Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-29
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BUTTE, MONT, is q very cosmopolitan city.
At the Elite recently there were gathered at
one time, drinking with each other. two dep
uty sheriffs, two prize fighters. one prosecu-
| ting ofhcer, two theatrical stars, one theatri-
car manager, hve newspaper men, one Judge,
one saloon manager, and one ex-variety
tneatre manager. And 1t wasn't a very busy
d ay either,
SEDAN chairs, that for the last thirty years
have been altogether unknown in Bath, are
again being introduced. The advantages OF
hot bathing for invalIds are greatly increased
tine patient can be carried home well packed
immediately after bath. Sedan chairs are
! found more suitable for this purpose than a
/ carriage or the bath chairs that for some years
have entirely displaced them,
THE CoTGLLOE, according to the Court
Journal, is likely to go out of fashion in Eng
land as there is strong complaint that it
lasts too long-generally speaking, over three
! hours; and as IL commences usually at 3
| O'Clock IN the morning, nights amusement
Is turned into most fatiguing and laborious
occupation which people have good reason to
remember. The cOtlllOn is also becoa ing a
costly affair, and a vulgarIzed means of be-
! slowing valuables.
AN extraordinary charge was investigated
| by the Kingsbridge Devon magistrates when
Alice MIJchell, a domestic servant, was
| ~-t%A 49, WIN PiaNihE pOAcOn III puOuAuS IN
| tended for consumption by the pupils at a
lanes school at Paignton. 1t was alleged that
| the prisoner, who had had notice to leave, had
| p aced some phosphorus paste or rat poison in
| the pudding, anu on dinner being served the
pudding was observed to give off phosphorus
| Tunes. or, as some OF the young ladies de-
| scrlbed 1t, it burst into flames.
AWAsHINGToNCORREsP writes that
the false teeth that are responsible for the
| peculiar expression seen in portraits of
| George Washington are in the Baltimore Col
| lege OF Dentistry. The lower plate is carved
| out OF one piece OF ivory. teeth and all. The
/ upper plate was carved from ivory, as near
| like plaster cast of the mouth as possible,
/ and the teeth, also Of ivory, were riveted on.
| The upper plate split after it had cen worn
| awhile, and the pieces were fastened together
by TWO thin strips of iron rIVeted to the plate.
THE new Rembrandt, purchased at Cologne
| by the Belgian government for 100000 francs,
has been placed in the Brussels Museum. 1t
| is a portrait Of great simplicity Of design,
! representing an aged housewife Of the middle
| class, but painted with as much delicacy as
| boldness. 1t bears the genuine signature of
| the great master, and is dated 1855. II be-
| longs, consequently, to the period when his
| genius had reached Its full maturity. The
male portrait already IN the Brussels MI .eum
| dates from 1914, and is of much less value
than the new acquisition.
HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA is not par
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minatiOn to exclude anything In the shape of
a newspaper representative from the recent
circus performance at Windsor Castle was
| frustrated by one enterprising journalist, who
dressed himself up as a groom and held up
paper hoops for the equestriennes to iumD
| through. This dauntless individual had 4
narrow escape, for his very literary looking
! spectacles did not favor the impression that
| he was a circus groom and were the subject of
| royal suspicion and remark.
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where he has been Tor four or five years, who,
when taken i'll, is invariably treated per mail
or telegraph He formerly lived in Buffalo.
4 and there became professionally acquainted
| with an uptown physician who also keeps a
| drug store. II the ailment requires immedi-
/ ate treatment the Detroit man telegra phs his
/ symptoms to the Buffalo doctor, and the latter
wires back the prescription. When possible,
1 however, statement of the trouble is care
/ fully written and sent by mall and the phvsi-
| clan is requested to compound the remedy him
/ self and transmit likewise.
| BURNHAM WARDvELL, of Boston, the prison
refOrmer, spoke TO The Constitution Club in
| New York Wednesday night about cruelties
/ in prisons. He was IN favor of doing aWav
with the straight jacket. Of givi z risou eYs
something besides bead and water, and of
| abOlishing the contract system The latter
/ he thought, Injured honest workers OUTSIDE
| and was often death TO those inside Mr.
| Wardwell spoke Of visiting reform school in
/ maine. Nnefe Jne DONs na0 a pint OF milk and
water and piece OF bread each for breakfast
| at a. m. and then worked in brickyard
until noon He was not inclined TO saw a
/ blessing there when asked to do so.
ELISABoURIN, who iswell known in Maine
as a trustworthy huntT, says that the fox
hound Lion, owned by .. Nj. Thompson, of
New York. is the best in Maine, and knows
more than some folks II addition to killing
l75 foxes last year, Lion dill a remarkable bit
of fine work. He was chasing a fox that
| finally began to circle arOun1 big fiat rock,
! Around and around they went the fox doub
ling just as often as the dog did. Until sud len
/ ly Lion jumped to the top of tie rock and
| crouched down. As the fox cirued around
/ and stood hesltating an instant the hound
dropped on him from above, and the chase
was ended.
PEDRO AGUIRRE, an old Mexican at Ari-
vaea. Arizona, who is rich in land aid sheen.
is said to thrive also from a systemvery like
| peonage. P0verty-stricken MexicaB come to
| him aud engage themselves to do wrk in re-
! turn for crackers and milk. He gFes them
about cents worth Of crackers andperhaps
/ scents worth of milk day, and hey are
/ thencefOrward known as his peous These
/ MeXicans go to the surrounding gold tggings
! with their horn spoons, carry tue pa. dirt 10
! Arivaca creek, and sit there all day sDOning
| out the precious metal. They get. mfbe SIS
| worth in a day, which they carry to pedro-
/ who boards it until he has a sackfnl, wlch he
| takes to Tucson, 50 miles distant.
RESIDENTS Of Athens, N. Y, are myAiaed
| by the curious actions Of partridge tina an
| pears in q lonely part OF Grifin's WOOD on
| the road from Catskil to Athens. 1t alNvs
/ appears at dusk, and seems rather tame. IN
/ Thursday evening, while George W Lad
! and his daughter were driving through ke
4 woods. II appeared trOtting along the road y
| the side Of the horse. The horse was stoppg |
! The bird stopped also. Mr.. Loud jun pei oil /
/ and tire to catch 10. 10 ran rom one side o |
the road 10 the other. but did not offer 20 n |
| and at length hoped into the woods and dis-l
appeared. On two or three previous occa1
siOns 1t aighted on the back OF Mr.. LIQUIDS.
horse. Other Athenians say 10 has alighted ON
! their horses The spot wpere the queer bird
is seen Is described as being a very "spOokish
/ place"
The RISE of the Seine, due to the recent
heavy snowfals, has done great damage TO
| the Marty Water Works, which supply YER
| sailles with 100000 galonsa day. The water
works, which are set IN motion by water
| power, were built by LOUIS XIV over an arm
| OF the Seine, near St. German. The other
| arm Is closed by a dam. The pressure Of the
/ water burst the gate. In quarter Of an
/ hour the Seine rose four feet az 81. German
/ three miles down stream, several barges being
| dashed ashore and destroy The piers sup
| porting the works are cracked ana show
| signs OF giving way. A few years tgo az the
| Seine water was found to be no longer drink
! able, couple OF wells were dug near Yer
sailies which supply the amount necessar for
drinking purposes but while the water works
at Marty are out OF order the Nersaillais will
not be able to wash or take baths.
AN APPARATUS has been invented which,
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