The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-04-02
Wednesday, April 2, 1884.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Facts Called From Here AND
There.

enfranchise about 2, 900, 600 men.
A Goldsboro, N. c., man is collecting a
peck of nickles, as penalty for lost bet
Texan who has lost both arms has
learned to shoot his revolver with his toes.
Nearly ninety runaway couples from
Oregon were married at Vancouver, w. T.,
during 1888.
There are several towns in this country
called Bismarck, and it is proposed to
change them to Lasker.
San Francisco shipped but s,s2s barrels
of -four to England last january, against
10000 in the same month in 1883.
Four kegs of powder were found in the
garnet Of church at Canton, Ohio, and the
police are trying to find ont who put them
there.
1t is calculated by statistician that the
average amount of railway travelling done
by every man, woman and child is IA
miles each year.
The Gar Of Russia is said TO be actually
insane, occasioned by his terror of the
Nihilists. For the last month he has been
in deplorable state Of mind.
A Kansas jury rendered this verdict:
" Death by hanging-round rum shop
An Indiana jury sent in a written verdict OF
Blode to peces hi the biler Dustin"
Senator Jones, of Florida, who is regard
ed assone of the most eloquent men in the
Senate, never attended school regularly,
and owes all his education to his own efforts
after his twenty-frst birthday.
A San Antonio (Texas) German insured
his life for 80, 600 in favor of his wife, upon
learning which the woman became furious,
declaring that her husband had sold him
self to the devil, and deserted him and can.
not be found.
Numerous discoveries of mica have been
made in Georgia, In Madison county, es-
pecially, great quantities have been de-
voloped. The deposits are continuation
of the North Carolina mines, and the quality
is said to BIO excellent,
good old man up IN Epping, N. H.,
went to prayer meeting the other night, and
unwittingly fell asleep. He was called
upon to offer prayer, and, being dutifnlly
punched by his better half, beloved out :
Gol-darn It, Betsy, kindle IL yourself
The chaplain of Scotch poorhouse was
recently discharged because he had refused
to preach the doctrine of eternal punish
ment to the inmates, though he subsequent
ly recanted, on account of his family, and
offered to preach ANYTHING the managers
wanted him to.
Sir John A. Mcdonald, the central figure
in Canadian politics, is good conversation,
.list, but knows little of oratory. Here is
sentence from verbatim report of n
speech inade in Parliament II may be
true-er-er that every month in the year
in the year-er-a vessel may get through
butter that is, that is, not-er the point
The Mennonites of Nebraska, where they
are the majority in three counties, are more
thrifty than the Yankees were two score OF
years ago. for the Yankee thrift is almost q
thing Of the past. The Mennonites use i.o
sugar, tea or coffee. They make their own
butter and beverage made of Drowned
barley. They are excellent farmers, and
their motto is g Waste not, want not.n
Senator Logan's private secretary told a
washington correspondent the other day
that the Senator's mail now averages from
i00 to 800 letters day. II never goes
below the smaller figure mentioned. An
answer OF some sort is made to every letter
and this keeps number of hands busy.
rms is larger mail than is received at the
White House or by any other public man
in Washington.
Inc Chinese nre swarming into Mexico
along the trunk lines of railroads by hun
dreds. At present they are necessity.
No hotel can be run without Chinese, for
there are no Mexican cooks, and the hotels
are too small to employ American cooks at
the wages demanded. As yet they have
not gone to work in railroad building nor
into the great mining camps, except rs
restaurant keepers and hundrymen. The
working classes of the country have not vel
felt their competition, but there is likely to
be bioodshed when they do. There ia a
demand at the capital for legislation re-
stricting Chinese immigration by overland
routes aud absolutely prohibiting it into
seaports.
Miss Susan b. Anthony is credited with
saying II have been roundy abused
and ridiculed for allowing a female clerk of
mine TO send letter in which woman suf.
frage was spelt suffrage, aud was not cor.
rectod There is q little secret history
about that letter that will be amusing 10
those who are laughing at me and my
female clerk, who cannot spell suffrage.
The fact is that my clerk made correct
copy Of the letter, which j approved. and
Which was then sent to male clerk. n
college graduate, to make large number
OF copies. Every copy which this gentle.
man prepared read suneage, and what is
still more startling number of members of
oongess in replying to the Letter adopted
the same unique photography"