Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-15
NEWS AND NOTES.

Little bedpost bells rang by electricity
are now used to waken sluggards In Bel
gum.
Lady Churchill Is being roughly crltl.
cised ia Eugland for having written
letter approving fIrtations aftor mar
rage.
Charles A. Johnes, the Wall street
scalper, is worth 81 100000, and he
started IN life as q boy In a brokers'
office,
The empress OF Japan wbs recently the
recipient Of set OF diamond iewelry
from friends in Berlin, consisting Of
necklace, dIadem and bracelets. In the
dladom alone 5000 brilliants sparkle like
SO many splendid stars.
A lady named Augustine Ahumada has
died in Santiago, Chilli at the age Of l15
years, and at Talca Mrs. Juana Gatica
has died, aged 1870 years The latter
leaves two sons, one eighty.elgh and the
other nlnety-Ayc years of age.
The emperor Of China's new throne at
Shanghai is TO have It's foundation and
pedestal made of gold bricks, and the
sub project OF Soochow has sent TO Pc
kin 5000 pieces Of solid gold bricks,
Of the ordinary shape OF clay bricks, for
this purpose.
There has been formed in London an
association "rhe Society for the Pre-
vention OF Hydrophobia and the Reform
of the Dog Laws" having for its main
object the enforcement OF better
control over dogs One OF It's methods
will be 70 accomplish the destruction Of
dogs Of low degree.
Englishmen from Britain and the colo
MES are emigratlng TO South America
rapidly, and taking up government land
in large tracts along the river La Plata
and other localities, and engaging In rails
ing cattle, mining, etc, while there are
very few Americans in the whole country.
There were 81 vessels In the harbor Of
Rio Janeiro the first day OF last April, and
only two very old and inferior crafts that
carried the American flag.
A Trenton, N. j., man Is the owner OF a
colonial copper penny, coined In 1885, and
which he claims is the only known speci-
men OF the Kind in existence, One one
side is a rude figure Of an eagle, which
looks, however, more like representa-
tion Of the tabled griffin species Around
this nondescript bird are the words az
Pluribus Unum" On the reverse Is a
figure Of goddess OF liberty holding In
one hand the scales OF iustic and in the
other liberty pole, from which hangs a
flag: around this Is inscribed "Immunis
Columbia.
Ono evening recently in Buffalo,
party OF friends were playing a quiet
little game Of poker, when an onlooker at
the fun took IL into his head to make
calculation. The ante was 20 cents
"hat,n with dollar limit, and three
players. Time was kept for once for ilf-
teen minutes, and ogain for half an hour,
some time later, and an exact account
Of the money that passed backward and
forward over the board. For the first
ran up TO SGD, and in the hall hour, when
the play was hveler to about $3.50; vel
mere was scarcely 50 difference In the
losses or gains This illustrates one Of
the possibilities OF the festive draw.
Benlamin Titus OF Trenton, N. j.. has
somewhat OF u mania for collecting cnrl.
ositles' Among his latest acquisitions is
quite large specimen of what Is com
,nohiy known as the maidstone. Before
~ "as accIuehlally broken by n fall on |
oso"e moor IL was about seven Inches long
t ."u an incii thlck, aud shaped like a cafs
ynEue' Oh weltlng the finger and 90.
LILIES bays ~ 70 the stone the latter Will adj
mere 10 the skin, and can only he nnlIed
on with co siderable excrtion. Should
tnefe DO cut on the finger. Mr. Titns
says lhas this application will cause nsins
W enoot up the arm as far as the shonl.
uol; according to the popular belief
are supposed to cure rattle.
SI.Se oltes and to preclude all necessItv
,or nebdlng dog-bitten mortal aeross 10
W, fasteur' The stone Is extremely hard
sitmoush very light In weight, ana il Of y !
uoi, cray color The present owner has
.-s.. naa Il ebanG4-+----crr frE viTrnes.
mouse ei straw Is being constructed Z
~ Philadelphia to be erected I'm he
5fouuds OF the American Exhibition IN {
i -onuon' where favorable site has been
,.s" ~, Tor H. IL Is an American subur.
,a a VIVA OF the most approved arcbItec.
80 ueeIgh, TWO and half stories high i
'nu covering space Of AZ by 80 feet. 4,
= ou'i. entirely OF material manuiactured 2
ipn straw, the inside finish beIno
iahusoihe Imitation OF rosewood aud Y
'ener nara woods. The building VIII he .,
'eVoted to the illustration OF pbiiadaI =
'nlns commercial, financial and indns
! 70 -. Interests by means OF photoerapblc CT
loWs reproduced by the photo.nr,nt ne n.
esS' Inc views Will include the leading =.
ahhs, newspaper Offices, exchanges
No NE, ,holels, etc. The second floor of "a
~ ouIlulng VIII be divided into offices N
sdnerai exchange for the transaction Of i bo
uslness connected with the exhiblts. and Isl
where all the phIla6el. 90
i'A uaiiies VIII be kept on file, -
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