Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-11-28
Current Notes.

A perfectly petrified oak has been
presented to the Kansas University.
Thos. James, of Gainesville, Fla,
is the father Of fifty-three children.
Four students at an Ohio college
were stung so badly in robbing a bee
hive that detection Of the theft and
expulsion from the school quickly
followed.
A boy who bought quart of New
Orleans molasses at a Cincinnati
grocery the other day, found dia-
mond ring worth 5000 in the stuff.
An autograph of the Mikado OF
Japan, upon silk, with gorgeous red
background, illuminated with letter
ing Of gold, has been received from
Yokohama by Governor Sherman,
of Iowa.
A husband and wife at Leipsic,
named Iiliack, recently announced
to their friends through the columns
of the 1dgeblaH, that a girl-their
twenty-ninth child-had been born
to them.
The bill Of fare at a dinner given
by the new Chinese Consul in New
York the other evening was as fol-
lows:
Dragon fish-boled celery.
Sharks fms stewed-bird's nest soup.
Sea worm-ginger and ground nuts.
Fruits-eggs and preserves.
Devil fieh-rOaSt chickau and duck
Sucking pig, bamboo shoots and rice.
Perfumed pork, mushrooms and sea-
beans.
Spiced sausage, stuffed eggs and millet.
Tenderloins with raisins and chestnuts.
Moon cake and confectionery
1t is said that Longfellow and
Fields were making short pedes-
trian tour some years ago, when. to
their surprise, an angry bull stood
in the pathway, evidently determin-
ed to demolish both poet and pub
Usher. 81 think said Fields, "that
it will be prudent to give this re-
viewer wide margin" eyes," re-
piled the poet, "it appears to be a
disputed passage"
Wild fox grapes in the Allegheny
Mountains in West Virginia are
made into jelly and sold by the res
idents in those poor cabins to the
keepers of the crossroads stores tor
Is cents pound, the pay to be ain
trade" The jelly is of two kinds,
one dark blue, the other pale green,
and both are said to serpass the
Scotch jams and jellies that in this
country sell for 25 cents a pound.
The new wheat pest lately discov-
cred in Milwaukee, when viewed by
the naked eye, was scarcely discern
ible, being the merest atom. When
put under the rays Of a powerful
magnifying glass. it is seen to be an
active midget, transparent in body
and apparently terminated from the
grain. It's industry is shown by the
samples of the berry, which are re
duced almost to dust through its
workings. The bin in which these
workers were discovered is, strange
ly enough, selected wheat, culled
from the choicest lots that had been
sent in.
1t is said that wildcats Of enor
nous size still haunt the back coun-
try towns oil Connecticut. In east
Lyme they dart up trees about the
farmhouses at night, snatch fat
turkey and make off with it easily.
In Bozrah, the other day, big cat
killed full-grown sheep and had
partly eaten it before the farmer
could get his gun. Hunting parties
frequently get on the track of the
animals, but have not got shot at
one as yet. Last year several wild
cats were killed in East Lyme and
on the western border Of Salem.
Robert Garrett has at Mt. Glare,
near Baltimore, q school for the
framing Of apprentices in the en-
ploy of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
way Company. Of the 500 appren-
tees on that line 40 are now in the
school. These pupils are taught the
common English branches, algebra.
geometry, physics, drawing, the
chemistry of oils, mechanics and, in
deed, everything needed to discip-
line their minds for intelligent work
when they shall be men. Nor are
the hands idle, for the lads are train
ed as machinests, brass finishers,
steam and gas pipe filters, moulders,
upholsterers, draughtsmen, painters,
bridge builders and engineers.