Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-12

NVAhH W Inn RANs
4 RAtIwAI station In Minnesota is named
"sleepy Eyat
A I,oUfsytLLIAN has sued fellow-olliEen
for tho recovery Of twenty-five cents.
CHICAGO has q scandlnB Wan population
Of 5000.
frFrT Year, ago tomatoes were known a.
love apples.
THE practice OF homeopathy Is not per
mltted blythe authorities Of jamaica, West
Indies.
BALTIMORE Is the test represented Of all
cities Al Cape May. ...
ONE lady at Saratoga boasts the possession
Of thlTty-elght evening dresses.
A "sUFTERER" at one Of the mountain
houses says the files come down To break
fast at the sound Of the gong"
MORE tobacco Is raised In Connecticut This
year than ever before.
THERE arc 900 young ladies in Nantucket
and only 100 young men--pOOr fellows.
A HpusE was haunted In Saginaw, Mich
igau aud thorough Investigation revealed
a venerable woodpeckor In an inuer room.
An exchange says ~ clock In. a New York
factory has bccu selSod by the wurkmon be'
cause It has not struck for eight hours"
WArBRINu. PLACE hotel clerks cast wlther-
Ing looks OF BcOru upon any guest who APP
| piles for accommodation unless the latter has
a dlamond pin US big as a muskmelon.
SIX YOUNG MIN Of Robson county, N
c., well armed and equipped, have taken Il
the swamps aud arc determined to root Ou
the Lowrey gang Of outlaws.
THR oldest arteslan we'll In Europe Il Al
| Lllliers IN tho PAs do Calais, France, aud
from Va mouth water has flowed unlntorrupt'
edly for 7i6 years.
| CHNcINNATf sport at Saratoga has .
moustachU so large that hc hast use 4, tir
funnel " Insert soup In his mouth ~ tho dln
ncr table.
A CIsciSSATi butcher lied upbls dAughto
by the hands, 80 that her toes Just touched
the ground, and then smsared her feet witt
molasses TO attract hies.
IT is said that the greatest comb manufAC
tory In the world Is In Aberdeen, ScOtlHnd
| There are thirty-biN furnaces for prepariu
the horns aud tortoise she'll aud no less tina
one hundred aud twenty Iron screw pTessc
worked by steam power.
The discovery OF a vein Of coal near SAINT
Rosa, California; Is announced, which is sal
TO possess the qualities Of the best bitum
nous coal Of England. Itcokes well, aud prI
duces an intense heat when burned.
A MAN Ia San Diego, California has gatl
cred /, 800 pounds Of tomatoes from q slngl
vine the past year. II was trained 10 ID
side Of his house. The tomato plant In South
Crn California Is perennial, lasting four q
five years.
THE Colt Arms Company, at Hartford, ha
iuA received an order from the Prussiau Coz
erument for the manufacture Of 5000 In
proved ChassepOt guns, IN he used with IN,
tallic cartridges. The work Is 10 be con
pleted In four years, and the price will
about 81, 600 600.
CnEss BY telegraph has been played n
Gently at the Crystal Palace, at Nofwoot
England, on scale never tried befor
Games were conducted over the wires wit
Ave towns In the United Kingdom.
THE spectators engaged In the preseI
corner In pork 10 Chicago have bought on
lay OF a million and quarter Of dollar
Tie next thirty days will either bring thel
large fortunes or ruin them.
ONE singular feature of the Thousan
Islands Is the luxuriant growth Oi trees upo
what seems to be almost bare rocks. Ever
greens Of u foot In diameter, standing upo
what seems an absolutely sOilless rock, ar
often seen. The roots OF these trees folio
down through aud out along the cTevice
and thus gain nourlshmenl as well as suppO
for the tree.
THE latest instance Of unnatural afTectlo
Is that which Is said 10 have existed betwee
a COW and big black snake down 10 Slocuu
Tenn. According 10 the story, the COW vi
wont TO Tic down at the foot Of tree Will
the snake wonld milk her In the most uaturl
way In tie world. This Is the same old sol
pent bamboOEling the female sex 20 lis ruiz
lie has been killed and the COW Is saved.
THB man with bis lung tester who Accou
panieI a circus aud makes an honest penn
by testing the wind Of tho multitude, came
grief at Torro Haute, Indiana, the other dA
\ healthy farmers boy, with chest on hi
like an emlgrants yallse, drew In MOUTH
Of the atmosphere, wrapped quarter 80
ton Of bis lips over the nozzle and breathei
An explosion followed, and tie professor
WA beard TO say, az he gathered up the fra
| snoh , y, t.',tNn-s E.aSa aud upTiUse, "i.a NJ
been eating OnlOnsi thaIs That made
breath 10 strong"