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GENERAL BREyITIEs.
The obsequies Of Senator Sumner cost
fhc State Of Massachusetts ST9.227. SO.

1uE ObScQuies Of Senator sumner cOsl
the State of Massachusetts, Sl9-22I.66.
MICHIGAN now proposes to put a por-
ton Of her ccnvicts 10 work In the copper
mines.
The laws OF New York permit the
wearing OF wells, but forbid the wearing Of
masks, at public balls.
CORES of thetwo first editions Of "Par-
adise LOST are owned by a Chicago col
lector, who paid $500 for them.
THERE is 4 child in Sumter County, Ca,
by the name Of Lee Bait, who has four
grand parents and four great-grand par
ents, all living.
THREE years ago ten thousand salmon
trout were placed in 0nondaga Lake, New
York, and lately several have been caught
weighing as high as two pounds.
TIE ratio Of suicide to the population in
the United States. for the period covered
bv the last decennid census, is % TO l00,-
GOO among males, and to 100000 among
females.
TaE great Cnehituate Lake that supplies
Boston Is almost drained out, and the Hub
Is providing an additional storage capacity
TO meet any similar exigency in the fu-
ture.
THE Providence Press says it never heard
in funeral Grafton or sermon, and seldom
in private conversation, the opinion eX-
pres sed that man with $4,000 income
had gone TO -.
The new oil basin recently found in
Des Moines, Iowa, comprises an area OF
six miles in length and four miles in
breadth. It is thought that oil in paying
quantities can be found in the basin.
BosnoNs l39 letter carriers delivered
last month S94, GA mail letters, 351. 40 10
cal letters, 332,y07 newspapers, 1U9.375
mail postal cards. l07.073 local postal
cards, and collected sos. 56l letters, l72,-
5O3 postal cards, 20o,190 newspapers.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Baltimore Sun
has found ia Florida a young girl named
Neuralgia. She was christened after q
bottle of patent medicine. which her
mother esteemed. Another fnily had
two sons called Soph and Zip, their full
names being SOphocles and HippOcrates.
FoRTY-NINE walters at the Palmer
House, in Chicago, have struck against
hash. They used TO get to eat whatever
was left on the tables by the guests. Later
a new steward restricted them to hash
made, so aver the walters, of pieces of old
meat with slices of lemon in il 90 overcome
the stale flavor. So they struck in body,
and their places have been filled by men
whose stOmachs can stand !" lemonade
hash.' EfFF fEFT FI
A NEW contributor sent the following
note. accompanying a communication TO
the Independent: Mr.. Editor II cm a
new hand at-writng, but if the following
Is ofany use to you, please accept it, and
say IL IS from the pen OF John J, Davis. OF
Oakland, a gentleman well known as one
of the protoundest thinkers and most bril-
liant lftteraters west of the Rocky Noun
tains. Say, also, that for deep resirch and
keensv ggestiveness, itstands peerless as a
satire"
Mr.. KENT, resident of Rochester,
heard his door-bel ring, and going out
quickly found baby on the steps and a
man running around the corner. He
chased the man, collared him after long
race. and discovened him to be DIR. Elijah
l.. Wood, a weli-known young physician
of that city. Wood had been paid $50 by
the mother of the baby 10 nd her of il
in this way she choosing Mr.. Kent's house
because he had just lost a little child, and
so she hoped he might welcome this one
in its stead.
A YOUNG married man at Rock
4tbiOs AlNs JtdlOuS vi Ills WIG ~
a recent entertainment, told her, on reach
ing home, that he intended to commit sui
eide. and was told to go ahead. He ac-
cordingly procured a rope. aud making
due preparation, swung himself of. eaicu-
lating, however, that he would be cut
down i'm time to save his liIe. An alarm
was given and the Heighbors fastened to
the rescue, but before knife could be
found to cut him down he was black in
the face and nearly dead. He is recover
ing, and Thinks it doesn't pay TO run SO
much risk for the pleasure of frightening
his better half
4 SCHOOL teacher in Umatilla County.
California, had pretty girl of sixteen as q
pupil. She entangled his heart. and then
cruelty Tilted bin. Thereupon he sought
revenge. Cathing her in a slight infrac-
ton Of the rules, he swung his birch
branch alOft, and commanded her to stand
up and be whipped, She ran out of the
door and like deer across the fields To-
ward home; but her fleetness WIS of short
duration, and the angry schoolmaster'
hand soon grasped her arm. Her courage
had gone with her wind. and she offered
then and there TO kiss and make up if he
wouldn't whip her. he declined to CON-
promise, led her back to the school-house,
and hogged her until blood came through
the back of her dress. Her hour of eXul-
taCion came when she saw him fined Sc
for assault.
THE total coal area of the United States
is sectioned off in square miles about a:
follows: Illinois Largest of ALL, &c 600
Missouri Basin, 26,SS7: Iowa, $4,000
Kansas, 1900; West Virginia section
10000; Ohio Section, 10000; East Ken.
lucky section, $685. Pennsylvania sec
ton, 1852; Pennsylvania anthracite, 472
New England Basin, 800; Maryland sec
ton, $50; Tennessee, 300; Alabama
$3.50; Indiana, GAO; West Kentucky
3.SSS;, Texas, 4,500; Michigan Basin
Geo: Nebraska. 1900; Arkansas. 9.043
Virginia, lS5. and North Carolina, 80
The great bulk Of the general coal deposit
is The common soft or btuminous coal
the exception being the semi-bituminous
the anthracite and the camel coal fOunC
largely in the kanaWha coal-felds of Wes
Virginia
THE Springfield (NIass.) Union says
MIR. Springfield is the Postmaster a
Tyner, lem. and Mr.. Tyner is the agent
oftbe Post Office Department at the postal
card factory in Springfield, Mass. Mr.
Springfield of Tyner, eeding some poSta
cards, ordered them from the Post Ollie,
Department. The order from Mr.. Spring
field of Iyner was forwarded TO NJ. Ty
= ner Of Springfield, and Mr.. Tyner o
Springfield sent the Carcs to Mr.. Spring
field of Tyner, but Mr.. Springfield of Ty
ner not getting the cards from Mr.. Tyne
of Springfield. Mr.. Springfield of Tyne
wrote to Mr.. Tyner of Springfield making
inquiry Regarding the cards ordered to b.
sent by MIR Tyner of Springfield to Mr.
Springfield of Tyner. and this letter from
Mr.. Springfield of Tyner to Mr.. Tyner o
Springfield inquiring about the cards or
dered TO be sent TO Mr.. Springfield of Ty
ner by Mr.. Tyner of Springfield, Mr.. Ty
ner of Springfield now keeps TO slow &
his friends when telling the story of IT,
postal cards ordered by Mr.. Springfield o
Tyner, and sent to Mr.. Springfield of Ty
ner by Mr.. Tyner of Springfield, an,
finally received by Mr.. Springfield of Ty
ner," -1f - sr
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