Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-01-14
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lexed, process which will increase
its working capacity 70 per cent.
1t is said that $500, GOO is spent
yearly upon the teaching of music in
the elementary schools of England.
While combing his hair at Trufaut,
Mich, young man pricked a hole in
| his scalp with tooth of the comb and
nearly bled to death.
An electrophote n it is proposed
to call an electric light, while the sci
ence and practice of lighting by electri-
city will be called " electrophoty."
The Marquis of Bath has abated
from ten to fifteen per cent. from the
| rent of tenants on his estate in conse-
quence Of the hardness Of the times"
There is an assockt1on in Boston
called "The Young Mems Congress,
which is making preparations for a
public memorial gathering in fremont
Temple, in honor of the late Bayard
Taylor
In court at Bennington, VT, the
defendant asked permission to pray
before opening his case. The Judge
said that it was not customary, but as
the plaintiff did not object the prayer
was made.
"A brown Wallachian mare, belong
ing to a lieutenant of the Prussian
Guard, has trotted from Nassau to
Potsdam, twenty-four miles, in an hour
and twenty minutes, carrying weight
of 209 pounds.
Roast monkey is the Liberian dish
on Thanksgiving and Christmas day.
A resident of the African Republic
says that it's mighty dry eating and
needs lard, but that can't be got for
love or money"
The arms and banners of the Earl
of Beaconstield and the Marquis of
Salisbury have been hung in the choir
of st. Georges Chapel at Windsor Cas-
tie. The Premier's insignia were hung
on the right or SoveTeign's side of the
chapel.
in an advertisement offering the
Woodchester Park estate, Worcester
shire, England, for sale, the auctioneer
announces, in line of capital letters,
as one Of the tempting inducements to
purchasers, Political influence over
1,200 honest yeomen ~
By eating old straw Of barley or
wheat grown over with bunt and green
clover with rust, a peculiar disease in
cattle was developed recently in Ba-
varia. The effected animals were, how
ever, entirely cured by taking from
them the nbove named substances.
The growing sentiment in favor of
recognizing woman's ability to practice
medicine successfully is attested in the
action of Cincinnati Academy of Medi-
cine, which has just admitted Mrs. DIR.
Julia Carpenter to full membership
She is the first of her sex toreceive this
mark Of appreciation.
While guarding a gang of negro
cOnvicts employed on a job Of railroad
construction near rNatehitOches, "a young
man was killed by the falling upon him
of tree. The prisoners picked him
up and when they found that he was
dead carried him to the camp, none OF
them attempting to escape.
A Kentuckian, believing that cave
up cave for his residence. The ground
is floored over, and comfortable furni-
ture has been put in, but the rock walls
and roof have not been covered, the
occupants idea being that they impart
a good influence on his health.
A Justice Of the Peace at New
Hartford married couple the other
day, and the groom asked him his
terms after the knot was tied. "Well,
said the Justice, ''the code allows me
two dollars.'' stThen, said the young
man, ''here's dollar that will make
you three. % Cedar Falls Gazette.
The value of land in Melbourne,
Australia, has increased somewhat
since the city was founded. A lot 6S
feet wide and 800 feet deep, which was
bought from the Crown in the early
days of the colony, for $50 by Mr..
Michael Pander, and remained in his
possession until his death, was recently
sold by his heirs for Sl65, Quo.
"A Mrs. Ross threatened to shoot
Judge Meyer, in Clearfield, Penna.,
last week, because the Overseers Of the
Poor bound one of her children to
farmer, Her husband had deserted her,
and the poor creatures reason had fled.
She set in Court with loaded revolver
in her lap, waiting for the Judge, but
was disarmed by the Sheriff before she
had done any damage.
Mr.. L. A. Daggett, of Pennington,
Me-, recently picked up a rare speci-
men Of petrified fish. which he foundon
his interyale, 100 rods from the river,
where the water in the late freshet
backed up and overflowed at this point,
leaving this relic. The fish is two feet
in length, and is supposed to be one Of
the salmon which made their trips up
and down the Sandy river before the
days of mill dams.
A quiet-looking man, with pleas
ant face, iron-gray whiskers and hair,
and the plainest attire-that is Mr..
James G. Fair, of Nevada, the possess
| SOr of an aOrepa hla income of S500 fl00