Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-16
Sunbeams.

west is boy aged II. He Is wonder OF
fluency.
There has been terrible outbreak OF
trichinosis in st. Andreasberg little town
canary bird business.
The Glass Ware Reporter says that tenn
pered glass may now take It's rank among
valuable inventions, subject, however, to
many defects in its present state.
Compared with other English counties,
Devonshire and Somersetshire have suffer
ed very little from the agricultural depres'
sion. the farming being dairy and root crops
chiefly.
Aclean and perfect copy OF John Bunyan's S
"Pilgrim's Progress" 1878, has Just been
added to the British Museum library. Only
three other copies are known, and but two
of these are perfect
were very much gratifed BY a talk with
their Cars sister, the Duchess of Edin-
burgh. when she lately visited that town.
Hull does vast trade with Russia.
1t is said that the county OF Mcintosh, Da-
kota, which was entirely Government land
until ninety days ago. does not yet contain
men enough to fill the usual offices, but they
have elected themselves as far as they win
go.
Paris has been in agonies about its drink
Ing water, and DIR. Koch, "the father OF
bacilli," by showing how to count the in
finitesimal inhabitants Of the water drunk
In Berlin, has made the people of that cap
ital equally uncomfortable
The wife OF the jaiior at Oconta, Wis, was
left on guard and armed for the day with a
pistol, which her son doubted she had the
courage to discharge. He made test by
putting on prisoners costume and whoop-
ing at her. He is slowly recovering. (,
It Is indicative OF the strong musical taste
OF Bohemians that nearly 500 Inhabitants OF
the town OF warnsdorf population $4,000
lately chartered a special train to take them
to Dresden to hear aperformance of "Lohen-
grim"
An aronaut named Price was half mile
high when his balloon burst, at Nevada, Mo I.
and for most OF the distance he fell with aw :
full velocity; but the bag happened to fill
with air In such a manner that the descent
was retarded for the rest Of the distance, and
the man was not fatally injured,
An English Clergyman was rehuking his
congregation for deserting him on charity
week, because there was collection. i was
shouted voice from the free seats.
The discovery OF silver mine district,
sixty miles by thirty, on the borders Of New
South Wales and South Australia, is the ex
citement OF the hour in those parts. In one
instance mass of two tons yielded 1000
ounces OF silver. A similar discovery Is also
announced In another part OF New South
Wales.
Yelford, parish in Oxfordshire. England,
has population of only eight persons. The
Mr.. Lenthall, the direct descendant of the
famous Speaker Lenthall of Cromwell's
time, who bought 1t, with the adjoining
estate, from Warren Hastings ancestors.
At an English country house, at luncheon,
after morning service the popular young
eqrate was aeeosted By yenerable divine
write that sermon that you gave us this
morning." "Oh, about a week" Dear
me" replied the other, at took me four"
According to the London Truth member
OF the aristocratic family OF Cavendish has
opened a tea shop at Eastbourne, in Kent,
port from the Inhabitants and visitors, who
have benefited so much by the judicous
enterprise of his relative, the lord OF the
soil.
The women of panning, Dakota, believed
that Nellie Knapp. the schoolmisiress, was
too wicked to remain in town, and they
away. She disappeared, Then 1t was clear.
ly shown that all suspicion against her had
been groundless, and 1t was resolved to
bring her back; but she cannos be found,
and II Is feared that she drowned herself,
On October 2l, the anniversary of the bat
tory, In the harbor OF Portsmouth, England,
had her mastheads, yardarms, ensign aud
nagstafis, jibboom, flying jibboom and gaff
end decorated with a laurel. while q wreath
q the same Was PLACED around
the spot where he fell.
There is a convict in the California State
prison who has made three attempts to kill
his wife, and she is still alive and hearty
For the first time he was sentenced to only
year, as the evidence was not clear that he
meant to hurt her. seriously, but as he let less
than day pass after being liberated before
stabbing her, the SECOND assault was doomed
rather murderous, and for 1t he served five
years; He used pistol In the third on
slaught, and went to prison for ten years,
which have nearly expired.
Copley square. the open space in front of
the Museum Of Fine Arts and Trinity
Church. Boston. is in danger of being ruined
by the building of a staring apartment hotel
upon lot which fronts on the triangular
breathing place. This square is the most
surpasses It In situation or the striking char
a6ters of Its buildings. The neighbors natu-
rally waxed indignant oyer tho qows OF tho
lot owners scheme, and the city Govern
ment ordered him not to lay brick. A
small war has grown out of this matter.
Several persons now claim to own the land,
and the man who was going to build his
hotel says that he will sell to the city for
$50, 600; but the matter has become so mixed
that the courts and lawyers will have toin
teryene.
general practitioner writes to the Lon
don Times that the wholesale Insurance OF
infants is most pernieions, and is doubtless
one of the causes OF the excessive infant
mortality in England. Certain insurance
societies who make this branch a specially
have agents in every town and village in the
kingdom, and policies are issued on the
lives of children concerning whose state OF
health at the time no inquiries whatever are
made, The question Arises, How Is II that
these companies flourish and are enabled to
build palatial offices and keep such numbers
of clerks and agents when SO little care IL
taken in the selection of lives? The answer
is to be found in the fact that a very consid-
cradle percentage of the policies are forfeit
ed on account OF the weekly payments not
being kept up, the amount already paid be-
ing forfeited also.