The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-06-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Photographs have been obtained IN Patis
four feet three inches long by three feet
four inches in height.
The Massachusetts, School Fund now
amounts to s2,5oo,0oo. The finest bniads
ings in Massachusetts, are school houses.
Ninety rli1lion people speak the Hnaliee
language, 45, 100000 speak German, 650ol1E5s
o00 Spanish. and 45,00o,000 French.
4 Telegraph pole ninety y:three feet Long q
aud twofeet in diameter, a California pro
duct, has been raised in Fulton street, New
York. ~,
The consumption % tea IN the United 8
States forth last .two. years appears from
the last data to be at least 5o.o0Ooo lbs,
If not 60, 90 LBS: per annum..
! A:yeritable GyeIops is reported 70 Be in
London. His only eye Is in the middle Of :
his forehead. His name Is Piper Wilson.
aged %, and he come from Australia.
According to the recent returns, in Lon-
don-in the so-caIled metropolis Districts Z
birth occurs, on an average, once in every
FIVE minutes, and death once in eYery
eight. >- .-, IS ;
English connoissuers offered several
thousand pounds for the statue ct Venus
recently discovered Ut Rome, but the On.
thorities refused to part with it on any
terms.
The champion grave digger d Samuel Z
s. Richardson Of Manchester, NJ H.. E
years old, who hos dug $500 graves dur Z
ing the last 26 years that he has felloHsd
his business. .... S >. =.
At a recent spiritual seancs at East Boss
ton, a policeman succeeded in tying the
medium so securely as to battle the spirits; 4
and in respose to a meek appeal finally M
wound the rope. 49,
Two full-grown otters, driven By the cold Z
from creek in Lafayette county, Indiana.
recently walked deliberately into q dwell
ing house for the purpose Of warming
themselves by the fire, 49,
Mr. H. z. Browne, a sculptor, has signed
a contract to furnish colossal equestrian
statue Of Gen. Nathaniel Gheene, for the Z
grounds Of the State Capitol at Provi.
dence, Rhode Island, receiving therefor
$4,000.
A savage watch dog was set to guard . !,
hen mouse in Homer, N. Y. A six-year old.
girl in playing about the yard followed
some chickens to the house. The dog
ferociously attacked the child, mangling it,
80 that death ensued. =
Joel Peckhan spoke in a religious meet
ing in Belvidere. H., having been in.
tensely agitated by the sermon Of the Rev.
Joseph Ogden, professional reviyalist.
Upon taking his seat be suddenly died ofssi
heart disease. :; t,...,S; IS
Mile. Ghinassi, young bsNet.girl.
amuses the Parisians By entering q cage
containing a lion, q honess, tive hyenas,
two jackals, and two bears. She kicks the
lion, sits upon the ioness, and feeds the
bears with violets. ....E..@
A hairless horse, standing fifteen hands
high, and weighing 1000 pounds; is the i
latest natural curiosity in. this, county, |.
The quadruped. which presents The appear *
ance Of An India rubber animal, answers to !:
the name Of "Caoutchoue." g! ~
Rubber horse-shoes arc the latest nov,
city. Their cost, as compared with those
of iron, is about one-third more, and
their weight forty per. cent. less. It Is
said that horses suffering from cracked or
contracted hoofs, are soon cured by their
use. v. - -. r;sfI,t
Recently, near TisusAsifilllls; TisAiillll Pa, & hound
was found lying exhausted in field, and
beside the dog was dead fox, It was az.
terward discovered that the hound. had
followed the fox for nearly; forty miles.
from the vicinity Of Harstewn, Crawford z
county. .>. 49, =: +-<,s,,= +
1Wo Acu Ahucu SudTle6 IUlll0r
uItaneously had divorce suits in New
Haven court. A decree in one case was :
granted. Both Millers took the. decision
for their own. and remarked, and the Mil
ler who isn't divorced therefore has two !,
wives on hand. -: r.. ~ ~; 5i;s;;9ti z :
The Rev. Mr.. Warren a Baptist passor &
at Burnt Hills, Saratoga county, was ex.
posed several weeks ago as tho husband Of
three living and undivorced wives. BE re-. p
signed at the request Of his congregation: =
and wanted to preach farewell Sermon
but they would not hear to it. -. -, ! ~;
Governor Bradley Of Nevads; has ap.
proved Of the law passed by the Legisla-
ture Of that State prohibiting camels from
roaming at large upon the highways. Cam.
els prove very useful there in carrying
salt across the alkali deserts, but they
frighten horses and mules, and hence the
law above mentioned. ... ..
At birthday party given by German
family near Wheeling last week the chill.
dren were furnished with candy apples,
colored very highly, which they ate with
relish. One Of the children sickened and
died the next day, and two. others are in q
most alarming state. The apples were
colored with aniline and the leaves with
arsenic. -
Boldo is the name Of new tonic found
in Chilli whose bark leaves, and blossoms
possess an aromatic odor resembling o mix.
ture Of turpentine and camphor. These
contain an alkaloid called boldine, which