The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

who was so slow that he could not get
out of his own way.
Some of the Catholic priests of Of
iowa have declared against marrying
persons after dark.
1t is said there are eleven nuns in
the Hotel Dieu Convent, Quebec. who
have each completed over fifty years in
the sisterhood.
Three physicians of Portland, Me-,
certified that one Mrs. Pennell was in
sane. She didn't happen to be, however,
and has sued them for heavy damages.
"A poetical correspondent of the
Portland argus, in panegyrie on Peter
Cooper, pronounce the old man g a
beautiful dimple on the face of society"
-"When Twas young" remarks
celebrated physician, 81 had fifty reme-
dies for every disease. Now lind fifty
diseases for which have no remedy"
The Massachusetts Legislature is
seeking for a new law so framed that
one obstinate iuryman can't render null
and void the convictions of the other
eleven.
The Government painter spent for
the Government last year the sum of
S2,215,939. 1t is lucky that there is no
such thing as Government plumber.
Christian Union.
The officials of London, Canada,
have distinguished themselves ~ declin-
ing to protect the first Qinaman who
settled in that city, and, as the roughs
gave him no peace, he vas compelled to
quit the place.
-" Pharaoh's daughter has been
discovered among tB mummies of
Thebes. Critics descroe her as 8" a lady
of rare beauty withl mole on her UNI
der lip, which gives touch of the
picturesque to her fac. She is en- route
for England, and will be exhibited in
the British Museum.
"A West Virgins Railroad Company
has agreed to stop at least one of its
trains each way-or being flagged-for
passengers and fright at every farm
where right of wayis given. The good
times hoped for when every farmer
should have a raiIoad in his own door
yard, seem to haze come in West Vir-
ginia.
Professor w GrylIs Adams says that
the sun is msgnet which draws the
carth's atmosphere toward it, the fric-
ton generating positive electricity in the
air and negative electricity in this globe.
When the airs charged to the discharg-
ing point electricity is transferred from
the poles to tie Equator and the auroral
phenomena are produced.
Squire Wells, of Millville, N. j.,
has condemned an uncleanly youngster
of that village to pay a fine of $3.50 or
submit to ten days imprisonment for
discharging tobacco-juice upon the floor
of the Methodist Church during revival
service. The boy committed various
other misdemeanors within the sacred
edifice, but profuse expectoration was
the gravamen of the charge. Squire
Wells found precedent for his right
eous anger in an identical decision by
Squire Stratton, who administered
justice from the same bench twenty
years ago.
-Dennie Dunlap was a three-card-
monte man attached to q circus. A
greenhorn whom he had swindled out
OF 5000 at Assumption, La, complained
to Justice, who not only issued war;
rant, but went to the tent to serve it.
Dennie was operating on another vic
tim, and he quietly offered the Justice
twenty dollars not to interrupt him for
ten minutes. This proposition was de-
clined. Then the gambler angrily drew
revolver, but the Judge fired the
quickest, killing him instantly, and cool
" recovering the 5000 from his pocket.
The gambling privilege of that circus is
now for sale.
The st. Gothard tunnel is now daily
traversed by eight trains, four each way.
Touching solidity of construction, the
tunnel leaves nothing to be desired. The
official inspectors express themselves per-
fectly satisfied with the condition of the
work. Particular attention was paid to
the windy stretch, which has caused SO
much trouble and given rise to so many
fears, but the massive granite masonry
with which this part of the passage is
stayed seems admirably adapted to its
purpose, and shows no sign of yielding
to the immense pressure that weighs
upon it. The ventilation is good, and
no inconvenience was experienced from
the temperature. The tunnel is lighted
with lamps placed a kilometer apart.