The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-28
Miscellaneous Items.

Fully one-half of the corn crop on
the Wabash River has been ruined
by the late freshet.
\ witty burglar, caught in a dry
goods store, remarked that be was
tnert to take orders.
Fourteen persons have been made
MI by eating articles purthfsed III
a Cincinnati grocery. Is that all
Prince Bismark is said 70 be in
favor OF tbe-re-establishment OF the
kingdom of Poland. So is Mod
jeska.
A letter mailsd-in. San Francisco
on the afternoon of October 10 reach
ed London October 25-just fifteen
days afterward.
An Ohio Judge has decided that
cheering for successful candidates on
election night does not constitute
disorderly couduct.
The Khedive Of Egypt sleeps five
hours and works sixteen hours dali
ly. a man so numeronsly married
has to hump himself.
Augusta Abrems, - years old, and
weighing 140-pounds, has been mis-
sing for several DAYS. Fifteen years
and l4O pounds seems to fill the
bill.
Who knows but that two or three
generations hence they will tap the
deep earth and receive heat for all
the purposes for which we now use
wood and coal.
The New Haven young woman
who had been in the habit of drink
ing a gallon of whisky per day has
committed suicide by drinking five
quarts. What we want is temper
ance.
George D. Robinson viii be the
third Governor of Massachusetts di-
rectly descended from Dolor Davis.
VINO came over in 1885. The other
two were John Davis and John ID.
Long.
The ice-men prophesy an open
winter. Old sailors say that if the
wind is in the south when the sun
crosses the line-as it was this year
there will be a prevalence OF south
ern winds for the following six
months.
A woman in indianapolis has
been dreaming that the remains of
Prof. Wise, the lost aeronaut, would
be found in such and such spot,
and men have explored In three
different directions without finding
.4
Several Of the bows managed to
make a big Newfoundland dog drink
a quart of beer the other night, and
with true human instinct, the noble
animal went bowling down the
street and bit a wooden Indian in
front of q cigar store.
According to recently published
statistics there are at present 1871
36j beelnves ~ France, from which
this autumn 1887 .2S4 pounds of
honey and 5,691 ,59o pounds of wax
have been taken. the value OF which
to s4,G60,250.
Sullivan, the pugilist, spends his
money. it is said, as fast as he earns
it, and frequently Is SO hard up that
e pawns MS watch for a temporary
loan with which to conclude a spree.
Instead of going to the ant the slug
ger sometimes goes to the uncle.
When a Wall street broker is sus-
pended for swearing on the floor Of
tie Exchange he spends the time OF
his suspension in duck shooting.
The luck of the duck hunter is sure
10 give him an opportunity to shoot
off Ets swear and improve his man.
ners.
The Rev. John 5. InskiD, the vet
eran Methodist revivalist. camp
meeting conductor, and editor OF the
Christian Standard, was stricken
with paralysis a week ago at his
home in Westown, Pa, and has
since been in a prscariOus condi-
ton.
A. l.. Priest, and family, of Melis-
sa, Texas, were on their way to a
funeral, and, as the wagon was
driven down a bank. the mothers
chair tipped over, and she fell with
all her weight on her little child,
crushing it so that it died in a few
minutes.
Ayers Pills are convenient rem
edy to have always at hand. They
are sugar-coated, easy TO take, effect
i've to operate, sure to bring relief
and cure. They are efectual in a
wide range Of diseases which arise
from disorders of the stomach and
organs.
CoHvINCING.-The proof of the
pudding is not in chewing the
string, but in having an opportunity
to testthe article direct. c. y. Boyd.
the druggist, has free trial bottle of
Dr. BOsanko's Cough and Lung Svr-
up for eacn and every one who is
afflicted with Coughs, Colds, Asth-
ma, Consumption, or any Lung Al
.ection.
A deaths head at feast would
.carcely be q more disDiritiDg ad-
unct than the device upon a wine
,lass which a Vienna mandatory
las just gotten ready for the market
This is nothing else than philloxe-
"a painted in colors and 800 times
Is large slife The glass. however,
nav serve as a reminder that the
iuid which it contains is probably
besides the pure juice of
he grape, thanks to the minute
;reature magnified upon It's sur
ace.
Widows don't fare so badly in the
matrimonial market as some people
suppose The great Napoleon mar
led widow. Scarron's widow be-
.ame a Court favorite Rousseau
vent crazy after a widow, and Glib