The Hickman courier., 1882-10-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A most delightful paradox: Girls
are prettiest at all seasons of the year
NeU Orleans PicdytEHe.
-Twenty-one canary birds, three-quar-
ters of a cord of wood and four cans rasp-
berry Jam were replevined by an injured
Illinois husband from his wife, who had
gone to her Chicago Herald.
The explosion of kerosene lamp
At Plymouth, Me-, did not hurt Mrs.
Miles much, and the loss of toe dress
which she wore was of small account;
but in a burned pocket was 81 300 in
paper money! Y. Sun.
"A ragged tramp complained in a
Washington police court a few days ago
that he, while asleep in park had been
robbed of pair of Henry Claws panta-
looms. which he had been keeping as a
memento of that great man. JVaShing-
ton Star.
A woman witness in Louisville
court suddenly surprised the examining
counsel by saying: believe me,
| didn't mean to tell story just now, but
| | do want to take something back that
/ have Just said. l was frightened -
! Courier Journal.
Among the Piute Indians near Aus
tin, Nevada, is q one-legged boy, other
wise perfectly formed. He was born
! that way. The leg is strong and sym
metrical,. and so attached to the trunk
that when standing erect the boy tlnds
no difficulty in maintaining his equilib-
rum. - Chicago Herald.
Some of the peculiarly desIa mated
clues of New York are: The Tripe
| Club - The Ancient Order of Egyp-
! tian Monks" The Honorable Order OF
| f. Campus Nitas,'' The Noble Order
of Guinea Witches > .'The Wizoons oil
| Gotham" etc, etc They are all
stuffed clubs after meetings.
! "A physician writes the Concord IN.
| H.) Monitor an account of the sufferings
| of a lady in Chester who is slowly
dying from having swallowed eight pins
which she placed in her mouth Novem-
Der Is, 1881. Several were extracted
| from her throat, but the majority of the
! pins remain and are causing her intense
! pain. The surgeons are unable to afford
relief.
While a cripple named Divine, liv-
! ing in Montgomery, Orange County, \.
Y, was STOPPING over a fence to gather
some catnip growing on the other side,
his crutehes slipped from under him and
| he fell with his neck wedged between
two pickets on the fence. He choked tc
death and his lifeless body was found
hanging on the fence the next day.
One large oyster stew, a large steak
a dish of fried potatoes, two ears of corn
three fried eggs, three lamb chops, disf
of stewed chicken, two cups of coffee,
two pieces of pie, loaf of bread anc
half pound of crackers constituted thu
dinner of New York man. OF what
the man was constituted depOnent saitf
not, but the man was engaged on anoth
er half pie when the observer left.-N
y. Mail
AT dance at Calabasas, Arizona
Jim Smith shot and killed the floor man
ager who Announced quadrille when
i Smith wanted a waltz, The next day h'
shot and killed another man who had
dared to say that the deceased had no
been given fair show In the word.
of the Tombstone Epitaph; a At last ac
counts Mr.. Smith was a prominent anC
respected citizen of Calabasas, with moth
ing TO mar his pleasures, sports and
| pastimes.n
Not even the cottage where GarfielC
/ breathed his last speaks more eloquentll
/ this autumn at Long Branch than the
/ lofty new house of William Garrison
upon the only hill there, where the las
scion of a great fortune made his brie
/ dwelling. and in a morning perished
4 leaving to survive him strong old mar
/ whose white hairs tell the pain of half {
| century's labor, and no son on whom tC
| confer the increase.-N. \. Tribune.