Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Two rRAMPs. man and his wife, have re-
Gently been making n good living in Scotland
bv means Of their baby. I'VE just gets i'm
christened," SAYS the father. "at all The r WINS
we passes, and then ye see. par7on, he m ke5
us al comfortable VII sommat to eat anu
money for beds. On days oriui tad we mas 10
do i'm twice"
c. l.. BADLEY, notorious negro gambler OF
Nebraska, was shot near Crawford the other
day. One bullet hit him in the back Of the
headtearing of the outer plate of the skull AN
other went into his eve, another hit him in the
forehead. and the fourth went into his rlSht
arm. He never lost consciousness. and Al last
the bullet scars he hears twenty-five. He was
wounded four times in fight Ia t win err. ana
carried Il bullet in his tongue a week before ne
found out what "fet SO curious"
CHARGES have been prepared and will soon
be flee at the Inferior Department against
the management of the Freedman Hospital
in Washington. The charges consist, it is
understood, that the hospital is generally mis-
managed; that the food furnished the pa
tients is not such rs il should be- and that there
has been personal supplies bought ostenslblY
for the use of the hospital. These charges
are based upon the statements of number OF
people who have been u1der treatment at the
institution. Similar charges have frequently
been made before, and have resulted in sew
eral Investigations, none OF which developed
facts to sustain them.
ONE of the most destructive hail storms that
ever occurred in the Northwest is reported
from Walsh and Grand Forks counties in Da-
kota. The storm covered width OF two miles
and extended for more than twenty miles.
and at Inkster, in Grand Forks county, IL eX-
tended for more than four miles. Crops IN
the storm -devasted district were almost en-
tirelv wiped ont. a Norwegian church four
miles from Grafton, in Walsh county, was
blown to pieces and converted into k1ndling
wood, and hailsones the size of nuts could be
| gathere up with shovel thirty honrs after
| the storm. Scores of farmers are left desu
! tute. The damage in the district so far as re-
ported Is thought to be not less than $500, 600.
LET the timid women who are inclined to
! jump from a carriage every time the horse
! pricks up his ears read this story of West
| field Mass. girl. She was driving a spirited
| horse, when the headstall broke and the bit
! came ont of his mouth. OF course he ran.
| The girl, perfectly poweress to restrain him,
| sat upright IN her seat while the frightened
| animal ran wildly through the streets. She
never said word, even when daring man
/ caught on behind and climbed into the buggy
/ only to fnd himself quite as poweress as The
! girl. But his added weight helped Tor after
! a half-mile run the horse was tired enough 10
! admit of his being caught, and the girl jumped
| out OF the buggy, not much frightened and not
a bit hurt.
W. r. GILBERT, the well known Gloucester
/
! Cheltenham England Police Court with
! stealing a guinea belonging to the members of
the East Gloucestershire Cricket Club. Evil
| dence was given by the members that they
/ had lost money from their clothing, which
was left hanging in che dressing room. po-
| hceman, having secreted himself, saw Gilbert
| take half sovereign from the waistcOat Of
one member and a half sovereign and shIl-
! ling from the waistcoat of another. When
! charged he admitted the offense, and said
| that II forgiven he wDuld to AusLrala. H a
| counsel pleaded for Z fine. The bench, how
| ever. sentenced the prisoner TO one month .
| hard labor.
''SOME thirty years ago." says NJ. Labou-
chere, IL was an attache at our legation at
Munich. Ola King Louis was then alive, al
though ne had been deposed for making a fool
OF himself about Lola Monies. | used fire.
quently to meet HIM in the streets, when he
! always stopped me to ask how Queen Victoria
was. | had at l,st respectfully to tell him
that her Majesty was not In the habit of writ
! ing to me every day respecting her h aalth
His son was then the reigning King. At
court receptions he liked TO show of his
knowledge of languages. In order to DE
quite correct in his English he was accus-
toned to submit the observations that he con-
tempiated making in that Language to pro-
lessor of english. The professor once or
twice got into II difficulty, owing to our an
swers not being precisely what he hal anticl-
pated m the prepared conversations. So he
came to us and explained he system. After
| this the conversation never encountered a
| hitch, for we knew what the King was to say,
| and ARA nged our answers so as to give him
| the cues"
WILLIAM D. EATON tells an amusing story
about Senator John A. Logan. 1t seems that
some time ago the Senator foresaw that the
tariff question was going to become one of the
gravest issues for Congressional considera-
| ton, and ne very wisely determined to devote
some time and study to it. Accord lngly he
| oaf a nd ahH ad pota 70 fhn I
| brarian of Congress, as follows: my Dear
| SpOfOrd-Wlll you please send to my house
whatever works on the tariff protection, free
trade. ETC., which you may happen to have in
the library. / will see that they are returned
| in day or two, as soon as l have read them.
| Yours, John A. Logan" The next day. while
Senator Logan was at lunch up drove two
express wagons loaded down with books OF
every size and description. One of the drivers
handed IN this note: Dear Senator-I send
herewith two wagon loads of the books. viii
send two more this afternoon. Will send the
rest tomorrow if | can get to it, but our
clerks are SO busy just now with other work
that can't promise you for certain. Yours
| A. r. Spofford." Senator Logan sent the
| books back again as fast as he could.
IN WASHINGTON, where David Davis was
better known perhaps than in any other place
outside OF his own home in Bloomington, his
death recalls many of the traits of that emf
nent iurist and senator. without ever being
what might be called popular, he enjoyed the
respect of ali with whom he was brought into
contact. He had many friends and NO enc
1 mics. Snrewd 10 an unusual degree in bust
ness matters, he displayed at times a childish
tru4tfulnes5 IN the professions of others,
which frequently led his judgment to be
questioned by politicians less sincere and up
right than himself. He was susceptible TO
nattery like a schoolgirl, and he would re-
member an app. eciative word where an
unkind one was speedily forgotten. The
relations between Judge Davis and
Senator Conklng, without being
strained, were not entirely cordial,
until one day In the Senate, Conklng, in DIS
cussing some important bill, seemed to deliver
his remarks exclusively for the benefit OF
Judge Davis. The latter was disposed at first
to feel little nettled at thus being made the
target Of his colleagues remarks and showed
it. Conkling for moment looked astonished.
Then gracefully bowling to his colleague he
said: when the Mussulman prays he turns
his face toward Mecca. When speak of the
law. cannot resist the temptation to address
myself TO the most eminent and learned jurist
in the Senate. man who left the highest iu-
dicial tribunal in the world 10 give this bod
the honor Of his presence and the benefit Of
WAS plain to everybody except Judge Davis.
lie took 1t for honest coin. and ever after re-
gsrded the New York Senator as one Of his
stanchesJ friends.
A NEW YORK PAPER says Chinese cheap la
Dor did not abound in that town Monday. The
Sunday school Cinnamon all went Off on their
annual excursion and the bad Cinnamon took