Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1885-11-12
CURRENT TOPICS.


looms.
EIGHT Confederate Generals were named
Smith.
SLAVERY viii finally be.al,olishcd in Cuba
in lsSS.
NINE counties in the Unised states bear
the name or Lake.
GEENoBLE, France, is tn e gr.r.trst glove
making city in the world.
AN Omaha man offers slu reward for
every thief killed in that vity.
AN increase ia the wages OF walters is
being made throughoue the East.
AMERICAN methods of farming have been
successfully introdu .ced in Corca.
LEVI z. MoRrc.N's wife is said TO be
worth Sl,oOO,OoO IN her own right
MIR SPURG-Eo., the great London
preacher, has become vegetarian.
PRoF. TURNER, anatomist OF Edinburc.
receives salary Of $4,000 per uunum.
WTrH a ten years rest. Fsrd. Wards
great hnoIcial mind viii come out re-
freshed. .
CHRISTMAS cards are beginning 70 ap-
pear, 'ind never have the samples been as
beanIful.
You've men of New York are making
themselves interesting by drinking absin-
the TO excess.
The Second King of Siam, Krom Pra
hajawang Bovara Sthan Mongol, by
name, is dead.
In Pennsylvania the Supreme Court has
decided that it is not illegal 20 bet on
primary elections.
DYING man in Massachusetts directs
that his body is 10 be burned and used as "A
fertilizer ON his farm.
Ex-PREsmENT ARTHUR says he did not
save cent of the S20O,O0O he received as
salary while President.
THE whip-makers Of Pittsburgh complain
hao ocheap labor in the East has driven
that industry from their town
haLF-BREEDs are reported as denounc-
hnS hlel, and anxious 20 see him hanged, If
the half- Breed prisoners are released.
The Superintendent of Yellowstone Park.
IN his annual report, notes marked improve
ments in tho condition of that reservation.
JOHN McCULLoUeH's reappearance upon
the stage is not now beyond the range of
possibility Stranger things have hap.
pened.
MANY of the,spring chickens sold in New
york City are fattened on sunflower seeds,
which are said TO impart TO tho flesh a very
fine flavor.
SQUARE dinner plates do not appear 70
grow IN fashion, rs was expected, and sew
eral affections against them are urged by
housekeepers.
POSTAL cards are to be included in the
nrst delivery service, If promptly stamped.
Ihis Is like putting a Jen-dollsr collar on
fifty cent dog.
IHE latest shape for coffee cups Is square
the latest decoration wild flowers. an
parently growing up from the base of tho
cup, all around IL.
MANY kindergarten teachers agree that
the first choice among colors OF all children
Nnder seven years OF age is yellow. This
admits OF few exceptions.
AN exchange says Pennsylvania man
died recently at the age of ninety. who
never told "a lie or traded horses. Proba-
bly, he was mute and blind.
Mns. JoHN RAY BARTON IS the weaIthiest
woman in Philadelphia. Sho Is worth.
perhaps sl0O0000O Inherited from her
father, the famous Or. Rush
An elephant from India, Said to be almost
as large ns the late lamented Jumbo. is "a
ho sent 90 the London "Zoo," so as to arrive
there about the holiday tmes.
SoNE months ago A. NJ Moore, of Ro-
cnester' n. y e, found i'm junk shop an old
painting, which. now that IL is cleaned. ls
pronounced a genuine Rub4ns
THE Pope is negotiating with tho Chinese
Tovernment with the view of inducing tho
latter 70 allow the Vatican sole AUTHORITY
over Roman Catholics ia China.
PARTRIDGE new through plate-piass
snow window, one-quarter inch thick M
chester VI, The 0her a0ernoon. and
"r'pped dead inside with broken neck.
tENERAL McCrELLAN's death occurred
just the day before the President intended
Offering him the Chgirmausnip OF the Civil
Service Commission In place OF Dornlau n.
Eaton, resiened
ISAAC DAVIS, n former near I.awrep-,
kan.' is gathering his corn with ladder
thls year. Tue stalks are said 70 b. six.
teen feet in length, and tue ears twelve
ieet from the roots.
Man at work in New Madrid Comfy.
Mo. while pl wiu. came ncr. ss the bones
OF gigantic man. supposed to- hs eight or
nine feet nigh. The bones crumbled as
soon as exposed 70 the air.
Us Paris tho drcssmaeinv trade rorro.
sents the movement OF sJD.0J0.On0a vear.
aud gives employment 90 21.O1J women
some or the society womon spend as much
a. $4,000 20 year on their costumes.
TlT Duke OF Ednburg IS very fair
hd1ler' but "a very poor farmer. having lost
1900 year ON his fancy farm oft Eastwell
Park on which he expected 20 make $40 900
year, out now IS compelled % sell.
THE prediction that fashionable society
contemplate an unusually brilliant season
OFT tine capital is amply borne out bv the
preparations which are being made bv
those who usually entertain during the
winter months.
a ROCHESTER, woman, annoyed bv fha
number of letters received by her coiored
domestic, took q couple Of them from tho
fostmnstor's hands and threw thom int,
tfa stove. She told her husband ne thou.h
enc bad done smart thing. but it cost him
5000 70 settle it and the mistress "a change
of maids.
YEARS ago tho Peunsyivania Salt Mann
featuring Co, at Natrona. Pa. was forced
ont Of the business by tho high price Of
fuel Since the Introduction II natural
gas they have been running again. and are
now making salt at the rate Of 100 barrels
per day. There are two good wells on the
premises.