The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

An imaginative Irishman has i'm
proved upon OSSian. 81 returned" "
said he, ito the halls of my fathers by
night, and l cried abound, my fathers,
where are they? An echo responded,
is that you, Patrick McClathery!"
An iron chain is in course of con-
struction at foundry in Troy, New
York, which is to be six miles long.
The chain is made by order of the
government, and will be cut in
lengths for use on war ships.
The glare of the rockets fired from
the Brooklyn bridge was seen at High
Point, in the CatSkill mountains, fully
100 miles distant. This is the longest
RANGE of sight Oh record, except from
First View TO Pixies Peak, which is
$50 miles.
England, with 27,OO0,0OO of inhabi-
tants, has only 10000 residents of
foreign birth; Germany, with 45,00O,-
600, only 270,O00; while France, with
81, 900, has more than 100000. In
France there has been an increase of
100000 in the last five years.
n man who named his horse
Drummer" in the hope that he beat
time, was soon taught the error of his
way by another who named his horse
Tramp" so as to PLACE him m a posi-
tion to heeSt heeGStt-an anything he came in
Sight Of.
A law suit about two hundred dol
lars worth of land between two farm
ers in the province of Quebec has just
come to conclusion. The costs
amounted to $1,000 which the defeat
ed party will have to pay. The vic
toriouS party was ruined 10y lawyers
| fees.
A little church stands in Brooklyn
in the way of the terminus of the new
bridge. 1t was not worth more than
$4,000. The price has gone up ten,
yes, fifteen fold. The trustees ask
$4,000. The bridge people offer $125-
600.
During the late session of the Mis-
souri, legislature, petitions signed by
IA ,46S men, 11.O23 women and 623
minors-in all 26,114 persons-were
presented in favor of submitting the
prohibition amendment question to
the people. Remonstrances, signed
by AZ, 7,045 men, were presented against
it.
Up to 1924 there were 223 offenses
which were made capital offenses by
the laws of England, and 1877 laws for
infiicting the death penalty had been
passed since the accession of Charles
ii. In the seven years from 1919 to
1925 there were $40 executions, and
less than One-tifth of them were for
murder.
If your lace bead spread and pillow
covers are soiled, wash them, and,
instead of bluing them, dip them in
some very weak cold coffee, and they
will receive from it delicate shade
of ecru, which is so popular for laceS
just now. Curtains and other arti-
cles of the kind may be treated in the
same way.
The people of Pueblo, Col, are eX-
cited over a proposal to cut down Il
certain tree, of which a petition to the
council says: Judging from Scienti-
tic rules, l should decide that the
tree was over one thousand years old,
and its size, over 26 feet in circumfer-
ence, makes it the largest three in the
state of Colorado, and it is question
able whether. for grace and beauty,
there is finer cottonwood within
the bounds of the state"
A dragon-f1y, OF the sort called by
the children devils darning
needle" flew into the room of pub
lie school in New York city on Fri
day last and caused such a fright
among the girls that a panic ensued,
and for time the rush upon the
part of the 2100 pupils in the build
ing to get out was so great that it
was feared many had been killed. In
the midst OF the panic cry of "tire'
was raised, and the widest tumult |
prevailed. Fortunately no one was
injured to any extent.