The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-23
MISCELLANEOUS.


that 250 street lamps are broken daily
in that city. mainly by boys.
The New Haven Conn Board of
Health has prohibited the blowing OF
locomotive whistles within The city Inn
its.
The Northwestern Christian Adro-
ecGte cites facts and documents to prove
that Methodism was originally estab-
ished in Chicago in 1881 fifty-three
years ago.
Several smokers swore off in Lis
bon, d. T., on New Years dav, and
pledged themselves to give the church
SS25 every time they smoked this year.
Chicago Herald.
There are thirty three custom
houses in the United States whose re-
ceipts are less than the cost of collect
ing, and thirteen of them are in New
England N. " Herald
Thomas Hardin, arrested on the
streets of Cincinnati when blind drunk,
had a marriage license in his pocket,
but could not remember whether he got
drunk before or after the ceremony
Cincinnati Times.
Count Harnancorn, of Vienna, now
n social lion in New York, says: Zach,
it's too pad. | can neefer marry one
American girl, und loafs all of dem. :"
Like Artemus Wards monkey, he is
described as an ''amoosin' little GUS"
~ Mail.
"A New York World reporter sub
mitted these trifling questions to Jay
Gould; How much are you worth ?
How is your money investedp What is
your incomeP How much does it cost
you to live? Strange to relate, Mr..
Gould sent word that he was mot in. :"
-Garnets of considerable size and
beauty are found in the Santa Catali-
nus, Arizona. In the canyons and
aroyos which run out into the table
lands this side numerous small speci-
can be obtained. One little girl the
other day gathered an ounce bottle full
in few hours.
Mr.. D. r. Locke (Nasby), who is
writing letters from the South, SAYS
eff l was twenty-five years old and had
one thousand dollars to start life with,
had rather risk my chances in Allan
ia than any city in the world. The
four best cities in this country are To-
ledo, Kansas City, Minneapolis and
Atlanta. y Chicago Journal.
The editor of an English scientific
paper satisfies correspondent as to
why he does not print his article: l.
Your original theory was propounded
a quarter of century since, and prob
ably not for the first time 9. 1t
has been refuted over and over, and
proved logically unsound and physio-
logically impossible. 3. We have no
room for it.
-Barnum's new white elephant is
reported to be magnificent specimen
of its kind, of a pale ash color, with
livid markings. There is no such thing
as white elephant pure and simple.
The present specimen is as near an APP
proach to the color as has yet been met
with, and even King Theebaw had
some reluctance in parting with his
sacred treasure, despite the amount of
money paid for it.-BoStOn Transcript.
There is quite a good deal of ro-
nance connected with the recent mar
riage of Bishop Warren and Mrs. lift,
of Colorado. 1t is said that before the
Bishop met his bride her late husband
appeared to her in dream and advised
a union with person whom he de-
scribed. When Mrs. Tiff met Bishop
Warren she at once recognized him as
the very image of her dream Chicago
Tribune.
William Rogers, the owner of
Washington's headquarters at Tappan,
N. Y, has found it necessary to remove
the tiles over the fire place in the par
Tor to prevent them from theft, The
tiles are of the most delicate workman
ship. They are eighty-nine in number
The subject of the first is the crucifx-
ion of Christ. Andres prison, in an
other part of the old Dutch town, where
Washington was this month, hundred
years ago, is in ruins.-N. N. Tribune.