Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-06
NEWS AND NOTES.


Farmer Taft of Uxbridge, Mass, has a
pair OF steers which he drives to harness,
and which have trotted, with four in the
carriage, four miles in half an hour.
The onion crop in Middleton, N. Y,
which has been attacked by the pest that
appeared last year (the onion weevil) will
not be over 200,0 bushels. 1t usually
yields 500 900 bushels.
A farmer Of Moore township, Canada,
has found In swamp the skeleton of a
mastodon. The tusks are over four feet
long, the upper jaw is over three feet
long, and the ribs are in proportion
Nickels are so scarce in the Northwest
that merchants in Minneapolis and St.
Paul have written East to have several
barrels shipped to them, Offering to paw
all expenses and 2 per cent. premium.
The deaths in rapid succession of 50
many old public leaders have turned at
tention toward the survivors, among
whom Is Pierce's postmaster general,
James Campbell, who Is still living in
Pennsylvania
James Hearn, farmer of Wilson coun-
ty, Tenn, expressed desire to get a
melon from melon-patch on his farm on
Tuesday night, and went out after it,
when his son, supposing him to be
thief, shot and MORALLY wounded him.
The Mississippi river has not been
lower In years than 1t has been this sum-
mer. few days ago man on horse
back forded 1t near Galene, ILL.,, where
usually the river is three. quarters of
mile wide. The deepest water was found
In the channel, and there II was but
trifie over two feet deep.
A Chlnaman, who has been in the New
Westminster, Canada, jail, under sentence
OF death, was very angry when told few
days ago that he was reprleved for A
month. He said that after death his soul
would inhabit the body of q bird, and he
was anxious for the TRANSPORTATION to
take place, that he might peck out the
eyes of those who had testified against
him.
When the news of Donovan's iump
reached party Of sailors on the propeller
Oscoda at Cleveland one OF them said
that he could jump from the viaduct
draw-bridge, which is eighty feet above
the water. The FIRST mate said he'd give
him 81 so II he would. The sailor took the
OFFER, the crowd went ashore, the sailor
took four drinks Of whisky, went to the
bridge, took of his shoes and stockings,
clambered across the rails of the draw
jumped, went down straight as a dart
disappeared In the water, went to the
bottom OF the river, about fourteen feet.
and soon appeared, entirely unframed.
The Saratoga walk is said TO be the
latest fashionable gait for women. One
who describes 1t says that 90 the first
requisite Is to throw your shoulders back.
the chest forward, chin up, and stomach
In, and then walk, wriggling head, limbs.
body ard especially hustle. The aim ia
to secure series OF revolutions which
shall be Simultaneous, but opposite. In
simple brevity, II your head moves right
your body must move TO the left. and he.
fore your foot reaches ground YOU must
describe a circle with the entire limb.
The gait Is practiced In a night dress be-
fore the mirror. The part Of the business
most difficult to master Is the proper
position OF the stomach"
Harry d. Smith Of Boston while swim.
ming In Lake Idlewlld, near Wenham, on
Saturday, was taken with cramps. He
called for assistance, and two young men
who were In boat with Two Young wo-
men started 10 help him. But the girls.
with criminal prudery, refused 70 allow
the men to row near the drowning man.
"You shall not" they screamed. nyou
shall not take that naked man into this
hoatn The young men were foolish
enough to heed these cries, aud rowed
the girls ashore as soon as possible, and
then hurried back to young smith, but
before they reached him he went down
for the last time. All this was In the
presence OF the young mans mother, who
was only restrained by force from rush.
ing into the water to help her son.
The News Ct Savannah, Ca, a rival Of
the city OF Atlanta, says that the decline
70 Atlants's prosperity Is not due 10 pro
inhibition, as has been stated, because pro
hioition has not been in force long
enough 10 have a marked effect upon It's
trade. "The truth Is" saws the News.
'Atlanta was built too fast. Her facilities
for business and the stocks her merchants
carried were greater than her trade iustl-
led. The hard times struck Atlanta A
pretty heavy blow because she was not
prepared for them. She was all the while
expecting to do more business than She
was really doing. Her estimataa WARE