Sharp County record., 1880-09-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

recently. He is Ile Illru DrOGuer lAdG
has died suddenly at the plow.
"A snake was killed on the farm of
w. H. Williams, Gwinnett County, Ga. I,
which had two feet with five toes, the
feet being shaped like those of a lizard
California millionaires are rated in
the tax lists there as follows: Charles
Crocker, S34 ,495, 458; Leland Stanford,
S34, ,643, 308, and Mrs. Mary F. S. Hop
kins. $25, ,2S0972.
The new "WebSter mansion" at
Marshheld, Mass, on the site of the old
and historic Webster mansion, which
was burned, is now nearly completed.
1t will cost about $4,000.
"A hollow old tree near the corner
of Broadway and Fiftieth Street, New
York, was cut down the other day, and
several large rattlesnakes were found
in it and quickly dispatched.
According to recent surveys of the
Great Salt Lake its greatest length is
ninety-three miles, while its greatest
width is forty three miles. The present
evaporation is about one inch per day
and tho influx of water through the
many rivers entering the lake is a little
more. AS soon as the snow in the hills
gives out the lake will begin to lower.
There is lady at Saratoga who
wears large diamond ring on each Of
her eight fnsers whenever she is seen,
whether at breakfast or by gaslight.
She also wears diamonds in her hair,
large solitaires in her ears and BRACE
lets aud pins set with these rare jewels.
She is suspected Of also having anklets
and garters clasped with diamonds, as
we'll as shoe-buckles.
On recent Sunday the church of
the Rev. Thomas X. Beecher, Elmira,
N. Y, was telephonically connected
with a newspaper office at WilliamspOrt
Pa, seventy-fve miles away, and por
ton of his sermon stenographically re-
ported for the paper. Nearly every
word of the speaker could be heard in
Williamsport and the music by the or
gan could be heard as plainly as if it had
been only fifty feet away.
"A notice is posted in the Office of
the Stockton House at Cape May to the
effect that "Guests accompanied by
dogs will be charged ten dollars per
week extra The cause of this notice
was the following order received by the
caterer of the hotel last week: " Please
send to room No. 800 for my dear little
Jupiter one tenderloin steak very rarely
broiled, cold chicken wing and pint
of new milk
Dora Young, favorite daughter of
the late Brigham Young, is in Chicago.
She is described as particularly attract
i've and handsome woman, with beau
tiful complexion and golden hair. She
dresses fashionably and in good taste.
She mas considerable property, secured
from her fathers estate by a successful
suit at law, and intends to enjoy it. Two
years ago she was Jealous Mormon,
but now she abominates the system and
has forsaken her old home and friends.
Senator Sharon, of Nevada, has re-
Gently secured the title to the Grand
Hotel property at San Francisco. He
already controls the Palace Hotel, which
stands on the other side Of the street.
Tomake one great hotel by uniting the
two hotels is now his plan. The divid-
ING street, some seventv-fiVe feet in
width, will be bridged by a massive iron
structure thirty feet from the pavement.
Suites Of rooms in both houses will be
made into connecting corridors and the
bridge will be rooted with glass and
windows put in to correspond with the
connected building.
Every now and then, says the
Springfield Republican, we hear some
thing about scores of American girls
studying music in Italian cities, being
for the most part silly creatures without
good note in their voices. When one
of them "comes OUT it is always with
an Italian name which doesn't fit her at
all, and which makes it necessary if
she ever sings in her own country to ex-
plain that Sgnora Simperini is really
Sarah Smith of Paquag. Here is Lillian
Norton. for instance, who q while ago
made debut at Milan as "Gilia Nor
dca," name not half so musical as
her own. A girl by any other name
may sing as sweet, but in spite of Ham
let's opinion we still call rose rose.
"A fossil forest has been discovered
in Oldham, England, in Edge Lane
! Quarry. The trees number about
twelve and some of them are two feet
in diameter. They are in good preser-
vation. The roots can be seen inter-
lacing the rock and the fronds of the
ferns are to be found imprinted on
every piece of stone. The discovery
has excited much interest in geological
circles round Manchester and the ''for-
est'' has been visited by large num-
Der of persons. The trees belong to
the middle coal measure period, al
though it has been regarded as some
what remarkable that no coal has been
discovered near them. The coal is
found about 250 yards beneath.
Cape May letter to Baltimore SIN:
1t is painful to see at a resort like this
the determined efforts of some half
grown boys and beardless youths to
initiate the habits and customs of men
of mature age. They smoke cigarettes
and sport miniature canes with all the
importance of real big men. They oc-
cupy prominent seats at all the public
assemblages and when in company of
young ladies outrival French dancing