The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-02
STRAY BITS

During the last sixteen years p 90 sailors
On British ships have been lost at sea
TIE business OF the London postoiaco IS OF
such magnitude that the present POSTMASTER
genorol has saved Slj,COJ q year IN seallns
wax ond twiue expense alone
The llt..o farm hoa,e IN which Horace
Creole was born, together with 10 acres #
ia!lu .1Ai Is 20 be sold 1t auction az Am
horst, y T., Tor taxes amounting 20 s2O2j
An eastern nan ~ figures BAYS that al
average OF 1000 people are drowned through
Oh, he ia the United states every winter,
and al average Of 800 arc drowned by ac-
cideut IN the summer
\ Steel steamboat, ~ cost Sj0Q5J. Is being
constructed TO run on the upper Mississippi,
the exucctatiou being that 10 viii make the
trip from St Louis - ST. Paul IN half the
tirle required by the existing OGDEN craft.
Electricity has done much Tor civilization.
but is possibilities, 10 seems, have not been
exhausted al "ciec.r.o birch has been in
vented. by which refractory school pupils
can be punished TO 3 nicely aud 10 marks be
left
An ann Arbor student suspected that some
ono was stealing his coal lie loaded one OF
the Jumps with charge Of guupowder, and
tho next morning his laudlsdy's stove blew
up and his breakfast executed beautiful
fresco design on the kitchen ceil!ug
Weight sociablesa are tue latest craze at
Yankton. Tho Gentlemen pick their ladies.
take them 70 The sca.ei, weigh them, pay
quarter Of a cent a pclnd into the general
fund, and then escort Them 70 supper The
latter costs not far from siI DTS pound
Professor MaIcomson, OF Dallas, Tex, who
/. said 20 be q teacher Of some learning, ad-
vauces the theory that the earth is Hat and
also mOtioniess, neither rotatin. On 10 axis
nor revolving around the sun BE also bs-
levos that the sun and moon aTe smaller than
ths eartu, and that the light OF the moon Is
her own and not reflected from the sun.
A funeral procession which started Tor the
cemetery at Fremont, y. Y, encountered
snow DRIFTS so deep that II couldn't proceed
The remains wee placed tn d blacksmith
shop near by ana the iuouruegs and friends
set % work with shoyels The work was lot
finished -! H.. following evening, when the
corpse ra- buried by tho light Of lanterns.
Tia e-Ale bug Is the pest ot California. Il
coaale5 u agag-s 10 orange groves. II
feds oh tie leaves and burrows in the ten
,...is. eul when lbs WORK Is complete Tic Leaf
clrls az, snl.vcls, End the tree d.cs within a
..o., t.me. : prominent St Louis manu-
lecturer recently invested 5000 IL au
grange crOye near los Angelic which SUI
Ie-ei roM tie oil gEt and had 70 be sold at
heavy los.
EEoch Robinson. Tor more than half cent
Nv a dealer IN locks in Boston, has Jast died
10 his curious residence, known a. the Round
house The building, as its name indicates,
l. circular f. .o.gn, and has three stories, the
third story beng Of smaller diameter than
Tic other. mo Interior arrangement are
l.. Leep.lg with The exterior, there being cir
calar s,aigways, entries, rooms, tables. etc,
~ profus.on.
Ercry nan when lie takes up his cards at
L game OF whist holds one out Of 80. oh 80,
go possible hands As for the total number
O.. variations possible among all the players,
ISIS 50 enormous as almost 20 exceed belief
NJ. Babbess calculated that IT 10000 OF
men were 70 Je engaged dealing cards at tn
rate OF ono deal each minute, day ind night
Tor 100, 5000 OF years, they would rot ,hel
have exhau,tei all the possible variations OF
tho cards, but only ioo, VOoth part u them