The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-25
MISCELLANEOUS.


weighing forty pounds ELECTS compli,
mentary notices from the California
press.
"A Rochester On. " lad. who had
been stealing newspapers from door
steps for some time past, was recently
sentenced to six months in the peniten-
tiary.
"A process by which leaves may be
preserved on the stem and retain indefi-
nitely their fresh, natural appearance
is said to have been devised bv Yam
kee college professor. ~ y Sun.
I'm the country: "And is the air
healthy in this vilageP" Excellent,
Monsieur, excellent One can become
French Fan.
Edward M. Knox, of New York, is
afflicted with the ownership of mon
ster emerald weighing eighteen carats.
1t knocks the spots out of the best
known emeralds in Europe, and has
made all the counoisseurs of gems turn
green with envy.-M Y. Tribune.
"A Rockland (Me.) man who played
the part of pirate in a drama one
evening recently entered so heartily
into the spirit of the occasion that
when it came his turn to be stabbed
and to fall down he fell so violently as
80 break his shoulder bone.
"A demented colorcd boy was dis
covered living in a cave in the vicinity
or Radnor. Delaware County. His
squalid quarters were in filthy condi-
ton. being strewn with ears of corn,
turnip skins and apple cores. He was
nearly famshed, and was at once re-.
moved to the asylum at Media. ~ Y.
Herald
Several influential citizens of AL
hany, N. Y, have taken steps toward
the organization of historical society,
having for one of its objects the estab-
lishment and maintenance of q perma-
nent museum in which all objects Of
his trical or artistic interest pertaining
to Albany may have a permanent
home.
--Jack-rabblt hunting is favorite
pastime in Idaho. BY Territorial
law the county treasurer OF each coun-
ty pays bounty of five cents for the
ears 0: each rabbit. The cost of kill
ing a rabbit is about one and one-half
cents, leaving II clear profit of three
and one-half cents. In some parts of
the Territory there are people engaged
in the exclusive occupation of killing
these pests.
They call the tramp in Australia
''sundowner," because he always
reaches a cattle or sh 1ep ranch at sun.
down, too late for work and just in
time for supper and bed. There is
nothing in the name, however, as the
animal is the same in the antjpodes as
he is here-a cumberer of the earth
who is more worthless than coyote
or iack-rabbit.- Francs SEQ Chr0n-
Scie
The supervisors authorized the
town treasurer at Madison, N. Y. to
pay bounty of ten cents for the kill
ing of grounl hogs. Recently, while
the treasurer was away from home.
a,is wife paid bounties on one thousa nd
-four hundred and ninety chipmunks
whose tails were presented as certiti-
Gates by crowd of boys. The treas
urer is now eadeavoring to collect
$40 from the boys parents. -B~fato
Courier.
The Anaheim (Cal.) Gazette re-
Hates remarkable stories of the strength
of an animal, unknown in that section
.of the country, that has recently made
its appearance, and is proving terror
to hog-owners. According to the
Gazette it carried off two hogs, at differ
ent times. weighing about seventy and
one hundred pounds respectively. On
another occasion hog weighing over
200 pounds was killed, but only par
italy carried off. A bounty of 800 is
offered for the capture of the animal.
-Ayoung man in Lancaster County,
Pa, got license to marry, and with
his sweetheart went across the Susque-
hanna river to the residence of the
Rev. George S. Bill to get married.
But MIR. Bell lives in York County. and
the Lancaster County license wouldn't
do. He was equal to the emergency,
however, and led the anxious young
folks back on the long bridge that
spans the river. and when they were
nearer the Lancaster than the York
shore he married them in the presence
of crowd of interested witnesses that
had followed. Philadelphia Press.
A small dog fell into vat of tan
ming liquid in new London tannery
and was likely to drown, for it was at
night and the building was closed.
But in swimming around he found q
peg about six feet long that stops the
hole in the bottom of the vat, where
the liquid is drawn off. and his en-.
deavors to perch on the top of the peg
loosened tso that it popped out of the
hole. Then the liquid ran out and the
dog was found the next morning shiv-
ering on the bottom of the empty vat
No one saw ;.ll this. but the circum-
stantial evidence is strongly in favor of
the explanation. II Hartford Post.
"A lady in Jamestown, Can, re-
Gently obtained a judgment against n
creditor for $40, and had an execu-
ton issued against the goods of the de-
PENDANT. A local bailiif made II seizure
of the goods, VIII CHI it is said did not
approach in va TIE the am punt of the
claim. Afterward he released the
goods. as he claims, on the verbal in
stractions of the lady. pending a settle
ment The lady denied that she gave
any such instructions, and when the
bailiff went again for the goods they
were not to be found. The lady there
n a - Al r