Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-05
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A number of Philadelphisns are ne- gotiatlng for the purchase of large tract of land Tn the town of Jasper, Oteuben, county, New York, somewhere on which legend has from time out of mind located a silver mine, which the parties hope to find. On the tract is the treasure cave" of much local fame.
 It was dull day in a barber's shop in Bangor, Maine, and one of the loungers offered him 75 cents for the receipts of the day. The offer having been &C., cepted, the lounger went out and scared up his friends, and the receipts reached about Sl0.
 At Methodist church fair ID Brook lyn the other night Deacon Patterson, concluding that a young man named William Vaudeville was lingering too | long, got into 6 quarrel with him and | threw him sprawling into the street.
 Gentlemen's hose are now made with | separate compartments for toes. Each l tee is provided with its own private apartment. Desirable for gentlemen who have httle to do but worry on tight gloves and fingered socks.
 
 son when the latter was girl of fifteen: "Make 1t a rule never to pass a day without seeing a beautiful picture, read ing beautiful poem and hearing some beautiful music.
 Matilda Eddy, the woman compositOr | known as "Kit" the tramp, who died at | Cleveland the other night, was buried at Jamestown. N. !. Her typographical un1on voted fifty dollars to defrsy the funeral expenses.
 A young child was taken to church in Quebec, Canada, the other day and bap- tized, and when the parents and friends returned home the child was found dead in its wraps.
 A Montreal sparrow was hung by its mates to the caves of the city hall build ing, few days ago, with string about a foot long, which was tightly fastened aUout its neck.
 A Butte, Montana, woman sent cloth ing to wash last Tuesday with S1,600 Tn greenbacks rolled up in it The money disappeared,!a ,!aDd she IS now just Sl,60O short.
 \ company has been formed ill Mon- treal, Canada, with capital of S2O0,0OO, to lay underground pipes in that city for telegraph and telephone wires.
 The land on which -xtends the post of Fort Clark, Texas, embracing l. 400 acres, has been purchased from the Maverics for Sl60,000 by the government.
 A Carson City, Nevada, photographer treats each customer who will take 1t to drink of liquor, in order to get the proper pleased expression" on tfe face.
 It is stated that the Hickman Brothers, of South Dennis, Cape May county, New Jersey, recently spsared l,6O0 large eels Tn Dennis creek in four hours.
 Since the late war s. l.. Spiars, of Yazoo county, Mississippi, has bought only sixteen pounds of meat and twenty-five bushels of corn for family use.
 The Southern lumber trade continues to grow in importance. It IS asserted that the southern cypress IS a more use ful wood than white pine. Stockton, California, hoodlums stretch tarred rope across the sidewalk so as to leave a mark on the face or clothing of the passing pedestrians.
 Five hundred geysers and five hun dred hot springs are reported as in the Yellowstone national park by the government surveyors. Driftwood IS descending the Missis- sippi in very large quantities. The catching of it offers profit to the indus trIous.
 As yet but three young ostriches have been matched out at the ostrich-farm near Auaheim, but more are soon ex- pected.
 In four years Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas have doubled their railroad mileage.
 Pittsburgh real estate dealers talk of establishing a real estate exchange ID that city. Louisiana has suffered nearly S1S,- % 0OO,OOO damages by the floods during the present year.
 Algeria has Mussulman population of 2,S00,0O0. and of 460,000 Christians and Jews. l Mount Hood, Washington Territory, is said to be giving evidences of volcanic ! activity.
 St. Augustine. Fla, pays 1212 cents a barrel for oyster shells to improve her ? roads.
 A pair of 6-year-old steers raised II , Duchess county, N. r., weigh 4,7OC pounds.
 There are S1,OO0OOO of unclaimed deposits in Massachusetts savings . baDks.
 Drunkenness IS on the increase , among the negroes all over Georgia.
 Anybody that wears socks in Athens , Tex, is put down as a dude.
 4 New York florist claims to sell ten thousand rosebuds every day.