The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-04-27


Syracuse, NJ r., 10 rejoicing over = now
$4,000 kennel club !, ~, Us .-. 49,,
There are ;00, 900 locomotives in the world,
representing 100000 horse power.
The first religious Newspaper publishes Ia
America was issued In Ohio. and called Tho
Recorder
The South African diamond fields last year
! yielded gems amounting to 800, 500 caJats
and valued at over go, 100000.
A Vermont minister has preached LEI
funeral sermons, with net return OF two bar
rels of apples and silver dollar.
An Ohio man has four hogs born without
tho sign of an ear, and so lacking In hearing
that they don't know when 1t thundens.
During the FIRST three months of this year
5000 more immigrants arrived at New York
than In the same time last year. There were
~, 045 arrivals IN March.
The horse power represented by steam en-
gines In the United States is 1900, 900; in
England, 1000, 900; in Germany, 4,500, 90; In
France, 5000 900; In Austria, 100000
An Orlando, Fla, wagonmaker has con-
structed boat wagon that will 60 equally
wen on land or water and It Is voted just the
thing for sportsmen In that wild and watery
region.
Mrs Morris, Of sheboygan, Mich, pos
sesses as a highly priced relic large aeer-
schaum pipe that belonged to a former king
Of Denmark, and Ii now 23S years old Il has
been an heirloom in her family for gener.
ations.
A Pacific coast missionary relates that
after walking fifteen miles to perform mar
riage ceremony, he received In payment a
sack Of fine cabbages, and lugged them home
on his back for fear Of offending his parrish
toner's
Two French ladies lately agreed upon q
trial for 200 francs 10 see which could talk
the faster. The contest was to endure for
three hours. One pronounced 2oS, $50 words,
reading from Eugene Sue" The other pro-
nounced 2O6,Sli, and won the prize
Three little Buffalo girls, all under II.
lately started to walk to Indianapolis, where
the mother Of one Of them Is living As they
took O cash capital Of but one silver dollar
along, they were reasonably glad to be over
taken by rescuers less than twenty miles
away.
They are not troubled with breach Of
promise suits In China When q future
Chinese belle Is about three days old she is
formally betrothed TO the scion Of some &c
ceptable neighbor, and when she b about
fifteen she IL carried TO his house and left
there and that ends 10.
The greatest ocean depth which has been
ascertained by sounding is Eve miles and @
quarter G3 TO feet, or 4,620 fathons,, not
| quite equal to tho height Of the highest
known mountain, Mount Everest, which
measures - ,002 feet, or Ave and half miles
high. The average depth between 60 degs
north and 60 dogs south is nearly three
| miles
Down in South Carolina Texas pony, for
lack of better employment, jumped up the
five foot steps Of book store walked in,
went behind the counter, looked at himself
in the mirror, and walked out after the
fashion Of tho king Of France, without
breaking or damaging anything in the course
| Of his career.
Deer shed their antlers every year, and al
though the antlers, when the deer Is killed
before they are removed, will withstand all
weathers for years, IL Is very rarely that
pair that have been shed are found. This Is
said to DO due to small insect that attacks
the antaers soon after they are dropped, and
destroys them by burrowing through and
through them.
| A most admirable charity is that Of the
Salvation Army In London, which has
opened restaurant where meal may be
bought for farthing. The small coin pays
for bowl Of soup or half loaf Of bread,
and two farthings secures a cup Of coffee or
cocoa and alice of bread and jam ThB
for about two cents q wholesome meal can b
bought. Threepence brings meat and pota-
toes and half penny a dish Of rice.