Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! NEW ORH CITY has only ~ dWellng houses
4 which its ire departments considers nreproof.
1 seven are apartment and q private houses.
SMASHING some $40, coo worth of lamps, the
/ managers Of the elevated railroads IN New
/ ork a;e about TO Ill out the cars with cleo
! trio burners.
ALPHoNsE DAUDET has devised a new
scheme in literature. His forthcoming book,
"Une Rupture dams lie Monde" has been sold
| 10 syndicate, who are to form company.
sell shares and presumably pay dividends on
the enterprise.
THE oldest Episcopal church in the country
that in Williamsburg, Va.-which contains
the font in which POcahontas was baptized
and which has bad among its communicate
George and Martha Washington, is said to be
sadly out Of repair.
IN CASE young man in Burmah breaks a
matrimonial engagement the law cOmpels him
to give the Tilted girl a bulldog worth thirty
rupees, pig three feet in girth, spear, a
fork, bag, piece OF ornamental cloth and
nVe pots OF 6hoWRg.
The 5auf grds, or fatted OK, at the New Or
leans festival this year was remarkable an
imal. He was the purest white, over 5000
pounds in weight. aud appeared ready for
sacrifice with hOofs and horns gilded and
neck and shoulders garlanded.
The Stamford Comet, in order to hoax some
Norwalk newspapers that were making too
free with its news, started that story printed
the other day or Norwalk man who eloped
with his wife's sister, killed his mistress in
in Missouri, and then shot himself. 1t now
owns up that the story was a lie pure and
simple.
Tom STEWARD, q Henryville tInd.) black
smith, thought he was a remarkable slugger.
To take the conceit out of him some of the
boys invited the St. Joe Kid down from In
dianapOis, and a match for 500 was made;
and. altnOuUh the hlaCkamith mnpn larger
tnan the Kid, the latter knocked him out of
time in four rounds.
THE PEOPLE of Derby Line, VT, which is
only separated by narrow stream from the
Canadian town of Stanstead, have petitioned
Congress to have restored to them the ancient
ana returning the grsts, without duty, but
are informed that special law must be en-
acted to meet their wishes.
THE late King of Spain is believed on good
grounds to have died natural death. Not,
however, because there were not persons who
would have willingly expedited his departure.
1t is asserted now as a fact beyond contradic-
ton that 100000 was subscribed for his assas-
slnation, and that the intending murderer
was for some time in Madrid, but found the
place too warm for him. The intended crime
Is not TO be laid to the charge of Carlsts or
Republicans, but to that Of spectators on the
Bourse."
THE compulsory use by conquered pro-
vinces Of another language than their own has
often been attempted to be enforced by the
conquerors, but never with any degree of sue
cess. The Russian government tried it with
the Poles. but failed, and the same bad luck
attended the efforts of Germany to convert
these people into Germans. In Austria, where
almost as many different dialec are spoken
as resulted from the building oil the tower of
Babel, simil ar experiment Is to be made,
and it will doubtless end as dlsastrously.
NJ. RU1NAT suggests in the Times Of Ceyloa
the introduction into that country OF a plant
known in Tonquin as "Hoang-nan." He says
this plant Is a certain cure for hydrophobia.
as it has been used with great success in
France since 1882 by the Drs. Bartheemv and
Nlaud. Out OF twenty persons bitten by mad
dogs, and who have been treated by the above
named doctors with the help of the "HOang~
nan. not one has been attacked with hydropho-
bia. M. Ruinat says that "Hoang-nan,"
creeping plant has been cultivated in France
since 1875.
AN oBNITHoLOGIsT who recently rode in
Madison avenue car in New York, tells Sci
enoe that "the car contained l3 women, of
whom IL wore birds as follows: ~ heads and
wingsof three European starlings; " an en-
tire bird (species unknOwn) of foreign origin;
(3) seven warblers, representing four species;
10 large tern ~ the heads and wings of
three shore-larks; 49, the wings of seven
shore-larks and grass-6nches; "a one half of
galinule; 49, small tern; 49, a turtle dove;
(l0l vireo and u yellow breasted chat; III
ostrich plumes."
A LOUISVILLE NEWSPAPER complains of the
street car manners of the ladies OF that town,
and saws that they keep cars waiting while
they kiss and bid each other goodSby. This
| instance is related: Two ladies on the side
walk hailed a car, and the driver stopped,
supposlng they wanted to get aboard. But
| thew had simply seen a female acquaintance
I on the g. and calling her ont To the
OF the car, the ladies Kissed passed the COM
! plments Of the day, gossiped awhile, and then
the two ladies walked back to the sidewalk,
the lady inside resumed her seat and the
astonished driver whipped up his mules, to
the great relief Of the impatient passengers.'
SOME TIME before the failure of the arm OF
Grant Il Ward. Mrs Virginia Corbln of New
York, Grants sister, was invited to place
money in the firm for investment. She called
at the firms office, anu was introduced to
Ferdinand Ward. She took dislike to him,
and 1t is said told Col. Fred Grant that she
believed Ward untrustwOrthy. A few DAYS
later Mrs, COrbin intrusted Col. Grant with
SIS. 900, which he invested with the firm with
out her knowledge When the crash came
Gen. Grant. in looking over the accounts dis
covered that the firm owed Mrs. Corbin this
amount. AS he was preparing for the end
he charged his family TO pay all debts caused
by his unfortunate connection with Ward A
few days ago, Mrs. Grant sent a certified
check for $4,000 to Mrs. CorbIn in PAYMENT
of the investment. mrs. Grant. 1t rs said. re-
ceived the money from the publishers of her
late husbands book.
FAITH in the virtue Of the shamrock as a
deadly enemy to snakes has been greatly
strengthened IN Brooklyn by an incident OF
st. Patrick's day. d. Beckmann, a grocer. of
No. Isl Grand street, has owned large boa
constructor for some months. The snake
which was IL feet long, was exhibited in the
window OF the store. Patrick Moran, a clerk
in the place, decided to try the effect of sham
rock on the serpent, and for this purpose sent
to friends IN Ireland for q yeritable sprip
from the Green Isle. He received lt on Mon.
day, and with the permiss of the owner
placed a piece of the three leaved plant on
the boa constructor on the morning of 81
Patrick's day. He asserts that the snake soon
moved so that the shamrock fell on ana then
put his head toward il and hastily drew back.
Two hours afterward the snake was found
dead. Believers IN the power Of the shamrock
declare that it killed the snake.
THERE are now published in the United
Kingdom 2,09S newspapers, distributed As fol-
lows: England-London, 400; provinces.
l,225-l,684; Wales, SO; scotland, 1873: Ireland.
1862; Isles, q. OF these there are l4l daily pa.
pers published in England. ditto Wales. 81
ditto Scotland. Is ditto Ireland. / ditto Brit-
ish Isles. In 1876 there were published in the
United Kingdom 81 Journals: OF these IA were
issued daily, viz. - in England and ? in
Ireland; but IN 1876 there are now established
and circulated p % papers. OF which no lie
than ISL are issued daily, showing that the
press OF the country has nearly quadrupled
during the last forty years. The Increase in
daily papers has been still more remarkable:
the daily issues standing lSI against "A tn 1916,