The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

There ls one otncer 10 every ten
soldiers in the army.
An old offender, who has been in the
state prison several times, is a man Of
conviction.
The treasury OF the state of North
Carolina has funded between S5, 900, 900
and sc, 200, 900 Of old bonds in new four
per cents, bearing interest from July,
1880.
Subscriptions are beng obtained at
Augusta, Ga, for the formation of a
company, with capitol OF $500, 900 to
build new cotton mill, to be located
on the canal.
The culture OF frogs is quite an i'm
poItant industry in Illinois, where one
man has over an acre and a quarter of
land, on which he is breeding 300, 900
dozen of frogs Of all ages for the Chicago
and Cincinnati markets.
In China native pastor who carries
on Baptist church has recently bap-
tized one hundred and thirty converts.
About half of these are women. Thirty
or forty OF the women travelled fifty miles
in wheelbarrows to be baptized.
Atelegram received from Commander
Gorringe announces the discovery OF
Masonic emblems in the foundation Of
the obelisk at Alexandria, under the
pedestal on which it was set up by the
Romans. Drawings were made and the
emblems were preserved as they were
found.
There were nearly five hundred 'mys-
terious disappearances' in the Uuited
States lest year, and in many cases no
trace of the missing party was ever
found. In connecsion with these statis-
tics is the statement that large MAORI
ty OF those who disappeared and left no
clue behind were married mel.
G. Lopez, q cigar manufacturer in
Columbus, Ga, who is seventy-nine
years of age, has recently received from
Spain q letter from his father, who is
now 112 years old and still hale and
hearty. he served for forty years in
the armies of Spain, and is now retired
officer on a pension of $l25 month.
Mr.. Ernest Hart, the advocate OF
kitchen economy, gave in London
dinner recently. He had a clear soup,
roasted horrings with mustard sauce,
curried eggs, ecalloped lobster, beef
with beans, turnips with gravy sauce,
mince pie and an ice. The whole din
ner, which was excellent, cost for each
person sixteen cents.
Leadville, Col disps tch says party
of Western capitalists, headed by Col.
DIP. Dyer, of st. Louis, purchased,
yesterday, the Glass, the Pendary. and
the Rough and Ready No. 2 mines, three
Of the richest deposits yet developed in
that region, for s., 100000. This is the
largest sale of mining property that has
yet been made in Leadville.
The widow OF ex-President Tyler has
asked Congress for pension, on the
ground of the immense depression IN
the value OF her real estate, the mort
cages on her Northern property having
been foreclosed, and those on her
Southern property constantly troubling
her. She says: Il find have scarcely
ANYTHING whatever left to live upon
Mrs. Margaret Tumy, whose case has
created widespread interest, died in Gin
oinnati She lived full month with no
food excepting two beans. She believed
that her stomach was entirely gone, and
refused to take any sustenance. Her
last words, spoken almost lower than
breath, were, Bread Bread 7 When
it was offered to her, however, she re-
fused to take it.
A bridal party in st. Louis Justices
off 80 lacked the bridegroom. He had
ouarreled with the bride, and, after
waiting an hour after the appointed
time, she told her friends that probably
he did not mean 10 come at all. There.
upon an old admirer offered to take the
missing mans place. The woman hesi'
tated, but fifteen minutes of vigorous
courtship won her consent, and the
ceremony was performed.
As the New York ferry-boat Fulton
was entering the slip on the Brooklyn
side. William NJ. White an old expert.
enced pilot, fell dead at his post. He
was alone in the pilot house, and had
his death occurred five min utes later the
boat, with thousand passengers, would
have been in mid stream without q
pilot to direct the helm. The event has
created demand that there should be
two pilots on duty on ferry boats.
The Little Rock, Ark, Gazette says:
There is now living in Morrillton, Con.
way county, this state, a woman who
has been married fourteen times. She
is now sixty-fye years old. and, matri.
monially speaking, she has been
remarkably successful. Her fourteenth
husband is now living, but it ia not
known how soon he may drop of, and,
considering the epidemic that has ragged
among his predecessors, his position is
one of extreme danger.
A Boston paper says that in August
last dealer in that city sold $4,000
yards OF cloth to New York manufac.
turer of umbrellas. The cloth being
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