Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-05

Here ana There.
A Polish couple called on the clerk
of courts in Luzerne county week
ego for marrisge-license. A lev
DAYS after the dsmsel came back with
another swain for license, stating that
The first young man was too poor to
marry, and had relinquished ms right
10 her for the consideration Of S..
A Swedish authority states that
Swedish iron has almost lost its place
in the English market. Hardwares ex-
ported to that country are being re-
turned unsold, even though offered Of
the very lowest prices. The East
Indian market is almost as completely
closed against Sweden, and such sales
ss have been made there have been ef-
fected at 0 ruinous loss.
Carpenters have begun work at
Warrington Park, Brooklyn, on to-
boggan-slide which is expected to put
all others in the shade. The plans call
for q descent Of 200 feet aud level
run Of 400 feet. The chute viii be
y feet wide, divided into three com
par tments. 1t is expected to be IN
operation next week, should Jack
Frost " put in an appearance.
Superintendent Foot, OF the Mexican
railway, SAYS that 20,0O0 steel ties
have been laid between Vera Cruz and
Mexico since 1883, and 10000 have
been ordered for this year, and it is
proposed to lay 10000 to $4,000 year
" hereafter. lie puts in 1000 per
mile, brought from England, where
they cost about five shillings each, and
delivered Oh the road at not more than
g in Mexican silver. The wooden ties
used to cost 20 cents to sl.62 each.
The most dangerous whirlpool OF
The New England coast is that near
Deer Island Point, opposite EastpOrt,
IN Pesssmaquodty bay. At times,
when the tue backs NJ against strong
wind, q great roaring is heard the
whirlpool, fully Cd acre IN extent,
swells Up to height Of twenty feet,
ike . great hill Of yeast then, falling
back, forms q deep. black, internal
locking bowl. The fishermen II the
neiehborhood shun the whirlpool az
they would the sulphurous pit.
Competition had q remarkable effect
on certain bidders for contract to re-
move ofial from the streets Of Brook
lyn. The proposals were opened day
or two ago. The Board Of Estimates
had appropriated $500, but Thomas
F. White, it seems, is willing TO remove
the stuff to his place on Barren island
for $500 Francis D. Mcclellan want
cd TO do it for $500; Andrew Wes-
sci for $500; and Edmund 5. Wilson
offered to remove il for nothing. The
contract was not awarded.
A gentleman who has arrived In
Montreal, says the Witness, from Win
nipeg, states that there has been large
influx OF settlers into Manitoba during
the present year, who have abandoned
their lands in the Northwest Terrific
RES on account OF the summer frOsts
which, at times, prevail and destroy
their crops. Farmers are beginning 70
find that IN certain parts of the Terri
tories grain cannot be raised with any
certainty Of the crop being harvested
in q good condition Oh this account.
4 sleeper is one who sleeps. 4
sleeper is that IN which the sleeper
sleeps. A sleeper is that on which the
sleeper which carries the sleeper OF
which be sleeps runs. Therefore. while
The sleeper sleeps in the sleeper.
the sleeper carries the sleeper over the
sleeper under the sleeper until the
sleeper which carries the sleeper jumps
of the sleeper and wakes the sleeper
in the sleeper by striking the sleeper
under the sleeper, and there is no long
tr any sleeper sleeping IN the sleeper
on the sleeper This view Of the mat
ter is taken by The apparently wide
awake Salem Era.
Imitation amber has largely taken
the place Of real amber 10 the manu-
factule Of pipes. This is the las; H.
formation from the konigsburg coast,
where amber has, time out Of mind
been sought by dragging ct SehwartzoTt.
and by mining for the last twenty years
st Palmnicken. The company pays
1000, 600 marks about Sj0t, 600 to
the German Government for the right
Of mining for amber. The mines pro
duce 1000 hundred-wsight 8 year, and
large pieces fetch $50 per kilogram
as taken from the mine. The largest
manufacturer OF pipes with mouth
pieces Of amber IS al Vienna, and there
the sham article is very much used.
In the mines al Palmnicken about ! g
men are constantly employed.