The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-04-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Facts Called From Here ana
There.

man at Oconee, Ga, who o5tained
Judgment for 81 200 in lawsuit, had just
$75 left after settling with his lawyers
a Chinaman at Victoria, b. c., is about
to marry white girl, with the consent Of
her parents. But then he is worth $780,
600.
The value of the neat cattle subsisting on
the natural grasses along the slope of the
Rocky Mountains from the British posses
sions to Mexico is placed at 5000, 900, 900.
The mines of the Black Hills, in Dakota,
have mined and milled ! ,512, 03T tons of
good ore, yielding So 43i JIG, an average
of only 1918 per ton, making profit and
paying in dividends SO, 142, 500.
Wild dogs are terrorizing the country
about Cedaryille, Kan. They are more
ferocious and more difficult TO kill than
wolves. They have recently killed two
large steers, nearly wiped out three focks
of sheep, and eaten two filters of pigs.
OF the 10000 Indian children now hy.
ing in this country, over 10000 are being
educated in government schools. This fact
is all the more significant when il is remem-
bered that no systematic work had been
undertaken until the latter part of General
Grants administration
About 150 miles north of Missoula, Mon.
tana, region has been discovered by an
exploring party in which are twenty-five
cascades over 500 feet in height, and true
glacier with mile frontage and 500 feet
fall. 1t is said to be more wonderful
region than the Yellowstone.
Mr.. Gatling, of Calling gun fame, says
Western exchange, is a benevolent-looking
oldgentleman with snowy hair and whiskers
He is slightly deaf, wears gold-rimmed
spectacles, and talks about his Wholesale
slaughtering machine as unconcernedly as
though it were merely an improved hay
rake.
man named Chenworth, who lives IN
the village of Cowboy, Kan, owns n horse
which he sends to store three miles dis
tant for provisions. note tied to the
horses name has q list of the articles wanted
They are strapped in a bag to his back The
animal never stops to nibble grass, but goes
the whole distance at q brisk trot.
What is now called Holdroge, town in
Nebraska, was four months ago nothing but
treeless plain. On October last the
first house was brought there ON wheels from
n nearby county. Since then sixty-two
business houses and proportionate number
of dwellings have sprung up there, and
Holdroge is busy and thriving town.
The duration of life in England is ON the
increase. Mems lives are prolonged two,
and women's three and one-third years be-
yond the limit of thirty-tiye years ago The
change is ascribed to various causes, promi-
nent among which are the influence of the
Public Health act, the progress of the tenn
perance movement and the diminishing , iru.
lence of epidemics.
The soft maple tree that was cut down on
the White House grounds recently had many
historic associations President Lincoln had
a habit of stopping at this tree, when
thoughtfully strolling about the grounds
AMI pulling twig from it. Then he would
take out his pocket knife and slowly white
the stick as he walked on. The tree was
planted during the administration of Andrew
jackson.
Henry wNtterson ia portrayed in recent
Washington letter as a grave looking man
Of forty-four, with bold fierce face, and
rich growth of very light brown hair, which
hangs down over his forehead. It is won
derful what an amount of work he does
considering that his eyesight is SO poor that
oil his reading is done to him by his secre-
tary nevertheless, he is intimately acquaint-
ed with the methods of every department of
his paper.
The urchins of Brazos county, Texas,
know how to make life interesting for the
schoolmaster. A local paper tells of one
who was called up to be logged, but just as
the hickory was raised over his head butted
his teacher in the stomach knocking him
over table and q bench into q remote
corner of the room. Before the astonished
pedagogue had recovered his wind the
young goat was gone, and the rest of the
class was scampering over the fields intent
upon holiday.
Parties who were boring for water near
Snake River, about forty-five miles from
Dayton, Ore, encountered stratum of
frozen earth at q depth Of forty-iive feet.
Under this numerous cavities were found,
from which cold air came in gusts. The
roar of the escaping air can be heard at some
distance. 1t is not possible for ony one to
hold his hand over the we'll for any length
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