The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-17

Here ana There.
Iowa's coal output was 1908, 43S tons
last year, an increase of 400, 900 tons since
1881.
Centralia Mo-, has o negro boy fourteen
years old who has a head as large as a
bushel basket.
A harpoon of the pattern made over forty
years ago was taken from a whale caught
near Coos Bay, Oregon, recently.
According to the will of New Hamp.
shire man, his dear wife - is to receive
$4,000 in case she remains single eight
weeks after his death.
In three towns of England-Ely, Rugby
and Salisbury-consumption has declined
from forty to fifty per cent. since the land
was thoroughly drained.
Sandwiches are great staple in London
Forty thousand women are daily engaged in
vending them, not to mention the thousands
who assist in their preparation.
Between the wolves and eagles the farm
been losing thousands of dollars worth OF
sheep and other small stock for weeks past
At Ash Ford, a station on the Atlantic and
Pacific Railway, in Northern Arizona, the
water supply is brought by rail distance
of forty miles and sold for fifty cents per
barrel.
The tallest chimney in the world is that
Of the Twoneyley works at Port Dundas,
near Glasgow, Scotland, which is built of
brick and stone, and is 454 feet in height.
1t is circular in form.
1t is said that there are 2,400 stables OF
COWS in New York, the milk of which is sold
in the city, and these COWS, from the time
they enter the stables until no longer able
to give milk, never see grass.
Buried treasure fends were at work in
BRENNAN, Tex, week or so ago, and dug
down to solid rock without finding the large
sum Of money which the principal in the
scheme AYERS was buried there by Spaniards
sixty-fve years ago.
In German grist mill recently sack of
-four fell down stairs, opened and scattered
the contents in burning gas flame, which
set fire to the dust, causing an explosion
which lifted part of the roof of the mill
and broke almost all the windows.
A ring which she wore probably saved
recently the life of q colored resident of At
lanta Ga. Her husband attempted to shoot
her, but she threw her hands to her face
and he fred and the ball struck q ring on
her finger, cutting that member but doing
no other harm
farmers wife in Indiana who runs the
vegetable garden of half an acre, not only
keeps large table bountifnlly supplied,
but sold last year more than 300 worth OF
vegetables to the town folks few miles
away. This half acre was of more profit
than any four acres which the husband cui-
dvated.
The house or sobbing wren is n bird pc.
culiar to southwestern Texas. It's melan.
choly note is described as very impressive,
1t begins in high, clear key like the tink-
ling OF silver bells, and descending gradu-
ally from one chime to another, it suddenly
falters, breaks off, and sobs like child.
The song is heard only in the opening light
OF dawn, ard is repeated but few times.
The singer is very seldom seen through the
day.
There is now living in Pickens county,
Ca, man who during the rebellion don.
ned his wife's dress, kept his face closely
shaved and wore q big sun bonnet, in order
to avoid being conscripted and sent to the
front. The officers in search of recruits
frequently visited the house and asked his
wife where her husband was, and at that
very moment he could be seen working in
the field in female garb. By the time he
had worn out seven of his wife's dresses he
become tired of masquerading, enlisted, and
became good soldier