Iron County register., 1880-04-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

1t is stated that the travelling ex-
penses Of the Egyptian obelisk to this
country are to be betrayed by William
H. Vanderbilt.
-Newburyport, Mass, sends the only
American vessels now engaged in cod
fishing on the Labrador coast. The Lab
rador fisheries commenced at Newbury-
port in 1879, and has been kept up to the
present time.
Near Conyers, Ga, a dog entered a
flock of sheep and had killed three of
them, when an old ram came up and
butted him to death. The owner of the
dog has entered suit for 800 damages,
and his neighbor has entered counter
suit for the value of the three sheep.
The Empress of Austria has pas
sion for dogs as well as horses, and has
them Of all the rarest breeds. They say
some of her pet dogs sleep in her bed
room, and plates are ranged near the
walls with the favorite food of each.
One of her favorites and tall negro
footman always accompany her in her
daily walks.
French flats are growing in popu-
larity in New York. Many of them are
very handsome, and the rent is often as
much as the rent of cozy little house.
Living in a fiat is in some respects less
expensive than living in an Independent
dwelling. There is special saving in the
matter of hired help, one servant being
sufficient where two would be needful in
house.
AN American lady in Paris, anxious
to inaugurate novel entertainment, hit
upon the idea of " soap-bubble party"
The guests found tables furnished with
soap and warm water, and clay pipes
gayly bedecked with ribbons, and they
WED with each other in the agreeable
pastime of blowing bubbles. The more
serious business of eating and dancing
followed.
Charles Holbrook, of Orange, VT,
heard a noise about his door and, upon
going there, found man and woman,
who handed him a girl baby apparently
about two weeks old, with plenty Of
clothing and fifty dollars in money.
They told him to keep the child and they
would be back in year, take it, and
give Mr.. Holbrook $500 more.
The policeman's life is not a happy
one in Japan, especially if he happens in
the discharge of his duty to arrest law
breaking Prince in disguise. To the
average American it seems hard lines
that the japanese policeman who ar
rested Prince Henry, Kaiser Wilhelm's
grandson, while he was violating pro-
prietary rights incognito, should be dis
missed the service and fined.
The Australian papers report the
performance of remarkable journey
across the continent from north to south.
Three Europeans started from Burke
town, on the Gulf of Carpentaria, with
200 head of cattle, and have succeeded |
in bringing them to Adelaide in good
They travelled in nearly a |
straight line from point to point, tho |
journey taking six months
The repulsed and therefore despe-
rate lover OF Mdlle. Paula, performer |
in a minor theater in Paris, swallowed |
poison while looking at her from a box,
and died on the spot The actress was |
known to have treated him badly and
when she next appeared on the stage she
was greeted with groans and misses, and
a wreath of immortelles was thrown to
her as tribute to the dead lover. She
lied from the indignant audience.
The La Plata (Col.) Miner tells of
q Mr.. Roberts, who interviewed some
Navajoes, who had been visiting the Ute
camp. They said the Utes were making
great preparations for war; buying guns,
making arrows, etc. When
asked if they were going to fight they
replied that they did not know. When
[gnacio came back from Washington he
would tell them what to do, and they
would do as he said.
Burlington, Iowa, has a stick of
wood, the heart of which is peculiar.
The wood is hickory, the main body Of
he wood being light colored and the
leart dark colored. Upon one side of
he disc is plain representation of the
read of a calf; upon the other side fair
outline of pear. The ears. eyes, nos
rils and general contour of the head of
he calf arc quite natural, and the shad-
ng of the picture is excellent. 1t is .
are freak of nature
The Lancet has the record of case
n which man thought he had swal-
owed his false teeth-a complete set Of
nolars. He was nearly suffocated, as
hey lodged in his throat. A doctor
ried to dredge them out with hooks;
'ut the spaSms were so severe he could
ot do it. A second physician was tele-
.raphed for, and found the patient al
most dead. But, instead of looking in
he throat, he looked on the top of a
hest of drawers, and there he found the
eeth. The patient suddenly recovered.
ome cases of hydrophobia are doubtless
aused in the same way, by imagination.
DIR. Summerhill, who lives near Ii
nesta. Forest County, Pa, was driving
ITO town, accompanied by an invalid
elative, some days ago, and when pass
lg through dense clump of bushes a
rrge black bear sprang into the road in
'ont of his team, which became panic
tricken and overturned the vehicle,
pillng the driver and his companion
ito the highway. The bear rushed upon
,em and terrible fight ensued, the
octor having only an iron-bound whiffle-
zee for defense. His wife heard the dis
lrbance. and came out with a gun and ,
le dogs. and ended the fight Just as DIR.
had about given up from
xhaustiOn. T