National Republican., 1884-01-19

TIE Grand Army of the Republic has now
on its rolls quarter Of u million members in good
standing
A PETROLEUM WELL lately sunk in the
Baku district Of Russia promises to surpass tho
most famous "gushers" Of this country. 1t is said
to be yielding from 1000 to 900 batrcls day.
JONI LEWIS of Sabn, Mimi, tied a calf
to post which supported granary, under which
ho was at work. The calf pulled the post out and
the ganary fell upon Lewis, crushing him to
death.
AN Amosbury, Mass Clergyman stopped
the service last Sunday with the remark that God
loves mercy us well as sacrifice" and then he adj
vsed the shvering congregation to gather about
the registers, which they did
THE set of sapphres owned by the wife of
Mr. Mackay, of "bouanSI" fame, is valued at
10000 ana comprises the diadem, bracelets,
ring earrings aud necklace. with large pendent
The contents of her iewcly Ches are valued at
| 100000.
DIR. HENRY A. DUBOIS, a noted physician,
who died in New Haven recently of paralysis,
aged 10 years, was lineal descendant of jacques
Dubois the French Huguenot who took refuge in
Holland and in 1873 came with the Dutch settlers
| to Kingston, N y.
Mn. DEPAU. the wealthy glass manufac-
turer of Indiana. predicts that gas wells will revo
| lutionize the manufacturing business Of the
| country. lie shows the faith of his convictions In
| that he is developing well to obtain power for
! his factory at New Albany.
PROF. WHEELER of Yale, at a recent coll
| ege diun in Chicago, said that twenty five
| years ago the average Nule student was long
! haired indy dual wrapped in blanket shawl.
| To-day he LODGED like gentleman, whether he
| ycted like one or moi. This change, he believed
! was due to athletics.
Mrs. L. w. AVERY, of Iaconia, n. H., has
| in her possession II hali-dosen chairs that were
brought to this country by John Hancock, who
! signed the declaration OF independence They
were purchased by Mis-, Averys father in Boston,
where they were formerly used by Hancock in
| his house on Beacon street,
"WILL you be good enough to bring me
| some butter?" said Il travele to n hotel waiter.
| "Hou have butter on your butter DISH sir" re-
| turned the naughty knight Of the soup ladle, in
reproachul tones. ooh! excuse me-" said the
I traveller "l tooE it for grease spot" And then
no sound could be heard except the gentle rustic
| of the dinner gong.
THE Indians of Alaska are said to have
| used in making salmon nets the bulk Of 900 miles
of telegraph wire which were laid by the over
land Telegraph company many years ago. at
cost of S3,O1JOOO The plan of the company was
to reach Europe by direct wire across Behring's
straits and Asia. The Indians would enjoy 300
miles more of The wire
THE ivory market of the world is London.
| The product is brought from tho east aud the
western coast of Africa, Cape Colony, Ceylon,
| India, and the countries east OF the straits OF
Malacca. But by far the largest amount is i'm
| ported from Africa and the total weight given by
the British board of trade returns for two or three
| years ago was O1li cwt.
THE nopal cactus, which is abundant in
Texas and Mexico, is claimed to be excellent food
for sheep, and is full of watery juice that sheep
| ledon 1t do not need water but can be kept in the
dryest sections Of the country; but before being
used the cactus must be divcsted of its numerous
| thUrns and SpinG5, and to accomplish this u ma
chine has been devised.
THE population of London has almost ex-
| actly doubled itself in the course of forty one
years, whereas the population of the rest of Eng
land has taken hfty-seven years 10 multiply in an
equal degree At the beginning Of the present
century out of every ninc inhabitants of England
and Wales only Que lived in London. Now the
| proportion hus risen to one out of seven.
THE origin'of the speallership of the house
of fcommons, now about to be vacant is lost in the
dim historic miss in the reign OF Henry ILL., when
| Simon de Montiort acted as spokesman of parlia.
ment. But his claim US first speaker of the house
yields probably TO that Of Sir Thomas Hungerford,
who seems to have first borne the title and dis.
charged the duties in the time of Edward III.
ONE of the most curious suits ever recorded
was recently instituted by Mr. Kregoo, OF Indian
apolis, against Charles Graham, Years ago Gra.
ham had leg ampGated. and 1t seems that Kre-
gelo who is au undertaken, has kept it in his
vault since The other day he began suit for vault
age the account reading thus; " To vaulIage on
a limb of Charles Graham for lGS months, at So q
month"; SjOl,
PRESIDENT SALoMoN, of the republic Of
II hal
to be "a massive, broad .shouldcred giant, at
least six feet six inches in height with the physi'
cal proportions of gladiator, profile dark as the
Nights Putonian shore with suow.white locks,
keen, restless eyes, gliterlng like diamonds in u
setting Of jet, high forehead, anda FORM despite
his advanced age, erect as pillar OF stone"
DURBIN WARD has been defeated for office
about rs many times as any living man. His
first defeat WAS previous to 1870 when he ran for
justice of the peace, Then he failed to get into
the Office of prosecuting attorney, but he made it
the second time After two or three efforts he
got into the legislature. He has made half
dozen fruitess stands for congress, two for gov
ernor, one for attorney general OF the state and
twice for senator.
A MAN at Ogden, Utah, who brought suit
for divorce from his wife because she was II scold,
explained to tho court rather ingenious means
he had devised to silence her when she was quar-
relsome and by which he had been enabled to
live with her for ten years. He knew that she
had a perfect horror of rats, and soon after mar
riage he kept supply Of them on hand. When
her temper got the better of her he would let one
out of its cage into her room, aud 1t always ST.
fenced her.
DETECTIVES GRoDEN, Of Castle Garden, New
York city has II ring which, he says, has been
used IN the marriage ceremony of lS5 couples, or
$40 people, within tho past two years. Mr.. Gro.
den has earned reputation with the commis-
sioners Of emigration of being great promoter of
matrimony The detectives ring is lent to the
groom to be placed upon the brides finger when
4 the priest or minister reads the service, After
the ceremony the ring returns to Its owner, to do
i. similar duty again next day perhaps.
/ w. NJ. KHBALI, who died in Blackstone,
= Mass, II few days ago, in the midst of extreme
filth and squalor, was u very prosperous physician
$ forty years ago, on preparing his body for burial
Y the attendants were surprised to hnd a dirty
h pouch strapped upon his bacS, in which was
nearly $1,000 in bank bills, while In his trousers
Q pocket was found wallet containing $1,000, All
O over the premises were evidences of pinching
Il want, but concealed in yNriou, places about the
o room We're coin and bank bills TO the extent oi
nearly SS0,0JO.