National Republican., 1884-05-07
CURRENT GOSSIP.

PAYING gold has been found in K aladsr,
| Ont near Kingston
BosToN people complain that their taxes
nave been increased to give patronage TO demo-
cratic ward politicians.
THERE are in the United States SO varieties
of oak, "a of pine, Of fir, 3 Of spruce a of hem.
lock, of persimmon, l2 of ash, is Of willow, and
0 Of poplar.
EVELYN HoEY, young, pretty, and tired Of
housekeeping put on her brolhor's clothes and
| ran away from New Haven, to be caught in less
than half day.
OSCAR BURBRrDGE mashed" Mrs. DIR.
Whitney of Chicago. Whitney smashed Bur-
bridge Now the latter sues for damages and tha
lady for divorce.
CHARLES DELMoNIco's nephew has had hif
name changed to Delmonico. and will start au
uptown restaurant In connection with those all
ready in operation.
LIST of about 500 persons who sent crosses
or wreaths on the occasion Of the funeral of the
Duke Of Albany is published in tho London nova .
papers"by authority"
AT Lima, Ohio, q fourteen -yesr-old girl
named Wilhelm jumped tho rope 256 times, BE-
came unconscious, in which condition she lay
twenty days, when she died
CHARLES GARDNER, prominent banker Of
Mount Vernon, Ind, aged 40, has eloped with Ola
divorced wife and four children.
REV. NJ. DELos's congregation at Brunswick
Center, N. Y, wish to tar aud feather him He
said in sermon that he would be preaching
when majority of bis congregation was in hell.
SAN FRANCISCO woman is said to have
secured an unmolested hearing of opera in that
city without paying therefor by threatening to
"hollor fire" IL attempts should be made to re-
move her.
THE Astors arc still buying real estate in
New York, They have bought much on Broad
way and Wall street and in the new district above
Harlem river In 1880 they bought S6,O00,oOo worth
OF property.
GLEN DAVIS, negro, died (apparently) at
Columbus, 8. c., and the durkies were having
big wake over him, when he came TO and fright
ened them terribly. He had been in trance
| twenty four hours.
The various orders Of monks make it rule
| to retain the style Of dress worn by the common
classes Of tho country at the time the order was
founded Some of them which originated in
southern laitudes can scarcely exist in the colder
regions.
MRS. CLARIssA DAVENPORT RAYMOND
celebrated her 1924 birthday anniversary tho other
| day at Wilton, Conn, whore she resides with her
only living daughter, who is aged 80 years. The
occasion brought together five generations Of the
| centenaran.
EARL ID. HATHAWAY, q boy years old, in
oriskany Falls, oneida county, is of the fifth liv.
| ing generation of his family, his mother being
"a years old his grandmother AZ, his great
grandmother ", and his great-greatgrandmother
| 0I years old.
Miss LILLIAN WHITNEY, daughter Of
| Clark j. Whitney, the we'll manufact-
urer of and dealer in musical instruments in De-
troit and Chicago, and proprietor of one or two
| opera houses has eloped with her fathers coach
man, young Englishman.
| AFTER having been bored almost to death
| by autograph hunters, the crown prince and
princess Of Germany have started an album or
rather a serious Of albums oftheir own. They are
for artists Of different naonalites to paint pto-
lures in characteristic ofthe country they belong
to. The first one has been sent to Spain, and the
| others will follow soon
A PARIsIAN house. noted for the manufact-
ure of curious and elegant novelties, made an
Easter egg for q wealthy Spanish lady at q net
cost of 81 900. 1t was formed of white enamel, ON
the inside engraved the gospel for Easter day.
| and, by some ingenious mechanism, little bird
lodged in this daluty cage sang twelve airs from
as many popular operas.
ANDREW BRUMAGIN, an extensive broom
corn grower, of Fonda, N. " while working in
the field Saturday, suddenly took fire. He
quickly stripped himself Of his clothing aud es-
capped with only slight scorchng, The cause of
the fire is wrapped in mystery. He had no pipe
| or matches about him. The sun was unusually
hot, but 1t is not known how his clothing could
catch fire by the SUMS rays, especially as he was
moving about.
AFTER the homo of Jeremiah Quill, at
Nowlngton, Va, was struck by lightning, young
Quill, 1s years old, found his vest and shirt torn
into shreds, the right leg Of his trowsers burned
nearly off, and the sole OF his left shoe torn from
the leather, and the shoe hurled from the foot.
He was burned about the stomach and partially
paralyzed but will recover. The same bolt passed
into the kitchen, killed dog and cat that were
sleeping upon the lounge, and broke up the
kitchen stove.
A PAINTING by Jules GARNER, entitled
"Borgia's Amuse," has been refused by the jury
of the Paris salon, the ground that 1t was cal
cuated to shock the modesty of the ladies and
children who visit the exhibition. The tableau
represented seven nude women dancing before
Pope Alexander, who is seated at table with
Lucretia and Caesar. NJ GARNER protests and
says there are many moro immoral pictures in the
French public galleries.
The glaciers of Mont Blanc, which had
been In a continuous process OF retreat since 1896
have entered upon new phase. Prof. T. A.
Forel, who has been engaged in unwearied OBJ
servations of Mont Blanc, asserts that the advance
of the glaciers during the last four years is now
fact placed beyond dispute. He specifies as those
|
called Mer de Glace, the Blossoms, Argentieres.
Tour, Brenva, and TRENT.
ONE of Richard CGur de Leons ordinances
for seamen was "that II any man were taken
with theft and pickery, and thereof convicted, he
should have his head polled, and hot pitch
poured upon his pate, and upon that tho feathers
Of some pillow or cushion shaken aloft, that he
might thereby be known as thief, and at the
next arrival Of the ships TO any land be put forth
of the company to seek his adventures without
all hope of return unto his fellows"
Mr.. j. SANFORD SALTUs, of Fairfield,
Conn, has in his possession an ivory image of an
elephant The image is about inches in height,
is cut from Il solid piece of ivory, and is inlaid
with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds and
other precious stones The eyes are two unusually
brilliant diamonds and In the center Of crescent
at the top of the head is sapphire Of great brill
liancy. The image is the badge OF office OF the
standard bearer of the king Of Slam.
AN ex-confederate soldier, who claims
Q Georgia as his homo, has not slept in house
since he went into the army. soldier'like, he
4 carries his entire wardrobe with him wherever
he goes, as well as his pantry and kitchen uten-
sis. and spends the night wherever darkness
may overtake him, Ho never reads newapapera'
holding that to read the Bible us 1t should be
read requires all his time. Recently he inquired
Of the editor of paper II Germany and France