Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-27
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az es SAalI De nalleu Up over ms WI ASHSP'
TIE DEATH of the second Lord Brougham
at the age + 81 VIII relieve the Epglsh PEN
sion st Of a considerable charge. During ms
lifetime he mas received in pensions the sum
Of $5l5 600.
NEARLY $4,000 acres OF land under water
along the Connecticut shore have been sold oy
Tue state to oyster growers, and last year 8
taxes on this area zone fifth of which is 10 usel
yieldc $1,000.
THE GOVERNMENT is making thoroagh
trial Al the Springfield arsenal of the spencer
magazine gun. the cartridges used in which
are loaded with pine Dncksh each, inSteau
OF a bullet. This arm is recommended Tor
/ militia use IN case Of riots.
1T has been decided to expend the $4,000
left by the late Senator sharon to Golden Gate
Park upon marble gates. They VIII be $50
feet long, and the eutral facade, 60 feet high,
/ Will De pierced by three arches. Inc material
1 used VIII be California marble.
n is REFoRTED from Naples that a temple,
houses, and vast metropolis, with many thou
sand articles of domestic use, amphors,
brorles coins, and at least one Important IN
/ ser.pton n the dialect OF the Samnltes, nave
/ been found near Avelino. The spot Is the sue
! Of C.uvium, an ancient Samnlte town near
( Medic
J AT STUN, Brittany, a large trlumphal arch
in three parts forms the gate of the cemetery.
1t was built in l5oS and Is the last of It's kind
, the rovince. The Departmental EnSln-
I Ger wants 80 enlarge the entrance, ana pro-
T poses 70 pull the arch down, Just as the Gul :
I lards Of cue &c. no Canada, have ruined thelr
/ picturesque old town gates one by one unoer
the plea Of widening them.
A MEMBrR Of the geological survey says that
salt Lake viii be of great value IN the near
future, not only on account Of the common
! salt il viii produce. but also for the sodinEt
! sulp hate it contains. The latter IS separated
( I'm r0cCulcnt preClptate by he cold weather
| o. mldwluter, and annually thrown up on the
! shore IN enormous quantities. 1ncfe arr
/ many other lakes in the far West whence an
neNnausuoie supply of commercial alHaIes
may be obtained at small cost. Mono Lake,
California, being estimated to hold over 'S,-
C0U,uo0 tons OF sodium carbonate.
A PIECE OF RuFFIANIsM recently occurred
at town in Bohemia. Two young men
| brought to the sacr1stan Of the Church Of the
! Holy Mountain SIX wax candles, which they
| asked to be burnt as thanksgiving Offering.
! Three Of the candles were at once lighted /.
One of them, when nearly burned down, fell
from the candlestlck and broke, disclosing an
/ explosive cartridge. The remaining hVe can
dies were examined. and cartridge was
found in each one OF them. Had the churcn
been full of people and the candles all nghted
/ the result would have been disastrous,
The PEASANT INDIANS of Central America
| hold some curious superstitions, Of which the
following are examples: When the child Is Ill
the mother takes a drake, singes its tail
/ feathers, and, muttering certain words passes
4 it over the patient. A woman feeds parrot
/ with a few pieces OF tortilla and give the child
/ the crumbs which fall from the beak, as they
/ will make 1t talk! Cole Is due to the evil eye
4 In order to get rid of the disturbing influence
/ the woman breaks four ducks eggs into
! basin, and. having mixed them with rue,
/ places the whole under the childs bed. If
+ the compound be curdled IN the morning the
1 spirit has departed
/ TIE GREAT PEOPLE of Florence. who had
4 been invited to attend the bail in celebration
/ Of the baptism OF the Princess Colonna's
4 child, were much surprised to read IN the pa
pers on the day Of the bail that it had been
Z postponed. The reason given was that Mrs.
! Mack y, the mother Of the Princess, was
seriously i'll The caterer received word that
supper would not be wanted and the band
was warned that music was not required.
/ Mrs. Mackay read the notice. She made use
/ of cOuriers and the telegraph to tell the
( privileged invited that the article was hoax.
The information reached everybody, and the
7 ball went Of with great eclat.
A CURIOUS ACTION arising out Of the famous
marriages of Montrouge has been brought
i against the Municipal Council OF that locality.
i 1t may be remembered that the Mayor in
stead Of performing the marriages himself
! had allowed one of the Municipal Councillors
4 to take his = ace, and decree Of the Council
/ OF state afterWard decided that all the unions
! contracted under those conditions were in
4 valid. Consequently the parties had to be
1 married over again, unless they were not sat
I isded with their experience of welded life or
/ their partners, IN " nlcn case tney were free.
! One couple Is now suing the Municipal C0un-
4 ell for damages for the moral PREF dice they
/ suffered, ana the expenses OF d second cere-
mOny."
A WAsHISGToS correspondent says: The
wife of Congressman A, the successful pork
packer who picks her teeth in the elevator
and talks loudly in a metallic voice to her
/ gentleman friends in the hotel passages and
parlors, could hardly be discerned on the card
/ receiver from quiet Christian, refined Mrs. B.,
/ who goes the airy and improbable round
/ because she thinks 1t Is her duty 70 Frank and
| Will advance his political interests. And 80
/ II is often the case that after all his calling.
/ and in the MIDST of this peting rain OF
+ bl ached and rolled wood pulp. the ones worth
4 knowing may be as far from US at the close of
a session as al the opening. and that calling,
when carried to the extreme it is here, but
wearies the flesh and satisfieth not the spirit"
THE BANDMAsTER of the flagship Lancaster
/ died OF yellow fever recently at Rio de ia
nejro When the Lancaster was ordered to
south America he tried to get his discharge,
saving that it had been revealed to him that
+ if he went there he would die of yellow fever
Failing to get his discharge, he made all
( preparations for death. The Lancaster had
I been IN the harbor Of Rio only short time
4 when he was taken sick, and being sent
/ to a hospital on shore, died there. so far as
\ was known there was no yellow fever in Rio
i at the time. and the only other case on the
Z Lancaster was that OF one OF the members OF
I the band who kissed the bandmsster as he was
/ being taken ashore. He, too, died from the
/ disease.
DESCENDING the River Loire one comes to
I the last hills on the right bank before the
/ PLAIN on which Nantes is buht. In Roman
times these hills boosted OF city which pos
I sassed large theatre and many rich villas,
with fine views. The Archaeological Society
/ of Nantes mas opened the buried houses under
4 the direction OF Leon Maitre and the theatre
I has been found on lower marshy ground II
/ some distance. Al audience Of 1000 could
/ have been accommodated in n. Another ruin
! proves IT, have been building in the shane Of
I a horseshoe with tr angular structure block
ing the open part. II Is supposed TO have
/ been a htppodr0me. but its singular shane
causes arcbaUlogisEs TO question whether IT.
! belongs to Roman times. It rs suggested that
I IL ante dates the conquest Of Gaul.
AFINE BRONZE sTATrE OF Guatemozin, the
successor of Monte1uma H. ard last or the
I Aztec Emperors, has been cast and will pres
entity be set up IN the city u Mexico. IL VIII
be remembered that tus young monarch, on
beng asked lmmediatuly upon his Accession
what would be his p9Iic5 toward the spanish
invaders. replied, Fight til death.H Hedld
fight. with 0urpasslug vaiur, tut was finally
captured ana brought before CorteI Trp
latter demanded % SNOW where the imperial