Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1880-11-13
The Wit Of the National Press.

Indian joaquin Gomez, who killed =
Spanlari at Gilroy. about two weeks
ago. i breathing the yapors of a dun
reo1 in county Jail. The following
description OF him has been entered on
the iailer's record: Joaquin Gomez
Charge, manslaugh height. 5 feet
y inches; weie hit, l6o pounds native
California Indian age. about Is wears:
occupation. vaIuer, and herder: hair
black and coarse, whiskers, black
features, square; nose. medium large
teeth, extra good chin, broad: build
heavy->et; manner, very quiet marks,
two scars OF knife-cuts on the left hip
two inches long; scare of kni.e-cut in
the centre of the forehead also on+
over the left eye, one through the left
no>tr'l, one on the under lip and on,
at the corner Of the lett eye, four scar.
81 knife cuts on the inside of each thigh
near the knee-joint also divers scars
OF knl.e-culs on his breast, four scars o
KNIFE or bullet wounds oM the right
hip, situated in the form Of a s,uar4
and three moles on the right side q
the neck.
a FACT IN AsTRoNonfY.-You
Mr. I4t'ehc:rs was sitting on the porcl
ihe other night watching a 17-,ear-ol,t
girl trying to keep awake long enough
to see the morning star rise. They
talked astronomy. wish I was
STAR he said, smiling at his owl
poetic fancy. II would rather yo,
were comet" she said, dreamily
His heart beat tun ultuously. An
why?'' he asked tenderly, ut the sam,
time taking her hands in his own
and why?' he repeated, imperious
ly. ''Oh,'' she said, with bro,din
earnestne>s that fell upon IFS soul Iik,
a bare foot upon an oiIcloth, "becaus.
then YOU would only come around once
every fifteen hundred years.' He dio
not say anything until he was halt
way to the front-gate, when he turned
around and shook his fist at the ho{,se
and muttered between his teeth tha
it would be a laundering sight Ion
ger than that before he came arouno
again But 10y that time the poo,
girl was in bed and sound asleep.
SOMETHING no FELLER CAN FIND
OUT.-Cole's = circus was packed yester
day with women who wanted to SET
the baby monkey The monkey
mother sat there with its dimjnutiv,
in its arms, holding it lust a.
a human mother would have done ana
nursing IT, Anybody knows how :.
monkey looks, with a dwarfish. BEN
up body and face like q British tourist
but baby monkey is simply the .arn,
hldeou, thing condensed and intensi-
fled. Yet in theslittle, meagre feature
IT the child monkey the women. q.
usual, saw more bea au,y than eve,
Raphael crowded into the features O
his Madonna. + Oh do look. = Ain,
II just lovtlyo' How cunning
: On my. did you ever see the like ."
how | wish it Waa mine " "Wha,
do they cost - Isn't il lust charm.
ing Right alongside the monke,
~ ano'htr cage, was Il boa constructor.
ior'S 'ett long. a. 1.-the aud graceful a.
c"uid oe Well Imagined. with a bod,
Who's. MARKINGS and continuation ~
''ior> rifalled the rain bow. yet he wa.
'tttd Nasty thing. by the admir-
er- "f the monkey Who can ex
piahh the ciarnn monkeys exerci-.
over women - Er.
1BrDki. !. boy. who spent some six
IIbnihe IN tie Black Hills. s,rucs
home Last week and sau,tere4i m Ful.
ton street. He was dressed in ante,ore
SKIN shirt, pair Of blaekta tail deer akin
rantalonns. beaded ns.c. a-ins and a
white fel, hat with brirn like a wa,o,,
wheel. he wandered into a .aloon
thumr+-i his fi-' on the counter and
no~lesi for Tan Juice with q gli.,@,.
i''1 ~ VIII yer Jtne ne. stranger"
ne >sia Q tiEee or foug gentlemen cit
'10S a 1~oIe. adding a. they heai-