Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-19
NEWS NOTES.

Nothing remains of the famous En-
glish settlement at jamestown, Va, be-
gun in 1907, save the ruins Of achurch
tower, and this is crumbling year by
year. Tree root. have cracked
the monumental slabs in the church
yard, and thus one Of the few localities
recalling the first years Of American
history is slowly losing its distinctive
features.
In demolishing an old building in
Stockton, Calf the purpose Of erect
ing q new one, it was found that the
foundation rested upon the hull ola
vessel, which, upon investigation, prov
ed to be the Peruvian brigantine Adcl-
aldo, 800 tons burden. She was an
chored at her present resting place in
1850, and now lies several blocks
from the water,
Colorado bids fair to rival Pennsyl-.
vania as an oil state. In the valley of
the Arkansas, near Pueblo, about TWEEN.
ty wells hare been bored, and the
yield is 1000 barrels day. The oil
is green, excellent in quantity, and,
what is better, has an agreeable smell.
There are no gushing wells as yet, but
the average flow surpasses what other
states have afforded.
Leroy Chisolm, OF New Smyrna, Fla
saw some big animal struggling des-
perately in the river and rowcd out to
it. He found aud captured fish that
had been stranded by the receding
tide. 1t was twelve feet, six inches
long; was golden brown in color, dot
ted with spots of yellowish red, and al
together was unlike any fish over be.
fore seen in those parts.
There are probably very few people
who know the name Of the inventor Of
the wheel-barrow. The sculptor,
painter, architect, engineer---in fact,
many sided genius and universal
scholar, Leonardo da Vinci, of Italy
the man who painted the original pic
ture of "The Last Supper" lis the in
ventor of the wheel.barrow. His fertile
brain conceived the idea about the
year Columbus discovered America.
The fast mail was passing through
Herkimer, N. Y. Flagman Wolver,
giving the proper warning, suddenly
saw two girls walking on the track.
He could yell and leave them to their
fate, or he could rush to their rescue
and his own fate. There beat the
hero's heart in Flagman Wolver. He
rushed for the girls. When the train
had passed the girls looked for their
rescuer. He lay limp, bruised, crushed
dead.
Although California gave Harrison
a plurality of several thousand the
democrats carried the legislature. The
senate stands: Democrats %, republi-
cans l6, vacancy l; Observation-Disclosures
AZ, republicans 80. Of the sc lators
in the odd-numbered districts voted for
Nov. 6, the republicans secured ID and
the democrats Z, but the latter had 16
hold-over senators and the republicans
4, (onc Of whom died recently.) The
Legislature will not vote on United
States senator.
An employee Of Jay Gould recently
remarked: George Gould and his
father love. each other as much as any
father and son 1 ever saw, and the
same is the case with the other boys,
who, consequently, are always glad to
go home to their parents. Gould has
impaired to his sons skill enough to
take care Of themselves. One Of his
boys is good telegraph operator,
another is a good stenographer. The
old man can go all over this land and
dictate his dispatches to one boy and
the other one can send them by wire"
Since the death of Mr.. Crowley at
Central Park the largest chimpanzee
in captivity here is Topsy, of the Phil
adelphia 900" She has had lung
trouble and heart trouble and several
severe coughs, but now she is fully re-
covered and in excellent health She
has two male attendants; they are the
lowest species of the monkey. They
lick Topsy's face two or three times
day, and comb her hair with their fin
gers. Then Topsy plays with them.
She is very vain and sits for hours be-
fore looking-glass in the back Of her
cage and gazes at herself in silent
admiration.
The Georgia legislature has taken
up the internal revenue question and !
lively debate has followed. A resolu-
ton requesting the congressman of
Georgia to do all in their power to Sc
cure the repeal Of the law was reported
adversely from the committee to which
it was referred. This broupht op n