The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-13
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Black measles has made its appear
ance in Cumberland valley, southeast
of Shippensburg.
During the past year there were fif-
teen hundred skating rinks erected in
this country.
A Boston man bequeaths his wife
her exact weight in pure gold as .
yearly income. Boston men know what
new bonnets are in this world.
The queen of Holland walks daily on
the public streets. She dresses in som
Der garments and is accompanied BY
only one attendant, lady.
Charleston, S. G., will send two mill
tary companies to Washington to take
part in the Inauguration.
The first idea of steam navigation
was contained in a patent obtained in
England by Bulls, in 1876.
Misss Maud st. Pierre is worth $3,.
100000. She is investing it in coal
and mineral lands in Tennessee.
A woman in Ohio gave $1,000 toa
faith cure doctor, who at ance disap-
peared. She was cured--of her faith.
For 200 years one-quarter OF all the
cheap violns in the world have been
made in Mitlenwald, Bavaria.
General Drum says that during the
last five gears lO,9Ol soldiers have de-
serted from the regular army.
The first printed calendar is dated
1892 The first book printed in Cam
bridge, Mass, was an almanac.
Senator John Sherman is to preside
at the Washington Monument dedica-
ton ceremonies on February ~.
1t has been definitely decided to
start Gospel Temperance congrega-
ton in Pittsburg with francis Murphy
at its head.
Mother Lockwood, one of the de.
feated candidates tor President
November last, is announced to speak
in Williamsport, Tuesday evening,
February II.
Jay |. Case, the owner of Jay-Eye-
See, has lost about Sl,000,000 in bad
business ventures within the last few
years.
In the United States they are "dvna-
miters" in Canada they are "dynami-
tours in England they are "dynami-
tards'
John Edwards, who began to set
type on the Portland Aduertiser in
1916, claims to be the Oldest printer in
New England.
The ice bridge at Niagara this win
ter is said to be the most massive for
many years, and is estimated to he over
sixty feet thick.
The New York Nail and Espyess
AYERS that burlesque actress in Bos-
ton was paid $4,000 to '4et rich
mans son alone
1t costs about $4,000 to fit up a
first class roller-skating rink in large
city. One item is $500 pairs Of skates
costing from 50 to SO each.
An experimental shaft in the new
oil region OF Wyoming Territory, sunk
only fifteen feet, yields six barrels of
J oil in twenty-four hours.
The late Earl of Aylestord, who died
recently on his cattle ranch in Texas.
, mad an insurance on his life amounting,
it is said, to $1,000,
t A New Orleans woman, with an eye
to thrift, has let all her rooms and is
y sleeping on q mattress on the dining.
I room table.
What is the difference between the
i proprietor Of cattle train and ses
, captain One ships his steers and the
other steers his ship. Hence these
/ steers.
A writer in the Hour says the ska
ting rinks and roller skates of the pres
: eut day will either result in a genera
; zion of athletic, graceful figures on th'
y ice, or, on the contrary, in race o
u knock kneed men and women will
. disproportionately large ankles.
a steer was recently sold in Cincin
natti weighing 4,250 pounds. The an
II imal was raised near Decatur, Ind, i
v, of fine form, perfectly developed, 81,
e, feet four inches high, girths twelv
=! feet, and measures twelve feet il
N length. 1t is six years old, beautifu
II roam, and in perfect health.
10 The deepest gold mine in the world
"a says the Alta California, is the Eure
ka, in California, which is down 2,29
feet or 500 feet below the level of tn
sea. The deepest silver mine is th
Mexican, on the Comstock, which
down $500 feet.
v. A dog in Wanaqua, n. j., who fc
" some time had been noticed to take b
st breakfast in his mouth and run ava
be with it uneaten, was followed, when
sc was discovered that he took his me-
IN. TO decrepit old dog in a covert
be the field, who eagerly devoured II
1t food thus provided for him.
" W That woman should live to be II
a'' years old and then be burned to deal
eH seems to be more than ordinary hal
- luck, and yet that is said to have be,
&c. o the fate of Lucy Peek, of Crawford
ga VA vile, Georgia
me- A Scranton sensation is the elop
er, ment of the pretty daughter of Ass
'ut tant Superintendent Bogsrt, Of &
II Delaware, Lackawanna and Weste
to railway, with George j. Fowler,
on brakeman. They became acauaint
at the skating rink.
,es A bill was introduced in the Sens
ces at Harrisburg recently, providing Ii
the corporal punishment be inflicted up
er. male beaters of women, the lashes
Ken the bare back not to exceed thirty, a
ely the whipping to be done in the pr
nch ence of only physician or surge
ose aud the sheriff or a deputy. We he
orn that such q law NAV be passed and