Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-16
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FarIsians of fashion now restrict the bill
| Of fare at dinner to four courses.
Fourteen widows and eight widowers liy,
near each other in single block in Railway
Nj
Fiye-sixths Of the Irish people, accortlin,
to Herbert Gladstone, are followers o
Parnell.
A washerwOman Of ROselle, Y. j.. Ina.
been Transformed into an heiress by beinl
left Sl5O.0OO.
Years ago figs were served on aristocrati,
tables in Greece with salt, pepper, vinega
and aromztics.
Mr.. Yardwide is a member OF the Ne
braska assembly-an alEwOol Legislature
as some wit says.
An owl four feet long from tip to til
Was killed the other day in the neighbor
hood Of Luthersville, Ga.
An ''echo catcher device for catching
sounds on the sea- is being examined by q
naval board on Chesapeake bay.
The society paper business is great,
Overdone in London. and some of these
publications barely pay expenses.
The Berlin police authorities have forbid
den all public performances in theaters and
circuses with trained lions and other wild
animals.
At Charlottesville. Va. recently, Rev.
Hope married young couple in front of
his house. They stood up in wagon sur
rounded BY their friends.
Here IL a case of aggravated supersti-
ton: Rather than begin the year on Fri
day. Garden City, Kan. daily deferred
its first publication for 1886 until the 4th
inst.
Punch has a clever little sketch labeled
1T is an i'll wind that blows nobody good. :"
representing number of cats contempiat-
ing muzzled dogs with unconcealed mani
festations of delight.
The young women Of Connecticut town
have organized The Tongue Guard Each
member drops penny in box every time
she says q word against anybody. The
money is given to the poor.
A man in DOddrige county. Va. not
satisfied with being accused Of two felones.
two straw bonds, two wives, who were
sisters, and with being the father " nine
teen children, has run of with a young
girl.
A physician in Mcpherson. Kan., re-
moved wheat heard few days ago from
the neck of young man named Rouchell.
In became lodged in his throat whils at
work in the harvest field last summer. and
had worked its way through.
A Kansas real estate agent, who located
one man on another fellows claim. was
taken from his bed by party of men.
horse whipped compelled to run barefooted
over patches of cactus, and finally thrown
into the cold waters of Bucknor river.
At race in South Australia. a few weeks
ago. the falling Of a leading horse brought
nearly the whole field tumbIing over him.
Two jockeys were killed outright, half a
dozen Others seriously (sOme fatality in
jured, and several horses killed or manned.
Americans are the third highest in point
Of number of the foreigners residing i'm
japan. according to statistics published i'm
a native paper. The Chinese stand at the
head Of the list with 2,47I residents. fol-
lowed by the English with 6l7, the Ameri-
cans numbering 1S7
A man named Green. of London, has
written to the clerk of the Virginia house
Of delegates, asking him what steps he must
take to secure the reissue of his commission
Of major, which he held in the confederate
army. so AS to be recognized in the United
States army. The clerk referred him to
Endicott-
Nashville merchant sought to make a
thrifty turn by ramming his ginseng roots
full OF shot, the price of the roots being
; 30 per pound. The goods were returned