Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-27
GENERAL.

DCOllhUNa SUI llAN w ~ hNAoNs
Two alligators, the first specimens
ever found in the Old World, were lately
captured in the Yang.tse-Kiang
A CoLoRED girl sixteen years old lay
down on the railroad near Orangeburg,
S. c., fell asleep, and was killed by
train.
THE British Museum contains wig
which was found in good state of pres
ervation at Thebes, and is probably 5000
years old.
A CUBAN family at one of the Sara
toga hotels has weekly board bill of
$500. This is for six adults, three child
rem, two maids, coachman and valet.
THE principal cotton ports Of the
South rank as follows in the extent of
receipts of the staple: New Orleans,
Norfolk, Savannah, Galveston and Mo-
bile.
A PURSE of more than seven thousand
dollars has been raised in st. Louis for
the family of Phelim Toole, the heroic
fireman who recently lost his life in dis
charging his duty.
A KENTUCKY chicken that lived five
days and was Matched on the farm of
Col. j. w. Reynolds, had four legs. In
walking the legs were all kept in motion,
and it was as lively a chick as ever
scratched dirt
MARK TWAIN thinks that every steam
boat should be compelled to carry in a
conspicuous place the following notice:
"ln case of disaster do not waste pre-
cious time in meddling with the life
boats-they are out of order"
ROCHESTER is to have colossal tow
err, surmounted by an enormous statue
of Mercury. It will advertise tobacco
factory. The foot of the god is to be twen-
ty-two inches Tonga little in advance,
says the sarcastic local editor, of that
shown by Buffalo girls.
JOHN DICKSON, believed to be the
last representative of the famous regi-
ment of " Scots Greys - who charged so
gallantly at Waterloo, has just died in
England. He was ninety-one years old,
and to the last day of his life took a
keen and intelligent interest in public
affairs.
THE inventor Of toy pistol which was
used in Philadelphia last Fourth of July
ought to be satisfied with its destructive
ness. Boys to the number of 157 were
injured, and fourteen died. The cart
ridges were made of cardboard, bits of
which were blown into the wounds, caus-
ing lockjaw.
HERR IRNTINGER, of St. Gallen, Swift
zerland, has medal which belonged to
his great-granduncle, Henri Irminger,
the leader of the famous party that
stormed the Bastile. 1t was cast in
honor of the event, and bears on one
side half figure of the victor with the
inscription: Henri Irminger, cheva-
lier ct capitaine, vainqueur de la Bas-
tile"
The highest percentage of municipal
growth shown by the census is that of
Denver, which has increased during the
decade at the rate of $50 per cent.
Minneapolis ranks second, with rate
| of 400 per cent, and Oakland, Cal,
third, with a rate of 233 per cent. St.
Paul and Camden, n. j., share fourth
place with rate of 107 per cent. Grand
Rapids, Mich, is credited with SO per
cent; st. Joseph, Mo-, with 81 per
cent; Omaha, Neb., with 70 per cent,
and Atlanta, Ga, with 78 per cent.
THE oldest yew tree in England,
whichis situated in the Cowhurst churth-
yard, was mentioned by Adbry, in the
reign of Charles L., as then measuring
ten yards in circumference at a height
of five feet from the ground. 1t is said,
on the authority of De Candolle, to be
1,45O years old. Its present growth is
! about thirty-three feet. In 1920 this old
tree was followed out, and a cannon
ball was found in the center. In 1925 a
severe storm deprived it of its upright
branches. A door has been made to the
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had for twelve persons comfortably.
IT was one of the accusations against
the first Napoleon that his wars de-
strOyed the youth of France-''the
seed corn !" and that his military con-
scriptiOn left at home only the old, fee
ble and sick. The consequences of it
are seen in the stunted stature of the
Frenchmen even of this day, the statis-
tics showing that he is little below the
average size. The war and military
conscriptiOn of Germany seems to be
working out similar results. The youth
drawn for military service from all the
manufacturing towns this year show q
serious falling off in their physical
qualifications. A large number of these
too, were found to be married, and not
infrequently fathers of one or two chill
dren. A law prohibiting marriage of
youths, liable to military service, before
the age of twenty-three, is under discus
sion.
THE st. Louis Cremation Society has
obtained from Gotha, in Germany, the
plans and specifications of the "colum-
barium - and crematory in that city.
The building and appurtenances cost
S22, 900, and the incineration of thirty
bodies has taken place in it during the
past eighteen months. The columbia
rum is building which receives the
urns containing the ashes. These urns
are furnished by the relatives of the de-
ceased, are thirteen inches high and fif-
teen wide, and may be deposited in the
columbarium for twenty years, after
which they are to be removed. The
total cost of cremation in Gotha is $3.50,
and the entire management of the Gre
matory, as well as the charge of the
oolumbarium, has been undertaken by
the municipal authorities of that city.
The st. Louis society is holding regular
meetings, keeping up correspondence
on cremation, and answering what are
called continental OhipctiOnq