Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-17
or GENERAL INTEREST.

drinking rum WIS prohibited 5y law
in Georgia as long ago IL i11;;':;;;.
A Montreal boy, Willie overhcated,
drank ice-water which thought on lock-
aw and killed him III ,..htecn hours.
Bertha Morgan, nine years of age, Of
Wawa Farm, near Philadelphia. was
sold. actually sold, last week for $500.
+. S.-Thc charming Bertha is COW.
They have got one of the First
Napoleon's Veterans in Jail at Portland,
and every effort will now he made to run
down Wa>hingtons last body-scryantanl
Chain him 10 post.
Henry Dclccnack and wifequarrelcd
while driving from Port Henry to
their home, near Essex, \. y. the other
afternoon. Delecnack finally shot his
wife, killing her instantly. They have
been married only eight weeks and had
not lived happily. He had been drink
ing.
--Latcn Kendall, living at Corinth,
Saratoga county, y. ", has clopcd with
his former wife, from whom he was di-
vorced sixteen years ago. She leaves
two children whom she has had by a
subsequent marriage. and takes two with
her. He leaves wife and Il son of 10.
The fireman at fire in Philadelphia
came across several kegs in closet which
had nearly been reached by the flames.
They were supposed to be empty, but
one man took the precaution to examine
them and found them full of powder
The men ran out, but bravely carried the
explosive along.
A large number of Southern States
NOTABLY Texas, North Carolina and
kentucky-have local option laws where
by any county or community can sub
init the question of prohibition to the
popular vote, while Others prohibit the
sale of liquors outside of the towns.
The Fort Edward (N. " Board of
Health, wishing recently to remove large
quantities of saw-dust and drift-wOod
that covered the river channel and ex-
tended far out of the water poured kerr
Osene oil on the rubbish, last week, and
setit on fire. The confagration burned
brisSly for two days, and presented the
novel and impressive spectacle Of river
on fire.
james Generals, the oldest colored
man in Wilkesbarre, was honored not
many months ago by the attentions of a
lot of ghOuls who insured his life in a
number of the death-rattle" insurance
companies to the amount of 100000.
James was so old that no one can tell his
age, but had enough vitality to outlive
all the companies in which he was in
sured.
William Kegle, a farmer near
Huntsville, Ala, while going through
the woods in search of his COW, the other
day, was struck on the head by large
striped snake which swung down from a
limb in his path. The fangs of the rep
tile tore out piece of the cheek, and
before Kegle got home his face was ter
ribly swollen, and he died in few hours.
The variety of the snake is unknown.
-"Talk about your ice machines"
said New Haven woman to her neigh
Dor over the fence, "why, if Mrs. Robin
son, round the corner, didn't treat me
cool enough to freeze ice cream this morn
ing" "Why, what did she say?" "Say?
She didn't say anything, and that's just
what's the matter, and after l had taken
pains to send her word that she was an
impudent hussy."
Mrs. Jesse James is doing some re-
markable things. She has sent to a
Philadelphia gentleman, Mr. Charles
DOvey, watch stolen from him by her
husband two years ago in Kentucky.
Mr.. Dovey did not know James at the
time, but recognized his portrait in the
rogue's gallery afterward as that of the
gentleman who led the party who asked
him for the time O day on that occasion
Mrs. James requested receipt for the
watch, and one was sent her.
"A good story is told by French
paper of two provincials, a man and his
wife, who visited the Louvre in Paris.
"What struck you most at the Louvre ?"
asked one of their friends, when they re-
turned home and began to tell of the
wonders they had seen. "Oh," replied
the husband, ga picture which repre-
scented Adam and Eve, with the apple
and the serpent" And his excellent
wife chimed in, eyes, we found that
very interesting, because, you know, we
knew the anecdote."
AS a freight train was passing
through Walton, KY, John Richly and
p. Norman sailed out of a saloon and
Richly fired a revolver at the conductor
and two brakemen who were sitting on
the top of the caboose. John B. Carson,
one of the brakemen, wasstruck by bull
let in the left side of the head and fatal
ly injured. He was taken to George
town, KY, by his brother. Richly was
arrested and had preliminary examina-
ton, at which it was developed that
Carson was "perfect stranger, sir" to
him, and no other reason is known for
what is called the "freak" of the pris-
Oner.
Miss Della Moncrieff of Boston, an
eloeutionist, was recently visiting North
birmingham, and while a heavy thun-
der shower was passing was sitting with
Others on the piazza Of Postmaster J. S.
Williams house, which was struck by
lightning. She felt no shock, but now
finds that on her back is burned or
stamped by lightning, perfect repre-
sentation of the large elm tree which
stands within few feet of Mr.. Will
liams' piazza and very near which she
was sitting at the time. Two children
of the family were affected by the same
bolt, and one of them was rendered sense
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