The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26
NEWS AND NOTES.


The authorities ali agree that the whea
crop Of the United States this year is tht
largest we have ever had, the yield anC
quality being unsurpassed.
a Texas elopment party was made up Of
three couples, ranging in age from Is to 2C
years. One pair, was composed of daugh
ter of the editor of the Waco Examiner
and the daughter of the Episcopal pastor at
tIat place. They fed to the Indian nation,
and got married all at time.
Searches for arms in IrslIs0d are generally
fruitless. The weapons, ll CREASED, are
wrapped in what may be cAled waterproof
paper, and buried in a titled field, the own
er alone knowing the precise spot, as a crop
is grown upon it.
Two Michigan girls went bathing in Lake
Huron, and had fun riding on a log at first;
but wind blew them several miles from
the shore, and for thirty-six hours they were
burned by day, chilled by night, and tor
tured by hunger, before boat picked them
up.
Five thousand miles of main track were
laid on 179 railroads of the United States
during the first six months of this year
really about three aud half working
months. During the corresponding period
of last year two thousand miles were laid,
and at that time the record of no similar
period in previous years had reached even
that amount. Texas heads the list among
States with over seven hundred miles Of
new track.
Married-At Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Means,
three feet and half high, to Mis- Harri-
son, three feet high.
Knute Knutson, noted in northern Wis
consin for the great size of his feet, utilized
them to kick a wolf to death.
An Ohio physician dug seven graves for
a like number of his patients, but was sent
to an insane asylum before he could kill the
intended victims.
A letter-writer at Alexandria, woman,
gives highly romantic explanation of the
Egyptian question. Her story is that Arabi,
early in his career fell madly in love with
an Egyptian girl, the daughter of fellah i
but the unscrupulous Ismail, then Khedive,
also took fancy to the girl, and had her
carried off to his harem without even say
ing "by your leave" He tried to pacify
the luckless Arabi by making him Beg,
but Arabi never forgaye the injury, and
from that moment vowed dire vengeance
upon Ismail and all his family.
Bishop Levi Scott, the senior Bishop OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church of the
United States, died at his home near 0des-
sa, Del, aged so years.
In the last ten years there have been A.
900 new farms opened in Arkansas, which is
an average of COO new farms in ten years to
each county.
Silver was first coined in Rome in the
year of the city 4s4, FIVE years before the
first Punic war. Gold coin was first struck
in SAG.
Eight clergymen preached simultaneous
ly in the Eastern Penitentiary, Philadel-
phia, last Sunday to invisible audiences.
This prison is conducted on the principle of
solitary confinement Each prisoner has
his own lonely CELL These cells open on
eight corridors, radiating from an octagonal
centre. The preachers stood at the outer ends
of the corridors, and could be heard by the |
occupants of the cells in their several sec
tious A group of officials and reporters in
the middle of the prison experienced the
novel sensation of listening to eight ser
mons at once.
On her wedding day, an Indiana girl
wrote a letter, sealed it in an envelope, and
gave it to an intimate friend. "If l am
alive six months from now," she said, /
"give this back to me unopened. If Lam
dead, read it." On the day that the half
year expired, the bride committed suicide.
and the enclosure was found to be a state
ment that she expected no joy from the
marriage but was willing to give it trial
before deciding to take her own life.
Alonzo D. Mccarthy, young lawyer Of
Decatur, Ind, had great difficulty in win
ming Miss Rhodes for a bride. She loved
him, but feared that his habit Of frequent
intoxieation would make him sot, and
would only consent to marry him on his
solemn promise Of total abstinence. On the
day appointed for the wedding he committed
suicide, leaving letters to explain that he
could not keep his pledge, and would die
rather than break it.
Two Indiana farmers quarrelled about
wrench, and went to Law. The costs of
court and counsel fees have reached 81, zoe,
both litigants have mortgaged their prop
erty to raise the money. and the case Is
continued.
Hope is like the sun. which, as vel