Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-06-05
NUMBER 81.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The massachusetts, School Fund now
amounts to So 5o0.O 900. The finest build
ings in Massachusetts arc school houses.
Ninety million people speak the English
language, 45,0OO.O00 speak German. 55.00O.-
600 Spanish, and 100000 French.
A telegraph pole ninety-thrce feet long
and two feet in diameter, California pro.
duct, has been raised in Fulton street, New
York.
The consumption of tea in the United
States for the last two years appears from
the last data to be at least 100000 lbs,
if not 100000 lbs. per annum.
A vertaLle Cyclops is reported to 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 tho so called metropolis dstrict-a
birth occurs. on an average, once in every
five minutes, and II death once in every
, eight.
English conuoisslcrs offered several
thousand pounds for the statue Of Venus
recently discovered at Rome, but the au-
thorities refused to part with it Oh any
terms.
The champion grave digger is Samuel
S. Richardson of Manchester, N. H., ~
years old, who has dug 5000 graves dur
ing the last 26 years that he has followed
his business.
At a recent spiritual seance at East Bos-
ton, policeman succeeded in tying the
medium SO securely as to battle the spirits.
and in resposa to meek appeal finally ua-
wound the rope
Two full-grown ottcrs, driven by the cold
from creek in Lafayette county, Indiana,
recently walked deliberately into dwell
ing house for the purpose Of warming
themselves by the fire.
Mr. III. X. Browne, q sculptor, has signed
a contract to furnish colossal equestrian
statue Of Gen. Nathaniel Greene for the
grounds Of the. State Capitol at Provi-
dcncc, Rhode Island, receiving therefor
$4,000.
savaGe watch dog was set to guard q
hen house in Homer, N. Y. A six-year OLD
girl in playing about the yard followed
some chickens to tho house. The dog
fcrociously attacked the child, mangling it
so that death cnsued
Joel Peckhtm spoke in rcligious meet
ing in Belvidcre, H.. having been in
tensely agitatcd by the sermon of the Rev.
Joseph Ogden, Il professional revivalist.
Upon taking his seat he suddenly died OF
heart disease.
Mile. Ghinassi. young ballet-glrl,
amuscs the Parsilns by entering cage
containing lion. q lioness, two hyenas,
two jackals. and two bears. She kicks the
lion, sits upon the lioncss, and feeds the
bears with violcts.
hairless horse, standing fifteen hands
high, and weighing 1000 pounds. is the
The qua 'lupcd, which presents the appear
ance of an Indil rubber animal, answers to
the name Of "Cloutchouc."
Rubber horse-shoes are the latest noy-
city. Their cost. MS compared with those
Of iron, is about one-thrd more, and
their weight forty per cent. less. 1t is
said that horses suffering from cracked or
contracted hoofs. are soon cured by their
use.
Recently, near Titusville, Pl., a hound
was found lying exhausted in a field, and
beside the dog was 4 dead fox. 1t was af.
terward discovered that the hound had
followed the fox for nearly forty miles.
from the vicinity of Harstcwp, Crawford
county.
Governor Bradley OF Nevada, 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 theye in carrying
salt across the alkali deserts. but they
frightcn horses and mules, and hence the
law above mentioned.
At a birthday party given by German
family near Wheeling last week the chill
dren were furnished with candy apples.
colored very highly. which they 4,q With a
relish. One Of the children sickcncd and
died the noxt day, and two others are III a
most alarming state. The apples were
colored with aniline and the leaves with
arsenic.
Boldo is the name of new tonic found
i'll Chill whose bark, leaves, and blossoms
possess an aromatic odor resembling mix
tug of tsrpentine and ca,qphor. These
contain an alkaloid called boldine, which
stimulates digestion and acts favorably
upon the liver. while it excites appetite,
increases circulatinn. and has an excellent
effect on the bladder.
Some months since large poster, beas-
ing the startlig caption, "a man found
dead" was seen posted in conspicuous
place in San Patricio County, Texas, tho