News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-17
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A Georgia .colored woman has
named her twin girls Mary Magdalene
and Virgin Mary.
The Rev. Sam Jones characterizes
his present tent meeting in Georgia as
not "any little two-wheeled affair.""
The summer visitors of literary
taste are preparing ''papers" to be de-
livered before the winter clubs, and
the innocent amusement is entitled to
the best encouragement.
Cotton growing is making consid
cradle progress in Russia, especially
in the Caucasus. 1t is not quite
equal, however, to the American
staple.
The Jersey peach crop is the larg-
est this season for many years. 1t is
thought that half million baskets OF
the luscious fruit will be shipped from
the State.
There is such a glut of fruit in CAL
ifornia that hundreds of tons of
plums and other varieties will be al
lowed to rot upon the trees this sea-
son. The price will not pay for the
picking.
A man named Waters, whose daugh-
ter is in London infirmary, being a
philosopher with keen sense of the
fitness of things, has named his child
Mineral-Mineral Waters, natural
combination.
California papers report that new
species of bear has been discovered on
Mt. Shasta which is found in no 9TH
er part of the world. 1t is about the
size of shepherd dog, is white and
very ferocious. Three have lately
been killed.
In Russellyilie, Ken, short time
since, while young man was pitch
ing in a game of base ball his arm
snapped, with report that could be
heard all over the field, and dropped
to his side. 1t was found to be badly
fractured at the elbow.
To entertain the Emperors at their
last meeting there were sent from
Vienna $500 sets of forks and spoons,
10000 wine glasses, 800 coffee-pots,
800 complete breakfast services, $50
clocks, all in going order, and other
articles in equal proportion. For a
hours visit the outlay was enor-
nous.
Atlanta. Ga, was the scene of a
triple murder on Wednesday night
of last week. Ida Maxwell and John
Shelton eloped Wednesday afternoon
and the pair were married at Shelton's
mothers house. The girls father and
brother armed and followed them.
The old man was about to shoot the
groom when Shelton Drained the son
with Ratchet. He quickly fired at
the old man who shot him at the same
time, and both fell MORALLY wounded.
Seven hundred Cinnamon have re-
turned to Rock Springs, wy, under
escort of four companies of troops.
The miners, it is alleged, threaten to
destroy the .company's buildings, all
of which are under strong guard.
Serious trouble is feared as soon as
the miners think they have an oppor-
tunity to carry out their threat.
A mob of Indians headed by white
men, attacked q party of Chinese hop
pickers with clubs and stones, 13 miles
east of Seattle, w. f., killing two of
them and wounding four, on Tuesday
night of last week. Heretofore Indi.
ans exclusively had been hired to pick
hops, and this year one firm had hired
Cinnamon. The Chinese were warned
to leave, but refused to do so.
Five horses were lately killed by
lightning in a singular manner at
Camilla, N. Y. They stood with their
necks over a wire fence, when sudden
ly the lightning struck the fence at
distance of 1000 feet from the hors-