The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

Hat Clubs 'iiN
The late Baron Haymerle. the Ans
TRAN Premier, spoke ten languages per
fectly. p0F-
Engagements are now published in
New York in the same matter-of.f fact
style as births, deaths and marriages
The German Emperor gave a we'd.
ding present of seven horses to b;s
grandson-in-law, Gustavus Adolphus,
OF Sweden and Norway.
Among the august personages pre.
sented to the Marquis of Lorne at tbe
grand pow-wow near Fort Macleod
was Eagle sitting on-a-rock-with- his.
tall-hanging-over.
Miss Katie thinner, of Portland
Oregon, has sued Mr.. and Mrs. 7 T.
Champlain for $4,000 DAMAGES fo,
SANDER, alleging that through the talk
OF the wife her engagement to be mar
ried was broken of.
"A young lady living just below Lake
Charles, La, was on the bank of the
Calcasieu, the other day, washing some
linen, when she was attacked bv an al.
ligator. Her cries brought assistance
and the monster was killed.
"A gentleman of Oswero. NY elaine
10 have discovered that horse chestnuts
are excellent food for mich COWS. He
has bought a large quantity at eicht
cents bushel, and dries and feeds
them. He says cattle eat them eagerly
and thrive upon them.
DIR. Arthur Edwards, of the Marin.
western Christian AdUocate, has returned
to Chicago after his bicycle ride through
England and the European Continent.
He made 1900 miles on the bicycle the
shortest days journey being eighteen
miles and the longest fiity-nine miles.
"A man named Parkhurst had DIES.
perate fight with squirrels near Sharbot
Lake, Ontario, few days since. He
seems to have come upon nest of them
and attacked one,. whereupon several OF
them jumped upon him and bit and
scratched him, especially on the face
and neck.
referring to the efforts of palace
sleeping car company of this country to
introduce their sleepers upon the large
English and European roads, DIR. Nor
ris, of Kentucky, states that in 1873 he
made two trips from Edinburgh to Lon
don, and was the only occupant of a
Pullman sleeper. The trains were very
long and crowded, but he was the only
passenger willing to spend two dollars
extra for comfortable ride OF 400
miles.
The apartments of the late Gear in
the Winter Palace have never been dis
turbed until now, when commission
has been appointed to attend to his af-
fairs. His family papers will be de-
stroyed, his state papers sent to the
archives, and made public only after
twenty years. His wardrobe will be
distributed among the charitable insti.
buttons of which he was q patron. 1t
is understood that his widow is making
large investments in America.
There is found in many localities in
Montana bird of the grouse species
known as the fool-bird or hen. 1t &C
quired its peculiar name from its tame
ness. The sight of an eagle or hawk
will drive it to a cover, while it has nc
more fear of the human face and form
than common barnyard fowl. It's
plumage is glossy and beautifully varie-
gated. A portion of its breast is OF
spotless white, and its back is not I'M
like the plumage of the mallard duck.
The meat is white and far superior to
that of any other fowl.
One Sunday in the summer some of
the men of vessel at anchor off Column
DO, Ceylon, went ashore in charge of
mate, and, while rambling in a wood,
one picked up a little monkey which
was playing at the foot of tree. Its
yell seemed to summon all monkeydom
Such chorus of angry chatter arose
that the mate cried, Make for the
boat" and the abductor, to make peace,
dropped his prize. One monkey fell
out of the phalanx to gather up its
darling in hasty embrace, but the rest
rushed forward, hurting sticks and
stones at the men as they pushed off.
Many of the men were hurt by the mis-
siles. ....--
Bob Oblenis, noted character of
st. Louis, died recently. He was the
son of a wealthy Presbyterian, and his
own conduct was above reproach until
he was forty years old. Then he killed
an enemy in the heat of passion, and
was sent to the penitentiary for twenty
years. His wife procured a residence
Immediately opposite the gubernatorial
mansion, and entreated every Governor
for her husbands pardon until the sew
enth finally granted it. Oblenis re-
turned home and became q gambler,
and amassed large fortune. His
death, which occurred at the age Of
seventy, followed seemingly devout
profession of Chris tianity.
-Inasmuch as competition in this
country is rather over active in the
drug trade, enterprising limbs of drug
gerry may like to know that France is
yearning for them. A correspondent
writes: "The dearth of druggists is ex-
traordinary. A place 1 often visit.
situated hardly twenty miles from the
capital, is surrounded by dozen popu-
lous villages, and at none can drugs be
bought. Summer visitors have to drive
six or seven miles to town to get pre-
scriptions made up" To supply this
CRYING want, the Minister of the In
terror has lately sent number OF medl-
cine chests to rural communes, for
which they pay forty dollars. One por-
ton is at the disposal of the doctor, the