Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

W. AUGUST CARTER, Of the Colonial and
Indian Exhibition, Neurological Section In
| lecturlng on Marine and Fresh Water Fishes,
at Croydon, Eng, recently, stated that
another attempt was to be made by the Ma
tlonal Fish Culture Association to tran NIT
live soes TO the American government for the
purpose OF acclimatization.
THE University of Berlin, founded in 1910,
consequently one OF the youngest in the mum
Der, may well be called a regular doctor
mill" Up to April last the number Of diplo-
mas conferred by the tFrederico- Guilelma,"
both after due exami alton and honOris causa
! t!34) aggregates 9,136. or these the lions
share fails TO the medical faculty -726S.
THE Pail Mall Gazette says: MANY of the
remarks attributed to Mr.. lowell by Mr..
Julian Hawthorne are such as any one who is
| acquainted with Mr.. Lowell would recognize
instantly to be fabrication, aud quite lmpos-
| slble for him to have made. We shall not,
therefore. be guilty of the discourtesy, and do
Mr.. Lowell the dlsservice OF repeating them"
A VISITOR to Salt Lake City heard sug-
| gestive conversation in a grocery store.
'How's your little boy?" said a buyer of
fruit to the man in charge. "Been sick?"
"l es; but he's better now" answered the
grocer. "How's his mother? She wel?'
The grocer smiled broadly. "She's very well,
and she's the best of them all, " he replied en-
Enthusiastically.
THE London correspondent of the Man
chester Guard an understands that some anx-
lety Is being felt by the friends of MIR. Dalg-
lesh. the well-known traveller and pioneer Of
commerce in ASIA as it is some months since
any trustworthy news of his movements has
been received. He was then in Kashgar. aud
1t Is considered highly probable that he has
made his way into Tibet.
THE President of the Vienna police is pre-
pairing one of the most complete "rogues'
galleries" to he found anywhere. 1t is q COL
lection of photographs OF the most notorious
international criminals, and contains already
7,UuO specimens. Half dozen copies are
made of each original in order to enable the
police to send duplicates. when needed. to the
police OF other European capitals.
IN Prussia lack of political ambition is a
crime. Herr Won Courbiere, in Sanskow,
having declined for personal reasons mu-
nlcipal position TO which he had been APP
pointed by the President of the province, the
DISTRICT Council decreed that Herr Won COur-
blere be deprived for three years of the right
of participating IN its deliberations, and that
his taxes be increased one eighth.
THE chairs of Ranke and his pupils George
Waltz and Max Duncker in the Berlin A adj
envy Of Sciences have not yet been filled.
There are also two vacancies caused by the
death of the Philosopher Lotze and the Ger
manlst W ilhelm Scherer The oldest men,
Der of the Academy is the phIlologIst " ilhe i'm
Schott, who was elected IN 1871; the youngest
the meteorological Prof. Won Behold.
PRESIDENT HIRAM CAMP, of the New Haven
Clock Company ,has presented the New Haven
Fire Mar, hal with a model of his recently in
vented elevator attachment. Springs and
latches are so arranged in the elevator by Mr..
Camps plan ths the doors cannot be opened
when the platform Of the lift is not there TO
receive auynody who NAV step through the
door. As soon as the platform leaves the door
another set of spring and latChes closes the
door aud fastens IL firmly.
AN INCIDENT which occurred at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, in New York, at the time of
the Arthur funeral, exhibiting the difference
between present and past greatness, is re-
lated by Washington gentleman, who
was one of the witnesses. This gentleman
sent up his card to President Cleveland at the
| same moment that Mayor Grace, of New
| / ork. appeared at the counter for a similar
| purpose. Word came down from the Presi-
| dents rooms to show the two gentlemen up,
| and, escorted by Two bell boys, they proceeded
| TO the apartments occupied by Mr.. Cleveland.
| AS they were passing along the corridors of
| the floor ON which the President was located
| an elegantly dressed and handsome ladv met
| them. She said she " as looking for ex-Pres-
| dent Hayes, and requested the bell boys to
| direct her to his room. Neither one of them
| would stop or pay the least attention to her.
and finally, to her repeated inquiries, bt tn
| said, in brusque way. that they were taking
| the gentlemen to the Presidents room aud
could not stop for any other purpose. Mayor
| Grace at this turned to the WASH ngton
visitor and said: You see what it is to be an
ex; will know all about it after Jan. ]"