoe tracked
| the dastards nine miles, and they were arrest
| ed. There were three of them, The onIv
| known cause for the act IS whisky, as many
| OF the violated graves were those OF pioneers
VINO dled before the depredators were born
PARIS papers say that NJ. Paul Bert is hav
ing bad time in Tonquin. 1t appears that
the antagonlsm between the French civil and
military authorities there is as great as ever
IA 0pAbS Va wv CANtdNOf5 Oh LDc republic to
suppress 1t. All sorts of tricks are being
| played on the Resident at the expense of his
| dignity and comfort. One dav the military
| band OF music which he ordered to accom-
pAny him daring an official reception did not
| arrive on the scene until the ceremony was
| over. On another occasion somebody stole
| his solitary dress coat at the very moment he
! wanted To don it TO receive some high native
| lunctlonarles. A few DAYS later he was
! crossing Il river the marines ran the boat into
| sandbank, and there NJ. Paul Bert stuck f,r
! couple OF hours, while the natives on the
| banks laughed and jeered. Other prachcaI
| Jokes are mentioned of which he mas becn
! made the vCAm. several Radical Depu1ies
! have waited on Gen. BOulanger to ask him 10
order an inquiry and punish the officers guilty
of such awful want of respect. hut the War
Minister says the French Resident has NOT
complained himself.
A LARGE concouTse OF people greeted the
tribe OF Caughnawaga Indians who arrived
from Montreal Saturday at Albany, N, Y. to
participate in the hi centennial celebration.
They were met at the old North CITY gate bv
the jackson Corps and a delegation from tho
Common Council. Some disap was
felt by the spectators when some of the braves
appeared IN silk hats and cutaway coats and
some OF the squaws with lace fringed nara
soils, but his was allayed bv the assurances
that the tomahaWk, war paint and feathers
were IN inc baggage car and would be pro-
dnced az the proper time. At the City Hall