Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-05-24
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

MANY OF THE ARABS CAPTURED II
the battle Of Teb said they knew moth
ing Of the English forces, had never
heard Of their victory over Arab, had
never heard Of Arab himself, and had
never heard Of Tewtik.
ST. PAUL AND MISSEAPoLTs p SEP
ARATED from-caeh other by the M'ssls-
sippi River, but are now, IL all but the
mode Of government, one city. In the
past year 500 buildings have been
erected at a cost Of 81, 494, 900.
A LoSDoS CORRESPONDENT AT BERLIN
writes that Prince B!smarck's e1aspera-
Htion against Minister Sargent is aggra-
waited by his intimacy with Frederick,
Knapp, once of New York, ana recog-
rizcd members Of the opposition.
.JAcoB EYER, or TRoTwooD, ONO,
aged ~ wears. a very wealthy nan, com
mittcd1suicide because he feared that
he would have 70 pay a %neighbor 800
damages. resulting from an overflow Of
water from one Of the bitches on his
farm.
JosErn MCCA>y, A coMrOs.ToH on
The \. Y. UrraI4, in one hour get 2,O6G
ems Of solid mlnion Tyre, AID III the
second 2,0l3 ems. George Arensberg, on
the \. Y. 71n,rs, in il hour, on Feb.
~, 1870, set 2,O6l ems Of solid minion.
This is fast work.
IT HAVING BEES ASSERTED TIA THE
French General Schramm. %, who late
ly died, Was the Oldest General. q BEL
elan paper says that Antwerp can pro-
ducc ono vet older, 9G, who took part in
the retreat from Moscow, and is still
able to enjoy life.
a BOY WAS SENTENCED BIZ A Laporte,
Ind, jury to four years imprisonment
ut hard labor for stealing q suit of
clothes. A jury in the same town and
on the following day gave Henry Au-
gustine only five years imprisonment for
the murder Of his uncle and cousin.
U%xBRIDGE, MASS, HAS A WOMAN who
makes her own dresses, plays the piano,
votes for school committeeman aud sits
on the board herself, milks the cows and
makes and markets butter; she can also
chop wood, hoe corn, swing the scythe
and expects some day to vote for Presi-
dent.
LIVERPOOL IS THE GREATEST SHIPPING
port Of the world, its annual tonnage
being 2,Gl7.372 tons. London is the
next port, with 2,33O,GSS tons. elias
gov ranks third, with 1,432,3 54. New
York comes fourth on the list of shipping
ports of the world with a tonnage Of
1,l53.G7G.
T.. II. WISDsLow, WHO ACHIEVED fame
MS a forger i'll Boston, is now q very big
man i'll Buenos Ayres, owning and edit
ing a newspaper of that city. He also
OWLS blocks of buildings, drives the
fastest pair of horses in the city, has I'M
limited credit, and is considered an csti-
mable citizen.
THE oLpEsrs iogS IN rHE United
States is Ys1eth, thes Chief town IF the
county Of that name in Texas. II hos a
population OF $500 souls. A Spanish
military explorer, named Corando,
visited the town in 1540, and found il
then a popular and prosperous civilized
Indian community. ta
GEORGE MUNRO, THE PUBLISHER o.
cheap novels. says the public have mis-
leading notions rs to the circulation anc
profit Of these "Libraries." He adds
! have had to take back n million and :
half copies at a time from the news
companies. The first edition OF n bool
seldom exceeds 1000 copies.
THERE IS 4 GooD STORY OF AN old ani
unsuccessful dramatic author VIII,
drttcd into very INDECENT circumstances
lie had a son II 4 prosperous business
who made him an allowance for his SUP
port. When asked Ivy his friends hov
ne was getting onAhe always said, "Oh
/ am living ON nv authors rights :"