The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The fifteen millions OF dollars paid out yearly
in New York in the shape Of salaries and fees
| to local officials go, under Mayor Grants ad-
| mlnlStratiOn, almost entirely TO 1ammany
mel.
1 The Lord Mayor Of London will be created
baronet and both the sheriffs will receive
| knighthood in honor Of the shah's visit to the
| city OF London and his having been the guest
| OF the municipality.
] BUFFALO BILL is living in style in Paris. He
has fitted up a suite Of handsome apartments
| in which ne entertains in regal luxuriance. He
| Is making vast deal OF money. but his social
| success pleases him more than his financial
! Is KENTUCKY there is a sharp contest for
state treasurer between Sharp. democrat. and
! Colson, republican. The latter has a chance of
| election, owing TO democratic apathy. The
| republicans are very enthusiastic aad hope TO
| win.
The Partisan theaters have been obliged to
| lower their prices in order to compete with the
! novel attractions of the exhibition. The prices
/ now range from ! franc for the gallery to
| francs Sd to the stalls, balcony and first tier
| of boxes.
| REMARKABLE WOMAN is Mrs. Susanna Rich
ardsoa, of Limington, Ne. She is 81 years old,
arises al O'Clock a. m. every day to attend to
her hOuSelOl1 duties has charge of TWO COWS,
works the butter and does her washing, and
can read and thread her needle without glasses.
THE value of France, estimated by NJ. de
Faville, a recognized authority, has deprecated
since 1875 about IS per cent OF the entire
national wealth. This. In property held at
home and abroad, is estimated at about 200
mIlHardS of francs, or $40 009, 100000. Such a
depreclatO on Is tremendous.
The STATISTICS of the Salvation Army, fur
nished by Gen. Boot at the last grand con-
course which took place at Alexandria palace,
showed an increase of 2S3 corps and 1865
officers. The march past Cen Booth was per
formed be a body Of over 20 900 soldiers, and
was marked with intense fervor
IN the four new states the work of getting the
constitutions ready for adoption is being
pushed rapidly This candi iates for state offices
and for congress are numerous, but it is not safe
| to predict who will get any of the coveted
! prizes as there are so many things entering
! into the contests that may change all calcula-
| tons at the last moment. 1t seems certain that
! Judge Gideon c. Moody of DeadwOol will be
| ore of the senator's from South Dakota.
Further than this it is not safe to predict.
| CONDUCTOR PARKER, while at Ash Hill, 100
| miles out on the desert from Daggett, Cal, saw
a pigeon flying around as though hunting for
| water. He trie / several times to catch il, but
| wEe9 close the bird would fly away Having a
| small rife along he crippled one wing, when he
| discovered that it was carrier pigeon, bearing
| d love letter in goose quill tied to the right
Wing, dated New York and directed to young
| lady IN san Francisco. The name he would not
| give. As soon rs the bird RECEIVERS it will be
turned loose to complete its journey.
AT Harwood Tex, Mr.. Duskin and another
| young man who were visiting the family of
! Postmaster Doyle, spread pallet in the yard,
| Just as they had dropped asleep Mr. Duskin
! was awakened by something grasping his hand.
| On awakening he hu wolf. The wolf
! ran through the house, and was beaten out with
broom II ant n,
| grab. Two young men, Beckham and D. New
| pursued him with shotgun, and as he was de-
! yourlnE d pig in another yard they killed him
| 1t is feared he had bydrophobia and Mr. Duskin
| is taxing the necessary precautions.
Eight HUNDRED HUSGAR1ANs made pilgrim
age to Turin to do homage to Kossuth on July
Z. They had grand banquet at which Kossuth,
now aged 81, madea speech an hour and a quar-
ter long, marked with the same great rhet real
powers that di -tinguished him Of Old. He still
mourns the dual government OF the Austrian
empire and the rule II the Hapsb,rqs and he
country so long asst formed part of the govern
ment Of Austria. He is writing his memoirs,
though he IS so aptta drop into reveriss on past
times that tho worS goes on very slowly.
For one of the best examples of rapidly and
legitimately acquired wealth the South Dako-
tans point to Frank H. Haggerty, now 80 years
of age, and the commissioner of irnmipration
Pennsylvania eight years ago and when he
reached jamestown his capital consisted of
SIS 90 BY inducing others to put up twothirds
OF the money he got Possession of a tree claim
in the outskirts OF what has since become the
thrifty city of Aberdeen, Goint into real estate
he handled his small capital so judiciously that
| he is to-day worth at a modest estimate
| Sl5o,OoO. 1U e11 +na-
SPEAKER CARLISLE! who is galivanting about
| Mexico, gives some very glowing accounts of
| the country AMI the people down there OF
! President Diaz he speaks with especial warmth
OF eulogy. Indeed, the speaker sees so much
AMI is so much pleased with it all we m re
| than half SUI pect somebody has been putin },
| pulque sauce on his InJun pudding they do
| say that man with spoonful of seed pulule
| Sowed in his system becomes as it were a
| ffOuriShlnS garden of tropical flowers llxuriat-
| ing in his own fragrance and yielding honey
| dew to every bumblebee that BUNDLES in his
| atmosphere
IL the amount Of the queens savings is as
| large as reported. namely, over 100000 she
must have very large private fortune. She
! has purchased Balmoral and Osborne. which
| cannot represent less, with the outlying nrnD-
! critics which she is always acquiring than
| %25tO,00O more, exclusive of Claremont. for
| winch she paid a very large sum. She has it is
sad, given large fortunes to some of her
| daughters on tneir marriages, as well as to her
| grandaughters, the children of the Grand Duke
! OF HesSe, to t 9 amount of $1,000 600 her
| savings, therefore il round numbers are some
| thing like Ss000,0O0.
| AT the funeral of q Chinaman in Philadel-
phia some queer ceremonies were observed
! The deceased was clothed in garments of the
| lightest texture, so that he might not sufer
| from the heat in his abode. He wore a
| straw hat, and in one hand he held a fan The
| corpse OF Chinaman is always provided with
money 10 pay rs expenses to the unknown
| coun ry. One Of the mourners dropped between
| Hongs teeth 25cent piece, and about a score
| OF other came forward with their Quarter CON
tributiJnS. The undertaken C .uld not get all of
| them in the dead Clinamaus mouth and h ,If
| OF the silver pieces We're placed III h pocket
| The ceremonies finished, the coffin was CLOSED
and over the top of 1t were placed strips of red.
| white anu black bunting, the colors of the Sing
| { Hong Society Chinese Free Masons>. of
which the dead man had been a member.
ABOUT two centuries ago an old citizen of st.
Ives parish Hants, left in trust to the vicar and
church wardens an orchard, the rent of which
was to be devoted to the purchase of Bibles
| The testator further provided that the Bib es
SHOULD be raft d tor with Dice, in the church.
and since then the prescribed ceremony mas
been duly carried out every Whit Tuesday
Last Whit Tuesday, after shortened evening
prayer, the vicar delivered an address telling
taoSe present that they must look upon what
was going to take place reverently He was
sorry they had to observe the custom in a place
sanctilied to the service of Cod bat it had been
observed Tor 200 years. Then the proceedings
began. A table covered with waite cloth wa1
brought forward, and the boys and girls came
up as their names were called and threw the
dice, which were provided by the church. Each
had three throws, the highest uuTn hare vrippinc,