Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-25
FACT AND FANCY.

u styles himself "Jcsse James No. q"
= Nevada will cast about $1,000 votes
!, this year for delegate to congress.
. Indians are more experienced and
n better hop-pickors than Cinnamon in
n Oregon.
o Catcrpillars arc causing great deaf
of damage TO cotton in parts OF
a Florida.
: Potatoes are drug =. the New
York markets, and are rotting ther
. by thousands.
The family of widow Elizabeth
Ellis, OF Abbcvil'c county, South Caro-
l lima, numbers 1876.
The wild ducks are great enemies to
tho trout crop of California, as they
, feed continually on the spawn.
3 Absurdities of fashion are increas-
: ing. The latest wrinkle is to wear
gold earrings in the shape of elephants.
= A young man of Randolph county,
, Arkansas, was recently indicted by tho
J grand jury for hugging a girl against
her will.
, George Chase, aged 13 years, recent
J ly treed an eight hundred pound bear
near Chico, Cal, and killed it with his
fathers gun.
Women and girls own nearly one
half of the deposits in the savings
banks of Massachusetts, having to
their credit Sly, ,399
One negro in Floyd county, Georgia,
in giving his tax recently, reported IS
/ ttrn nf "a nd 70,
other gave in four dogs and So.
An enterprising young lady of
Saline county, Arkansas, who is alllict-
cd with the crazy.quilt disease, recent
ly completed quilt containing $4,000
pieces,
A cipher that lounges on hotel
piazza at Saratoga wears a short, loose
coat made of black satin, white polka
dots all over it, and collars and cuffs
of red satin.
A Clergyman of one of the midland
counties of England recently served
out sentence Of penal scrvitude, and
on his liberation at once obtained cler-
ical employment.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, after his
numerous birthday congratulations,
describes himself as cmbalmcd like a
Pharaoh and built over with u pyra-
mid of famous names.
A farmer on the Mohelmune river,
California, raises the banana musk
melon. 1t is three feet in length by
only four inches in diameter, and is
finely favored 1t looks like n huge
banana.
A resident Of Montreal, Canada, who
wishes his name not to be revealed,
has offered to give $4,000 to found a
free library in that city if others will
subscribe an equal amount within
reasonable time.
The amenities of journalistic life in
Nevada are spiced with originality.
One editor recently declared that his
"estcemed contemporary has been
known to kiss child and inoculate it
with dclrium trcmons."
One of the greatest curiosities in
Japan is the wonderful variety of bins
that are used daily, In some instances
it takes 1000 pieces to make 4 dollar.
These are called "cash,h and are sell
dom received by foreigners.
Contributions to the Bartholdi pc
dcstal fund are so rare in New York
city that when a patriotic stranger
happens to drop penny or two in the
box the crowd holds its breath and
whispers Vanderbilt is himself
again.
The Canadian voyagsurs who enlist
ed to 60 up the Nile with Wolseley arc
not eager to serve their queen as for
merly. They have read of the climatic
dangers which threaten the expedition,
and number of them have fled to the
United States to escape arrest.
Some time ago eleven Cinnamon
were killed in railway smashup near
Heron, New. Their relatives soon
after brought suit against the railroad
company to recover $4,000 damages.
Last week the case was compromised
by the company agreeing to pay $500
head for the departed Celestials.
A settler near Livingstone, New,
has flock of about fifty Angora goats,
the only stock of that class in the
country. Their hair is long and white,
and soft as silk. Some of the bucks
are very large, with enormous horns,
and all are gentle and docile as kit
tens. Their wool generally brings 81
per pound.
DR.. Ernest Hart, editor of the Brit
ish Medical Journal, has been lecturing
Londoners about turning their efforts
to the abatement of smoke and fog.
He thought it rather foolisbefor them
to have 1.-THE cholera fright, ls<shen
they knew that the increased death
rate in London in some foggy weeks
was as great as "during the prevalence
of heavy cholera epidemic. "
A young man in prison at Karlaus,
Bohemia, has constructed marvel of
ingenuity in the shape of watch
eight centimetres in diameter and two
in thickness, made from the only ma
terials available to him. straws, thread,
two needles, and small piece Of pa
per as dial plate. ltgoes for six hours,
and with a little more necessary ma
terial could be made to go for twelve.
A band of brigands, thoroughly
equipped and disciplined, organized
last month for the purpose Of operat-
ing in Rome and its enyirons. These
robbers, rendered desperately bold and
ferocious by pinching hunger, have al
ready encountered and killed over
dozen policeman and soldiers, and
have frequently nabbed pedestrians
right under tho old city walls, and
sometimes even within the gates. Tho
head of one citizen was ransomed at
5000 at Nero's Tomb, curiosity spot
inside tho city.
Apassenger on an Arizona railroad
train was arrested by a sheriff for
minor offence short time ago. Seeing
a judge playing poker in the smoking
car with n brace OF colonels, tho sheriff
prevailed upon him to stop the gamc
for few minutes and try the prisoner.
The Judge did SO, fined the prisoner
$40, and before an hour had passed
away had cleaned out every colonel on
the train. Then he played little
game with the lato prisoner, who
won all the judges pile, and
set up the drinks for the crowd.
Much apprehension is felt at the
enormous proportions attained by the
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