The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

which is being written by Mr.. Iennyson,
will, it is understood, appear in the Nine
teenth Century.
There are now in the three southern
provinces of ireland as many troops as
Lord Raglan had when he landed in the
Crimea to fight the Russians.
Haters of the Chinese at Ell Paso,
Texas, raised money to defend woman
who had shot saucy Chinaman, and,
after seeing her acquitted, presented
her with silver cup.
At recent ballot for the Oxford and
Cambridge Club, according to the Lon
don Truth, Mr.. Ashmead Bartlett
Burdett Coutts achieved the unprece-
dented distinction of receiving twenty
black balls.
| Wooden shoes are worn in the West.
and enough of them are sold to keep q
large mandatory going at Green Bay.
They are cut out of green password,
smoked and dried like hams, and sold at
35 cents pair.
Esthetic swells who wear to-be-con-
tinued coats and grandpapa's fob have
now adopted the single eyeglass a la
London snobs and cads. This, of course,
makes them more esthetic than ever, and
shows their eyes as well as their brains
to be affected.
In the fattening of wethers to finish as
shearlings, English breeders state that
the Cotswold and Leicester grades can
be made up to 200 pounds, the Oxford
Downs to $50 pounds, and the South
down grades to 100 pounds, live weight.
A Chinaman ran wildly through the
streets Of Cleveland, crying: "My WHEY
died-my WHEY dead" She was white
woman, and had committed suicide be-
cause seeing her former husband pass by,
she surmised that he was about to have
her arrested.
Mr. Gladstone has recently expressed
the strongest desire to see Mr.. Goodwin
he will be brought forward as minis
terial candidate on the first available
opportunity in ireland.
Nine. de Balzac has sold her famous
house in the Rue de Berri to Baroness
James de Rothschlld for half million
francs. No visitor has ever been allowed
to enter the suite of rooms which were
formerly occupied by the great novelist.
The fiance of Prince Leopold, accord
ing to the London Truth, has made q
very favorable impression on those who
have seen her She is fair height with
beautiful figure, dark hair, fine fore
head, good eyes and mouth, and charm
ing manner.
It is said that Just before the crush in
the Union Generate the Pope sold out,
through his agent, the banker Merighi,
all his shares, at the pleasing price of
$500 share, thus realizing nice profit
and proving again the truth of the ''Non
possumus errare."
In Duval county, Florida, dwells
polygamist with three wives. A negro
deemed it his duty to prosecute him and,
after gathering the requisite proof, he
started for the court house to make .
complaint. He had gone but few miles
when the polygamist overlook and shot
him.
Leli J. Robinson, Boston's woman
lawyer, is said to have acquired a fair
Office practice, but is denied the right to
argue cases at the bar. In order to let
her voice be heard in public, she has
delivered lecture before large audi
ence. She maintained her cause in a
manner that made the newspapers praise
her.
Leila J. Robinson, .Boston's woman
lawyer, is said to have acquired fair
office practice, but is denied the right to
argue cases at the bar. In order to let
her voice be heard in public, she has de-
livered lecture before large audience.
She maintained her cause in way that
made the newspapers praise her.
A curious wager was decided in Lon
don at midnight few days since, when
the son of noble duke undertook to
run along the embankment, from the
Houses of Parliament to Waterloo
Bridge, while Big Ben was striking II.
The lordly athlete won easily, reaching
the goal at the ninth stroke Of the
hour
| A young woman got a free railroad
pass at Jackson, Mich, by telling the
poormaster that she was q stranger in
distress. Next day she reappeared. and
said that she had lost the pass and
wanted another. An investigation
showed shat she was a married woman,
residing in the city, who desired the
tickets for herslf and lover to use in
eloping.