Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03
GENERAL.

Henry Brewer, aged thirty-three,
died in New York recently from blood
poisoning, resulting from bullet wound
received during the war.
A lady passenger on q New York
Central train threw some peach-stones
from car window and with them two
rings valued at $7775. They were not
recovered.
-Pennsylvania locomotive works are
doing such an immense business that
they will not accept orders for engines
to be delivered before Jan. l, 1883.
The Cochituate water of Boston
tastes so bad that the leading hotels and
many private persons are buying water
from farmers in the suburbs for drink
ing purposes.
"A family of German emigrants re-
Gently passed through Harrisburgh, Pa,
consisting of father, mother, nine chill
dren, forty grandchildren, and eleven
great at-grandchildren Enough of them
were married to make the entire party
number ninety-five. They were bound
for Northern Iowa.
The buttons of the new uniforms of
the Illinois Central are furnished by the
company, and employees must return
them upon leaving the service. Hereaf-
ter the dismissal Of an employee will be
worded; "Send in your buttons" in
stead of "Go and get your time"
The oldest twins in the United States
are George and Edmund Gravely, of
LeatherwOod, Henry County, Virginia.
They will be ninety-three years old on
the 1st of December next, and are in
good health. Their mother lived to be
over 100 and their father died at ninety.
Rather than sell fish below the
price fixed by them, monOpOlists of
London throw tons of fish into the sea
every day. The abuse is beginning to
attract public attention, and it is not un-
likely that Parliament will be called
upon to legislate in such a way as to
prevent this wantOn destruction of food.
"A few weeks ago a large box at
tracted the attention of the traffic su-
perintendent at the Birsula station of
the Odessa section of the Southwest
Railway. 1t had been sent off from
Pultawa and was addressed to Odessa.
1t was opened, and inside was discov-
cred the body of an aged Jew. Under
the corpse was found q note, on which
was written in the Little Russian Ian
guage, sIf Jews wih not quit the coun-
try living, we shall send you out dead. -,
Under the will of an English dust
contractor, legacy of 1900 was left
by the testator to his doctor, to be paid
only in the event of the testator living
for two years after the date of the will,
to be increased to 1000 should he live
for five years and as the testator died
week after making his will, the be-
quest of course lapses. The plan of
contracting with a doctor to keep his
patient alive by offering him pecuniary
rewards in an increasing ratio for con-
tinued existence is one that if generally
adopted might produce the happiest re-
suits.
"A gentleman from Elbert County,
Georgia, and lady of Franklin, had
agreed to become one. The license was
procured, the minister present and the
twain stood on the floor ready to join
hands matrimonially, when q former
flame of the lady stepped in and asked
the groom expectant if the lady would
prefer to marry him would he interpose
any objections. He answered favorably,
SO did the lady, and the ceremony pro-
ceeded with new groom substituted.
The Elbert man is still O bachelor.
In the discharge of a gun short
time ago. near Binghamton, N. Y, the
cylinder was blown out of the side of
the gun, struck a young man named
Spencer, who was standing about twelve
feet distant, on the left temple midway
between the eye and ear, and entered
the left anterior lobe of the brain. 1t
was expected that he would certainly
die, but he is rapidly recovering. The
senses of smelling, tasting and hearing
are not affected in the least, but the
faculty of memory is considerably i'm
paired. 1t is said to be q remarkable
case. ... .......
1T is thought that Knoxville, Tenn,
Is built over 4 mammoth cave. An en-
trance to the cave was recently made in
the heart of the city at distance of
two hundred feet below the surface of
the ground. A larger hole was made,
which opened into a chamber of un.
known size. One of the hands threw q
rock and could hear it fall in the dis
tance. The formation on which the CITY
rests is limestone, a carbonate Of lime
which is soluble in water containing car.
bonic acid. If the cave at present is
only small one, it is gradually becom-
ing larger BY the erosive power of water.
In former days the bottoms of cisterns
have been known to drop out.
"A strange explanation has been un-
earthed of the manner in which certain
freemen of the borough of Grimsby, in
England, 500 of whom have Just been
struck off the roll, originally had the
privilege granted to their ancestors.
When Queen Elizabeth visited the place
she was SO struck by the excessive upli.
ness of the ladies of the borough that.
out of compassion for the poor men
who had to marry them, she put aside q
piece of land, to a share of which each
native-born woman was entitled on
marriage, thus giving to the BRIDE
groom ga portion" and q CONSEQUENT
right to vote at Parliamentary elections.
The land still remains, and the freemen
have voted for 800 years, but they have
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