The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06

a bantam rooster does dnly rs Il
Watchman in Il feed store in Indian,
apolis, Ind.
A Peoples Church has been organ,
lied in Chicago by the Rev. Dr.
Thomas, who was turned out of Il
Methodist pulpit for umorthodoX
preaching.
Five years ago over {, 900, 900 croquet
sets We're sold in this country Last
year the sale was less than 10000 sets.
The tempers of the people have i'm
proved in proportion.
The recently discovered cave at
Crystal Hill, Pa, is being explored
with some success by DIR. Porter, Of
Lafayette College, in search Of cyl
dences ofan American prehistoric man.
Sevenly-1ive Harvard students in
| terrupted 4 performance in the Boston
Theatre by their noise. Their leader
had little bell, which he rang as Il
signal for the applause to begin or
end, and between the acts they sang
college songs. The audience at length
Kissed them soundly, and they We're
quieted by threat to call in the police.
There was Il clearing out of the out
laws in the Newcastle region in Ken
lucky three years ago. Six Of the
offenders We're hanged by lynchers,
but Jack Simmons, the worst of the
gang, escaped from his pursuers in the
mountains, and was not atterward
seen. 1t was supposed that he had
made his way out Of the State. The
opening of II cave was recently dis
covered, and within was the skeleton
of Simmons. LAY on Il bed of straw,
where he is presumed to have died Of
IL wound received during his flight
from the mob, and by his side was
tin box full of booty.
Mary Pyatt rejected John X. Ar
nold's offers of marriage for long
time at Kimberly, p, but he was
persistent, and at length she con-
sented. There was Il great wedding,
and the couple went Off on a tour.
After a week the bride returned to
her home, declaring that she had no
recollection of anything between her
last refusal of Arnold and her awaken
ing to find, to her great surprise and
displcasure, that she was his wife.
She insists that she was out of her
mind during the interval, and de-
clines to even see her husband.
A cave in Eastern Tennessee is two
miles in length, and has openings at
both ends. The owners of the ground
around each entrance charged for the
admission and acted rs guide for their
visitors. Their rivalry led to serious
fights in the cave, for each held the
other to he 4 trespasser. Then one of
the contestants hit upon novel and
effective means of running the others
business. II sunk a shaft 50 as to ad-
nit a large stream in the cave ut about |
the center, and rs there was an incline |
in Il favorable direction, the water
poured out at the enemy's portal, /
while his own was unobstructcd. The /.
matter is to be made the subject of Il /
lawsuit.
4 miner had a wonderful ride in a
tin pan in Colorado. Being at the top
of Il mountain, and desiring to get to .
the bottom of the valley, he knew that /
"A tedious and circuitOus walk of fifteen .
miles was necessary by the ordinary .
route while the distance straight down .
the snOw-cOvcred incline was only .
three. lie had such pan as miners .
use i'm wasting out gold. Squattlng .
down in this, away he went faster and .
faster, until the solder of the vehicle .
was melted 10y friction, and he was
almost insensible from loss of breath.
But the trip was quickly over with
lut any mishap, and the passenger
now declares that he enjoyed the lrIp' .