The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-09-11
Miseellaneuus.

An old Roman ampti,hcat:c has
Just been uncovered at Fic>olc, near
Florence.
Twenty pounds and two ounces is
exactly what Springfield baby wei sh-
ed lust after birth.
The marriage of white man to a
ncyo woman nearly incitrd the people
of Sheffield, Mass, to Il riot.
\ San Francisco rumscllrr WAS con-
vinccd of the degradation of his hu>i
ncS, when his daughter, eleven wears
old, got drunk and was arrested.
\ st. Paul husband has sued his
mothcr-n-law for alternating his wife 5
affections from him, and inducing her
to leave him and return to her parents.
Two rival bellies met at a fancy ball
last winter. allow we'll YOU look I'M
der candle light" exclaimed one. ".\nn
how charming you are in the dark:
said the other.
In Genoa, the street scamps have dc
clarcd war against religious insi ynia
breaking the sanity images and statues
bv continual throwing of stones, ~ >oo,
as the damages may be repaired.
In China the Roman Catholic rclis
ion is making rapid progress, Contu
cianiSm is gaining, Protc>tantism j.
spreading very slowly, Buddhism i, II
a standstill, and Mohan,cmdanism i
losing.
\ sister Of cx-Gov. Scnter Of Ten
nc>>cc fell into Il trance SO closely re
scmbln. death that she was prepared
for burial. Upon revival she said she
had been with her father, who hi,
been dead many years.
Henry a. Merritt, a Troy LAWYER
had letter returned to him from Ire
and with the following written on tn.
envelope: "No man of the name OF
Lawrence kylcy, but there is one OF
he name of Catherine ky)cv, who saws
tho letter is for her."
Mr.. Gwynn Of Virginia is dead
lis last memorandum provided that
nc should be buried witt, his head eight
cen inches higher than his feet; that
his cane and shccpskin should be plac-
cd in the coffin with him, and that the
coffin should be carefully wrapped in a
blanket.
Gems. Forrest and Pillow have gain
cd great popularity among the c"l"rcd
folks Of the South by the friendly sen
timcnts they expressed upon the recent
presentation t" them in Memphis of
floral offerings in token of rcconcila-
tion between the two races of that sec
ton.
The graduating class Of Hamilton
college petition the trustees to remove
Prof. Henry \. Fink, the rcct"rial pro-
ics,"r, for ''impr"prictN in his personal
intercourse with Students" besides par
tiality, deceit, and inconsistency. The
class of 1874 adopted similar memo
rial.
a graduate ofthe Troy High School
misbchavcd at the commencement cN-
erci>cs, and by way of punishment the
faculty refused t" give hin, diploma
lie will bring suit to compel them t"
yield up the document, claimin. that,
as he had passed the examination, they
had no right to keep it from him.
The Sscilians, of late so sharply over
hauled, assert that there i, a> much
bri.andagc in the street, of New York
AS in their own island. Is this merely
because they want to put the boot
which cncloses them on somebody
clsc's Icy, or can this thing be which
they are SAYING:
\ cat annovcd Louis Nollman of
Mount Airy, Ohio, and he loaded hcav
ilv double -barrcllcd gun, intending to
shoot the pest. lie fired once, wound
ing the cat, and then chased it, striking
with the stock Of the gun. \ blow hit
the floor hard enough to explode the
other charge, and Nollman was killed.
Duluth has fallen from Il population
of 5000 to $4,000, but the bananas still
bloom and
The gold orange glows in the deep
thickct's gloom,
Where wind ever soft from the
blue heaven blows,
And the groves are Of laurel, and
myrtle. and rose.
From poem BY Jay Cooke.
An elderly lady named Cannon of
Massachusetts was standing by an iron
sink during thunder storm when she
was Frustrated by lightning. She Wa,
entirely senscless, and was SO charged
and battered by the electric current that
the gold beads about her neck wer.
melted, but she lives and ascrhcs hci
escape to the silken cap She wore.
George Simonds's stateutc OF 9Th,
Falconer," soon to adorn Central Park