The morning news., 1888-06-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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Newark citizen. He tore one from its hinges
| and threw it at man with whom he got into an
| alteration.
| A LEBANON (Conn.) man who committed sui
eide lately during an attack of hereditary mel
anchoia is the third of his family who perished
in The same way
! ORGAN grinders are to be driven by the police
| from the streets of Paris, and only favored
few are to be permitted to play in alleys and
| courts, even these being required to wear
| badges showing that they have been duly IL
/ censed. The result of this regulation is ex-
| pected to be general exodus OF disgusted but
musical Italians, with London as their OBJ
| jective point.
PARTIES from Washington, D. c., exploring
Indian mounds near Waverly Ohio, have dis
| covered seven skeletons. supposed to be those
| of Indians. The skeletons are in a remar arkably
| good state of preservation. They were found
/ encircled with ring of ashes, which is credited
| with having assisted very materially toward
their preservation. Copper rings and other
| trinkets were also found.
| THE rabbit pest in New Zealand is said to be
constantly increasing in seriousness in spite of
| the persistent efforts made by the government
| and the farmers to eradicate it. They reduce,
| II Is said, the feeding capacity of the land
| onethird, while the fleeces of the sheep have
| decreased by one pound to one and one-half
pounds each, the number of lambs decreased
1t ON ~ 10 ~ per cent, ana the death rate In
| creased from to l3 per cent. 1t is hoped that
the increase in the population and the culttva-
tion OF the country will drive out the pests in
! time.
Mrs. LIZZIE PLIFFER, while riding with others
| in a car on the Brooklyn electric railway, expe-
| rienced queer feeling, and, it is claimed, al
most Immediately the electric lights (by which
| Che cars are illuminated) went out. Shortly a
similar feeling again came over her and she
lapSed into Inconsistencies. Since part of her
| left side, including her arm, has been paralyzed
Her doctor stoutly affirms that the woman was
shocked by an erratic electric current, and he
refers TO the burns on her body to bear out his
conclusion. The owner of the company is said
to maintain that Mrs Pliffer had hysterical
| paralysis.
IL THE course of the excavations now going
| on at the Acropolis in Athens stone block
bearing an inscription of great interest to
archRologists. has been discovered embedded
| in comparatively modern wall. 1t relates to
the expenditure made in erecting the ancient
temple known as the Erechtheion. 1t gives de-
tails as TO the first plans and divisions of the
edifice, indicating its eastern and western
gables, and also helps to explain certain topo-
graphical questions in relation to another still
more ancient Greek temple, the remains of
which were discovered two years ago, and
which was itself destroyed by the Persians
under Xerxes.
A FARMER in crossing river near Benkelman,
Neb on his way to town the other morning,
found an old man fast in one of the quicksands
which are common along the river He was
buried to the aEppitS and slowly sinking deeper.
He had evidently been there several hours
When the farmer attempted to pull him out he
fought desperately, and even after the farmer
with the assistance of another man, had rescued
him, he attempted to jump into the treacherous
sands again. His mind is still deranged as n
result of his terrible experience. From papers
found on him he is supposed to be Edwin Powers
of Wano, Kan He had 81 900 in currency in q
belt around bis body.
FORTUNATE it is that the days of belief in
witches are over, else the stories now going the
| rounds of the Maine papers might make it
dangerous for somebody. The latest marvel
thus far, is a barn door that opens without
hands. Dexter man who drove into a door
yard in Cambridge, after trying the barn door
and finding it fast, hitched his horse to the side
of the barn. While the man was in the house
the horse broke loose and started for home but,
becoming frightened by some men at woriswith
a road machine turned back and rushed for the
barn, the doors of which obligingly opened to
| let him in, closing behind him When the dozen
| men who witnessed the affair reached the barn,
| no one was to be Teen, and the door stuck SO
| badly that it was opened with difficulty.
THE scientists of Lexington, KY, are deeply
puzzled over peculiar find of Henry Davis, a
farmer who lives near that town. While COM
ing to town the other day he discovered pile
Of seed on the side of the road, which by their
| peculiar ACTIONS aIJraCte0 his attention. and
stopping his team he secured about quart of
| the seed and brought them to town They
greatly resembled timothy seed both in size and
color, but their popularity shows they are not
About once in ten seconds each seed will iump
from the eigth of an inch to an inch in hight
and they never seem to get tired, but keep up
| the jumping continuously, All of the scientists
and microScOpistS in the city have been fur
nshed with specimens, but SO far no one has
| been able to tell what kind of seed they are.
A PECULIAR phenomena occurred the other
| afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock at Lake Chetek. Wis
| 1t was a waterspOut in Chetek Lake The col
umn of water was from IL TO IS feet in diana
ter. The water could be plainly seen ASCENDING
| in spiral column to heavy mass of clouds
about 80 rods above the lake With the aid 81
a glass small fish could be seen winding tbeir
way upward. After little over a Quarter of
an hour the column broke in -vo in the middle
| and the lower half swept russ Menomonie
point in the form of Il Whifiwind taking nm
all the lighter matter in It's coarse while
the upper portion seemed to follow in the same
| course. having the exact appearance of an in
verted funnel, 40 to 80 rods long After break
| ing it was followed by a great rain followed
| with some thunder and lightning.
ABOUT year ago one of Cincinnatrs societv
bellies became acquainted, while touring Furone
with young Englishman, and subsequently
their marriage was agreed upon. The event
was to have come off some few days ago at +be
brides home in Hamilton, near Cincinnati and
all arrangements Tor The ceremony had baan
made, including the sending of inyitations
But affairs suddenly took an unexpected tnrn
The groom arrived from England, and at once
set about to learn the size of his prosnactive
father-in-law's money pile. The latter diSn,t
meet his expectations, and he therefore so the
story goes, declared the match Off. and aITpnst
Immediately took a train for New York IL is
supposed on his way home. Some of his
actions prior to departing are said to bava
been indicative of one greatly confused, if not
deranged. NV
Dr. PAYsoN of Portland, Me- used to tell thiq
very good story. One very rainy Sunday he
went to his church as usual but no one nm.
peared except an old negro, who came in and
asked if DR.. Payson was to preach. The doctor
said Yes" and went into the pulpit and
preached to the choir and the old negro some
months afterward he met the negro and asl[ed
him if he enjoyed that sermon. Enjoy dat
sermon?' replied the old man. II 'clar' doctor
nebber heerd better one. Yo' see / hnd n
seat pretty well up in front an whenebber
you'd say something pretty hard like gin do
sins ob men, I'd jess look all roun' ter see who
you's a-hittin', and | wouldn't see nobody on
jess me. An ! says TO m self, he mnss n1eayy
you, Pomp, you's sech dretfu sinner Weii
doctor, dat ar sermon set mo a-thinkin' what a
big sinner war, an | went and lined de churcb
down home. Use deacon now"
THE Boston Saturday Evening Gazette mar
rates that "in the laying out of Franklin nark
great mnny houSea had ~ oo,,.o.