Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MINGRELIA. whence \ cholas. the new King
OF Bulgaria, is to come. l. part OF tne gov
erument of KoOtaIs, in Russian Trans
caucasia. and 10 inhabited by an extremely
ban some people. The Prince resides at
Zoobdldee.
RAILWAY CHURCHES are to he attached 10
the trains in South Russia. Owing TO the
long distances Travelled and the constant
work, the officials complain that they nave
no chance oi attending divine service, so car
riages fitted up as churches VIII run on Sun
days and fete days.
THE United States steamship Tennessee,
now lying in New York harbor, it Is said Will
never m Ike another cruise. She was run I'M o
few DAYS ago by small steam cutter.
which knocked big hole in her bow. U on
examination it has b en- found that her TIM
beers are dangerously rotten.
JAMES LAWSON, of Madison, Ind, has a
parrot. usually a well behaved aud intelli-
gent bird Yesterday, in the absence of the
'ther members of the household, 1t flew to the
CRIB in which 6-weeks- old infant " as sleep
ing and viciou-ly picked its unprotected he at
until the child's Draiu protruded. The infant
will probably die.
THE Belgian Societe DIES Ingcneurs ct des
INDUSTRIES will open on Dec. 3, at the Brussels
Bours. an exhibition of the practical applica-
lions of India rubber. guttapercha and smi-
lar substances Lectures Will be delivered IN
society is organic NJ for next January tele-
ph0nl exhibition.
AMONG the small but choice collections of
books from the library of an English noble
man, to be so d in December in London, Will
be Included the extremely rare work OF John
Brereton on he discovery Of the North part
of Virginia, printed in 1902 This book Is
described bv Lowdes ana others as having
only twelve leaves. the present copy having
double that number.
The Austrian province OF Syria is so rich
in peasant DOCTORS" professional medical
quacks and superstitons of every kind tn a
physician Of Gratz, DIR. Victor Forsel, has
been able to compile perfect pharmacoreia
of popular remedies " His book is entitled
"populsr 81 -diclue ind Medical SuperstiTion-
| in st ria" and is divided into chapters on
| chiidreu's diseases, di+eases of the brain, the
| nerves, the skin, the digestive organs, etc.
| etc.
THE Vienna police have succeeded in cap
turing a swindler who has lattery been in
London a. different hotels, where he has va
| rinusiy gwen the names of Jules Bardou. job n
| Walker, julius Wal er ana Julius Wilson. He
| was actually arrested on charge OF THEFT
| rom je~e er's shop. He claims to hay
| been bora in Calcutta, and lives himself ont
! "a the son OF an English Colonel named John
| James Walker, who di d in 1879. His age. he
! states, is 80. A large number Of vauables
/ Were found among his belongings, all of which
| nave Deen SO en- from uiuerGnJ European
| capitals and from the chief towns of the
! United States. which he has a-o visited in
| the pursuit Of his crooked profess on.
NATHANIEL RIPLEY COBB. of Boston, one OF
| the merchants of the earlier days, was gen
erous hearted and conscientious in the high
| est degree. In fact. he was so benevolent
that in November, 1921, he drew up the follow
| ing remark able document: " BY the grace oi
| God will never lie worth more tha n $50 900
| Bv the grace of God wi give one fourl h Of
The me- profits Of my business to charita bile
| ana religious uses. ! I am ever wort $40. o I
| | will give one-half of my net profits. and If
am ever worth So 900 | will give three
| fuurfhs. and The VIII le a ter my fftietl
faithful steward and set me ASIDE" He al
| hered 10 this covenant with the strictest
| fidelity.
1T is estimated; that there are 500 IN.
licensed saloons IN New York city which art
knowingly aided Ivy the credit given by the
dealers and brewers. who fit up their places
for them under mortgage. which is a very
| profl able trans action. The new Excise Boarc
| has started a zig scrap book in which the
| newspaper reports OF all the rows thai occur
| n ga. ons are record for reference " her
| there is an apulica ion for a lIcen-e. There
! ia no metns of OBJ aiming such a record from
the Police Department, and consequently
| heretofore the applicant has been accepted OF
his own statement of his r. cord. which was
f course, good. There are 4 90 Ii en~ed sa-
10 rs IN the citv. but he ne Excise Bo I'd i
| i,clined to duce rather than increase tht
number by taking into consideration the mop
| ulatiOn and character Of the nPighburhOOd al
well as the number of sa oons ready herein
An elaborate private d. tective system is an
other n"w feature being perfected by tn,
present board.