Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-11-22
MINOR MENTION.

Array Of light travels II. LOO 900 miles IN =
minute.
Fifty dollars in nickels weigh exactly 1o,i
pounds
Sixteen thousand persons perished BY fam.
Inc Ut Cape Verde 10 l775
The amethyst was the ninth stone upon
the brenstplate OF the Jewish high priest
1891 B. c.
A French count IN Green Bay turns out to
be New York music professor. He beat the
folks out OF 500 before they got on to him.
Steam navigation was projected on the
Danube, by Count Szecbenyl, In 1897 ana In
that ear The first steamboat was launched at
vienna.
or 1874 persons in France claiming to be
over 100 wears old, a committee threw out IS
considered doubtful.
All France 10 puzzled over Sara Bernhnrdt.
She has either gained three pounds or got
larger hustle. and as no one cen find out
which, the nation Is agog.
New York harbor was frozen over, admit.
ting the passage OF teams on the Ice between
the city and Staten Island, in 1850 The bay
was again frozen In 1871.
There are Just as many murderers 10 Ohio
as II they didn't hang for the crime. but there
are not near so many murderers biding their
time to get out Of prison and do so some
more
man In Birmingham, N. Y, who received
legacy Of SIS, 900 paid out S3I, 90 Of 1t for
6ne mansion, and inside Of three month he
was dead broke and trying to resell for
$1,000.
The pesky little moth costs the government
$50, per year, and is then ahead much OF
the time. Washington is said to be more In
Tested with this insect than any other town
In the land.
Plays were represented by LivIus Androni-
Gus, who, abandoning satire, wrote plays with
q regular and connected plot aud who gave
singing and dancing to different performers,
about 240 B. c.
The stuffed skin Of a black poney which DO.
longed to the Queen of Spain makes a novel
hobby horse for the little king. In the por-
trait OF his majesty the riding horse is 8
prominent feature.
The Nile still continues to fall, and II some
thing isn't done pretty soon the crocodiles
vii have TO buv water at the private wells 10
wet their dust covered backs. The Nile
should behave ITSELF
Know ye, and don't you forget 1t, that In.
dian summer never comes until after the first
snow fakes and until after the 10th Of No
vembeE Summer dsIs In October simply
mean decent weather.
Nervous people are afraid to attend the
services in the Bristol Cathedral, England, as
the building literally s"srms with rats. The
creatures are to be seen running about In the
nave while service Is proceed ng in the choir.
A steward who had been intrus ed with tho
task OF filling up his masters library sent the
following order to London bookseller: In
the first place want six feet of theology, the
same quantity of metaphysics, and near a
yard Of old civil law in folio.
Early firearms were very rudeIy construct
ed and were first discharged by q lighted
match. About lil7 wheel-lOck came into
Use, and about 1892 this was superseded by
the frnt-Iocx The principle of percuss on
was patented by the Rev. Mr.. Forsythe In
1877.
Hogs are higher IN Oh cago, with but little
over ha the receipts In that city or Other
western points Of year ago. The exports OF
hog PRODUCTS from Atlantic porIs for the last
eleven month are over Is ZOO 600 pounds be-
hind year ago, the falling off being greatest
In the latter part Of the season.
Bokhara, after successfully forming part OF
the empires OF Pers q, Of Alex tnder and BAG
trIuna, was conquer Iy the Turks In the
sixth century, by the Chinese in the seventh,
anu by the Arabs about 1905 After rious
changes it was subdued BY the Uzbek Tartars,
Its present poss"ssors, alb ut 1875.
Workmen in gravel bed on the Western
Railway OF Alabama recently came upon the
skeleton OF what they think was an Ind an
princess. On it were found a silv"r coronet,
siver bracelets. a necklace made OF silver
buckles tied together with silk ribbon, and
q peculiar knife with a sabre blade.
The largest Christian place of worship In
the world Is the church of St. PETERS In
Rome which has a capacity for a congrega-
ton Of 4,00o persons. The three next In
order Of size are: Milan Cathedral, which
holds $4,000, and St. Paul's, London, with .
capacity Of $4,000. The space covered by
the buildings Of St. Peters is said to be- 24O,-
900 square feet, or about five aud half Eng
lish scres