Daily Republican., 1884-02-06
SENSATIONAL ITEMS.

| Robert Humphrey6,Of barlow county
KY, jealous of his wife, peered through
his bedroom, and saw what he fancied
WAS the head Of a man in bed. He fired
and fed. 1t was his own child that he
killed. He was sentenced to death
but before the day for the hanging 1t
escaped. This was twelve years ago
Three months ago, several Barlow
County men prospecting in Catoosa
County, found him working on farm
under an assumed name, within day +
walk OF the scene Of his crime. He was
taken back To be IT. enlenced. The CON-
mission of Lunacy bias just declared him
hopeless y insane, and he has been sent
to the State asylum.
In 1881 Mr.. Frank Berry, of Easley,
S. C., picked and packed IA bale Of cot
ton and placed note inside the bale,
requesting tho man who manufactured
the cotton 10 inform him what he made
OF it, etc. Last week Mr.. Berry receiv-
I'd = letter from France i'll which he
was informed that his note had been
found and that the cotton had been
made into twist. The manufacturer
requested Mr.. Berry to write and in.
TO III him how mrI!I .u'i,ceived for the
cotton here, and w.-cther 1t was Of the
first or second pickin..
Oslnan Bailey, who was born OIL
EdIsto Island, South Carolina, owned a
plantation and slaves there until the
war impoverished him. Then he hauled
lumber for time, and at length he be.
came 4 street car driver. lie sticks to
his car, Notwithstanding his wiie's uncle,
Thomas Whitridge, of Baltimore, who
d I'd the other day leaving her a large
share Of S3,o0O,0OO.
John Calvert, of Logan County, Ky,
set IA steel trap to catch an owl that had
been roach!ng upon his hennery. The
next morning the tr p was gone. A
night or two later he was aroused by a
noise Oh The housetop, and, taking his
gun, he went out. A large bird
was struggling on the house op. 1t
was the owl, with the missing trap on
its legs.
A spaniel belonging TO William Fl.
Bay lies, Of Providence, saw horse
that had broken loose from n hitching
post in Lobin's Pond. The horse war
too bewildered TO find bis way cut.
The spaniel plunged in, swan to the
horse, seized the bride with his teeth,
and gradually pulled the horse around
aid guided him TO the shore
John +. Emerson, miner on
Douglass Mountain, near Georgetown,
Col, was partly buried by the caving
in Of the tunnel he was drifting, and
bis legs were pinion"d and crushed by
the rocks. As there was no help with.
in hailing distance, and no hope of es-
cape from his terrible Sutferings, he cut
his throat with his pocket-knif-.
Cinnamon put pork at the head of all
meats. In their opinion, to the hog he
longs the first place in the list of DO
nestle animals. If you ask a China.
man Why, he will tell you proudly; "Pe-
cause il was the hog from whom the
Chinamau descended"
The prisoners in the jail at Joliet, H.,
organized series OF matinee concerts,
" hiCh were given daily until it was
discovered thar they were organized to
cover the noise OF one of their number
made saving oil AN iron bar to secure
liberty.
A western editor travelling in GeOrg-
Ia, says that prohibition in eighty-nine
countirs in that state probably. means
hat the colored people haveno money
10 buy liquor with, and that there is no
money iu saloon keeping.
a couple in Springfield, Mass made
An economical brida! trip They babe
adieu 10 their friends on one side Of the
train and stepped off on the other side
and into Springfield hotel.
Oricn'ais always eat the grape whole,
az experience has taught them that
the SKINS ana see y contain an astrin-
gent quality which renders this fruit
most " holesome.
Jahez Lewis, of WILLIAMSBURG Mass.
is ninety four years old, has buried five
wives, and says he would like TO marry
again if he could find a girl to suit him
Doctor Wood says that the cochroach
has 5000 teeth. From the way the
ladies scream when they see one we
1t had at least 3, 900, 900.
Fish, although an inbabitant of the
water, has only about five per cent. less
of the fesh.forming elements than have
reared on land.
Fifty thousand dollars worth Of
dimes and $4,000 of nickels are to be
coined in San Francisco for distribution
throughout that State.
Cincinnati sells more sausages and
'offins than any other city in America.
A stammering Indian chief is named
Drag tLe-word.
The Swedes fish with lines in 200
'athOms.