The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Some unknown benefactor has paid
The entire debt of Nantuckat MaSs

Some unknown benefactor has paid
the entire debt of Nantucket. Mass.
George Elliot's adam Bede," i
being dramatized, and the adaptation
will be produced both in England and
America.
AT Paterson. n. j., a fivc-year-old
boy fell into the Passaic River and was
carried over the falls, where he was res
cued unhurt. The falls are eighty feet
high.-N. T. San.
AT Augusta, Ga, the other day
lightning struck hen that was setting
on nest of eggs. The poor biddy was
completely roasted by the fierce heat,
and picked clean.
Oscar Wilde saws that living in En-
glands much cheaper than in this coun-
try. For instance" he says, ''you can
hear me lecture in England for twenty
five cents, but in America it costs a
dollar
"A New York bootblack of mixed In
Indian and negro blood, twenty-three
years old, has record of twelve lives
saved by him. He is Justly proud of
it, but he should now be very careful
not to blast his reputation by saving a
dude.-M. T. Times.
Some time ago pine tree in Chester
County, 5. c., was blown down. One
limb of it was sawed up at the mill OF
Walker & Ferguson and turned out 40
| feet of lumber. The butt end of the
tree was so large that it could not be
moved by team of six mules.--N. Y
Times.
"A correspondent of the Raleigh On.
CO Chronicle says: 81 saw, the other
day, good large Methodist Church, in
Haywood County, near Pigeon River,
that was built, shingles, pulpit, pews
and all from one tree that grew on
Pigeon River"
Dennis I. Cardigan, the oldest ho-
Tel clerk in America, died at the Sturte-
want House recently of apoplexy, aged
seventy years. He served as clerk in
hotels for fifty-one years in Boston, Phi
ladelphia, San Francisco and New FORK.
de won his fame at the St. Nicholas, in
this city.-N. Y Herald.
In the city of New York alone it is
estimated that there are at present no
fewer than four hundred millionaires,
thirty of whom own from So, 900, 200 to
$50, 200, 900 apiece, while there are about
ten who possess from S50,000.000 to
$3.50, 900, 900 each, Mr.. VIM H. Wander.
bilt standing at the head of the whole
list with the magnificent accumulation
of S200,000,000.
-"Vulgarity, pure and simple, is pre-
tending to be what You are not" saws
Emily Faithful. This, however, is too
sweeping. 1t is considered the height of
vulgarity for couple on their wedding
tour to ''spoon" in public, although by
80 doing they are only acting naturally,
while it is considered anything but vul-
gar for them to treat each other like
brother and sister, which they are not.
-BufaIo ErpreSs.
There is a man in Berrien County,
Georgia, who has not slept in a house
since the war. He carries his entire
wardrobe with Kim wherever he goes,
as we'll as his pantry and kitchen uten-
sis, and spends his night wherever
dark may overtake him. He is a verita-
BILE curiosity. He never reads news
papers, claiming that to read the Bible |
as it should be read occupies all of his |
time. Several days since he inquired of
the editor of n paper if Germany and !
France were still at war, referring to |
the war of 1870.-LouiSUiLLe Courier !
Journal.
Colonel A. Heaton Robertson, of |
New Haven, Conn.,, has gold watch
which is probably nearly two hundred |
years old. 1t was present to him
from Abram Heaton, his grand |
father, who was born in 1875, and |
who remembered his father carry
ing it, as far back as he could
anything. 1t has double cases
and stop attachment, with second |
hand marking the quarters. The piece
bears the name of a Liverpool maker,
but the date of its manufacture is not
given. Notwithstanding its age the
watch keeps excellent time.-Hdrtord
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