Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-02-18
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the Various Newspapers of tho Land.
A private pet cat show will be given Short
ly ut New Yorl, for The benefit of charity
The government of Spain has decided to
celebrate tho fourth centenary of the discov-
cry of America.
Venus, the morning star, is brighter than
it ever appeared to any man now living, and
nearer the earth than it will be again for $40
yeGrs.
The Cincinnati Musicians Protective union
has decided that no mcItber shall play in m
orchestra with women under penalty of OK
pulsion, and a fine Of Sl00if he applies for
reinstatement
Shareholders in Brazil are opposing the
final extinction of slavery on the ground
that it will be impossible to carry on coffee
planting on large scale if slavery is abol-
ished.
a stretch Of railroad track, extending three
miles out from Madisonville, o., is said by @
Cincinnati paper to be the scene of so many
/. accidents as to have earned for itself the
name of '.Dcad Mans Curve"
Tho cruelest deception of the holiday sea-
! son was originated in 1887 A paper sack
! keys legs wcre then tied in the mouth Of the
sack and the seductive fraud sent to the
victim.
An Indianapolis newspaper says that the
first soldier to suffer death for descrtion in
the war was Robert Gray, an Indiana school.
master, who had enlisted from the southern
part of the state, and was shot at Camp
Burnside, Indianapolis, in 1863.
It's rare to see man moving on the ice,
hut such sightwas possible the other day at
Mount Vernon, Me. After swamp frozc up,
enough grass remained above the ice to war;
rant thrifty farmer cutting it and drawing
it home for bedding for his horses
Thirty Assyrians are among the latest i'm
migrants at New York, and have joined the
army of small peddlers in the streets of the
city The ancient empire which they recall
never had such conglomeration Of national
tiles as mako up the population Of the Amer
lean metropolis.
The inhabitants of Key West, Fla, COM
plain that the Spanish authorities Of Cuba
are making that place q penal station, to
which convicts arc banished for stated pc
RODS. There is great Indignation, and q pc
tition will bc sent to the state department
asking that measures be taken to put stop
to tho practice.
It is announced from ST. Louis that the
Mexican government has granted extraor-
binary concessions to 4 real estate company
to induce immigration to eleven states Of
Mexico The government has granted ex-
emption from taxation to all settlers on these
tracts, and iusures protection.
A Boston paper asserts that n newly rich
New York woman got FROM a dishonest sex
ton possession of an old tombstone sacred to
the memory of some one of the same name as
herself that was i'll an English graveyard,
and now has it set in her library wall, with a
fictitious pedigree, as voucher for her aris-
tocracy.
There are many burGlaries committed in
Boston, but few householders will follow
Adclina PATHS device of forsaking their
homes. 1t is said that she was so shocked at
the recent burglarious visit to her castle in
Wales, by which she lost one Of her most
valuable diamond rings, that she has deter
mined to part with her Welsh estate, which
O Welsh paper says will shortly be in tie
market for sale.
Tho women of Paris have adopted for the
winter season a waggle in their walk. The
art of wagglng gracefully in furs is being
taught at the best dancing schools. The cor
rect wagglc is described as a short step and
an undulating sweep of the hips. 1t is said to
be much more graceful than the mannish
stride that prevailed during the summer.
The new hotel which John Wanamaker, Of
Philadelphia, has erected for the benefit Of
the women employed in his stores, has ample
accommodations for 100 boardcrs. 1t con-
tains bowling alley, several reception
rooms, dancing room and numerous apart
rents for bathing. Tho rate for weeks
board and lodging, including the laundering
of one dozen pieces, is 1928.
Tie Pennsylvania Railroad company has
established a savings fund for the benefit Of
its employees Money may be deposited wish
any freight or ticket agent designated by the
company, furnishing, in point Of fact q saw
incs bank ut every considerable station in
the country. The money will draw per
cent. interest. 1t can be withdrawn by
giving ten days notice, other savings banks
generally requiring two weeks notice.
There arc number Of wooden mills and
knitting factories in operation in Utah,
where hosiery, mittens, leggings, ladies'
knit skirts, and mems knit underwear are
turned out in largo Quantities. These goods
are exported throughout the entire noun
tain region In one of these mills the output
is 1000 yards of material per day Thou
sands of dozens of hand made scarlet and
mems gray hose are sent into Colorado and
Montana. Their carriage robes and blankets
find ready market in Chicago, and the
orders for these goods are often fully up to
the capacity.
A new industry at Auburndale, Fla, is
gopher farming. Judge Tilson and John
Mullen are equal partners ina largo farm,
embracing over 1000 acres. They will go
into the raising Of gophers on large scale
at once, having ordered q number of coops
to feed the young ones in. They viii try the
market next week with carload shipment
to Washington. 1t is said the most fastidi-
GUS cpicure cannottell the flesh of the Florida
gopher from the famous Maryland terTapin.
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III Washington Street Cars.
Some Of tho funniest scenes Of Washington
life occur in the street cars, and the lines Of
society run 50 closely into each other that
one must be very careful OF his language.
A remark about noted person there made
is sure to reach his ears, and the colored boy
Ia IF q