The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-18
Items OF Interest.

III SWlIZeFlalU, curing tQ0 sum mel
just passed, lightning was known to
strike in vineyards and Kill all the vines
several hundred in number, within a
large circular space, the severity of the
shock being most plainly marked in the
center of the circle.
An OHIO river captain, who for long
time vas en- aged in lodging U. S.
marshals from port to port. finally tied
up for good. saying he was tired of run.
ming floating debt.
Goritz, where the remains OF the
Comte de Chambord are inferred, is q
small town Of 1900 inhabitants, pic.
turesque)y situated on the Isonzo, about
two hours by rail from Trieste. The
Franciscan monastery OF Castagnavizza
is built on a hill outside the to wn. 1t was
there that on Nov. u, 1886, the remains
of Charles y. were laid to rest.
Lucy Hooper writes from Paris that
there are literally no first class pictures
by certain famous artists to be obtained
] at any price in that city. A masterpiece
by Meissonier, Diaz, Daubigny, or Ros.
seau cannot be procured for love OF
| money. Their best works are all in the
United States. IF European purchasers
| wish to bny fine modern paintings they
must 60 10 America for them," she re-
ports Partisan dealer as saying. "They
had an exhibition called that of One
Hundred Masterpieces during the past
summer. l could have gotten up a
finer one in New York"
Vermont is delighted with Gen. Hook
orc 1ow l,n10r sol, $l,o kok1
ment is supported entirely by a tax up
on the gross earnings of corporations.
The Culver Club of Cincinnati will at
any time pay 500 to the person catching
with hook and line black bass weigh
ing seven pounds.
A vessel of special and ingenious de-
sign is being prepared for SANKEY'S use
in Africa. It will be propelled by a
stern paddlewheel, and the hull will be
arranged in such a manner that it can
be readily subdivided into number of
| sections, each being foatable and pro-
vided with fittings for receiving Jour
large wheels. These wheels Can be at
tached to each section while ahoat, so
| that 1t can be drawn out of the water for
! transport overland without difficulty
lIdSAA Va G1lSS 6llUuXVlSlOu6 OI the nun
forms, when fitted with the wheels, a
| carrying the machinery Of the steamer,
! merchandise, stores, etc. 1t is to be
completed by the end of this year, and
will be tested afloat under steam on the
Thames.
The Lee Association OF Mobile ask for
$4,000 for monument to the Raphael
| Semmes.
A Mexican planter employed 200 men
| to kin locusts for him. Their wages
amounted to $296.3S, and they killed
3l7 QUO of the insects.
The testimony taken at the Rose Am
bier inquest will make, when tran
scribed, more than 5000 folios.
John CARING was fixing freight car
of the New jersey Central Road ut Phil.
| adeiphia, when the train started ahead
and the car wheels run over his breast,
| leaving the marks Of their passage on
his manly bosom. Except thai, there is
nothing the matter with Mr.. Carlins, as
he is attending to business as usual. The
car weighed $4,000 pounds.
Many sensible people think children
should be at least six years old before
starting to school.
American scientific associations are
said to be behind the European in two
respects: First, in the financial condi.
ton, second, in the presence of the re
spectacle gentleman who writes inter-
| minable essays on scientific psubiects OF
which be knows nothing except from
| current literature.
Printers type and engravers' blocks
! are now made from cellulOid.
Newspapers are not sold in France by
news boys. bnt by elderly women who
are established on the princlp streets
in fanciful sentry boxes.
About four miles from Savannah ne.
gro has taken up his habitation in a
gum tree near the road. One morning
| recently another colored man was pass.
ing when he heard some one sneeze,
| and looking around could not discover
any one until he lifted up his head.
| when to his utter establishment he saw
! q colored man draw in his form up in a
large gum tree amid clothes which re-
sembled bed. The bed is made OF
moss and old clothes, tied on the branch
| es of the tree in order to give him a
firm support. Old pieces of bla ,ket and
bed clothes are SO arranged that the
party can lie down with perfect ease.
! swayed by the wind.
New Tacoma. q thriving Young town