The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The next legislature OF NOrLu Wig
have about !, 400 justices Of the peace to eject.
This is always one Of the special duties Of a
session Tne aspirants for these positions are
numbered by thousands.
THE most important business of the Empress
Frederick in England is the investment OF the
private fortune of her late husband. in accord
ance with his directions. The trustees are the
| empress, the king of the Belglans, and the Duke
OF Saxe-COburg GOtha.
TIE arrival of the Russian Grand Duke Alex
ander at Agra has attracted much attention in
England This is the first time that any high
Russian dignatary has openly visited India, and
there is much curiosity note the attitude OF
the natl princess toward him.
A CHIsAmAH, arrested for theft in San Fran
CISCO suggested to the judge that fir way to
determine his innocence would be to faSten his
hands behind him and take him to the river and
let him Jump overheard If he tOated ne was
innocent, and if ne sank he was guilty. His
| honor could not agree with the prisoner as TO
the success of his plan, and held him 10 answer.
BRADsTREEr's gives an interesting table of the
residences in various cities, from which it ap-
pears that Philadelphia has more houses than
any other American city. the number being eS-
| timated at 4l2, against 1878 eight years
ago. New York is second, with 1864 an in
| crease Of 1881 since 1880 Then, in order.
comes Chicago with 6l.S70 Brooklyn with So
2O3, Baltimore with 50, $50, Boston with 1884.
A PROMINENT Buffalo physician is an enthusi-
asst on the subject of onions He feeds them to
his children daily, says they are the best medi-
cine for preventing colds, and adds Feed
| onions raw, boiled or baked to the children
| three o. four times a week. and theyi grow up
| healthy and strong No worms, no scarlatiDa,
| no diphtheria, where children eat plenty of
| onions every day."
| NAoRoLJI DoDABHAI who was called ''black
man" by Lord Salisbury, premier of England,
| is Ia receipt of many letters and kilograms of
| fl,,r IIa hn,-
Guiding kilograms rom America. Others came
| from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand
| OF course many dispatches were forwarded
| from India. Altog 9ther, Naorolii feels as
| though he had about as many friends as Sails
| bury although he never expects to be premier
| of England.
CONNECTICUT FARMERS, an exchange states
| suffered severe loss In consequence of the early
| September frosts which damaged tobacco. Tue
yield of tobacco in 1887 was 530,000,000 pounds.
| The acreage of the past year was slightly more
| than that of 1887, but the marketable tobacco
will not nearly equal the previous years crop.
| Nearly all the tobacco that escaped the frost
| has been disposed Of at prices ranging from
twelve to twenty cents per pound The frosted
tobacco cannot be sold at any price, it is said.
A STRANGE case of absent mindedness oc-
CURED at the Webster street depot, Omaha, the
other day. man named Spangler was on the
| way from Wayne, Neb., to Atchson, Kan. with
| the remains of his brother The casket was
put in the baggage room. After spending a
| few hours in the city, Spangler took the train
| for AtchlSon, forgetting to have the caSket re-
| billed. The body lay in the baggage room I'M
til the next morning, and the baggage men
| were at loss TO know what to do with it, when
| a telegram arrived from Spangler at AtchiSon,
ordering it to be forwarded there.
THE PRINCESS ROYAL of Brazil, who held the
reins of government during the absence of the
emperor and empress in Europe, is said to be a
| very pleasing and popular lady, gracious, digni-
| ned and pleasant in expression. Her husband
| is an Orleanist prince, the Count d'Eu, who has
| prince s. whose name is Isabella Christina, is
aged Al years, and is the mother of three little
| boys che eldest of whom, the Prince Imperial
de Grao Para Is the heir to all the vast terrific
| Tles bounded by the Andes and the Atlantic and
| drained by the vast tributaries of the Amazon,
BISMARCK had aconversation with an intimate
| personal friend the other day. in the course of
which he alluded to the condition of affairs on
| the eastern coast of Africa. He is represented
| to have said that in consequence Of popular
| pres ure the colonial policy Of the empire had
| been carried much further than he had ever
| wished But, all the same there could now be
| no thought of turning back, as this would be
| tantamount to battle lost on the Rhine. The
| Intervention of the empire in East Africa would
| entail great sacrifices of men and money and
| would eventually, moreover be crowned with
| no particular success.
FRENCH RAILWAYS are reported to be suffering
situation become that the RAILWAYS are demand
ing the reimpostiou of the tolls taken off the
canal traffic in 1880. In that year the French
| government aboi she'd taxation upon canal and
| river transport, with the result that the total
| carriage increased from 1,S15,0O0.0 900 tons car
ried klometre in 1880 to 3,073 900 900 tons car
ried similar distance in 1887. In the same pc
Rod, it Is estimated, transport by the main
| lines of the French railway system fell off from
1006400J,OO0 tons per kilometre in 1880 to
| S,S01 900 900 tons in 1887.
A CHICAGO MAN got on a State street car the
other day, carrying in his hand quart can of
| oysters. He took seat near the center of the
| car and carefully slid the can under the seat
near the stove-pipe. The conductor had dead
| ened his fire with fresh coal while going around
| the loop, but as the car BOWED along State
| street the coal caught ami burned up right
| merriy until the stove-lid became red-hot.
| Then the appetizlng odor of cooking oysters
| was distributed through the car. The man who
| owned the bivalves did not realize what was
| happening until it was too late, and when he
| alighted at his destination he carried home a
dry stew instead of a quart of raw selects.
DIR. DoRPFELD, principal of the German
Archaeological Institute at Athens, delivered
| an address on the result of recent excavations
| in Greece as bearing on the history of ancient
| art. He said that special study of the dis
| coverles at Mycen8, Tiryns' and Orchomenos
| revealed an nmistakable resemblance between
| them and ancient Asiatic architecture. He
| held thai the ancient Greeks narrowed their diff
| ferent styles from Egypt and from several of
the ancient peoples of Asia. The builders of
| the Mycenian period were, he believed, Phueni
| clans. and he added that the remains Of the edi-
| fees at Mycene and Tiryns bore a wonderful
| resemblance to the Jewish Temple at Jerusa-
| lem.
THE plans and estimates for the Congo rail
| road are now in the hands of the king of the
| Belgians, and it is understood that he favors
their adoption and the immediate commence
| ment OF the work of construction. This road
| is intended to connect the two navigable por-
| tons of the great river. For q considerable
| distance from its mouth the Congo is deep and
| smooth, fit roadway for the naves of the
| world It's upper portion is also navigable But
| between these two parts, for 1850 miles or more,
| the stream makes its descent from the Central
| African plateau to the plains ofthe coast. That
| descent is made through a succession of cascades
| and rapids utterly impossible TO steamboats,.
| The railroad spanning this break in the river
! travel will furnish steam line of entrance to
the very heart Of the continent. 1t will of
| course, greatly facilitate further exploration
and the development of commerce.
A HARTFORD POLICEMAN named Hese made a
discovery in the matter OF electric light carbons
a day or two ago. On his beat is a wooden pole
with a crane arrangement for hanging an cleo
| trio lamD over the center Of the street Tho