The Morning herald., 1878-04-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A. Turkish soldier receives qless than
Sl.50 month. NV = 10 4 f59aa 25 %ar b. 5
Tea chests made in Massachusetts, are to
be exported to China. .sa' h7@ ed'aI AeS5 7
-Four and q half millions ofregistersd let
ters in this country last year. ,s,as' .sas IA
Beggars in Hartford ask for postage
stamps and use them y buy drinks, 3 " 1te
An agent of the Peruvian government
recently purchased 5000 pairs Of brogans
from Philadelphia parties v---7a sara a.r@
ALondon tailor 115 years old is looked
upon as a striking illustration Of the sur
yiyal of the fttist. .s,555 A.1 t..o 7 s@ '7
A man in Kentncky ,devotes the yearly
product Of one acre of his farm to pur-
chasing reading matter for his family.
The Hartford Comm city government
has prohibited the sale of newspapers on
Sundays on the streets Of that city after ten
o'clock in the morning, '@ ..' p.
An English gentleman committed suicide
recently, leaving paper to say that he
did SO because his wife was great deal too
good for him. ......s. Il '.'''. W..
ALewistown, Me-, Frenchman drove six
teen miles to have his baby christened,
and when he got home had forgotten its
name. Ha @.@
A teacher of the girls Bible class in a
Methodist Sunday school in Providence.
has deserted his wife to elops with one Of
his pupils. .y.s ~
Benjamin Franklin, in 1889, left $4,000
for fund to make loans to young me-
chanics. The fund is now 5000, 900. The
trustees have white elephant. ...-...
The Rev. Job Washington, of Rockport,
Me-, 90 years of age, has concluded to give
up tobacco, believing it to be injuring his
health. He has used it seventy-eight
years. #t.- artrr.
On the 25th of April, 1928, one hundred
and fifty years ago, the first step toward
the formation of the present Trinity church,
New York, was taken. The corner stone
was not laid until the 18th of April, 1874.
There are IL, 900 rooms in the Vatican,
which is not palace, but city COM
pressed An army of 10000 strong could
be lodged in it; its actual inhabitants NUM-
but few hundreds. ..a.,...s. II. sgr.
An Iowa husband, four years married,
has applied for divorce on the ground OF
cruel treatment He alleges that his wife
struck him hard with a tin dipper, and
locked him out at night when it was dark
and cold. "" 3 &'.
The original bill Of sale of negro man
and woman by the Rev. Jonathan Edwards,
of Northampton, Mass, in 1853, to the
grandfather Of John O. Pettibone, was,
among the curiosities found in the house of
the late John o. Pettibone, Of Simsbury,
Conn. .@& g~,.,,.--.. -,
A short time since in Parliament the
First Lord of tho Admiralty stated that
1912 seamen and marines of the British
fleet were members Of the Church of Eng
land, 1,74s Presbyterians, 4,162 Protest
ants of other denominations, and $3.50
Roman Catholics ''''.s
Mourning husband of Mount Washing
ton, Ohio, went to the grave of his wife,
who had recently died. He found the
grave despoiled. r Obtaining information
that the body was at Cincinnati medical
college he tried to recover it, but red tape
thwarted him. Finally he agreed to COM
promise, and six weeks afterward he re-
ceived a few bones. @ .m' g.
A lady of South Lowell, N. c., relates
an instance of the efficacy of prayer.
While preparing to make bread she dis
covered that she was out of yeast, and ex-
claimed to her daughter, II wish to the
Lord I had yeast cake" Just then the
door bell rang. When the summons was
answered, no one was found, but. lying on
the sill, neatly packed, was single yeast
cake. 1t appears that some person intro
ducing yeast cakes deposited this sample
as an advertisement and departed for the
next house.
A stranger who applied at house in
the vicinity of Quebec for some slight ia
vOr, the other day Was met hY an old gen.