The sun., 1886-06-03
SUNBElMS.

"A Carson City Indian, whose squaw woul,
net give him money with which to play poker ki,.l
himself BY eating wild parsnips.
| What is said to be tho largest schoone,
in the world will soon bs launched at Bath Me- sh,
| will have coal carrying capacity Of 20oo tons.
Putty has become scarce and high sine,
the recent storms in the West One drug
gst in Illinois has sold 900 pounds within few days
"A citizen Of Grand Rapids, Mich, claim,
to have q used by Father Marquette In 1870 II
was Dug up from Indian gravo near narbor sprnVs
| and is pretty well preserved.
Mr.. George Gould was In Omaha tb,
other day. and reporter asked him how his father 70
| CARDS Mr.. Powderly. "Ho admires him very much
said George, and regards him highly. He thinks he IL
| o very able man"
Mrs. Henry Beckett, the widow OF tho
wellknown comedian, IL said to be successful in literary
pursuits Two of her plays have been accepted by New
York managers, and she makes nice income by writ
| ing stories long and short.
-" Mosquitoes have seldom been thicker
in Virginia than this spring" the Milford Chroaic.
md 1t to tell Of ewo that was literally bed to
death tho other night, the pests attacking its udder
which was distcnded with milk.
-Streator, ILL.,, has n cat that delights In
killing snakes; but she nearly met her match tho other
day when she tackled big garter snake 1t co,ed abvut
her body. and the two rolled around tho ground unit,
the teeth and claws OF the cat got her the victory
A darky did big business selling eggs
in Osborne the other day. at 60 cents dozen. lie was
able to sell good many at this figure by Offering as an
nducement TO buy the privilege to the buyer OF throw
Ing them at his head thrust tn, oush hole in canvas.
The Lewiston Journal says that W. j.
Cassaid amateur fisherman OF this CITY, arrived there
the other day his to the Rangcicy lakes carrying
leather two feet long and foot wide Iled with
artificial flies 1t says low estimate places the number
OF flies at 10000
-year-old Nancy Taylor OF Grant.
Iowa reads with the book upside down. and writes with
inverted characters beginning at the right side paper
or slate She says that thing within three feet OF
her oyes seems upside down. AT greater distance her
sight is normal.
C. c. West of Butler, Ga, went fishing
two weeks ago and wore mn old vest After getting
home he hung it up On Wednesday Mrs Wcst was feel.
inS in the pockets for match when rattle snake tive
lse long dropped from the torn Inning must have gos
! there the day Mr. West went fishing.
A barn was burned in Rockingham, Vt,
not long and valuable horse supposed to have
been burned too; but tho other day he found In tho
possession OF mkman OF neghborng town, who h ad
put his old horse in the barn etoen the good horse
and set fire to the building to conceal the theft.
"A Washington correspondent says that
Senator Edmunds has small dog TO which he is much
attached ana has had built for the solo convenience Of
his pct tay stairway leading the lawn 20 the pec
ond story Of his house. terminating in little spring
door, just big enough for the dog and through which
goes and comes at its own sweet will.
The Gazette OF Reno, New. says that in
that country wagon tires wear In n curious way. II
used much q stony road they wear rounding; on
clay. fat. and in the sand. coucave Tres much used
In the Honey Lake Valley in grooves There will
be ridge in the Of the tire groove OIL each
side. with the edge as high as the centre ridge.
"A Kingston family moved from their
house month ago and recently says the Freeman the
little girl Of the family and her mother went to call
the lady who occupied the house they had vacated
While there tho child small baby that had
arrived but few days before She looked at 1t
fully. and then said: Mamma. We moved too soon,
we'd have got that baby IL we had stayed here."
Mr.. A. H. Dayton Of Springfield, Ohio.
bought . chicken-so caled-for recent Sunday din.
nerSThe cook dressed IT, and found within three sheea
eggs. They were put into the frying pan with tho fowl
and in moment there three separate xplosioni
like pistol shots each violently dashed against
the cons and the cook badly burned. 1t is sug.
gestsd that the hen had been feeding on dynamite.
-Four years ago John Twombly went from
Maine to Orange City Fla, arriving there with
dollars In his pocket He set up peanut stand, and in
six months added fruit and cigars to his stock within
year tobacco. candy, cider and few groceries
added. Out Of this business John has paid several hun.
dred dollars for old debts bought lot In good locality.
and 1t built Of the best buildingsIn In the town.
Mrs. Goilemame, with her three chill.
dren, has Just made the journey from Hamburg to
JOSE Cal. While they were journeying through Nebras
ka one Of the little ones fell from the window when
tho train at full speed The train stopped after
delay and tho frantic mother and others hurried
back to pick up the manRled remains They found the
youngster quite unhurt playing with pebbles alongside
of the track.
Nebraska corn shippers are not making
money Just now. One recently received from
In Chicago Just nve cents bushel his share
signment Of 1t had been sold in store twenty
seven cents bushe, twenty-five cents Of which went
to pay railroad transportation. storage and commission
Another shipped $50 bushels Of to Chicago paid
$l475o freight charges and received After other
penses were deducted. S28.50
For sixteen years Margaret jacobson,
known as "Crazy Maggie" has lived in a shanty In
Chicago. Her only companions were dogs and she sub
sisted by begging One day last week she arrested
as insane. She resisted the policemen and when
come insisted that there was money In her shanty.
There was In satchel 1851 in silver change; in
stockings were gold and greenbacks Over 81 900 was
found and they are looking for more.
The lost ring story comes to hand as
usual. This time the scene is laid in Kentucky.
where five years ago william Howe OF Moore
field lost his sisters ring while fishing in
pond. Not long ago he went shooting bull
frogs in the same pond, and while cutting OF tho
hind legs Of big that he had shot what should ho
protruding from the bullet wound the side OF the
victim but his sisters onglost ring. with the identity.
ing inscription still quite iegbie.
Policeman ODonnell Of Cleveland at
tempted to arrest Andrew Zesch, saloon keeper. In
whose place lot of his countrymcn making dis
turbancc The gang pitched on the policeman who at
tempted to draw his revolver. One Of his assalani
grabbed II, MID it looked bud for ODonneL Just then
Charley Harris bootblack rushed In. snAched the re-
volver. cve!cd 1t and yelled I'm shoot the first boks
what lays hand on dc cop The crowd fell back and
the policeman took Mr. Zesch to the lookup.
M. Llrochelle's portable electric lamp
has found much favor in Paris The battery is enclosed
In the lower part and consists of ebone vessel dl
ydcd into eight compartments by partitions furnishing
eight cells or elements. IN very compact form. The
vessel Will hold about three liters OF liquid capable VI
acting for about eight hours without exhaustion Each
element is made OF rod of zinc and two rods of car
bon Ncd to disk which be lowered into the liquid
Or lifted out Of 1t by turning key like that used ina
Curee oil lamp. and the power of the light Is regulated
by the depth to which the zines and carbons are in.
nersed Tile solution employed is said to bo the result
Of many experiments with a view TO securing steaH'
In tho light and the zcs screwed into the disk
80 rs to be easily removed for renewal.
There has been introduced at the Paris
apparatus specially designed for pho
the heavenly bodies. and VI. Mouchez d'