National Republican., 1883-10-30


-Ne,o York Journal
LORD CoLERIDGE has become a convert 10
terrapin.
A MOUNTAIN of copper has been discovered
in Nevada.
BRAZIL still has 100000 slaves, not count
| ing married men.
SOME Florida orange trees arc blooming
! for the third time this season.
| SAMUEL J. TILDEN has had new hat
named after him. They will be good ones to lose
| on the next election.
INDIANAPoLIs hearse drivers complain
that they are not allowed to smoke pipes while
the funeral is going on
In is estimated that there are between
100000 and 100000 cattle OIL the Black Hill ranges
and not less than 25,OOO horses.
IN tho City of Mexico recently riot oc-
cured at bull fight, owing, as local paper says,
to the poor quality Of the entertainment"
INDIANA farmers are mercful set Be-
fore touching blaze to an old srawstack thoy
| blow horn as warning for tramps TO crawl out.
Mr.. FITZGERALD, of New York, has won
! the championship by skinning ten lambs in thir-
| tythree inmates. aud thinks of challenging Jay
Gould.
A MARYLAND oyster grew to the weight of
two pounds and one ounce, and then let the
dredgers scoop him in. lie measured eighty by
| five inches.
THE last dodge of tho California mur-
derer to escape hemp Is to appeal to the supreme
court, and die natural death before decision
| is ever rendered.
THERE is a boom in Arkansas in the pay
mcnt of back taxes Deinquens of many years
arc settling up, some of these owning upward of
10000 acres of land
"YEs," said Miss Penn at rejected Mr..
Hogg. Nice fellow, but couldn't have the an
nouncement Of my marriage appear under the
headline Hogg-Penn."
DURING tho last thirty years the church of
England has raised S25O,OOO,OOO for the building
and repairing of churches aud cathedr ais, and
| $500, 100000 for endowments.
In Livingston on. IT, court the defendant
in case of assault, said: Eyes, licked him. and
| (with an oath) I'll kick him againp' Aud the
jury returned II verdict of not guilty
| GLENMARIsToN, the residence and estate
of the late Sir William Chambers, the philan-
thropic publisher of Edinburgh, was sold n fort
night agoto a PEBBLES manufacturer for $4,000.
A NEW YoIK editor has inherited half q
million dollars from his wifes relatives He
never wrote any disparaging paragraphs about
them, and always invited them to come again."
IT is estimated that the Mississippi river
carries Sl2 500, 100000 pounds of earth into tho
set every year. All the habitable land of the
globe is being continually ground and washed
away.
IT is said that certain millionaire in this
city was a horse car conductor thirty years ago.
| Those were the good old days when it was not
imperative to 'punch in the presence Of the pas
senger."
IT is the general Hindoo belief that the
use of soda water Is what makes the English SO
strong. Its elIervescence and power to drive out
the cork causes IL TO be regarded as most potent
| beverage
THE picture of William S. Holman, which
is now going the rounds, seems calculated to
| arouse the suspicion that the original old man
Bender has once more come to the surface.-Cht-
cago NelUs.
a CINCINNATI woman was made crazy by
a sudden aud unexpected kiss. Ifit was Cncin-
natl man who kissed her she probably got a sniff
of his breath just before the osculation occurred
Bismarck Tribune
AT tho November election the people of
New York will vote for or against the proposition
TO abolish convict labor In the state prisons and
substitute idleness. The value of this labor to tn
state at present is 100000.
"WHAT is your verdict2 solemnly asked
the clerk. This sentence occurs in morning
papers report of the result of trial. Now, tho
clerk didn't ask the question solemnly at all lie
merely said: "Genrmenfjury whatsyrverdiot2'
NEARLY all of the weather sharps agree
that the coming winter is to be mild. The
veteran and observant hunters who have been
examining woodchuck holes, and noting the
doings of feathered creatures, agree with them.
Mr.. HEWITT and Gen. Wallace, in telling
the poor innocent sultan about the great success
Of their republic, which he greatly admires, said
not word about the bummers and bosses. Mr..
| Hewitt and Gen. Wallace are exceedingly artful
Americans while they are abroad.-C6urier-J Jour
nat.
AN item of society intelligence from Kansas
says that elopements are becoming things of the
past i'll that state at is becoming the rage now"
says the writer, "for neighbors to take the brides
father into the next room and sit on him, SO THAI
he can't interrupt the wedding ceremony, and to
get the mother upstairs discussing new styles o
bonnets"
Mr.. IRVING is delighted with tho hearty,
Spontaneous manner in which he is greeted;
delighted with the interviewers and interviewing;
delighted with the press; delighted with Central
park delighted with the three vessels loaded
with friends which went down the bay to meet
him. delighted with the country SO far as he has
got; delighted with everything; delighted with
everybody. And everybody is delighted with Mr..
Irving. Sing, "There is a land of pure delight
Graphic.
The Pullman company's entire outfit in
cludes $4,000 sheets, 10000 pillow slips, $4,000
blankets, 10000 hand towels, aud 600O roller
towels. car is entirely empted and ceansed
Is soon as it reaches It's destination, and the linen
Is sent straight to the laundry The Wagner
company's total equipment Is 1000 woolen blank
ets 1851 linen sheets. l2202 pillow slips, 57i0
hand towels aud 2,3i7 roller towels. The expense
Of keeping the Wagner companys bedding clean
is $4,000 year; the Pullman company Is larger.
IN st. Louis. recently, when wedding
ceremony was nearing its close, the bride and
groom, with their attending bridesmaids and
groomsmen, were kneeling on the steps of the
altar, and the church crowded with their friends
and relatives, the church bell pealed forth, not
tho merry marriage chime, but the slow and
dolorous toll for the dead. To the door Of the
church there came hearse, and into the middle
aisle down which the newly welded ones were
compelled to pass there was brought the long
, bier with all Its somber display.
OF Mrs. CORVALLIS West, who has crossed
the ocean ito dazzle when the sun is down and
rob the world of rest" 1t is said: She is impul-
siye, original, and daring, and says upon occasion
the most delightful things in the most delightful
way. She Is most sympathetic, full Of fun, great
favorlte with all who know her, and subject OF
admiration to those who do not. She dresses gem