The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The investiture Of a clergyman with the rank
of bishop in England is attended by some curl
GUS survivals of medieval mummery When
the bishop OF Peterborough was ordained re-
Gently he raped his pastoral staff on the door
OF the church, and waved his hand. for the pur-
pose Of exercising all evil spirits from the nte-
rlor. Then when he entered the sacred edifice
he FaS preceded by a chaplain bearing crown
and marched up the broad aisle arrayed in an
antique cape of white satin, deliberately and
ornately trimmed. On his head he wore inter
OF white satin covered with red trimmings of
silk braid.
A COUNTRY JUDGE in Hungary gave decision
a few days ago of which Solomon himself
might be proud. Members of the Nazarene
sect In the town OF Gyoma requested his honor
to allow them to cruelty one of their number,
who was q messiah, and had been called by
was dumfouDded Friends" he replied, after
recovering his senses, Il do not wish to inter
fere with your religious practices. If your mes
slab wishes to be crucifled let him prepare him
self for death Remember, however, that if he
does not rise again in three days shall cause
every one of you to be hanged" The Naza-
renes it isneedless to add, allowed their chief
to live.
ACCORDING to the Memphis Commercial the
Oldest horse in the United States is owned by
Maj Robert Mas of Louisville Ky. Ivanhoe.
as ne is called has done duty in this hard world
Tor almost forty-seven years. He is q large bay
with white spot on his forehead. During the
civil war Ivanhoe was stolen several times He
succeeded in escaping from his captors, how
ever, and made his way back o the fields of his
owner The old horse which is the pet of the
children of the neighborhood, bears the
right flank the scar of a gunshot wound re-
ceived in the Mexican war at the battle OF Buena
Vista while ridden by Maj. Mas grandfather.
The horse lives upon boiled corn and other soft
food, as he has lost all his teeth. Ivanhoe was
the chief attraction at the cattle fair held in
Lexington last fall.
AT Asheville, in North Carolina, the mayor
holds court for petty offenders. and while he is
dispensing justice the visitors follow the exam
pie OF the chief Of police and keep their hats on
their heads and their pipes in their mouths. A
man who had hired team for 81 so a day
fused to pay for some damage to the wagon,
and was brought up in court He had engaged
a lawyer for his defense. After both sides had
been heard the mayor announced his decision.
and said that il the culprit had not employed a
lawyer he would have let him off, but as 1t was
he would fine him $40. The LAWYER read SD
preme court decision that was directly to the
contrary, but the mayor remarked that he didn't
care continental for the supreme court that
he was himself the arbiter of the law in that
particular bailiwick, and that his judgment was
to stand
No MAN in America is more interested in the
success of the rsin-making experiments now in
progress than ex-senator Farwell of Illinois
He and his brother built the Texas capitol and
received in payment an empire of arid lands in
that state. The property under existing con-
ditlons possesses small value, but il rain can be
produced in quantities sufficient to aid egricut-
ure the Farwells will shortly be among the rich
est men in the world. The ex-senator, while in
Office, advocated an appropriation by the gov
eminent to enable rain producing experiments
to be made, and it was largely through his eff
forts that the appropriation was finally secured
he came 20 be known, indeed, as the Gold
Water Senator. When he wasn't urging an
outlay to tap the sky he was industriously en-
gagged in pouring cold water on the second term
aspirations of Benjamin Harrison. The ex-
plosives used in deluging the Harrison boom
were OF the species known as prairie pro-
family"
ATTENDED camp meeting of colored folks
over in Jersey the other day, says a writer in
Truth, and met there representative men of the
race from both New York and New Jersey We
talked about the proposed emigration on an ex-
tended scale of negroes TO Liberia. why,
bless your soul! ~ said the Rev. K F. Butler of
the Pine Brook church, I'VE don't want to emil
CRATE. You couldn't hire us to 60 Are
we going away from our friends and neighbors
TO die OF homescknessi Are we going to
dispose of the $4,000 600 worth Of property
assessed valuation) on which we are paying
taxes, in order TO start over again in new
world? AT the lowest estimate it would take
nIt ty years to supply US with as good school ia
ciiitles in Africa as we now have here. On the
whole we are not as well off here as white folks
but when you consider our condition when
brought here and our circumstances before the
well, think we have made remarkable prog
ress. No. sir We're here to stay"
THE saying that members Of the legal pro-
fession work hard, live high and die poor, says
the Adn and Express, does not seem to be
true so far as the dying poor is concerned at
least in England, Judging by the following
amounts of personality recently disposed of
there under the wills of the following lawyers
and judges: Nj Freshfeld, a solicitor 81 2S0.-
0o0 MI Calvert, @ O., $1.275,oOO; Sir Montague
pleas. 81 years $4,000; Sir Will
lam Richard Drake. treasurer OF
George. Samuel Fereday Smith. barrister, 79
years, S9G5, COO; John Giles Mounsey, Carlisle
solicitor, 50 years, $780, 009; Thomas Hughes
Earle, barrister, SO years, $4,000; Edward
Waugh, solicitor, Oockermouth, a years, $47O.-
600; John Philip Marlbeau, solicitor London az
years, $4,000 Baron Huddleston. 70 years,
S322, 900; William Bulkeley Glass, Q. c., 81 years
$4,000; Thomas Jennings White, solicitor
$4,000 Thomas Paul LEROY, county court
judge, County Down, $26G,O00
THIRTY YEARS AGO happy bride and groom
spent their honeymoon at the Fifth Avenue
hotel They were from the interior of the
state. and, after week at the house, went TO
England, where they made their home. Yes
terday a couple walked into the hotel and
registered as Nathaniel Greene and wife. Eng
land " Mr.. Greene, fine-looking gentleman
of some 60 years looked around the Office and
sighed involuntarily. 'The town has
changed most wonderfully Eince l was
here before. But this hotel is just the same ;"
Mr.. Green who was the groom of 81 already
alluded to, possesses most remarkable
memory He recognized Mr.. Hitchcock,
the senior proprietor, and also Thomas
Gay. the veteran head waiter, who has
been with the house since it opened
~ remember that man." said Mr.. Greene, as he
entered the dining-room. He waited on nv
wife and myself during our bridal trip He has
forgotten u.s. know. but have not forgotten
him. " Mr.. Greene will make a short visit in
the United States, and then return to his home
In Manchester.
A RECENT evolutions of personalities brought
to the surface the name of q scholarly gentle
man, still in his prime, who once advocated re-
stTicted suffrage. Locking at the scheme from
purely antiquarian point of view, it is curious
to note how the grandfather of the present
generation made the scheme work. In iSOs the
city of New York had total population of
SO, $50, of whom ,716 were slaves. The agRre-
gate number of electors was ~, 407 of whom
30iG were possessed of freehods to the value
Of 4l00 and upward. The electors possessed of
freeholds OF $50 and under fl00 numbered
twenty. The electors who were not possessed of
freeholds. but rented tenements of the yearly
value of 40 shillings, were 9.34s in number
Added to these were twenty mine electors who
we're freeman on Oct. IA. 1775, when the charter
was adopted. None other than those lucky in
dividuals might vote, but the Hon. Solomon
Townsend OF Queens used to sag that bis father
AND other wealthy land owners always made It