Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-08-25
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: ~ VIC ~ INV ihiiN's
The A>t prs own 5000 luildings IA New
York city.
A days Journey is thirty three and
eighth miles.
/ 4 baby has been born in Chicago
weighing Just one pound avolrdupols.
A pound of pennies is worth Sl+3. \
pound of five cent pieces is worth
$50. 80.
\ New York coroner recently narrow
t. escaped d a'h from smiling at a bottle
from which a siicide hal taken prus,i
acd.
Snow is Initiated for theatrical pur
poses hy sprca ling oft white cotton,
over which pul'e!izcd m.ca has bccl
st;Cwu.
Baltimore ie growing over her three
carrier pigeons, which flew 500 miles IN
little over SIX hours, and so broke the
record for that distance.
A monster frog swallowed a chicken
at tconcc, Ga, the other day, and
sgc ned to be rclishing the bite immense
~ when the owEer killed him.
Mr.. I've. of .lcsSup. Ga. has a cow
that is PERFECTLY hlirlesS throughout
Spring and Summer, and only puts ON her
coat at the beginning of the Fall
Among the descendants Of Thomas
rlantaccnet, Duke of Gloucester, fifth
son of Edward Ill, was Stephen j.
Penny, who was not many years AGO
b'Xton at It. George, Hanover Square,
LONDON.
During the drill Of sailors aboard the
steiner Forest City at Boston recently,
they ran from q point between decks,
uufis;Cncd the lifcboatS and lowered
them into the water in the remarkably
quick time of one minute and fourteen
seconds.
\ novel letter was received bv a CUES,
ut Cleveland hotel the other day from
New ORR. 1t was written on Il gentle.
mans linen Gull, with the address on
the reverse side. \ 1-,cnt stamp was
attached, and it arrived at its destina
tion the sumo a. an ordinary postal card.
1.-The name "Io Jo,'' at present
degraded to the use of the dog faced boy |
of tn" dime museums, was originally !
coined by the popular Swedish poet,
Johann iOlin U~lS-Gi, and use1 by |
him rs rscudonym, under which he
dramas and coined dies for the !
New Theatre of Stockholm.
Charley lee, better known as "Whist.
ling harley who died IN Cincinnati
the other day, was one of the odd char.
acters of that city. Although eighty six
yelrs old he pushed his handcart around
almost 10 the day If his death, and lis
thrill wins lc could BE- heard for block.
He had a mania for rings aud his fingers
were covered with them.
The pretty daughter Of Columbus,
ohio, preachcr is in had fix. She "A.
eaten pickles until she has dwindlcI
rom two hundred to sixty pounds. SEc
,au no longer ca. Her tongue l. as
Try and hard as a piece of leather. and
lcr IhySlc ans say that the interior of
Ter stomach is as hard and smooth AZ
he surface of polishe glass. The youn.
ady is only si\tecn years Old.
A lover of the curl us in numbers"
las arrived at some interesting facts
lbout Berlin. The city La, go mi e.
If streets. so that a person might wax
On DAYS IN The CAPITA without rctrac.
ne his steps. II the I, 100, $50 inhah +
ntS should march in doublc file tLcy
vOHld form a line nearly 30 m les IN
cn@th. II the citizens should determine
- Start upoa a Journey at III" sane time.
ii the cars Of Germany wouid accommo-
Ia c bat two thirds cf the number.
y resident of Corey, Ohio, owns
are curiosity. 1t is 81 Hill. cont
catal Currency. On t i, what "a
nown n the wild hp@ ,cal-a crude
ut Of wild ho" while to its let i.
hc following: This bill entities the
carer to receive four Slanish millcd
- lars. or the value thereof in gold or :
liver, a corjng 10 = resolution of Con
reSs passed ut Philadelphia, February
:, 40. Signed, .'oha Howard"
rother si-nat re aprc1rs. bat it is too i
'uch dcfaccd to be made ont.