Daily Republican., 1884-02-27
SENSATIONAL ITEMS.

A curious story is told of man an,
woman who appeared In the streets @
Columb bus, Ga, the other day, and b.
frequent inquiries for a certain minis
ter, gave rise to the belief that the,
were candidates for matrim0ny. The,
finally entered store, where one of th
clerks kindly volunteered to 90 for tn
pars0n. In the meantime they we're in
vited to the rear of the store, wher,
there was bright fire, and the clerks
eager for Q sensation, were on thei
best to entertain the waiting couple fo
fear they would become impatient ant
leave before the minister arrived. Or
the appearance of the minister chang,
came over the scene. The man request
cd an interview at the church, severa
blocks away, ,and the minister complied
On reaching the cburch the minister TO
marked "Well, l suppose yon desire
me to marry you ?" "Oh, no |" said the
man, We have been married a LONG
Itime. We are members of the same
church that you are the pastor, and as l
am out Of business, wanted you to aid
me in getting q situation. We came
from Eufaula, and II you can put me in
1.-THE way of obtaining a situation it will
be appreciated. At last accounts the
Isituation had not been obtained.
The old timers all over the coast are
pricking up their ears and champing
over the reported placers in the Cpur
d. Alene Mountains like a mustang
stage horse that smells barley from afar
There Is charm In placer diggings that
he vnnra ~ ottnn for th., old v,,no,.n
tor than any other class of mining He
says: " Your quartz diggings are all
right but 1t takes mine 10 open a
mine in placer diggings you can count
your grains when you clean up, and
know just what you've GOT" A man
can make money with no other ma
chinery than a pick, shovel, and pan, il
the stuff is there, and two miners who
can handle whip.haw and turn
string of sluices ont of log, or with
hammer, hand-saw,a ,and few nails, car,
make cradle or long tom.
/ A diamond brooch, set with twenty
stones, and valued at 5000, was left
upon the parlor mantel by Mrs. Lizzie
Dyer, of No. 500 Grand avenue, Brook
lyn, one day last week, while she was
at dinnnr. 1t was wrapped in a piece
of brown paper, and a servant seeing it
as she was putting the room in order,
picked 1t up as a piece of waste paper.
She lit the gas with it and threw the
halfburned paper into the fire. When
Mrs. Dyer learned what had been done,
she decided to put out the fire and
carefully search the ashes and cinders.
A jeweler was employed to make the
search, and after three days careful in-
spection of the ashes, sixteen of the
diamonds were found unharmed. The
gold setting and the remaining four
diamonds had disappeared.
About fifteen miles south Of Luning |
in Silver Star district, is one of the
largest bodies of copper in the world. |
Parties who have visited the ledge say
that it is simply indescribable. There |
are two parallel veins, running easterly |
and westerly, that crop out in places
over one hundred feet deep Burrows
have been cut down through the exposed I
ledge by the action of the elements, and
all through, as far as exposed, it Is one
mass OF copper ore. Several hundred
poets dug In various parts of the lode
that runs from ten per cent. to sixty
per cent. per ton. Facilities for work.
ing are excellent good roads and water
sufficient for all parties are near the
mines.
Aberayron, a town in Cardiganshire,
Wales, was recently offered for sale by
auction. 1t contains a population Of
about 1000 souls. and the only bid
made was $l2O, 900, which was not ac-
cepted. The property offered included
ground rents, with revision in fee of
rack rentals Of dwelling. houses, shops,
buildings, building sites, gardens, lands,
and other premises, comprising with
the exception of one hoteD the whole
Of the town, together with dues, tolls,
aud other payments, the lordship OF
L!yswen, otherwise Aberayron, includ-
ing the harbor, with rights to demand
and receive export and import dues and
rates.
Some few months ago one Foglesong,
Of Cook County, Ind, buried $2,700 in
an old c0ttee-p pot at the bottom of his
cellar. His wife was foolish enough to
tell q neighbor, and the first thing
Fogles0ng knew his hidden treasure :
was gone. One Leroy Bates was sus-
pected and arrested, but his guilt was
not proven and he was released The
officers kept an eye on him and soon
that he had sent money TO
friends, and through their assistance
some 81 500 OF the money was recovered.
Nearly forty years ago the Comanches
raided Texas and carried into captivity
Cynthia Parker. A few years after
ward she marrieda COmanche chief,
and of this union son named Quinah
was the fruit. General Sui Ross recap.
tured Cynthia Parker, and she returned
to Texas much against her will, and
died. Her son renamed with the tribe,
and is now their chief
The workmen building Trinity church
in Waterbury seem to be very fortu-
nate. One of them, named John Vogel,
fell seventy-five feet from the steeple
md walked home to dinner, and two of
lis fellow workmen fell forty feet from
. scaffold and were not hurt.
Some facts communicated by an in
ormer have led to re.opening of the
inquiry into the murder of Lord Mount
Noir res, in Ireland, three years ago.
The persons principally concerned are
aid to be in the United States.
The city of Vienna has presented the
Princess Imperial, on the occasion of
Ter first born, with splendid bracelet.
t consists Of one large supported by
wo smaller diamonds, and 1SO bril-