The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01
Ne VS. AND NOTES.

The sting of bees is pronounced cure
for rheumatism.
SOME Waterbury men Clipped in and
bought of its owner an obnoxious dog,
and had him killed The owner found
the carcass and got dollar bounty for
it, with which he bought another dog.
THE shaving cup used by George
Washington is now the property of a
relative of Gen. Wade Hampton. The
cup is of silver and is ornamented with
the figures of various animals of the
chase.
IT is estimated that nearly $4,000, 900
annually are sunk in the United States,
in the vain and frantic efforts to estab-
fish newspapers where they are not
needed by the legitimate demands of
the community.
GEOLOGY has proved the existence and
located the position of ancient lakes
that are now absolutely dry, while the
artesisn wells teach us that there are vast
collections of fresh water in the solid
crust of the earth.
IT is stated that within the past three
months Pennss lvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois have sent thirty thousand
people to settle in Kansas. They have
probably taken with them capital
amounting to $6,000,000.
OH of cinnamon is regarded as a
specific for cholera by DIR. I. ID. Atkins,
who writes to the London Lancet that he
tried it in an outbreak on board an In
dian emigrant ship, with the result of
saving every case.
THE arithmetic has been changed
down at Eminence, Ind. ltused to take
eight furlongs to make one mile" 1t
should now read one furlong. "Mar-
ried-Mr. J. u. Miles to Miss Jane Fur
long. inter Ocean.
JOHN WBILIDIN, out at Nevada City,
entered a bar,room, drew his gun, and
said, "Pd Ike to kill somebody, or get
killed myself" Twelve pistols popped,
and John didn't live long enough to re-
greet that he made his proposition too
broad.
A TRAMP in Massachusetts, recently
accomplished the unparalleled feat Of
walking from Boston to Manchester, a
d stance of one hundred and fifty miles,
in seven and a half days. His business
was that of book agent and lightning
rod peddler
A FRENcHMAN living in Brush
Prairie, New Madrid County, named
Leroy Prewett, recently killed sixty
pigeons in two shots. The pigeons were
flying directly over his head when he
shot. This is a cunning event unpar-
alleled.
THE appetite of ten-year-old boy
named Christian Behring, in Dubuque,
Iowa, is wonderful, and his eating
capacities astonishing. He recently ate
seven pounds of beef and about one
pound of bread, besides other eatables,
AT one meal.
The paste pot used by Horace Greeley
is owned by gentleman living in Belle
vile who prizes it very highly. 1t is
said that this paste pot was given to
friend of Greeley's by Gen. Lafayette,
who had bought it from IA japanese. 1t
is very unique in design. 1891
A CATFISH was recently caught in the
Mississippi River at New Orleans, which
when opened was found to contain the
skeleton of baby and a box of shoe
backing. The box was open but when
the backing was tried it was found to
be as good as when first bought.
A NEWSPAPER correspondent lately
discovered burning lake of sulphur,
near Tahlequah, in the Indian Territory.
Ia hn
around the lake as cracked and broken,
and the vegetation as stunted in growth
and showing evident signs of shriveling
from heat.
The giant Capt. Bates is mite in
comparison with an eighteen year-old
girl living in Florida who is nine and
half feet tall lacking quarter of an
inch, and weighs six hundred and forty
three pounds. Her father has become
bankrupt through his endeavors to pro-
vide her with food.
A GENTLEMAN just back from New
York speaks enthusiastically of the
rapid transit elevated lines of railway on
the east and west sides of New York,
which are nearing completion. Four
long cars full OF passengers he saw
whirled along over the heads of those on
the street.
THERE is fish-pond mania in Ken
lucky, and many persons who own
swamps traversed by small streams, are
digging them out, damming them, and
creating artificial sheets of water which
they are stocking with fish, principally
with trout, procured from Mr.. William
Griffith, the Fish Commissioner at Louis
vile.
THE Berlin Verein Sw GeUerbeleiss has
awarded prize to Prof. r. Weber for
his Investigations into the causes of mill
fires. He has shown that all sorts of
-four in dust clouds are infammable, and
he confirms the results obtained by Mr..
Galloway, that some of the explosions
in coal mines, supposed to be due to
fire-damp, have really been caused by