The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Baron Rothschild left $500. 900. COO
I'm England they are just beginning
10 use the word caucus" imported
from America.
General Burnside's estate was so
heavily encountered that his heirs Will
will get nothing.
Prof. Ring is building another large
balloon on novel principal, with which
further to test the easterly current. y
"A man was made in an instant bald
headed forever. in Mobile, by the ex-:
plosion of q firecracker in his hat. IT.
was the work of his playful son.
The Canadians have a very big
scheme on hand. 1t is no less than the
construction of railway to Hudson's
Bay from Winnipeg, and utilizing the
bay as an outlet for shipments to Eu-
rope.
An account of Chicago fuaeral
saws that the burial casket Twas made
to conform as far as possible with the
comforts the occupant was wont to sur
round himself with in the house he has
left.''
"A Nashville paper is responsible for
the statement that the people of Ten
nessee paw Sl,OOO.OO0 per annum for
snuff, an article which is used by all
classes of society in the South. Our
Nashville merchant sold $500, 600 worth
of snuff last year.
The Cape Ann (Mass.) Adcertiser
understands that q Gloucester lady Who.
while in Boston some years ago. found
and restored to its owner q pocketboOk
containing valuable papers. has just
been left 800. 900 by the will of the gen.
tleman in question.
The will of Gerhart Bechtel. of
Berks County, Pa. just filed. contained
this remarkable provision: THAT fur
Their disinherit and prohibit from par
ticipatlon in the distribution of MY es-
tate such of my male descendants as
persist in wearing moustaches."
Lionel S. Sackville- West, the new
" appointed Minister Plenipotentiary of
Great Britain, is described by the Phila-
delphia Times las medium sized, En-
glish looking gentleman. with partial
iy bald head and full beard and whis-
kers already quite gray"
"A veteran matchmaker at Vouvry,
Switzerland. claims to have invented q
process by which watches will run for
years without winding up. A sealed
box containing two watches intrusted to
the municipal authorities ON January
10, 1879. has Just been opened and the
watches were found going.
"A number of Governors were
weighed the other day at Atlanta, Ca,
Governor Hoyt. of Pennsylvania,
weighed 2l8 pounds: Governor Bige-
low, of Connecticut, 1851; Governor
Colquitt. of Georgia. l76; Governor
Blackburn, OF Kentucky. 223! and Gov
ernor Vance, of North Carolina, 203.
A Philadelphian's scheme for en-
riching himself was to secretly marry
an heiress who was almost idiotic,
charge her to tell nobody of the occur
renee, and wait until she should die,
when he would claim share OF. her
estate. She told her mother of the
marriage, however, and. by means of
q legally appointed commission. the
contract has been declared void by
reason of her mental disability.
The St. James Gazette, in an article
on Scotch shooting, asserts that S. MIR.
Winans, an American sportsman who
slaughters deer on scientific principles.
pays Lord Lovat S25, 900 for the forests
of Glenstrathferan and Culegrain, in
addition to which ne hires eight neigh
boring shootings in this and the ada
cent county-which makes the largest
game preserve in the country, and
brings his annual rent up to $50,
The famous spring of boiling water
in the middle basin of Hells' Half Acre.
in the Yellowstone region, has lately
become still more wonderful as gey-
ser. Four or five times every twenty
four hours it discharges great column
of water, freighted with stones and OBJ
scured by dense volume of steam.
The hollow formation for hundreds of
yards around the orifice trembles under
the upheaval, and the water is thrown
to height of hundred feet.
"A man had curious race for life
near Meriden. Conn. He swallowed a
large dose of morphine, intending sui
eide, but quickly changed his mind and
started for the nearest physician, who
was two miles away. He felt the dan
gerous drowsiness stealing over him,
and ran with all his might. The exer-
else kept him awake. but his mouth be-
came parched. his eyes filmy and his
strength less. He stopped to pray, but
an instant of delay warned him that,
unless he depended on miraculous help,
there was no time to be lost on his
knees. He at length stumbled into the
Doctors Office and fell senseless on the
floor, but was saved by energetic treat
ment.
"A project for establishing a coffee
house in Boston, long discussed. has at
last taken form, and such men as Gov
ernOr Long, James Freeman Clark,
Bishop Paddock, Philip Brooks and Ed
ward Everett Hale have united with
number of prominent and wealthy bust
ness men to establish the enterprise
upon a secure basis. It is the intention
of the projectors to make the coffee
house more attractive than any grog