Arizona silver belt., 1888-11-03
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

A man who Is ID s's.i .ii z H-tFaSkd for stealing a steer less iss'l n, siiied thai he is an heir auistnd dollars left by his I -.es. oyral4ny.
 There is a I6gholse stiIl standing in Chicago which is believed to have been built for defeh-e against the Indians at the time Fort Dearborn was erected.
 A large copper medal, minted in King Georges tim and evidently worn by some British soldiers in the revolution, was pla.ged up recently mar Monroe, E. C.
 --in one ciunt, of Pennsylvania trclye milton chick ns arc artifeially hatcf.6Js every yeaS SGis@ i.ens of the Keystone State are mere egg-laying machines, utterly devoid of maternal instinct.
 Some gepius with a fancy for handli l,abies has figured ont that piece of wood the size of month old baby would be worn down one-half in six months if handled as much as the average baby is
 An army officer living at Orchard, -Neb., is said to have discovered a plant' common to the country which has tine property of converting milk into butter -one pound of the former making the same amount of the latter.
 "A luncheon parte in Philadelphia was served ia five adjoining rooalsi each of which was furnished in differ ent eolor-pink, white, blue, yellow and red. Each room was decorated with flowers of corresponding colors.
 In Mexico City, few days ago. they tried a mans courage by shutting him up in a room with six rattle snakes At the end of six hears they opened the door and he was staEaiug in . window, and the snakes hld7fought and killed each other.
 -Per5aps theFiehest caiprad woman in the S,ata is Mrs Anlada ETlambs. of Atlanta, Ga, whose fortune is esti- mated ass4l9950 8lrs. H. White. of Mobile, colore.i woman. is worth S40,000, and there are several other rieh c,.nrad won;sia the South.
 -TAe ''ii rss-. ie.esIe" is to be subsii;lsed-.ar ,a o,i-s5y1e system of electric sigaamg by the New York police derrtgaat Thec2Rtraet price is S5JO, 600 f5t fodr hundred boxes and connections ard the necessary patrol wagons, to De kgpS in order for ten years.
 "A thoaghlful patron of Uncle Sam's maila service who complains that papers aD | aeiz.ags, when plieed $ on the top of lsuer-laxes. s'e ire quently blown igway by. the wind and lost, suggests that wire basket or q like eontriyance he aazed to the posts as q supplementary receptacle.
 A Wi.Imantic factory girl wrote her name and address. and, her desire to be married. ia nice liCje note, which she p.@cod in lac band of the hat she had just GHished. Her father bought the hat. On his way home that evening, he paused at house which they were clustering and ob- tained a slender and supple lathe.
 "A party of ladies and gentlemen started to explore eave near Clyde, Ark. About nine hundred yards from the mouth of the cavern they en- countered an immea5a army of rats. Tie rats were vicious and made savage attacEs on tie explorers: Two of the ladies faintei and had to be carried. Hundreds Of the animals were slain by the men.
 It was announced in the Devices paper in Wiltshire, Eigland, that the eclipse of the moon would be visible from that town. Just before the hour at which the shadow would strike our satellite, farmer, accompanied hy his wife end family, drove into Deyizes fi1m is homestead On being aslled why he came at tuat hour he said he came with ''missus' so as to be intiine to see The eclipse.
 One of the pathetic things about the last days of Emperor William was his separation from the afflicted Crown Prince. His physician went into his room at four o'clock one morning and found the monarch sitting up in bed and crying like chiid. He cxcljimed: "Doctor, can not sieep f2r tlinkingof Fritz. For HeaYen's sake hurry and make preparations to letme go t5 San Reno to be with hin,
 The birds were among the sufferers of the New York biizMrt A grocery boys basket, which was placed on the sidewalk while the boy swung bis arms for warmth, was attacked by flock of ravenous sparrows. The boy was amused at first, but he soon bec,ane convinced that the contents of lis basket were in danger and he drove off the sparrows aad hurried away, being foIewcd ty De flock of cbatlor- ing birds.
 -OMJohn Markley, the first engin- ger ever employed by the Germautown & Norristown roNd. one of Che pioneer railroads in fhe country, is living at an advanced age in Germantown. In the earFy days the c5mpany was too poor to pay his wages n e:;sll, ana er>aaded him hslRad to aerent stuck i't the road, whichwas hen woeiltthtrty-scyca cents a share. The stock is to-aay worth $l2G share, aud BIariliey hls for tune of S1C0, COG.
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