Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-01-02
SENSATIONAL ITEMS.

An artificial baby has been invented
by an ingenious Yankee for the beneti
of those travellers who wish TO scare
away people from entering carriage
which they would like to keep to them.
selves. This travelling necessity" al
is inventor calls IL, is 80 ingeniou. thai
it would deceive tho most experienced
mother, and Is manufactured In three
styles for various purposes. Number
one costs two pounds, and is so thor.
ongbly irritating that it would keep
AWAY the most placid aud loving In.
dividual." Number two, for one
pound, emits lamentable, intolerable,
but intermittent cries." and number
three Is q capital imitation for ten
| shillings. Further, the inventor un.
dertakes to repair the machinery gratis.
Kentucky justice Is sometimes al
most as swift as the New Jersey arti-
Gle. Judge Perkins opened court in
Bracken County on Friday morning,
heard the Smith murder trial, sentenr.
ell the defendant to the penitentiary
for life, heard arguments for u new
trial in the Brockman case, overruled
the motion, confirmed the severe sen.
tence previously announced and adj
jourred the court in time for an early
dinner On the same day, in Frank.
fort, two colored m,n were placed on
trial for housebreak ng, aud two hours
later they were being put at work in the
penitentiary.
remarkable phenomenon has been
observed lately at several places in the
Madras and Bombay Pres idencies, and
has caused mnch interest, mingled with
not little alarm, among the super
stitious. For some days the sun pre-.
sented distinctly green color. Seve-
raj explanations have been pat forward,
of which the most plausible appears TO
he that offered by the government as
tronoiners, that it Is due to the pas.
sage across Southern India of clouds
Of snlphurous vapor from the Java vol.
canoes.
The Royal Humane Society's medal
mas been voted to n yOung English
lady named Lloyd, for saving boy aged
ten. The boy fell of the quay at Go yes
into deep water, and was being washed
at some distance into the heavy ga and
strong tide, when Miss Lloyd, who was
on the sea wall, plunged into
The sea with all her clothes on, swan
out to the boy, and, with great diff.
Guilty, brought him safely to the shore
The Australians have invented new
sporting sensation, namely, races for
lady riders. The fair and sometimes
oyely jockeys use side-saddle still,
nut it is thought that when the novelty
becomes thoroughly accepted they will
30 Archer in their fashion. The first
went took place in Victoria, and the
thief prize was bracelet of the value
If $3.50.
There is one lunatic to every 3G0 in.
labitants In New York CITY in the
whole American Union the average ia
ne In 779 Of population. The Increase
I insanity In the whole country has 1
een 90 per cent. In 10 years, the popu.
alton having increased only 2G per
ent. In the same time. The ratio of
Increase In the city is thus more than |
ouble what it is In the nation. :
During the recent military festivi. l
les at Hamburg, a monster concert t
'as given by the bands of all the regi. a
tents In town. The musicians nun. f
eredl ,0l2and were under the direction v
the chlef bandmaster. After the per- {
'rmance OF variety of selections, a $
attle scene In music and monster re-. i
ellie were executed by all the drum. d
'ers, and produced grand effect. G
Az early as the time of Alexander III, a
scotland, q man who let weeds 20 to u
seeh was declared to be the kinp'sI
iemy:, In Denmark farmers are
'mpeiled TO destroy all weeds on their
In France man prosecutes "
IS neighbor for damages who permits 9
eeds 90 to seed, which may enIanger II
'ighbOring lands. Il
Mr.. w. l.. Gloss has in his melonr a.
itch In Bib County, Ca, a vine fou G
u long, that runs six inches with L
ein and leaves white, and then four u
ches yellow, then white again, and
on. From one Of the yellow sections II
% white melons are growing, while
'm one of the white sections are vel b
" melons. cI
In 1881, when the population of Lon. -
n was little more than q million and
lalf, there were 81, 1868 apprehensions
,nla and disorderly conduct. Is
1857, with a population which increa AZ m
TO ,952, the apprehens ons had as
len to "a, 296. of
A lady living on Washburn street in ~
export, has not been outside her own III
Drryard in over nine years, although se
ther ill.health nor anything else pre- ne ",
nus her doing sO-she simply has no ~
'ire to go'anywhere and &C nsequently VI
ps AT home.
a little daughter of William Keister,
oprin gfield township, Pennsylvania, r.,
pped on a large thorn, which broke ~;
ana imbebbed itself in the sole of w.
loot. This was in May, 1880. Last o "n
hk Mr.. keister drew the thorn out of a.,
knee-cap. ,o W