Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
More than 45. 600. 900 persons hav
passed over the Brooklyn bridge sine
It was opened to travel-Erookly
Union.
Tho last revolutionary pensione
died at Clarendon, N. T.. in 1866
elghty-four years after the close of tn
war.-Butalo Express.
The main building of the New Oh
leans Exposition was put up at auctio
the other day. 1t cost over half
million dollars, but the highest bid n
ceived was $9.05O.-N. o. Times.
1t has just been discovered that tn
cemeteries in Wayne County, N. Y.
have during the past two years beef
Systematically robbed. At least one.
half of the bodies inferred have bee,
stolen.-Bu6ato Express.
-Colored depositors in Charleston
according to the Nc,cs and Courier
have 1921, $50 on deposit in five saving.
banks. the largest sum belonging to one
person being S6.547, and the smallest
one dollar.
One inning of recent game O.
baseball in Atlanta, Ca, presented 8
curious feature. Atlanta had three men
to bat. Zach one of them was given
his base on balls, and each one thrown
out while stealing bases. There was
not a ball struck in the innings. and vet
every base was filled and no run was
scored.
"A strange accident happened to /,
consignment of heavy cattle sold for
shipment to England. Rough weather
was encountered on the voyage. and
the stanchions to which the cattle were
tied gave way, forcing the stock to the
other side of the ship and causing it to
careen so much that to tighten the
vessel the cattle were thrown overheard,
q loss Of $4,000.
Little John Alexander and a COM
panion of Newport. Va, thought to
have lots of fun by scariug a clerk who
slept in store. So they scraped on
the door with bit of iron, and the
clerk thought burglars were trying to
get in and fired his revolver, and ball
went through the door and entered
head, hurtingh him very badly.
Young girls have takcn a sudden
sraze for donkey carts this season, the
donkey, for some reason, having
to ind himseE fashionable,
no doubt greatly to his own astonish-
nsnt. The small ponies are no longer
in demand, but in their stead the
donkey is sought after with a persist
ensy that bespeaks him Eors popular
han he will peshaps be waen the fair
purchasers become more familiar with
MS tricks and z4i5:ny On.
~ Journal.
An Indian funeral procession in
Eastsrn Oregon is thus described:
"Ths defunct hal been scs upon a
lorss, and n stick, had been dashed
,long either side of his body teskeep it
n asaupright position. The head was
not supported in any way, anb as the
horse. trotted along: the body seemed
,owing in every direction and che head
in q horribly grotesqps man.
Ter. The widow. cSrssed in her'mOurn-
ng paint. trotted along behintS on
azy mule, to which she Kept vigorously
applying the whip"
Tie Genesee river, i'm New York,
8 surprising manufacturers along
is banks by its increasing volumes of
water from year to year. Some years
go, Uncommon wi a other streams of
he Ssate, the water diminished and
he mlls and factories that h2al de-
,ende& on its power''were obliged to
lse steam. The Rochester Democrat
avs that mills who dave not use4 their
wheels for years are getting hack to
hem. much to their financial attvan-
age. No explanations is given tDs this
onditinn of the rivsry
-RIlplayers in Pittsburgh ase talk
NC about the smart young catcher of
N amateur club, vile was remarkable
or catching batsIsn out on fcsl tips
ven vixen the bat Didn't seem tostrike
Vithi1 three or four' inches of the ball.
In Investigation Eevealed th4s the
atcher had gumband attached to
lis g .6ve, and when,he desired % foul
ut canaan he woul,traise the bs.sd with
ne finger, and when the ball passed
Inder the bat released it. TIE band
VouiG snap agains1the glove. and all
Tithin hearing wosM hear a Supposed
oul ap.-Pinsburyls Post.
Frederick Backman. of Whining
on, Del, owns abg. Recently while
was busily scratshing out
from tie ground Mr.. Bark
nan thought it would be a good joke
o crawl up behind. give a. snarling
ask and suddenly grab the Industrious
ninal by one az his hind legs. Mr..
sarEman did So. Quick as thought the
lag turned andA grabbed lis jocular
aaster by the pFoboscis, making his
esth meet through that prominent
eature before Ae.saw his mistake. Mr..
)arkman sensiEAy acquitted the dog of |
ID blame and did not punish him..
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