Daily globe., 1882-09-30

JZ.(s
during month of August, 1882, engineers
department.)
Bill of L. Burnham Of S197, Market
House sidewalk.
Bill of John Martin & Co., of S42.57.
lumber in First ward for August, 1882.
Bill of same of $190.1S, lumber for
Second ward for August: 1882.
Bill of same of $166.06 lumber for Third
ward for August, 1882.
Bill of same of S298.55, lumber for
Fourth ward for August, 1882.
Bill of same of $3.50, lumber for
Fifth ward for August, 1882. H
Bill of st. Paul Book and Stationery Co.,
of S3690, stationery for Engineers Office,
August 81, 1882.
Mr.. Koch was granted leave Of absence
for two weeks. t
Adjourned. 1u
JOHN FARRINGToN. President.
r. r, GoRMAN. Clerk Board of Public Works.
According to Professor Grimmer,
there is terrible seven years before
us. From 1880 to 1887 there will be q
universal mortality. Asia will be de-
populated, and Europe will become al
most q desert. America will lose
Is, 100000 inhabitants. There will be
tempests and inundations. No prophet
could possible be grimmer than this
one.
Deep drinkers escape gout, not be.
cause they deserve it, but because the
nervous powers of the stomach are en-.
feebled by over stimulation; they
have consequently no. appetite, they
eat but little, and fail to accumulate
that excess of effete and ill-assimilated
| nitrogenous matter in the circulation,
| which in those who eat more largely,
as we'll as drink freely. is one of the
principal causes Of the malady.
The musical festival to be held in
New York in May, 1881, will, it is said,
be the greatest musical event ever held
in this country. There are 1,400
choristers already in training in New
York and adjacent cities. The esti-
mated expense is not less than $4,000,
half Of which has been already SUBJ
scribed.
Northampton county, North Car
olina. few days ago Ransom Harris,
Il years old, and James Ingram, 10
years old, both colored, became involv-
| ed in q quarrel, during which Ingram
threw an AK at Harris, but missed his
aim. Harris then threw the ak at
Ingram, striking him ON the head, kill
ing him instantly.
Mr.. Bass has caused census to be ta-
ken of the deer in his forest Of Glen
quoich, in Invernesshire, Scotland
The work of numbering these wild
animals was no doubt somewhat diff
| cult. The report is that there are
between 800 and 900 stags and about
double that number Of hinds-say g.
500 head in all-Within an area Of
$4,000 acres.
A few days agosixty men belonging
to the Eighteenth army corps of the
French army were quartered in barn
at Paris. The owner, who seemingly
did not relish their society, set fire to
the building during the night, and the
soldiers had only just time to effect
their escape in their shirts. Several Of
them were badly burned i'll trying to
save their arms and uniforms.
Alta recent inquest at Deptford, in
England, upon Il child years Of age,
it was given in evidence that her ia
ther endeavored to obtain the assistance
of three physicians successfully, who
each inquired eff he had the money"
to pay for their attendance, and, on
learning that he could not pay until
the evening, they all made an excuse
for not attending. But before the
evening came the child was dead.i
An old veterinary surgeon of tho
army gives the following ''simple and
safe cure" for the epizooty "Take
one pound gum asafetida; mix it with
one gallon boiling water; stir the
mixture constantly until the asafetida
is dissolved; let the mixture cool;
strain and give one-half pint every
three hours. This will relieve the
horse within twelve hours, and give
him a good appetite.
In Wayne county, Pennsylvania, is
territory containing q peculiar sand
which denotes the presence of oil in
paying quantities, and the citizens of
| the county have been fairly wild with
excitement. A stock association, to be
called the Wayne County Develop
ment company, is now formed, and
there is no difficulty i'll obtaining SUBJ
CflDcrS lOI LuC StOCk. I've tnOuSdliu
dollars will be raised and elaborate
boring machinery purchased.
A horned snake is kept as curiosity
by III. G. Gregory, at his residence at
Mansboro, Va. 1t is about three feet
long and has horn ON the end of tho
tail, about one and q half inches in
length, little bent and resembling
very much the spur Of rooster. The
snake uses the horn as a weapon, which
is said to be very deadly. Even trees
are said to have been killed by its
blow.
In Titusville, Pa, Mrs. Joseph Bush.
nell died from the effects of kissing
the dead body of her father, while at
tending his funeral in Pittsburgh.
Her father died of erysipelas, and at
thae time mentioned she had sore on
her lips, through which her blood
Yas poisoned. Her little daughter,
Ella, is not expected to live from kiss