The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-01
BRIEF IENTIoN.

HS~~~N NNAAN~
diamond bracelet for the bride from IIr.
George w. Childs, of the Philadelphia
Ledger.
DR.. Tanner, the faster, is a resident of
Dona Alta county, New Mexico, where
he IS devoting himself to the propagation
of a new religion, found on new Bible,
revealed to a new prophet.
bill to forever prohibit railroads
from granting passes to members of the
legislature is creating a considerable stir
in the Connecticut Legislature. The
members have long been accustomed to
receive mileage and then get pass, and,
consequently, they are much exercised
over the bill.
The tomb of Rachael, Jacobs favorite
wife, is at the crossing of the Bethlehem
and Hebron roads, about mile from the
modern Christian village of Beib-Jela. 1t
IS a square white structure made of coarse
plaster and rooted over with dilapidat-
ed dome.
1t is said that dwelling houses canno
be built more cheaply in Eastern than in
Western cities. The reason of this is that
while in Western cities lumber is some
what cheaper per thousand, it is more
than made up by the lower wages and
cheaper materials in the East.
Matthew Arnold sensibly remarks: ITO
write book about America ON the
strength Of having made merely such a
tour there as mine was, and with nc full
er equipment Of preparatory studies and
local observation than l possess, would
seem to me an impertenance;'' and, to
tell the truth, it would seem so to most
people.
All the wooden tooth-picks are made
IN Maine, two firms controlling the bust
ness. The business is about 1000 cases
year, 900 of them going to Europe
and Mexico. Each case contains 250, 600
picks. They are made Of popular and
birch. Some of the swell New York
clubs have imported orange wood picks
and favored pick from Japan.
Fred. w. Harris, a maiI-carrier, of
Utica, N. Y, was bitten by a dog as he
was delivering mail at the residence of
Mrs. Williams, last October. lie brought
suit for $1,000 damages, and on Wednes-
day gained his suit Mrs. Williams made
great efforts to keep from paying. She
even had Congressman Spriggs to come
on from Washington to assist her local
counsel. She is said to be worth 81, GOO,
600.
The following question was asked of a
Senator-elect by Mr.. Dorsheimer on
Wednesday: IF Senators Bayard, La
mar and Garland should go into the Cab
met, who, in your opinion, would be the
representative of the administration on
the floor of the Senator The answer
was promptly made, Senator German,
Of Maryland who, though not specially
ready in debate, is a good politician and
counted a man of excellent Judgment
when tact is needed instead of argu-
ment."
At an excise suit tried recently in a
Justices court in an Ulster county On. Y }
town Newburgh brewer swore he could
drink sixty glasses of larger in day and
an evening and still be perfectly sober. -
Another citizen swore he could take
twenty WHISTLES straight, day in and day
out, and feel all right One of the jul
rors said he was of the opinion that when
a man put his umbrella to bed and then
stood all night in the hallway he was not
sober.
The experiment of the Harvard Annex
for Women, which was inaugurated in
1870, has succeeded beyond the expecta-
tina Of its warmest friends. It started
with twenty-seven students and now has
over fifty. 1t started without funds and
now has building and S75, 600 Tt start
ed without the support of the faculty,
but is now endorsed 10y every professor.
It's tuition fees are 5000 per annum. A
gymnasium and other Improvements are
now being erected. Some Of It's friends
want to build dormitory, but many are
opposed to it.
4 Boston congregation was mysteri
ously seized, in the midst of a service OF
song, with paroxysm of uncomfortable
sneezhg. First, the children; then the
choir, and Mt length, nearly the whole
assembly the preacher included, broke
into involuntary CONFUSION. When tho
premises were searched by the astounde6
sexton, amid the ordinations of the
boys, the cause of the ridiculous oatas
trophe was found to be cargo of pep
per, which, during the previous week
had been stored in the cellar. The en-
terprising trustees had rented the plae,
toa Wholesale grocer.
Carrara, Italy. furnishes the statuary
and other better qualities of marble 70
the world, France of any country being