The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-23
ITEMS or INTEREST.


- Encss.s Eancfcs and Conccfts Pickles
From Here and TiseFes
The assessed valuation of Colorado, Ia
= $500, 000, 900.
The English sparrow has made his up
pearance In California.
They are now In force in this country
more than 225, 900 patents for inventions.
Four grand hotels are to be ready by July
for accommodation of visitors to the Yell
-lowstone Park.
At Excelsior, Co., there are living thirty
seven families, the children in which num-
ber an aggregate of 377.
There arc SAT female blacksmiths in Eng
land, all of whom actually swing heavy
hammers and do mems work.
The average yield of the Kimberly dia-
mond mines in South Africa for the past
three years has been $12, 500,000
Every child In Bohemia must study
music, nnd in this lies the secret Of the nat
ural talent for music in that country.
A liquor firm offered 81, 900 for q license
to sell liquor OF Monticello, H., for year
and were refused, as the Prohibitionists
rule.
cave large enough to accommodate all
the citizens Of the town Is to be dug at Cliff
ton, Dakota. It is designed as safeguard
from cyclones.
A Fergus Falls Mimi farmer was so
pounded by hailstones during recent
storm that he was obliged to take to his bed
and remain there OF last report.
The Colorado Cattle Growers Asssocia-
lion has 534 members, who own over l.
100000 head of cattle and $4,000 head of
horses, representing 800, 000, 900.
Every dog has his day." This ilapu-
dent falsehood bears its refutation on the
face of IT, If every dog had his day there
would be about 100, 900 days in month.
Miss Miller danced herself to DEATH She
lived ut Genesse, Mon. She went to ball,
danced all night and went home to bed,
where, the following day, she was found
dead
A mail carrier has been indicted In Nortl
Carolina for throwing Congressional docu
ments into the river. He claimed the,
were 30 heavy they interfered with quicl
delivery.
A citizen Of Winchester, KY, unearthet
box containing 81, 1888 in gold and silvel
coin, while digging post holes, and nov
post hole digging has become popular il
that section.
Near Aptos, N, NJ, resides young lady
whose dark hair measures five feet and trail.
on the ground when she is standing. I'm
doubleday she possesses the finest head O
hair in the country.
George Poell, Of Cheney w. T., Will,
chopping wood, was struck in the neck b,
apiece Of wedge, the piece penetratin,
the jugular and prompt medical attendance
only saved him from bleeding to death.
The average importation Of horses iron
Canada into the United States for SOM
years past has been about 1900 head.
few years ago the average value per head o
horses so imported was $95, whereas ,as
year 1t was $140.
Some OF the blind can read five or al,
hours without feeling fatiguod. They us
both hands in reading, the right forefinqo
being used chiefly to separate the words ant
syllables, while the left foreinger recognizes
the word by itself.
Jack rabbits were never so numerous Il
Nevada since its settlement by whites a
they are at present. The posts infest no
only Nevada, but Utah and parts Of Idaho
They swarm through the valleys and con
sumo more grass than oil the flocks an
herds in the State.
Millions Of beetles swarmed into Sacra
mento few evenings ago and gathered a
two Of the hotels in such numbers that
became necessary to extinguish the clectri
lights in front. The whirled about III
lamps and fell to the ground by thousands
Various trials of the new French horse
shoe, which 10 made entirely Of sleeps horn
are said to show its particular adaptednes
for horses employed in towns and know
not to have steady foot on the pavement
The results Of the experiments are therefor
regarded as very satisfactory, horses thu
shod having been driven OF a rapid pace o
such pavement without slipping. Beside
this advantage, the new shoe is spoken Of q
more durable, and, though little moro e,
pensiye than the ordinary kind, seems de-
tined, sooner or later, to replace the iro
shoe.
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