The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
STRAY BITS.

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One of the brsihess colleges in Cleveland
has department Of phrenolosy.
There are laws against using prosane Ian
guage by telephone in all states except Con
nectcut.
a barber at Sucz, Ari., while shaving
man was seized with an attack of homicidai
mania and cut his cui:omer's throat from
| ear to ear.
At Denison, Tex, belated passenger
emptied his revolver at the train that had
not waited for him, and was promptly taken
in hand by the police.
There Is said 10 be only one survivor OF
A once powerful, Indian tribe in California.
When he dies the language spoken by the
tribe VIII become extinct.
Honesty is sotaetimes rewarded a New
! Orleans lad found a valuable sachel, and,
upon taking it to the owner who had adver-
tsed the loss, was made happy with brand
new 500 bill
Professional burglars are going the rounds
! # the country towns just now. II y their
usual summer hegira, and the guardians oil
I the peace should he on the watch for such I'M
welcome visitors
Less than one-h,lf Of The senator's row IL
office were born in the states which they rep
resent Americans seldom emgratc out OF
the country but they do a great deal of emf
grating about in their own land.
The managers of n western railroad which
is experimenting with natural gas believe
that it may yet prove not only the cheapest
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heating as well as lighting the cars.
American authors are more read than the
English in Japan. Last year 5000 English
and ne, 900 American books were imported
into that country, so that the old question,
'Wbo reads an American book was fairly
answered
The Zilveru Kruis, the FIRST Dutch man Of
war TO enter the Golden Gate in fifteen years,
is living oif San Francisco. She is n training
ship on her way TO Japan, China and the
Dutch colonies in India, where she will make
a prolonged stay.
Miss Eliza Bliss, of Rchoboth, Conn, sup
Piled Il tramp with meal While she was
preparing the food the tramp sang Nearer,
My God to Thee" and at the same time
stole the lady's pocketbCok and IS from
her bureau drawer
The new lnman steamship the City of New
York, is warranted by her builders 10 be
unsuitable, That is one condition laid down
in the contract by the company was that she
should To unsuitable, although she IS OF iron
and has a capacity OF 10 800 tors.
A New England man has beaten the green
goods sawdust men at their own game. tie
got one Of their circulars, and in reply asked
tor sample Of their goods. They sent him
a genuine 81 hill, and the gentleman Of New
England stopped the correspondence then
aud there
As wedding party was driving through |
the streets of Pennsylvania town on their !
way to the church at which the ceremony |
was to be performed, the carriages drove
over little girl, killing her Immediately |
The arrest OF the party prevented the mar
rage, and it has been postponed.
The smallest circular saw in practical use
is a tiny disc about the size Of q British shi- |
ling which is employed for cutting the slits !
in gold pens. These saws are about As thick !
as ordinary paper, and revolye some four |
thousand times per minute The high veloc-
ity keeps them rigid. notwithstanding tue
thinneSs.
London bankers have for long time been
seeking TO obtain an additional fifteen min |
utes of grace TO get their checks through the
clearing house after the close Of business each |
day The clearing house has finally cous
ceded five minutes, and It Is SAID that the
bankers welcome even this an almost in
estimable boon.
Near North Adams, Mas, two girls Of :
and 10 went cut after Ma flowers aad los,
their way in the woods. Some time after
dark they stumbled upon farm house and
asked shelter, but were refused, 50 they We're
forced to remain all night in the woods, and
were found by the searching party at morn
ing half dead from cold, fright and exhaus-
ton
\ Montana newspaper says that the days
Of staging in the hills are rapidly departing.
Steam Is fast taking the place Of horse and
mule power, and Pullman coaches are crowd
ing out the swayback stages of old. The
noted North western Transportation com
pany has begun TO dispose OF its plant, ANA
Is preparing to hunt for business On the rap
idly recedng frontier.
The five stones erected TO mark Mason
and Dixons line" between Maryland and
Pennsylvania have just had their annual
visitation by commissioners, who report one
ia good condition, one lost, one broken, one
dislodged by mining operations, and the fifth,
which bears on one side the arms OF Penusyi
vania. on the other those OF Lord Baltimore,
badly damaged by yaudal relic hunters.
4 cobra bite has been cured Dr. Richards,
as reported by The India Daily News, was
handling cobra with the intention Of e1-
tracing some poison, when he was bitten on
the finger He Immediately cut 1t open to
the bone above the wound, and applied per
manganatc Of potash, put on iieaturc and
hurried OH for advice. Another doctor
opened the wound and cauterzed it with
nitric acid, aud DR.. Richards has recovered
CREATIONS LOWER ORDERS