The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-05-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


from Here and There.
Ohio has just refunded s.. $50. 600 If be-
State debt. for ten years al the extrerhel,
low nate Of ?. 70 per cent. interest.
Montreal announces winter carnival fol
next rear, TO begin on the eth Of February
tn ice palace is to be larger. more costly
and more brilliant than any other.
The Bible used in administering the cath
to jefferson Davis as President Of the Con-
federate States is still used in swearing in
the Governors of Alabama at Montgomery.
well known autograph collector, Gun
Ter, of Chicago, spends from $4,000 t,
$4,000 year increasing his collection
which is considered the finest in the world
prominent lawyer of Clark county, Ca. ,
asserts that before ! rolib ton went imtC
effect in that county his criminal practice
amounted to 81 900, and now he would take
81 for it,
Spectators have bought little old house
in Saco, Me-, formerly occupied by an al
legged female miser, and are tearing it down
in search of hidden treasure. Thus far the,
nav found $2S.
The colonists of New South Vale, hay.
lost "A, 00O, 900 sheep in the last five year,
because of drouths. They were worth $40,
600, 900 and might mostly have been saved
by proper works for the storage of water.
Although petroleum has been struck in
the sulphur mines at Calcasia, La, no eff
fort is made to save it, as tho flow is not
large. The quality is said to be superior,
it being lubricating oil worth "a per ba )
rel.
1t is proposed to change the street no.
menclature of Washington, substituting for
the letters of the alphabet which now mark
many streets the names of historical person
ages-Adams, Benton, Clay, Van Buren, and
others.
1t is only few years since the English
sparrows were introduced into Bermuda
Nevertheless, they have already becom,
such an intolerable nuisance there rs to ab
solutely compel the local authorities to take
action against them.
Maine lady being advised to take nm
ocean voyage for her health, hired state.
rooms for herself and maid on one OF TIC
steamers which ply between Portland and
Boston, took along oil the necessary con.
veniences and many Injuries, and made
forty trips without quitting the vessel. She
was much benefited by the voyage.
Over $50 gray and grizzled sailors in the
Naval Asylum at Philadelphia struck against
veal pot pie recently. They said it was bad,
and so, after marching in and sitting down
to dinner, they rose as one man and marched
out of the dining hall dinnerless They say
they long for lob scouse, plum duff, dandy
funk, and like nautical provender.
There are certain diseases which Chinese
physicians declare to be incurable save by n
decoction of which the principal ingredient
is warm human flesh, cut from the arm OF
thigh of son or daughter Of the patient.
To supply this piece Of flesh is esteemed ono
of the noblest acts Of tilial devotion, and
there are numerous instances on record in
quite recent years in which the generous
offering has been made to save the life Of
patient.
Jacob Miller o. Fountaind .lc Pa, mar
riea his first cousin, and between 1860 and
1874 eleven chillr, Ii were born to them OF
these MI were of unsound mind save one,
daughter by no means bright, who is mar
ried. Eight others are alive, and five of
them are idiots, and the others little better
Mrs. Miller is dead, and her husband, who
Is prosperous farmer, lives alone with his
eight unfortunate children. He says that
his misfortune is stroke of providence"
There is curious tree at Sandorsyille,
Ga. One foot from the ground II is about
twenty inches in diameter. The first sec
tion of about twelve feet rises at on angle
of about 60 degrees, then runs horizontally
about twenty feet, and then, after rise of
about the same angle as the first for five or
six feet, it takes q horizontal line to the top.
Its entire length is about seventy feet, and
a child can reach the boughs that would be
the top If 1t were perpendicular. person
can walk forty feet on the body and jump
20 the ground without inconvenience