The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-29
Facts and Fancies.

without any eyes.
Cholera is not now prevalent IN either
Austria or Turkey.
Love is to the mortal nature what the
sun is to the earth.
There is probability of war between
Russia and Bokhara.
A man was Lately strangled to death
by horse radish at Ldpeer, Mlch'
Visitors to the Vienna Exposition
number from 1000 to 10000 ;'ally'
The chiefs of the conservative party
in Cuba are denounced by the press.
A clergyman at Weatherford, Texas,
was lately mistaken for turkey ana
shot.
There is quite falling off in i'm
portations of dry goods into the United
States.
Three car loads Of lunatics were lately
taken from Madison, Wis, to Mil
waukee.
A man at Milwaukee was lately scald-
ed to death by falling into vat OF hot
whisky
The authorities of Huntington, Ind,
estimate the value of a liquor license at
sS5 day.
A river 300 feet under ground was
lately struck by mining shaft at
Phoebe, New.
The police of Chicago are preparing
to have the liquor salooGs closed III ac-
cordance with law.
TAYLOR Shonder, colored, who killed
his wife in Wheeling, w. Va, has been
sentenced to DEATH
The police of the City of Mexico have
been ordered to prohibit Jesults living
in societies in Ajaca.
A Maine mother discovered her three
year-old boy striving to shave himself
with his fathers razor.
All the nominations made by Mayor
Havemeyer, of New York, have been
confirmed by the Board
An official inquiry into the cause OF
the loss of the steamer Atlantic is 10 pe
opened soon at Liverpool.
| A child in New Orleans, supposed to
be dead, was recently brought to life
by terrible clap of thunder.
Robert P. Bleakley, the murderer OF
his niece, in New York, has been SEN
fenced to State prison for lie.
1t is suggested that on the coming
Decoration Day barrel of flour be
sent to every poor soldiers widow.
A crazy man at Minneapolis lately
service. with sword in each hand.
The Spanish Government is reported
as preparing vast amount Vi P!poi
currency to be forced into circulation.
A Springfield woman has invented, q
dinner pot in which four articles can be
cooked at once, without interfering WITH
each other.
The failure of leading firm caused
"wild panic on the Vienna Bourse,
during which Rothschild and Schey were
publicly insulted.
A lady at Madison, Iowa, has brought
suit for 1000 because she was eJected
from church for stopping her ears when
an obnoxious person was praying.
Eight dead bodies have been found
under house in Labette County, kan.,
near where the dead brother of Senator
York was found some time since.
The severest snow-storm ever known
has prevailed all along the El Paso
and Santa Fe sections of the Klo
Grande. All fruit crops are destroyed.
,, One of the nickel counterfeiters
! brought to Little Rock, Ark, has turn
: ed States evidence, duplicating many
, persons in the southern part OF that
2 State.
e Among those of the Polaris' crew
rescrued from the land of ice and snow
\ are Hans Christian and his wife and
), four children, the youngest eight
e months old. That youngest must have
f met with cold reception on his advent
e in this breathing world.
e An intelligent traveller, who has lately
a been among us, puts down, as the the
!, result of his observations, that "when q
e great man dies in the United States, the
y first thing done is to propose fine
h statue in his honor next, to forget tc
e order any statue and last, to wonder
h what became of the money"
a No proposition is palmer than tha
;; nothing should be sent anonymously
a to newspaper" Equally certain is i
~ that anything thus sent should b'
"a promptly committed to the waste
) basket. The writer who will not trus
ii an editor with his name, does not de
SO serve to be trusted in return.
- Seven thousand Yankee clocks wer
v recently shipped to Japan, and nov
n every daimio in the country that cal
Vi raise the stamps wears one of thes
i ! neat and reliable, but not gaudy, tim
20 pieces, strapped on his breast, an
10 when the clock strikes he darws large
of crowd around him than monkey at
Is circus.
ID The most novel accident recorde
lately is one happening from kic
by hog at Durham's Corner, Burea
county, Illinois. Mr.. Durham wa
putting a hog in wagon, when it kicl
a ed him in the eye, filling it with tn
Sc broken glass of his spectacles. The ho
ns was dropped so suddenly as to brea
ae llS it's back.
Il. A new law has just gone into effect
at Pennsylvania regulating the sale
es burning oils. 1t forbids the sale
Ia any product of petroleum to be used
~. lamps as burning oil which is of
n lower fre-test than ll0deg. Fahrenhei
III Violations of the law are punishable
sis fine of not less than $3.50, or impriso
,ir ment not less than one year, or both.
cd There has been some discussion as
". the injurious effect of beer, but there
L. ample evidence that in some cases it
of fatal. A man was killed in st. Lol
ce lately by the explosion of a cask of Il
of dangerous LIQUID and leaves a wife n