The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-14
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Facts, Fnncies and Conccits Picked Fiou
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Here and There.
Schwyz, in Switzerland, is the emily place
in Europe where women are allowed to vote.
A seamstress has counted the stitches in
q shirt. There are 20, 49,
From surveys of the Gulf of Mexico it
appears that its area is sos, 900 square miles.
A species of wild potato has been discoy-
sred in the mountains of Arizona. The
vegetable is about the size of n walnut.
A man in Downey, Los Angeles County,
CAL, has disposed of his walnut crop, pick
ed from seventeen acres, for the neat little
sum of 50, 700.
A man was fined in Sonoma County, CAL,
tho other day for knocking noighbor down
with fifteen pound bunch of grapes.
The 80. James Gazette says that &c How
ever blamable may be the conduct of the
Mormons it is due to them to admit that
they relieve us annually Of q great number
of silly women"
As nm illustration of the depression in
land values in England, it is stated that an
estate in Devonshire, of 400 acres, for which
flS.000 was refused q few years ago, has
just been sold for f8 900.
Sierra Valley, Sierra County, CAL, is one
of the prettiest but most isolated places in
the State. II has no telegraphic communi.
cation with the rest of the world, and can
only be reached by difficult stage ride of
twenty-five miles.
During the present season Medora, in the
Bad lands of Dakota, has shipped moro cat
tie than any other place on the Northern
Pacific line. Next comes Mingusyille, be-
tweed the Bad Lands and the Yellowstone
and Billings, on the Yellowstone, ranks
third.
John Martin, desperate, who had killed
two or throe men, while under arrest was
taken from tho Sheriff OF Winchester, KY,
ON forged order from a justice of the
peace, and put on board train. On reach
ing Farmers Station at night two masked
men entered the cor and shot Martin dead.
Mrs. Ida Froelich, of Chicago, recently
received news that her claim for pension
on behalf OF her husband had been allowed,
and that she would receive $4,000 back
pension and $72 q month hereafter. Her
husband was demented on account, as al
legged, of injuries and exposure while sol.
der. She and her children have long been
living in extreme poverty.
For the last thirty-fou years the Bible
societies of England and America have print.
ed over 10000 copies for each business
day and ut an outlay of $G5, 900, 900, 49,.
100000 copies of the Scriptures have been
published by these two societies since their
formation in 1904 and 1916, the dates of
their respective organizations.
A boys presence of mind came into good
play in Oregon recently. A resident OF
Umatilla County got out of bed and wa,
heard by his son sharpening his knife. The
son got up and inquired what his father was
doing, and was told that ho was going to
Kill his wife. The boy offered his assist-
ance, and asked his father to let him sharp
on the knife, which request was granted
He then concealed the weapon, called as.
sistance, and soon had tho insane man SO,
cured.
A gentleman and his sister have been dis
severed by the London police in the las
stage of starvation, through sheer lack, up
parently, of sufficient business capacity y
get some crossed checks for E102 cashod
They were discovered In tho house. togethe
with securities for over $500, and yet thu
old couple believed themselves penniless
They would have lived comfortably enough
the Globe thinks, 1000 years ago, before
checks and such like complicated resources
of civilization were invented.
The evils of attempting to leap blindfold-
ed into matrimony are sadly illustrated in
the brideless condition of n middle-aged
Bristol bridegroom at the present moment
He was comfortable tradesman with o
weakness for religious tracts, and she was
good.looking young person at Tunbridge,
They had corresponded, exchanged photo
graphs, and agreed to marry, without hay.
ing even seen each other. When they met
at last the young lady did not seem too
pleasantly surprised, and at the most criti-
cal point of the marriage service she blurtod
out, Most decidedly no." instead of muir
muring blushful Yes. "-Tableau.
King Louis of Bayaria's private Wagner
ing performances must be somewhat trying
to the actors. During tho late representa-
lions of e Parsifaln OF Munich for his &C.
centric Majesty's solitary qualification, the
performance began at an early hour, and
continued until s or $50 in the morning,
with an hours interval at midnight for rest.
Not a goul wns in the auditory hift tbn K;no
whose box was perfectly dark, and further
to insure scclusion the actors, when not en-
gagged on the stage, were obliged to stay in
their dressing rooms, and not linger behind
the scenes. When the entertainment was
over King Louis returned to the palace by
secret corridor, and sat up till A. NJ,
when he went to bed till in the afternoon,
returning to the theatre soon after no arose.