Sharp County record., 1881-01-20
MISCELLANEOUS.


husband.
A Harvard student was fned sl5
and costs in the police court at Cam
bridge, Mass, for carrying away a gro
GERS sign.
Drunkenness is spreading so much
in Germany that a new measure for its
punishment and prevention is being pre-
pared for presentation to the Imperial
Parliament.
"A San Francisco merchant SAYS that
he picks up from six to dozen pistol
bullets on his fiat roof every year, a
striking illustration of the number of
chance shots fired in the city.
"A bat found in the Bakersfield
(Cal.) Courthouse measured twenty
inches from the tip of one wing to the
other, and its body was five and one
half inches long from the tip of the nose
to the extremity of the tail.
David Davis smokes a big meer-
schaum pipe with very long stem.
Hannibal Hamlin caresses cOb-pipe
with a very short stem. Sometimes,
however, he INDUCES in the extrava.
gance and luxury Of fve-cent cigar.
BY the sumptuary laws of Pekin no
subject of the Chinese Emperor can use
sedan chair without His Majesty'9
special permission. Exceptions are made
in favor of foreign representatives,
bridal parties and funerals.
The committee of the Spinners
Association of Fall River, Mass, offer
reward of twenty-five dollars to any
minor or woman who viii give testi-
mOny that will convict any corporation
of violation of the ten-hOur law. They
claim that violation of the law is quite
general with the manufacturers, while
the latter deny it.
AT the recent election in a Connec-
ticut town clergyman put his ballot
for Representative into his vest pocket
with other papers. When the return of
the town was made up it read as follows:
John NJ. Smith Repl.................... ....1Ol
William Richmond (Deml................... 50
Mrs. Anderson desires the prayers OF the
congregation for her husband, gone to sea. l
The fact that the number of regis
tered female voters in Boston is 2l7 less
this year than it was in 1879 attracts
some attention and various excuses are
given for it. Mrs. Stone of the KOm-
ans Journal, says: Probably the fail
ure to elect any woman on the school
committee last year has had depress-
ING effect Then we had no tOrchlights,
no flags, no newspaper leaders to en-
courage us. Why, if we had one third
the appeals to do our duty, to rally at
the polls and to save the country that
the men have, we should show a great
increase in registration instead of afall-
nc off. y
Two officers belonging to the gar
rison of Klausenburg, in Hungary, hav-
ing taken offense at something that had
appeared in the newspaper, the Elem
ze6, proceeded to the residence of the
editor and attacked him with their
swords. They struck at him right and
LETT, wOunding him severely on the head,
neck, arms and hands. They then fled,
taking refuge from the inturated crowd
! in neighboring house. A detachment
Of soldiers came to their rescue, and had
| to keep the people at bay with drawn
bayonets. Five OF the latter were more
or less seriously wounded in the scuffle.
/ Toward night the excitement amongth the
population became threatening, and at
tachments of cavalry patrolled the town
every quarter of an hour.
The story of the Ameer Of Afghan
| istans murder appears to have arisen
from his having made too prolonged a
stay in the house of a lady to whom he
is betrothed. All business was at
stand-Still, no one knowing what had
| become of him. Rumors Of his death
then began to spread. and acquired such
strength that he was obliged to ride in
state through the streets of the city to
dispel them. He is said to have angered
his tribe by marrying or permitting the
marriage Of two of the late Ameer Shere
/ Ais widows to men of inferior race,
which is a bitter insult to naughty
people.
1t seems that the rabbi teacher of a
Sabbath-school in Washington was anx-
ious to secure full attendance of his
confirmation class on the then approach
ing SheJu0h festival and urgently re-
| quested that none be absent without
| good and sufficient cause. After the
holiday the rabbi accosted q bright
| blaCk-eved little daughter Of Judah"
with the inquiry, "Why were you not
in the synagogue yesterday?' After {
twisting in her mouth for some mo-
ments the end of dubiously clean
apology for pocket-handkerchief,
Kebecca, with downcast look, replied, .
because my hat was not clean, sir"
mot cleanPn said the rabbi, somewhat !
sternly. Don't you know that God =
cares not for outward appearances, that !
He looks to that which is of infinitely |
more Importance that which is with :;
in?" But" quickly interrupted the
seyen-year-ol matron as perfect solu- :,
tiOn of the difficulty, "the lining was =
dirty too" And that settled the con- 7,
troYersy without further argument. =
The Peanut Club,