Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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glass, consigned to Il prominent I'M
porter, valued at $4,000, is held in
the New York custom-housc for irreg-
ularitics IN invoicing.
A Congregational convention at ST.
Adams, Vt, adopted Il report dcpre-
ciating the running of Sunday trains.
A committee was appointed to present
the report to the legislature.
President Barrios, of Guatemala,
proposes to give the Mexican nationa
library the original manuscript OF Ber-
nails conquest Of Mexico. which is
now in the library of Guatemala.
The historic island of St. Helena is
reported to be in Il very bad way, the
abun onment OF the Cape route since
the opening of the Sucz canal having
taken away its trade in rciittln% and
yictuaing ships.
A number of charitable Christian
ladies of New Orleans have formed an
unsrctarian aid society, whose object
is to afford immediate relief to urgent
eases, pending investigation by the
conference Of charities.
The rains have done much damage
in the interior of California to grain
Hay on the ground, especially in San
Bcnito, has been seriously injured.
Beans, corn, and buckwhcat have been
benefited. Strawberries and cherries
have suffered to u large extent.
Mary f. Stockclt, of Norwich. Conn,
was Il soldiers widow and drew pen
sion. She married Il colorcd man. thus
losing her pension, and lately found
that he had Il previous wife living
Now she sues TO have her marriage
declared void, so that the payment OF
pension may be resumed.
Many leading firms Of Hartford,
Conn, have signed Il petition 10 the city
council praying for the imposition of
Il license or tax upon those who 20
there for Il short time and offer goods
for sale in direct competition with
Legitimate city trade without having TO
pay any share of the city taxes.
When ladies at horse show 90 TO
the extreme of kissing the horses that
they most admire, there can be no
question Us to the sincerity of their adj
miration. This method of bcStOwing
volumes of praise without words was
not uncommon at the recent show at
Madison Square garden, New York.
: The usual spot of imprinting the kiss
was ON the side of the glossy archcd
neck, though some of the ere aturcs
which gave evidences Of genticncss
were rewarded with kisses on their vel
vcty noses.
The dccp-sra fishes taken by the
United States fish commission steamer
during its late cruise in the Caribbean,
are exciting much interest at the
Smithsonian. Curiosity is intensified
by those specimens of dGcp-sca fishes
, which are nearly or entirely blind
the eyes becoming atrophicd or obso-
: lctc from disusc. like those of the fish
, inhabiting the Mammoth cave of Ken
} tucky,- while others have large eyes,
and the blind fish of the cave are allied
f TO some superficial marine fishes that
, have wcll-dcvclopcd eyes.
Isaac Langdon, a Salt Lake Mormon,
who lately took II second wife without
the knowledge of his first, brought the
former home few days ago. The
first was so shocked that she became
temporarily insane. Her husband told
her She would soon get over it, and
went away with No ,. The wife, in
7 her frenzy, soon after rushed into the
= street and threw herself in front of u
passing strcct-car, which was barely
stopped in time to save her life. Her
dress was torn of and She received
severe bruises, but was not seriously
hurt. though it was close call.
!, Capt. Goodwin, OF the ship Stcrllng,
= which arrived ut New York recently
! from San Francisco, reports that when
in the Pacific ocean Il seaman named
: Charles Boland had wonderful
, escape from death. The vessel was
, going eight miles in hour, and Boland
!, was ordered aloft to furl the forc-ruyal.
!. When on the yard he lost his footing
, and fell into the water alongside the
ship. The latter was Immediately
hove to and Il boat was lowered.
BOland was found swimming about
- easily, and when taken on board was
= none the worse for the leap he had
a taken.
1 Ispahecher, who went to Washing
3, ton in January, claiming that he was
n elected chief of the Indian Territory
n Creeks over Chcotc, has Just been
:, married at the capital. He fell love
= with comcly Alma Narrower, who Wis
c tied his hotel on business not wholly
y unconncctcd with the washing indus
q try, courtcd her pcrsistcntly, refused
# to 90 home when his business ended,
>. and has Just been married. lie is 90,
and can not speak word of Englshi
the Girl is %, has u little Cherokee
blood on her mothers side, but is per-
fectly white, and can not speak or un-
= dcrstand word of Indian.
y Ixtaccihuatl, which, next to Popo-
d catapotl, is the highest volcano in Mex
II leo, is universally called the "white
&c woman" in the land of the Montezum-
l. as. Its shape, as viewed from Popocat
d apctl, some $50 miles away, is sugges-
Q, tive of dead giantess robed tor bur
Ic ial. the white shroud showing the con
81 tour of breast and limbs The face is
g perfect in outline, and long hair seems
p 10 stream in silvory locks from the
$. snowy forehead down over the sides OF
c. the bier Her feet are turned down
N toward Popocatapetl, and between
II them lies line of low hills, brown and
!, treeless.
y Col. William Erncston, Il bronzed
i veteran of the British India service,
le who passed through Philadelphia few
l. days ago, carried a cane that is me,
10 mento of great events. 1t is made OF
o. nine longitudinal strips of wood; the
is head is highly polished bit of bone
is from the river drift deposits in Devon
e shire, England, and the ferule Is .
10 fragment of gun used at the battle oil
M Mclegnano. One wooden strip is from
ct the Mount of Olives, atJerusalem, and
es of tho other eight one is from Mel
lie sons ship, the Victory, one from tn,
H. American sloop-of-war Cumberland
Id one from the Alabama, cut before sh'
s. left Laird's ship-yard; one from The
70 Bellerophon, Napoleon's prison ship
no one from the Vile de Paris, Admira
n de Grasses flagship in our Revolution
,h ary war; one from the floor OF thu
us Black hole at Calcutta; one from thu
a r.. nv. NYahnl and fb.