The Morning herald., 1876-08-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.

belknapS triai cosp Inc "oyo'""vA'
100000.
Pbenixville wants its name changed to
Phoenix city.
The question Of the sultry hour is how to
raise the wind.
A Kentucky hearse is in daily use as q
watermelon cart.
The soldiers monument In Harrisburg
will cost 81 ,27S. oooo
It is estimated that there are over 2,OOO
actors In America.
"Bilin' peaches" IL the slang down south
for illicit distilling.
London's FIRE department is to be In
creased to 800 men.
Wall street is to be further cursed with q
mining stock exchange.
A census of the entire state OF missouri
will be taken next month.
Twelve thousand men and boys IN san
Francisco are looking for work.
Young ladies in blue flannel In Wisconsin
swim across half mile-wide lakes.
It is stated that the Turkish army now
equipped and in the field numbers 3OO, ,OOO.
II is estimated that over $1,50O,OOO has
been expended for base ball clubs this sea-
son. >,
"Real Kentucky whiskey for sale here"
is sign dangling over a little shop IN Al
exandria, Egypt.
An international congress OF geogra-
piers" will be opened at Brussels on the
18th of September.
A potato bug entered a drug store IN
Utica the other day and inquired the market
price Of Paris green.
A man in Geneva has invented new
kind of musical box which gives an excel
of = !, h,,v,, N
Miss Oliver, pretty young lady, Is now
preaching in Brooklyn, and expects to BRING
many Roland to the anxious seat.
A Baptist minister in Connecticut got oo
cents last week as marriage fee. The
bridegroom remarked that times we've marc:
Secretary of State Fish was " years OF
age last Friday He celebrated the event
by giving dinner to few OF his intimate
friepds.
Long Branch is said to rejoice in the alb
sence of an undesirable political class tnat
resort there during the presence OF fresl-
dent Grant.
Rival hotel keepers hang their thermom-
eters on water coolers. The travelling pub
lie is Just now looking for cool places and
get taken in.
The Keely motor has set the machinery
300 shares Of the stock has been begun In
Philadelphia.
A miserable tramp has died near Railway
of self-starvation. His estate is not yet
completely figured up, but he has left a
house worth 5000.
Mr.. Blaine arrived at Portsmouth, N.
H., Saturday afternoon, whence he was
taken to Little Boar's Head. He is gaining
in health and strength.
Gov. Seymour has written letter posi-
lively declining to allow the use OF his
name as a candidate for the gubernatorial
nomination of New York.
One of the street railroads in Paris uses
locomotive without furnace. 1t has
reservoir of superheated water, which fur
nishes supply of steam:
Ole Bull has written letter from Tyro,
Norway, to Louisville friend, saying that
| the rumor that he denied being married to
| his present wife is "a broadcast lie."
Boston uses six thousand dozen bottles OF
lager day, while the saloon custom has
| much increased, though the sale of the
stronger LIQUORS has greatly fallen off.
"Howard Glyndon," the writer, is Laura
c. Redden, deaf mute. She has been a.
pupil at the school for mutes at Mystic,
Conn, and has learned to Use her voice.
Mrs. Robb, of Corpus Christi, is called
the Seattle Queen of Texas" She owns
| II, 900 acres of land, on which $4,000 head
of cattle are fattened for market each year.
The Brooklyn Argus says that often when
Professor Tyndall calls his bride can evo-
luton of protaplasm" she thinks she will
pack her trunks aud 20 back to her father.
A number of Turks from Jerusalem in
Syria, who are now engaged in business on
the Centennial grounds, have declared in
court their intention of becoming American
citizens.
Plain gilt metal belts are just now being
much worn, also small double fichus, not so
much on the shoulders as about the neck,
edged with lace and tied in double knot
in front.
Mr.. Bristow will 90 to Rye Beach after
he has finished his Vermont campaign. The
dwellers at the Beach are preparing for a
hearty reception of him, and propose to in
flict him with an address.
One of the marked fcats of the changes
in fashion is the accepting of dark adorn-
ments for childrens dresses, and the wear
ing of bright colorcd garnitures by middle
! aged and quite old ladies.
The editor of the vcksburg "Herald'
complains that otis hot enough to burn the
ears off brass monkey" at which tho
i, New Orleans "Republican" remarks: "Wil
omebody furnish him with an UMBRELLA
! The hull of the old steamer Philo Par
1 sons, which was captured by confederate
+ officers on Lake Erie during the war, will
J. view to the release of the prisoners OF
J. Johnson's Island, has berth at the bot.
s tom of Ogden's canal, Chicago.
!, Jonas Rinker, shoemaker of Allentown
II Pa, was run over on the railroad, one da,
D. last week, necessitating the amputation o
:, the leg above the ankle. When the acci
n dent occurred he held goose in his arms
}, which had its head cut off by one of the ca
wheels.
"Doctor," said gentleman to physi
clan, "my daughter had fit this morning