Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-11-25
CURRENT TOPICS.

Al '-NiSh poStmasters earned less
man dollar piece last year
lhE official census of Prussia shows
reputation offeS.3ls, AS persons.
hANsAs CITY has contracted for a 5000 900
nre-proof board of trade building
= NEBRASKA court is asked TO decide the
question; What's in n sausaQer,
MEMORIAL history OF tho Jews In Amer.
iea Is proposed, to be issued in Is92.
hf"o-rorSo nugget of virgin gold has
oeen round in Transylvania County, n. C.
NE city OF Glasgow is 10 raise a monu
ment to Burns Highland Mary al Dunoon.
BnLLfARD-cLoTH green seems To have been
generSliy decided upon as a fashionable
color.
CHARLESTON has sent n contribution OF
clothing and money To the Sabine Pass suf
fsrers.
INSURANCE policies on the Thanksgiving
turkey are too near out TO be safe invest
ments.
NEW YoRK has the tobogganing craze
rms will be the chief amusement this
winter
THE red man is an EXPENSIVE luxurv
Over S24,0oO,OOo was expended upon him
last year
sTovE-PoLIsH PEDDLER choked to death
on Kansas City restaurant beefsteak the
other day.
FIVE hundred tall ladies TO wear rubber
elonks as an advertisement" are wanted in
New York.
MARYLAND paper is moved to sympa-
,hy Tor citizen who bad 1.-TWO of his legs
cut of by train.n
IHE strike at the Chicago stocl<yards Ia
said to have cost those INDUCED in il no
less than $50 900 day.
The life of Syracuse lady was saved by
ner corset lt caught a bullet on the fiy
winch was aimed at her heart.
HOPEFUL old citizen of Irwin County.
"a mas Just married for the fifth time, the
ia0est pride being grandmother.
lHE MASSACHUSETTS Supreme Court has
decided that the BARRIERS OF that State
muse close their shops on Sunday.
BILL providing for the application OF
the lash 10 wife-beaters has been intro
uuced INTO the Alabama Legislature.
A MONUMENT to Ovid, the Latin poet, is
being erected at Constandia. Ovid has
waited long time for this recognition.
LORD LoNsDALE's and Violet Cnmeron,s
experience in this country tells the rakes
OF Europe that the American STAGE has no
use for such.
property of the United States, New York
does not hold herself responsible for the
lighting of the torch.
COLONEL r. DoNAU recently brought q.
New Orleans from Honduras an opal which
IS said TO be the second largest in the world.
IL is as big as a hens egg.
The inventor of the locomotive COW.
catcher is living in Cincinnati compare
tVeiy poor, having received "a very small
amount for his invention.
MIR. RonERT TREAT PANE is building a
number of small dwelling houses in Boston
which he intends 10 sell at cost to deserving
people of moderate means.
DISHONEST swelry peddler was mobbed
at Ann Arbor Mich. He took refuge in
hotel, and the fire department was called
out to disperse the crowd with cold water.
The total official valuation OF personal
property for tax purposes in New York
City Is only S2l7, 10000, which is probably
not more than one-fourth OF the actual
value.
AN Austrian who calls himself Winklee-
meier IS visiting London. He is eight feet
SIX inches in height, and is one OF the tallest
men who bave lived since the days of the
Anakin.
A NEW worm is in 'esting the apple crop
UDVHh %ffM INtNNlfkf N j. III looks like
coarse hair, and varies from two 20 ive
inches in length 1t lodges in the core and
eats outward.
MUscATiNE, IA, man sent his brother
tombstone as birthday present recently.
but the ungrateful recipient refused TO pay
the express charges, so the donor had 10
send the amount
Is one respect the next Congress will be
al INN a.
tain a member Of the Smith family. His
front name il Henry and he is the Labor
representative Of the Fourth Wisconsin
district
THE japanese national flag consists OF
the weather signal for high temperature. -
It is not certain whether this T. intended as
a threat % all enemies Of the mighty
hosts Of Titipu, or expresses the celebrated
japanese motto, Its a cold day when W.
get left"
a CALL has been made for q Convention
OF the Trades Unions Of the United States
and Canada 20 be held az Columbus, O..
commencing December g. The object Of
the meeting is the establishment Of
trades congress
THE nurse Of the baby Alfonso XIII, Of
Spain, is famous girl now. When the
royal youngster received his three decora-
tions from the King Of Portugal she ex-
claimed Now, trust bis little Majesty
will keep his nose clean"
THr original letter written by Renedict
Arnold % the American people in vindica-
tion Of his character after the attempted
betrayal Of his country into the hands Of
the British. wss found in an old loft At
Kingston, ". Y. the other day.
SUGAR in It's coarse state. called 'goor,n
has been used in India from time immemo.
rial as an ingredient In mortar Masonry
cemented with this mortar has been known
% defy every effort Of pick and shovel, and
TO yield only 20 blasting when 10 has been
found necessary 20 remove old pucksb
buildings.
MR W.Topp. a deputy marshal of Paola
k wears, probably, the most novel neck.
tie tina ever adorned shirt front II is
made of the skin Of a rattlesnake and the
rat De- IS used for "a scarf pm. Thus when
out with the boys Toddy always manages
20 have a rattling good time.
GfoH0F WnfrE, = negro. who now resides
at Builock's Bayou, Coucordia Parish La.
the other day swore before the federal
grand jury that he was the father OF i05
en- ldfen White is soventy.four years Of