The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-02-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

II Philadelphia man is making a
collection of suspenders. The prices
range from twenty-five cents to eleven
dollars Philadelphia Press.
During the last fiscal year over
So, 600, 900 worth Of precious stones
were imported by this country, to say
nothing of what was smuggled. T.
Sun.
Paper was king in Denver on the
occasion of a grand carnival, when all
the ladies' and gentlemen appeared In
clothes made of that article. Some OF
the effects were, startling.-Denrer Tn
bune. s>@
In France the sale of proprietary
medicines is only permitted after the
formula has been communicated to the
Academy of Medicine. In Germany
the sale of all such articles is strictly
prohibited.
I'm cemetery in France one reads:
Here lies Gabrielle, my adored wife.
She was an angel. Never shall be
consoled for her loss" On the same
stone: ..Here lies Henrietta, my second
wife. She was also an angel
Owners of race-horses talk of or.
ganizing a mutual protective society to
resist the domineering and bad faith Of
jockeys. After jockey rides few
winning mounts he thinks himself of
more Importance than the horse and
owner together. Chicago Herald.
"A rather novel episode in the his
tory of the Washington monument was
in serving dinner on the top of the
great pile to the workmen recently.
Three large turkeys were carved at that
dizzy height, and the banqueters enjoyed
the good things set before them. Wash
ington Star.
The pride of Savannah, Ca, is her
beautiful shade trees, but they have
been dying in such large numbers dur
ing the last few years, and particularly
during several months past, as to ex-
cite apprchensions in the minds oil
many citizens that in few years they
will all have entirely disappeared and
the squares and streets will be left with
out protection from the sun.
"A curious question of jurisdiction
has risen in the case of the sunken Brit
ish frigate Hussar, which is said to have
gone down somewhere about 1880 in
Long Island Sound with $5,O00,000 OF
gold on board. Recently the Secretary
of the Treasury transferred the contract
of raising the wreck from New York
man to Providence firm, the Govern
ment to receive all relics and ten per
cent. of the money recovered, and now
it is claimed than the State of New York
owns the alleged sunken treasure and
that the National Government has no
right to NEEDLE with it.-N Y. Mail and
cypress.
John A. Glassbrenner, a blacksmith
of Uncasville, Conn.,. fired the other day
at an American eagle, which fiuttered to
the ground and was captured without
any serious injury. The eagle meas
ured seven and oDe-half feet from tip to
tip, and it is probably one of the largest
American eagles, if not the largest, now
held in captivity. 1t is said to be larger
than any similar bird at Central Park
in New York. Mr.. Glassbrenner keeps
the bird alive in his cellar, and it is not
safe for anyone to approach within
reach OF its tremendous wings and fully
developed talons, for it shows signs OF
vigorous resistance. Hartford Post
The great old gushers on Thorn
Greek, in Butler County. have caused
tremendous boom in the prices of real
estate there. The largest of these wells
are located on the Marshall, BARLEY and
Wallace FARMS Six months ago the
owners of the Marshall farm, S52 acres,
could not sell it for $1,000; to-day it
cannot be bought for $4,000. The
hartley farm. seventy-five acres, was
worth six months ago about 49, 900. Yes
terday its owner, hitherto poor farmer,
refused $75, 900 for it, A school poard,
owning one acre of ground among the
wells, was offered $50, 900 for it, which
they refused. Pittsburgh DISPATCH.