The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-03-13
The WORLD IN BRIEF.

Colorsdo's State militia now numbers
l,414 men aud % officers
Cactus hedge is the favorite fence in
Texas. Politicians do not like it.
The Panama Canal has l02, 900 stock.
holders, of which 10000 are women.
John Kelly's trouble was profound
mslancholia, induced by overwork.
Paris eats far fewer eggs now than
formerly, but egg eating has increased in
London.
Color blindness is not found among the
savage races. II is defect due to civil
lization.
At Quincy, Mo-, paper mill has turn
ed 400,00 tons Of prairie grass into paper
since last June.
A German chip, recently lost at sea,
had in cargo five million needles for the
China trade.
Laura Don, the actress, became relig-
ious before her death and bitterly con-
demncd the stage.
The tomb of General Hancock is Sc
curely guarded by armed men specially
employed by the family.
The Conscience Fund OF the United
States Treasury has received 900, 7i7. 26
in iifty-eight years.
Recent London fogs are said to have
been pinkish. but from what cause or
probable cause is not stated.
"Gynephobia' is the nams Of new dis
ease; shyness Of the fair sex. 1t is very
prevalent in California.
The beer drank in Kansas City last
year would make stream two inches in
diameter and 2os sniles long.
In Antwerp on Holy Innocents' Day,
the children are allowed to dress like men
and women and run the house.
A crowd at the st. Paul carnival
looked on at horse race when the tenn
perature was l5 deg. below zero.
Mechanical engineers in Pittsburg have
decided that the use of natural gas in
blast furnaces will never be successful.
Shipments Of butter from New Zealand
to London are now being made. with the
expectation Of an ultimate large trade.
French women follow fashion as u dog
follows his master. Other women follow
fashion as blind man follows his dog.
The finest soprano singer in New Or
leans is oolored girl. She is tho lead
ing feature Of the revival now inprogrcss.
Charles Mix. the blind Winnebag In-
dian, formerly scout for the Govern
ment, has Just received 81, 600 back pen.
sion.
A lady near Hartwell. in Georgia, had
her teeth freeze and burst during the
late cold spell She left them in glass
Of water.
The late General Hancock frequently
expressed his belief in the propriety and
necessity OF cremation. His wife object
ed to it.
In 1886 William Beach Lawrence gave
$4,000 for tho Ochre Point Farm, Rhode
Island, and his heirs have just sold it fol
$780, 900.
Count De Soto, italian Minister ir
Switzerland, appeared in public bal
dressed in big drunk. and was recalled
by his Government.
Rev. Mr.. Braiely. OF Kentucky, hope
lessly loved Missouri widow, and set
tied il the other day by dumping hmsel
in the river at st. Louis.
DR.. Semmelina says that the choler'
has existed in Asia from prehistori
times, but it never turned loose on tn
rest Of the world until 1877.
In many school districts in Pennsyl
vania there is formidable opposition t
the law making the study Of physiolog
and hygiene compulsory.
A girl has been found in Mapping
Conn, who has been locked up by he
parents twenty years because she wante
to marry against their wishes.
A Denver jury awarded James Hawk
ins, colored, 81 damages and -, the pric
Of two tickets, for being refused admi'
sion to the Tabor Opera House.
Paris il arranging baby show that
intended to serve science. The parent
will he cntech nod M IN their habits. |