The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-31
ALL SORTS.

A METHODIST minister, named Trau.
ter, died at Salisbury, Eng, recently,
aged l02.
SOUTH CAROLINA negroes are hold
ing meetings to discuss emigration TO
Colorado.
THERE is an exodus of negroes from
the upper parishes of Louisiana to
Arkansas.
SENATOR Roscoe CoNKLING is 6 fee
3 inches in height and will weigh 1872
pounds. = - -
GREAT takers are very apt to be
monologists, and to like persons most
who interrupt them least.
THE Chinese of California will prob
ably give a member of Congress and an
electoral vote to the State.
CALIFORNIA has a profitable and
growing cheese trade with China, Aus
tralia and South America.
In London is society the members
of which agree TO use their influence to
abolish the practice of wearing mourn
ing,
The Alsatian bonnet is the name
given to the large opera decoration
which consists of one large bow and
strings.
JoHN B. GoUaH has been laid up in
England with serious attack of bron-
chitis, which has compelled him to give
over lecturing.
A GENEVA (Switzerland) letter says
that American anthracite coal is rap
idly coming into use in that city, both
in private houses and factories.
RICHARD PEARCE, who has won the
name of the veteran baseball player"
because he has handled the bat since
1855, will play another season.
A MEXICAN doctor in Texas vac
cinated persons with scabs taken from
the bodies of adults, and several of the
vaccinated died. He has returned to
Mexico.
A MEMBER of Parliament at Rome
says that Italy is so dirty that one-third
of its population would die if the
plague should once gain foothold in
the peninsula.
IT is suspected that, were Poe still
brated poem 80 that the refrain should
read: "Said the raven, Never-that is,
hardly ever-more."
THE oldest inhabitant of Broglie and
the Oldest inhabitant of Toulouse, both
died recently, soon after the compile
ton of their Tooth year. The foolish
old fellows were smokers from early
youth.
The publication of the political
speeches of M. Theirs has begun in
Paris, and is likely to prove huge I'M
dertaking. Three volumes have been
issued, and include only the speeches
from 1880 to 1886.
MANY Russian peasants oppose the
vaccination of their children, though
the smallpox appears periodically and
depopulates whole villages. The Gov
eminent of Niatka have announced that
unvaccinated children shall not be adj
mitted to the schools.
A PORTION of the Hamilton and
Northwestern railway line (Canada)
was laid over hidden lake !;
the weight of the rails broke the
earth, and the railway and trees stand
ing near sank out of sight. 1t took 5000
yards of earth to fill up the gap.
Nor many years ago the value of the
silk manufacture of France was far in
excess of that of worsted, but the lat
ter is now of more value than the for
mer. The total value of the worsted
industry of France is nearly $12000O,-
900, nearly half of which is exported.
The Great Northern railway of En-
gland has contracted for period OF
twenty-one years with the Pullman Pei
ace Car Company for the use of its
sleeping and hotel cars, the latter hav-
ing never yet been introduced in Eu-
rope.
THE Atlantic ocean, if it were to be
drained, would be vast plain with a
mountain ridge in the middle running
parallel with our coast. Another range
crosses from Newfoundland to Ireland,
on the top of which lies the Geographic
cable.
A LITTLE boy from New York went
into the country visiting. He had a
bowl of bread and milk. He tasted it,
and tn en- hesitated for moment, when
his mother asked him if he didn't like
it, to which he replied, smacking his
lips: eyes, ma, / wish our milkman
would keep cow"
SEVEN HUNDRED men are employed to
keep clean the streets of Berlin, but
during January the number was in
creased by LOO in order to clear away
the snow. In that month 100000 cart
loads of snow were carried of, yet many
of the streets were blocked. In six
weeks the STRENGTHENING department
had cost the city over $4,000.
THE introduction of the rabbit has
been q curse to the British colonies in
the South Pacific. In the plains it is
possible to keep them under, but in
rough country they drive out every
thing else. Thousands of pounds have
been expended in Australia on their de-
struction, and even then the slightest
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