Sharp County record., 1880-08-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

Mrs. Lockwood, the lawyer-like
lady of Washington, says she has been
married twice, and has never asked her
husbands Tor a dollar of money.
The "oldest inhabitant" of Los
Angeles County, Cal, is Jose A. Luce
70, a native Mexican. He presents a
certificate of baptism which shows him
to be III years old and he has resided
in California ninety years.
-General Robert Toombs is one of
the best farmers in Georgia. He made
this year $50 bushels of white rust
proof wheat on eleven acres of land.
He gave 100 bushels, worth $40 a
bushel, to the State, for distribution
among the farmers of Georgia, to SOW
for the next crop.
Thomas Bullock, tinman, was
charged at Walsal Police Court, in En-
gland, with having assaulted his wife,
because she raised her foot against his
dog, which had stolen his breakfast.
He said that no woman should beat his
dog. He was sentenced to twenty-One
days hard labor, to his great surprise.
This tough one is from the Reno
New Gazette: In illustration of the
cunning of grasshoppers rancher says
that when they have a wide ditch to
cross, and cannot fly, the insects bite
off blades of grass, carry them to the
water, use them as RATS, and paddle
across with their hind legs.
"A. NJ. Norcross, of Norwich, Conn,
is in dilemma as to how he shall vote
in the coming Presidential election.
He finally decides the matter by setting
two hens with twelve eggs each. One
he has dedicated to Hancock and the
other to Garfield, and the hen Matching
the greatest number Of chickens will
decide his vote.
"A fortune teller, being called as
witness in an arson case, at Eaton, Ohio,
refused to testify, on the ground that
what she knew on the subject had been
cOnfded to her as a professional secret.
The court ruled against her, and her
testimony convicted the prisoner, who
had privately confessed his crime to her
in order to gain her advice.
Miss Nelson. the actress, passed
last Fourth of July at California re-
treat with friend, and ordered lunch
con. The only walters on hand were
Cinnamon, whom the landlord did not
wish to force upon his guests. Ayoung
lady visitor at the hotel the daughter
of the wealthiest publisher in Califor-
mia, volunteered as waitress, and Miss
Nelson, without knowing her, gave her
fee of half a dollar and thanked her.
AT Ellenville, Ulster County, (NY.)
Frederick Barnard, aged nine years,
was drowned in the canal The boy
rode big Newfoundland dog into the
water and fell off The dog dived twice
into the water for the boy, but as the
latter had no clothing failed to rescue
him. The dog gave warning and the
body was recovered. A few days be-
fore the dog had rescued boy by seiz-
ing his hand with his mouth. IL
- Ot.ur epc.~-oIa mill I.- 1@r5q I
young'woman was crossing Main Street
in Paterson, N. j., just as tobacco
wagon was coming around the corner
of Van Houten Street. The young lady
narrowly escaped being run over. She
escaped that, but one of the shafts Of
the wagon went straight through her
wealth of back hair and she was lifted
from her feet and carried, screaming,
for some distance, before the horse
could be stopped and she released from
her unpleasant position. She was not
injured in the least. She did not wear
false hair, or the curious accident might
not have happened.
The correspondent of the London
Guardian, referring to the enjoyment
of summer life in Paris among the
working classes, says: 1.-The best and
most distinctive characteristic of all the
popular assemblages in France is still
one is glad to say, the absence OF coarse
ness, and above all, of drunkenness.
Thousands and tens of thousands of
people poured out of Paris yesterday to
Versailles, whittier Grandes Faux by
day and illuminations Of the fountains
by night attracted them. But rudenesS
and riot are unknown and mainly be-
cause sobriety is still the rule. Here
on the other hand, scarcely week
passes without the record of some
brutal row on an excursion boat"
"A Japanese training ship has ar
rived on the Pacific Coast. 1t has crew
of 327, full complement of officers
thirty cadets, all graduates of the Naval
College at Toxic The cadets are all
young men of high family and speak
English. All the commands are given
in English. The cadets make four an
nual cruises, and are then examined in
navigation, after which ordeal, if salts
factorily passed, they are assigned as
first-class midshipmen to the various
ships of the navy. During these ,
cruises the cadets are required to take
daily at nine a. M, and to 4
make the calculations on their observa- !
tions each afternoon. The gun-deck of
the training-ship carried ten pieces. 1t ..
was in the finest order. all the brasses ,,
beng highly polished and the floor as !
neat and clean as wax. The whole ves-
sci compares favorably in appearance :
with any of the same class in the English
or American navy. They are progressive
fellows, those Japs, and sometimes set
people to thinking whether the Star Of
Empire is not, indeed going too far