Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

penses of the Egyptian obelisk to this
country are to be betrayed by William
III. Vanderbilt. :. &.
Near Conyers, Ca, q 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 300 damages,
and his neighbor has entered q counter
suit for the value of the three sheep.
"A large garspike was recently caught
in a net in a creek near Auburn, N. j.
1t is of peculiar shape, having long,
bony proboscis something like that of
sword-fish. 1t is seldom found in that
part of the country, chiefly inhabiting
Southern lakes and rivers.
Frank Doll, fve-year-old boy of
Mexican County, Pa, was amusing him.
self with some matches and an old pow
der keg, the other day, in the upper
room of his home. There was just enough
powder left in the keg to blow the roof
of the house off and mangle the boy SO
that he died in short time. q
The Empress of Austria has pas
sion for dogs as well as horses, and has
them of ali 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 a tall negro
footman always accompany her in her
daily walks. 1
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 a 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 a novel entertainment, hit
! upon the idea of a. soap-bubble party
| The guests found tables furnished with
soap and warm water, and clay pipes
| gavly bedecked with ribbons, and they
We'd Sied 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 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 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
condition. They travelled in nearly a
straight line from point to point, the
journey taking six months.
"A Russian visiting London asserted
lately that Siberian towns are the only
towns in Russia where intellectual minds
can freely enjoy intellectual society.
There alone can men speak freely. On
that account he preferred Siberia to any
other place in his country, and meant to
return to it. To exiles it is of course de-
testable, if merely from the fact that
their residence in it is compulsory.
The repulsed and therefore despe-
rate lover of Mdlle. Paula, performer
in a minor theater in Paris, swallowed
poison while looking at her from 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 Kisses, and
wreath of immOrtelles was thrown to
her as tribute to the dead lover. She
fled from the indignant audience.
The La Plata (Col.) Miner tells OF
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,
ammunition, making arrows, etc. When
asked if they were going to fight they
replied that they did not know. When
Ignacio came back from Washington he
would tell them what to do, and they
would do as he said.
Burlington, Iowa, has a stick o
wood, the heart. of which is peculiar
The wood is hickory, the main body o.
the wood being light colored and the
the disc is plain representation of tht
|
outline of pear. The ears, eyes, nos
trils and general contour of the head o
the calf are quite natural, and the shad
ing of the picture is excellent. 1t is 1
rare freak of nature.
There is talk of constructing
crystal palace in the Park of St. Cloud
near Paris. The ruins of the old palac,
would be removed, and on its site woult
arise a handsome structure surmountedb b,
acostly dome and containing conservato
ries, gigantic aquarium, a panorama
museums of science and art, and thea
ter. Model farms would also be estab
lished in the immediate neighborhood
) and there would be pigeon-shooting ant
other pleasure grounds.
The Lancet has the record of cas-
, in which a man thought he had swal
lowed his false teeth-a complete set o
molars. He was nearly suffocatcd, a
: they lodged in his throat A docto
tried to dredge them out with hooks
but the spasms were SO severe he coul
i, not do it. A second physician was tele
graphed for, and found the patient al
most dead. But, instead, of looking il
the throat, he looked on the top of
chest of drawers, and there he found tn
teeth. The patient suddenly recovered
Some cases of hydrophobia are doubles
caused in the same way, by imagination
, DIR. Summerhill, who lives near II
onesta, Forest County, Pa, was drivin
into town, accompanied by an invali
, relative, some days ago, and when pass
, ing through dense clump of bushes
: large black bear sprang into the road I
, front of his team, which became panic
J stricken and overturned the vehicle
spilling the driver and his cop1panio
into the highway. The bear rushed upo
them and terrible fight ensued, th
doctor having only an iron-bound whiffis
; tree for defense. His wife heard the dii
. turbance, and came out with gun an
4 the dogs, and ended the fight just as d.
. Summerhill had about given up fro1
s exhaustion.
The London Graphic says: :" Ever
boy and girl in Elizabeth's time had I
!. learn a trade or calling, and the male n
manned in apprenticeship till twenty
> four, and the female till twenty-on'
Now, in manufacturing towns especial,
I lads go into the iron works and factori6
and earn at thirteen nine or ten shilling
a week At seventeen or eighteen the