Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-30
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ONE OF the queer things about the telephone
business is that the greater the city and the
larger the business done, the greater the cost
OF service TO each subscriber. That is what
the companies say, anu they ought to know.
AT Cambridge, Nd, Wednesday morning,
was launched a stout whaling brigantine.
The dimensions of the brig are so feet keel, Is
feet beam, and hold 10 feet. The vessel was
christened the Alexander, and after being
rugged, which will consume about two weeks,
VIII sail for New Bedford, Mass. The owner,
william II. Lewis, Of that town, will, as soon
as the whaling equipments can be furnished.
place the vessel in service in the region OF
Hudson bay.
Two singular crimes are reported from
Spain. In one Of the churches of Madrid a
verger was stabbed by a thief who was at
tempting to remove q chandelier. At Barbas-
tro The police have rescued q man from a
roughly made grave in which he had been
buried alive. Some persons who are alleged
to have committed the outrage have been ar
rested. Their motive for the crime is sup
posed to have been revenge. The man lies in
critical condition.
AT the bakery of D. H. Rice, I24 North Gay
street, Baltimore, while lot of eggs were
being broken for cake making, one was found
which came from the shell in solid lump of
jelly of delicate sherry color The yolk was
biNdltN Nlftbtt, having settl6u al Ou0 cnA VI
the egg. The mass retained it's egg shape as
hrmly as II cooked in a mold, and. next 10 the
golden egg laid by the apochryphal hen, is the
most remarkable curiosity of the kind that
mas yet been brought 60 notice.
OWING to the severe and continued drought,
the news from the Bengal tea and indigo dis
tricts Is far from satisfactory. Some rain has
fallen in Dsrjeeling. but much more is
wanted Asam and Cachar have been more
- an fhnr ton ho lpfa lie N
enough to meet all requirements. There has
been an almost unbroken drought in the in
digo districts and the spring sowings have
been dried up in m any places, but the Octo-
Der plant continues in fair condition.
ROWLAND P. MALLoY got a Judgment
against James w. Blatchford, stock broker,
and trio to get an order which would secure
the ga of the defendants seat in the Ne "
York Stock Exchange. The general term of
the Brooklyn CITY Court decided against the
sale, and motion was made for another ar
gument. 1t was urged that seat in the Ex-
change was not real estate, but merely a
facility to enable mem Der to earn his living,
and was as much exempt from process of law
as the tools of an artisan, 1t was also an in
surance fund for the benefit of a members
family.
THR difference between peoples park and
hoodlums' paradise was illustrated by the
occurrences in Central Park. New York, and
lAC IT IOHkiiH bbbtOnt on OuNudN. IN
the former $4,000 people strolled through the
walks an gathered near the music stand to
listen to the concert, finding rest, refreshment
and beauty everywhere; and not flower was
picked or a twig broken. The park was left
as perfect and lovely for next Sundays visi-
tors as though no crowd had been present.
In Franklin Park an unrestralned mob strip
ped the blossoming trees and shrubs of pretty
much everything within reach.
THE LAST of the Hungarian brigands, sa-
tice, and is being tried like common crimi-
nal. The ''Door fellows" as they we're called
by the peasants, were once renowned in Hun
garian history, and the life OF Rosa Sander is
still sold IN thousands Of copies at every fair {;
but the age OF chlvary IS gone, and Savanyu
JOSH and his band will probably be found
guilty Of some % crimes set forth in the in
dictment. ranging from murder to theft, and
If they escape hanging they may count them
selves fortunate. When Nine Adam was in
Hungary the brigand sent her his photograph,
and the stories of his romantic dOngs in west
ern Hungary are numberless.
A YOUNG GIRL who had been abandoned by
her mother, and whose father was unable to
support her. became a regular and apparently
seriously interested attendant at a series of
revival meetings which were being held in
Milford, Pa. She received one day a note
signed Ladies of the Church." telling her
that her presence at the meetings was not
clothing and have q more presentable ap-
pearance. As that was impossible. the un-
fort innate girl ceased going to church, and,
finding no one in the place who seemed will
ing to give her helping hand. she dri1ted
from place to place, and went to Pert Jervis.
Here she stole some jewelry from house, and
was arrested and sent to the penitentiary for
four months.
THERE are some Senators who have aban-
doned all hope of seeing Senator Jones, of
Florida, again make his appearance in that
body, and already several applications for his
seat have been filed with Capt. Bassett, the
venerable doorkeepef, who Is charged with
the important duty of assigning Senators to
seats. Capt. Bassett keeps a little book IN
which he enters such requests as soon as they
are made, and his iron ciadru is ''nrst come
hrst served In the case of Jones' seat, Sena-
tor Blackburn was the first to file his request
with the Captain. and unless some unforeseen
accident happens to return the unfortun ate
Jones 10 the Senate, Mr.. Black burn will occu-
py that very desirable seat, located between
Senator Ransom and Senator Vest, in the
middle row on the Democratic side.
MRS. j. ROBERTS, of Frankfort, Pa, has in
her possession a simOn-pure nugget Of gold
with peculiar history. 1t came from Central
| City, Gilpin county, Col. Nicholas Paulin, a
German, hailing from Ohio, was one Of the
gold seekers of Central City and lodged in a
/ nut OF his own construction, The roof of Whic h
! ne tOFeItu WIN sou. some months after
! placing the sod on the roof a heavy storm
| strucS The place and washed some of the sod
/ loose. Pauline climbed on the roof and began
| replacing the earth, when, to his astonIsh-
/ ment, he beheld thi. nugget, from which the
| earth had been washed away. Mrs Roberts,
| son was superintendent of one OF the m mes in
| Central City and great friend of Pauline,
! who, Just before he died of pneumonia soon
after the find, gave him the nugget.
THE residence of W. A. shreve, on Farms
worth Avenue, Bordentown, n. Y, was en-
tered by burglar at O'Clock Thursday. He
had gone through the house and collected a
number OF valuables, including two gold
watches, diamond ring, pair of bracelets
and a small but costly French clock when
Mrs. Shreye appeared on the scene Before
he was aware OF her presence she had locked
the door Of the room he was in aud also ;he
other doors through which II WAS necessary
for him to pass 10 gain the street. she thea
ran hastily for several neighbors, who sur
roui d ID the house, while one, pistol in hand.
went IN for the burglar. The fellow surren-
dered at once and was taken 10 the town hail
and put in a cell. He wore a state prison reg
ulation shirt, such as the prison officials fur
nish TO convicts on their departure from the
institution.
TOWARD the close OF the voyage the cabin
passengers Of the Noordland published a
single copy edition Of manuscript ne wspaper
called the North Atlantic Spray. Miss Fol
som was one Of the contributors TO this Jour
nal. Although the contributions were all
Miss FolsOm's literary enurt was an original
sfOry the hprOiup az ~ hieh Ia sTtftia NJ :.