Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-17
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EsrAoUIo PADILLA, Justide1af khs Peace
in Santa Fe county, N. NJ. ep4i''flned OF
for exceeding bis authority. He net his
slster-iL-law walking aloux ths <,Essts in
ompany with Young lnAns ANH N4N them
both thrown into jail becausc ~ 4t4snet Ike
the young man. 6z
In the United States Court It NsFa Dodge,
Iowa, recently was being triN8 n rase in
which all the testimony on either side was
given by ATTORNEYS. The jury was out all
night and not agreeing in the morning they
we're asked what the matter was. hey re-
piled they 'cOuld not mako up their minds
because the evidence was 30 poor"
THERE are people so learned" says The
Cornhill." ''that instead of talking about AL
fred the Great, like the rest OF us. they Emust
needs talk about II fred, and then pronounce
the word as though the first half of 1t had
something to do with eels. whereas the true
Anglo Saxon sound thus clUmsly expressed
is simply and solely the common Alfred"
EAGER miners delving in the gold fields OF
New South Wales years ago discovered tin
ores. but In the search for the yellow metal
the baser metal was neglected. The mistake,
however, has been discovered, and New
south Wales has stepped to the front As the
chief source of the worlds Tin supply. Thir-
ty-hve million dollars worth Of the ore was
exported last year.
TALK about longevity OF birds, J H Har-
low, OF Augusta, Me-, relates that his pet ca
nary bird Ned gave up the ghost one day last
week at the ripe age of % years, and had he
survived until March he wouiG have been
"a The bird had always been the property
oil Mr.. Harlow, AID the gentleman can give
many anecdotes OF the wonderful sagacltV OF
the pet. Ned annually accompanied Mr..
Harlow to the seashOre, anu the Whit 4 sea
ayr v oh the canary ob aimed may account
Tor the Kre At age which ne reached.
THERE is nothing so rare as to nnd humor
in an Official dispatch; and when found, as
Cap. Cutie says. we should make a note of
It. A high official has lately died IN one of
me colon es, and his deputy, inexperienced as
| suppose. 10 the terature Of his calling, has
forwarded to the home government an &C.
count Of the funeral of the deceased. "He
was beioved by all; all classes We'd in doing
honor to his memory ana | am sure. under
happier circumstances. nothing wou d have
given him more pleasure than to behold such
nniVersa regret Where does this gentle
man Imagine his former superior to be2
AWAY down in the south west Of Nevada
there is a remarkable cave in the side Of the
mountains. Near by is a little riil of water
pours down the slope, soon to be swallowed up
Dy the thirsty soil. The broken of shafts Of
arrows are to be seen sticking n the soft ro
that constitute the roof of the cal hedral- like
dome. lt ia said that many wears ago a party
OF the race Of hCshOnes were driven into this
c.ve by their hereditary enemies. The Piufes.
Their defense was 81 stubborn that the Utes
proposed peace, and in this cave the council
was called. and the peace made WAS tn last s
longt as a single arrow remained imheded in
the rock overhead.
The Duke Of SAKE COburg lie very unpopu-
lar In his dominions, and the Duke and
Duchess Of Edinburgh ars not regaI ded with
any enthusiasm. Prince Philip Of SAKE
Coburg, the sOn-in-laW of the King of the
RGiNfAna. VIII nTOhahlV harit ha hul off hn
reignlng Dukes fortune. The Duke of SAKE
COburg is an easy going voluptuary. who
lives only to enjoy himself. but with I'll the
despotic lnclnatiO OF tn old German
Princes Of whom karOline Bquer gives such
pleasant picture. There was very little
sympathy between the Duke and his brother,
Prince Albert, and it ie many years since ne
has been IN England, circumstances having
taken place which have tend d to ALLEVIATE
him from his relatives in this country.
REV. JOHN LINDSEY, now preaching in
Richmond county, N. c., was born four
months after his mother had been dead and
buried. His mother to all appearances died
and was buried In SteWartsviile cemetery.
The nigh following her interment persons
Tor the purpose II securing the jewelry buried
win the boy unearIhed the remains, " hen
consciousness returned and she was enaoled
TO return o. her home. Arriving at. her late
residence she raped at the door and was an
swered by her husband, who was OVerioved To
meet again in lie his beloved wife, whom he
had nouroed as dead. Four on hs afterward
Kew. Mr.. Lindsey Was born. The mother sur
vived several years. This statement ia made
by Rev. Mr.. Lindsey, and is literally true.
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF the South
ern Methodist Episcopal church is to meet in
Richmond on May l. Among the I'M
pOrtaut questions to be discussed is one con-
corning change OF name for the church,
sever Il bishops are to be elected. also the gen.
erai o1hcers. such as missionary, secreta aries
= iva On -
already 20 ng on IN q quiet way as to who
shat be bish ps. The General Conference of
the southern Church. as of the Northern,
meets only once IN four years. The Southern
Church separated from what Is now The
Northern about forty years ago. on the slavery
ques ton. 1hs two bodies have never seen
and it ID not likely that they will Although
the slavery question has long been dead, and
there is now little o. no bittsrness existing be-
tween the two ecclesiastical bodies, yet each
is SO large as tO'be able to take care of itself
In case of MON the General Conference would
be such large body AZ to be unwieldy.
UPPER BURNAH receives, or used to receive
most Of its copper from China and Yunnan,
Copper ores are found in Noun and the shan
States, and are, to some extent. smelted; but
further information regarding their abund-
ance IL wanted. The eAport trade of copper
from RangOOn consists merely of woru-out
copper vessels originally brought from China.
Most Of the gold used in Burmah is imeorted
from China. The local production is derived
from washings in the Upper Irrawaddv, the
hukung, the kyend~en, an their respective
tributaries. the amount obtained appear5 Ia
be not very considerable. Platinum occurs
nth the gold in several OF these Iocalitics
and is said to be well known to the Burmese,
who cali IL by name gnifying white gold,
Coal ID known To exist, and is even worked to
me extent az Thu gadaw, on the Irrawad.
dy, 20 miles above MandalaY; at ShuBygu, be-
low Bhamo; at Memlalung, In the han states
q ar n MHnnafnUs IN 10 NuKE fffafr f.sF
west OF Mandalay. etc. IL is found also at
Pagan and Shimpagah
THE conviets in waupun prison, Wis, are
publishing weekly paper which they call the
Prison Press. It's motto is, "For the boys who
need assistance anu the good that we can do.n
editors and cOmpOsltors nave done DAYS
work Of ten hours. Most OF the matter is So
lected, and Is characteristic. For instance, in
the sixth issue of the Prison Press, after an
original article ON ''Self Reform written nm
dot Dtedly Dy a convict, there follow two 50.
lectiOns, one AN Analysis Of Crimen the
other joel Chandler Harris "Servthg a War
rant on Lost Mountain" A good deal OF space
Is given IN 10 humorous articles. OF twelve
such selections all but three are based on
crime or vice of some sort; humorous seenee
In police courts, arrests for drunkenness. A
murderer's defense, ani the like being re-
garuUd by the editors ia good reading for their
patrons. The Z isOn Press Company publish
the paper. and say that 10 is the ''hrst and
ouly newspaper ever owned, edited ana pub-
lished by prisoners within the walls OF a Den.
ttentiary."
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