Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

cont aims 200 600 cubic feet of space, and sits in
the middle of extensive grounds. The man
SION or the Governor of Alabama occupies
about 20 square feet OF the Exchange Hotel.
SENATOR EvARTs is quoted as saying re-
Gently: sit is strange that in administering
tustice the wisdom of this world for six thou
sand years has discovered no other way than
| for both sides 10 hire man to exaggerate
their side, and then try to find out the truth
| between them"
| THERE lives In Portland, Me-, NJ. Francois
kadoux, who was born in Brittany in 1890.
de was soldier of Napoleon for years; was
captured by the English. and given his free =
oom Tor saving an English officer from drown
| ing. He came to this coun ry the year after
the battle of Waterloo. He married for his
second wife Susan Ding ey. an aunt of Ma
| thanle! Hawthorne. He is in good health and
| plays both the piano and violin.
| MAN in Ontario ''can repeat perfectly 1856
chapters of the Bible, IS psalms and every
collect. epistle and gospel in the ecclesiastical
year, according to the English Church Prayer
u ok" remarkable memory; but can he
| tell the date OF the lat sugging match be-
| tween Sullivan and Tug Wilson? Some men
can name the day and hour the ark landed on
| Mount Ararat. and are unable to tell how
many times the bicycle record has been
| broken this year.
HARRY O'FALLON, of st. LOUIS, was appa-
| rently very proud of his side whiskers, that
looked morelik little old plush ear muffs
than anything else. His friends chaffed him
mildly about them, but he bore it good natur-
VIII have them ae shaved Pu sU al v SUr
money" said Harry suddenly. The friend
wouldn't back out, and O'Falon didn't want
MIN to, Tor inside OF twenty minutes he was
minus the whlskers ana plus $40. and is look
ing for other offers of just that kind.
TIE Montgomery Advertiser thinks that
something must be done to bring white people
to the agricultural districts OF Alabama. 1t
declares that there is not now enough efficient
| labor in some sections to maintain the pro
| duetion of the soil at its past standard. Nor
has the lose." 1t SAYS, confined itself to decay
10 fences and houses, aud exhaustion OF the
| SOIL, but society has gone backward, churches
| are not iourishing, and schools are mere
| remnants of their former sslges," The
trouble seems to be largely dus to absentee
| - as~ as-xs tea. ..
APITTsBURG correspondents teHssf. a,mar
named Cook, at Mansfield, o., who shas spent
large portion Of his life and some $50, 900 in
electrical construction and other work First
| his efforts were concentrated on flying ma
| chine. This, of course, was failure Then
| an evaporatlng pan for sorghum realized
| some $4,000, and with this he plunged lhto
the field OF electrical invention. He is now at
| work on an electrical contrivancH for perpet-
| ual notion from which he expects to realize
$25,0O0.00O. 1t is described as wonderful piece
| of mechanism" 4~Hd
STRONG EFFORTS are being made to induce
the Pardon Board of Pennsylvania to pardon
Simeon Schnafsky, of PIttsburg, who has
| been in prison year and half for assault.
| His fellow Hebrews are anxious to see him
| exonerated. and one OF them gives this Gu
rous reason why he was convicted: I'm the
| first place the charge is untrue. The day the
| trial came off was one of the most solemn in
our religion. No one dared profane it by ap-
pearing in a judicial trial. AS result he
was found guilty. Had it occurred on any
other day his acquittal would have followed"
A SKULL of a woodchuck was recently
found in Pike county, Ind, that told tale of
suffering when the animal was alive. The
| right upper incisor grew little to one side,
| and so did not meet Its fellow of the lower
| jaw. 1t continued to grow down, however.
| until, striking the bone of the lower jaw, IL
was detected upward and backward to the
roof of the mouth. making q complete circle
an inch in diameter. The advancing point
| pressed against the point of the skull, which
was absorbed before it by the pressure until
| the point grew clear through the jaw and re-
| appeared again in the mouth, starting upon
| It's second spiral.
WHEN the last catalogue of the University
of Missouri was published 1t appeared with
the title The Forty-fourth Catalogue of the
Missouri Agricultural College and Universe
ty." The students wondered at the change.
then growled. and then prepared to show their
sentiments when the State Legislative Com
mttee should visit the institution. This was
a few days ago, and the boys got up a big pro-
cesslon led by brass band on a threshing ma
chine, In the procession were loads OF hay,
agricultural implements, transparencies and
Enthusiastically dressed students, all calculated
to show dlsrespect to the new name of the
university. The committee saw it and
laughed, and the students think that they
feel better. sN8i
THE Red Star steamship Westernland on
Nov. 81 was in north latitude Ass, west longI-
tude 1857, sky clear, fresh breeze and moder-
ate sea, when suddenly at 2:45 p. m. an enor-
nous wave was observed on the starboard
bow. The next instant anothera milar wave
was seen on the port side; joining each other
they swept toward the vessel. The united
mass of water rose higher than the lower
yards OF the foremast; in a NOM emit it crashed
down upon the deck of the steamer and swept
1t from bow to stern. Experienced seamen
say they never knew two such frlghtful waves
come together in such weather as then pre-
vailed. Now. here at least ls coincidence
dispatch was received: "Summerylle s.
c., Nov. 27.-We had quite severe shock this
morning at o'clock"
The blindness OF vast numbers of the Eng
lish clergy to the real miseries of life in the
contemplation of the fictitious distresses
which they like to evoke is well touched upon
by Mr.. La6ouchere, who says: Last week
ArCnuedcOn rArrdf preached hysterlcal
sermon in Westminster Abbey on behalf OF
the Wakefield bishopric fund. Considering
the frghtful distress which exists eyerv-
where, this appeal strikes me as being decid-
edly unseasonao e, 1 do not know WHY aims
should be invited all over the country with
the object of establishing Bishop of Wake
field with an income OF $4,000 q year IL the
diocese Of Rippn Ie too large, let the Bshop
appoint a suffragan, and pay him t LOCO a
year out of his own episcopal revenue What
is wanted just now is bread. not bishops.
A GRAVE administrative scandal has made
Its appearance in the French Conservative
newspapers President Grevy has q son-in-
law, young gentleman Of English descent.
but of French birth and nationality, whose
name is Daniel Wilson. NJ Wilson was once
gommeux-a French dude Of pronounced
rspidityo of life. He is now, however a sober
deputy. and very thrifty person. In add
ton to his character as a deputy he IS charged
by these same Conservative opposition news
papers with making use Of his DOS ton az the
Elysee, as the son -in-iaw of the President. 10
work his way into many profitable Jobs.
Nothing has been proved against m. excent
that he has gained control oil two newspapers
which earnestly sustain his various interests'
That here should be 20 much as the appear