Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-15
NEWS AND NOTES.

A pocket sewing-machine is the latest
novelty.
A Philadelphia watch strikes the MIN
utes, If desired.
Thirty per cent, Of the births in Paris
are illigetimate.
A law school will be added to Cornell
college next year.
A sunfower weighing five and one-half
pounds and measuring thirteen inches
across has been grown in Florida.
One Georgia watermelon recently
killed three men Why not send car
load OF this fruit into the sister repubhcP
Cleveland, Tenn, is becoming quite
mule shipping center. Nearly 5000
worth OF animals week are shipped Om
there.
Leprosy is not a contagious disc sc,
according TO DIR. George l.. Fitch, Who
has been for five years in charge of the
lepers of the Sandwich Islands.
A new political party in Arkansas is
called Inc Estate Wheel" and, as it
claims S&,have $4,000 votes to begin with
there is a prospect that 1t may roll over
something yet.
The deposits made by the people of
New York city during the past eight
months in the savings banks showed an
increase of Ss,000,0 900 over those of the
preceding period.
The census just taken In Paris gives
some curious statistics. 1t shows that
the city contains one married woman of
fourteen, three widowers Of eighteen, and
two widows Of sixteen.
Only a month ago New England wanted
to have Secretary Bayard declare war on
somebody. Now that he is maintaining
an ugly irown in the direction of Mexico
1t begs him to be calm.
1t Is semi-oficlally stated at the treas
ury department that arrangements are
being made for large call of bonds
either $40, 100000 or Sl2, 900, u0O-in adj
dition to the usual monthly call of 4,0OO,-
900.
Large numbers OF Cinnamon are con-
tinually entering the United States over
the Mexican border. The attention of
Secretary Bayard Will be called to the
matter so that he may place 1t before the
Mexican government.
The defaultlng treasurer of a Sacra.
lhehto, Calp bank not only stole $25 900
from the concern by which he WAS em-
ployed, but also took S25 in pennies that
mad been saved up for years by his own
little daughter.
DR.. Richardson OF London remarks that
II tne mortality OF the young among lower
animals be compared with that of chill
dren u VIII be seen that there is 10 animal
which loses so large percenta % OF It's
otfsprings as women do.
A Ceblesvllle, N. Y, farmer recently
sold his crop OF hops at 0 cent? pound.
They were selling in the mar Is at 40
cents per pound, but he was or 4 those
characters who never see p er, and
consequently was easily cheated
Placing the city's population 2tO 900.
ana averaging the Precipitation she'd at
half pint per person, the Washington
Critic finds that l05, 600 pnts CT perspira-
ton were eXuded In one day. This
equals 1925 gallons, or los 900 pounds,
the weight Of $50 ordinary-sized people
Seven OF Cincinnati's most enthusiastic
citizens have Just been sent 10 the penI.
tcniiary for terms ranging from six
months to three years for repeating, bal.
lot-box stutling and other cheerful deeds
of kindred character. II is evident that
enterprise ispoorly appreciated in Gin.
cinnstl,
Next month the Parisians will be able
TO burn their dead in four crematory fur.
naces, which have just been flushed al
Perc-la-Chaise. There viii be no first.
second or third-class crematlons. Poor
and CHI will be ON footing of absolute
equality. The price charged to those
who can afford to pay for the burning Of
a corpse viii be Is francs.
The death rate among postmasters
throughout the United States seems 10
have been over ~ per cent. greater dur
Ing the first year OF the Democratic ad.
than II was during the last
year Of the Republican party, This re.
Increase, from li2 TO aS7,
wonld indicate that many Republican
poslmasters were 20 attached to their
Offices that they preferred to die rather
than live In continual anticipation of a
Democratic successor.
, TIE discord which prevails among the
Neps In Colorado AND the growing
dsSa 70 outbreak among them are
49, sQilrely % the failure Of con.
efs E legislation transferring
'at4 81 Fhey received asaurances
ilag ri zion should be changed
aoftat latv's evasion Of It's own
AgtesHqAi sss g followed BY an up.