The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

Yin grading a new street railroad at
Los Angeles, Cal, recently, blast was
6red which loosened five thousand tons
Of earth.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical authority of the world, says
that more cases of lumbago and rheum-
atism are caused by wearing overcosts
than by going out without them.
Some years ago a gentleman stop
ping in Cohasset, Mass, placed a
couple of goldfish in the pund at Co
hasset common. Recently the pond
has been drained and cleansed, and
thousands of goldfish were taken out
Boston Journal.
Part of the old furnace in which
was smelted the iron for the chain to
obstruct the Hudson River in the Revo-
lutionary war is still standing near
Hoboken, n. j. Aaron Burr for long
time commanded the regiment which
guarded this important property.-M Y.
Tribune.
The town of Mortified. Mimi, is
named after two of the oldest settlers,
Mr.. North and Mr.. Field. The Younger
brothers, who committed the daring
bank robbery in that place in 1876, are
serving their life sentences in the State
Prison at Saltwater Sentimental
women still continue to send them fruit,
flowers and delicacies. st. Paul Globe.
This has been a great year for
curiosities in Canada. The Island Press
60 ~ NH
several pairs of triplets, and a mackerel
living with half-inch tack buried in its
flesh. Some of the less remarkable
events are, perhaps. the finding of a
potato which weighs three pounds and
one-ha44 ounce; that is, so far as known,
the largest potato ever dug in the prov
ince; we have also a potato growing out
of bone that was dug in field at North
Head; we have also toadstool that
measures one foot wide. The Press re-
trains from noticing others for fear its
veracity would be doubted.
M. Penali, portrait painter in
Lyons. was engaged to be married to
Mile. Minnie Bernard, and the day OF
the wedding had been announced. A
few days ago Penali said to his tiancee;
II hope you have paid Difference to my
antipathy and ordered all your clothes
without hustle" The girl smiled
and Replied "Sooner than wear a
wedding dress without tournure
shall never wear any at all. The
artist earnestly protested, and finally
begged her to choose between him and
her devotion to fashion, The result
was not in his favor, and he left the
same evening for Egypt.
The Carriage Builders Conven-
tom
The carriage builders met, resolved. ad.
journed
Shook hands and to their several homes re-
Fine felloes they were all. made no hub bub
Nor spoke a single word against the Hub.
They met, and from the moment they began
The wheels of their convention smoothly
The speeches made were sharp and pointed
And shafts of wit few thickly round the
The modest carriage of each speaker won
Respect while speaking and applause when
done;
Their language was from hack neyed phrases
free,
And the convention closed harmoniously.
Boston Courier.
Paris has very strict building regu-
lations. The height of houses is fixed
at 40 feet on streets less than % feet In
width, so feet on streets less than 81
feet in width, 60 feet on streets less
than sc feet in width, and at &C feet Oh
streets, boulevards, and the like of &C
feet or more in width. Buildings sci
back from the streets gain right to
additional height in proportion as the
width of the street is increased by the
distance of the building in the rear Of
the street line. Seven, including the
entresol are the number of stories
fixed, and it is provided that no ground
floor shall be less than nine feet il
height, measured from the ceiling