Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-27
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ITEMS OF ALL SORTS.
A land owner ct Elko, New, is seeding hi
ranch to tea
The Finnish diet has decided to adop,
capital punishment for the crime of murder
R,act nectt;e. will succeea white IN paris
except upon the erandest of occasions
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The largest railroad system In the world
the Atehison, Topeka and Santa Fe, which
operates about S,OOO miles OF road
Asbestos clothing has been used by the
Paris fire brigade with success, and Is soor
to he adopted by the London tremen
A well known London firm Of refreshnneni
contractors recently advertised for 4,OOo sd
ditional walters, and 10000 applications
were received IN response. the whole OF the
candiuates ciaiining " nave mao e2perience'
The wife Of a Buffalo physician has re-
Gently been adjudged insane because of q
strange mania for fans She was accus-
toned, when out shopping, to purchase every
fan she cav, regardless of cost, and accumu.
lated magnificent collection
A monument Is to be erected near the
arsenal ut Yeddo over the recently dis
covered grave of William Adams, the Eliza
bethan mariner and pilot, who was the first
British resident Of Japan. 1t was he who
opened the ports of Japan to British COM
merce-
The defunct Maritime bank of ST. John,
N. B., had bookkeeper who was a jewel in
his way. He kept two sets Of books-one to
show to the directors and another TO show
the real condition of the bank funds, with
which he was speculating. The deficiency
of the bank is over 81, $4,000
The Upper Appomattox canal property in
virginia, which Is considered the most yalu-
able water power in the state. has been ao-
quired by New York and Boston capitalists.
who will expend over s5Oe, 600 in the erection
OF mills OF various kinds along its banks
William E Gladstone has been varm,v
praising both in print and in sneech the
novel Robert Elsmere.n written bv a we'll
known Englishwoman. Henry Labouchere
says Of it: "a more tiresome book have
seldom come across, nor one more thoroughly
dull and dreary.n
A horse at Fftcbbnrp that had vorkad for
many Years in a coal team vas sold and his
new owner put him with anotber horss 10
draw sand bpt be refused q, uort .nv,vhar.
and had To he returned To bis former ouner
As .oon ,s he vas npt In : cooI TOO :, oIi
trouble ended
Tho sap,ops old C,er uav,. Inn a., p.,,;.
more. the last of the Old M,rv,snd hostelr;es
of the davs Of nor,v;ea and threa c,,rna,ai
hats "a soon 4, he soId In i,s aav !, ,,os
one Of tba fasbionable inns of n. I,;,,ora ond
d,r;pg later vea,,s n has h,e,, ~. 70 ,rr;,., ~
sor. Of horse dealers and cattle drovars who
CANA to Raltimor, 70 ,all trada or sr,.n
Lgutning recenuy al haiisvfiie. near Gen.
traiia, MO- strucR .ne smo1estack OF a mill
owned oy Carpentef bros On the win
dow OF the mill the stroke OF electricity
plainly photograpned the numerals lSSa
Between the figures was zigzag line On
.ne "an oppos'e nuns c,lienuar lor tne
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The gold washings OF the river Nus, In
Colombia, are SAID TO promise such enormous
returns that when the news reached France
that the river had been turned and the bed OF
the river exposed, the 80 franc shares rose
10 4,soo francs subsequently the dam broke
away, and money beng required to rebuild
It, more shares were offered and were eagerly
rendered FOR, premiums being offered Of
from ~ 70 loo per cent oy those anxious to
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An English paper alleges that IA new style
of bonnet trimming has now, it appears,
captured the female heart in the United