The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A ghost made its appearance n
Evansville the other night and ran
against bulldog. A critical and un-
prejudiced observer says that the Lord
only knows which Of the two was most
scared.-Boston Post.
The Spanish edition of Q medical
almanac, about 14O, 900 copies, was LOST
by the laundering of vessel. Now we
suspect contributions will be solicited IN
this country for the benefit of the Span.
ish sufferers. e Chicago Herald.
As Georgia man says he can raise
"a 800 pounds of watermelons to the
acre. the inference is that he has taken
the Herodic precaution to kill all the
boys within ten miles of his plainly
o. Pcayune.
"A severe body-beating and police
court fine of ten dollars was the price
paid by an inebriated New Yorker for
the pleasure found in holding lighted
cigar under the nose of a woman in q
street CAIN Y. Sun.
M. C. Campbell, who died the other
day, was the originator of Campbelps
Minstrels forty years ago, and the Boston
Herald remarks as noticeable, that the
jokes with which his company started
out are still in use by minstrel troupes
to-day.
james Berray, Of Randolph, N. Y.
was terribly gored by Holstein bull .
few days ago. He was under the bulls
feet, when young colt came to the
rescue and kicked the furious animal so
severely that Berray managed to make
his escape.
One engineer on the Wabash Road
has seen thirty five years of active life on
the engines of that and other roads. He
estimates that he has travelled at the rate
of As, 900 miles per annum during that
period, or 1,575, 900 miles for the entire
time.
Its rather embarrassing for a shop
keeper to be obliged to bluff tax as
SCISSOR on the valuation of his stock, and
on being burned out that night have to
face the same man as Chairman of the
Underwriters Committee on Valuation.
-Somerrilte Journal. :
1t is stated that paper made from
strong fibers-such. as linen-can now
be compressed into a substance so hard
that it can not be scratched by anything
but diamond. In view of this fact it is
thought that before long a great variety
of house furniture will be made of paper
instead of wood.
"A hundred and fourteen barrels Of
beer flowed into Brandywine Creek the
other day. Shich & Tice, brewers, OF
Lebanon, Pa, did not wish to pay the
tax on the beer to move it to their new
quarters. So, in presence of the revenue
collector the bungs were knocked out
Pittsburgh Post. .........
"A new member of the Connecticut
Legislature was much surprised, after
eating q hearty meal in the House res
taurant. at being called on to pay for it.
why" said he to the cashier, II
thought the State furnished us with our
meals when we were here. That's what
l supposed this place was or."-Nec
Haren Register.
"A young married couple wishing to
exchange some of their duplicate we'd
ding gifts, took piece of silver to the
well known firm whose name adoraed
the box, and asked fof its value in some-
thing else. Imagine their surprise when
the clerk told them that the article was
only plated and probably came from the
dollar store; that they were often called
upon to sell boxes for just such pur.
poses, and that there was no redress
Chicago Herald.