St. Paul daily globe., 1888-03-23

At Stone Mountain, Ca, maiden
lady of fifty years attempted to poison
herself on hearing that the man she
loved was married to another.
Among the many Queerly named pub
lie houses in London there are sixty
four ''King's Arms,' fifty-three "Red
Lions" fifty-three Crowns, " and forty
seven ''White Harts."
A scheme is under consideration for
tunneling the volcano PopOcatapetl
through the wall of the crater in order
to reach the deposits of sulphur inside
the mountain.
dent at the University of Leyden. and
working as diShWaSher in a San Fran
cisco restaurant.
New York retail merchants find the
dogs, which are led by chains by fash
ionable women, such nuisance in their
stores that many have put up gilt sign
reading: dogs are not admitted here
unless in arms"
John l.. 2. McCune, supposed to be
the oldest living Hoosier, celebrated his
ninty-fifth birthday at Charestown, Ind,
the other day. He is still hale and
hearty. He opened shoe shop at
Charleston in 1916, and fitted boots for
the feet of many early Indiana celebri-
ties.
During will contest in Baltimore
county, Maryland, one of the witnesses
testified that the deceased had, on one
occasion, written letter and read it to
the rats in his house, warning them from
the premises. He further asserted that
the deceased had told him that he be-
lieved great many of the rats had
needed the warning and left.
The sole tenant of lonely miners
cabin that stands on the summit of Gold
hill, opposite Buena Vista, Col, is Mrs.
Mary Mallen, noted throughout the
West as the only woman miner in the
state. She has lived alone on the mount
AIN for several years, spending her
far without apparent success.
There lives in Reed City, Mich, in
the person of Mr.. Yates, one of the ''im-
mortal 600," who by misunderstanding
an order given them by their COM
mander made the "Charge of the Light
Brigade against such fearful Odds
the charge rendered famous by Tenny-
son. Mr.. Yates feels very proud of the
service rendered his country at that
time. '1l
At Birmingham, Ala, DIR. Jones dis
covered a raccoon in a yard back of a
drug store and took novel method Of
capturing it. He procured a fishpole, "a
sponge and chlOrOform. Standing at a
distance he lowered the sponge to the
nose of the sleepi.g animal and held it
there until the coon was stupefied. Then
fearing that he might be bitten, he az
ranged lasso and caught the coon with
out difficulty.
A curious relic was found alongside a
hardened copper knife in mound at
Paris, Mich. 1t is black stone three
inches long by two wide, rounded up
accurately on both sides. Placed upon
either side and spun in one direction it
runs as nicely and smoothly as an oiled
top, but turned the other way it ''stut-
terS" and runs but short time. 1t acts
the same whichever side is down, and is
something Of a mystery.
After the war when things looked
very gloomy w. S. Jordan, of Sumpter
county, Florida, took a unique way of
expressing his belief that the country
was going to the dogs. The stamps
which he placed upon letters were put
on upside down. As things improved,
according to his view, he gradually
turned them little, and when Cleve-
and took his seat as president he began
putting the stamps on his envelopes
right side up and in their proper place.