Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-01-14
ITEMS OF ALL SORTS.

A New York dress,naker hires out seaEkin
sacks for the season.
Bull fights ct the capital OF Mexico will lie
hereafter permitted only on holidays.
An interocoanic railway between Vera
Cruz and Acapulco is to be built by English
capital
Tho pneumatic postal service is being es-
tablishcdl at Bucnos Ayres. 1t is like that
now in use in Paris. =
The enormous deposits of granite of excel
lent quality in County Donegal, Ireland, are
about to be developed.
Opium has been declared q government
monopoly in Peru, and the right to import
and sell it is now offered for sale.
A young lid not yet in his teens was re-
Gently scntencedto a term in jail OF Moulins,
France. for stealing cake worth one cent.
a massive mound builders pipe has been
found near Liberty Tenn. The bowlsis
beautifully carved from hard stone, rcscm-
bling granite, and holds nearly half q pint of
tobacco.
!! Public meetings in favor of early closing
are being held in Londo It alleged that
gIish shop .....:;.
clerks are from thirteen, to fourteen day.
There is an early closing bill now before
parliament
"A st. Paul man sued a railroad companf
for damages for causing his house to be
flooded With water. Ono of the exhibits il
the plaintiffs evidence was photograph
representing him seated on huge cak3 Of
ice in his dining room
Hugo, Cal, has been SO overrun by rats
that citizen there wrote: to friend i'll
Wichita asking him to send on oil the cats no
could find Tho Wichita man has shipped
ESQ rat catchers, and says TINT he will SIND
1000 unless he hears that: Hugo is supplied.
mill in Carlton, Mich, recently burned.
and during the entire con1agration thobig
engine ran steadily, and so in some way was
saved from destruction. Tho working of tic
engine kept the pumps going, SO the boilers
were kept supplied with water and there was
no explosion.
a number of Bradford, England, firms deal
ing with large houses in. Germany and other
continental countries have received notice
that after certain date Volapuk will 10
Systematically used by their continental
customers for the purpose of international
correspondence.
All the training schools fornurscs in Phil
adelphia are free. This is one profession for
women that is not overcrowded and .whero
women can earn good wages. The chief
qualifications ere good health, good temper,
general intelligence and q fair common
school education
The proprietor of Kansas City restaurant
began some years ago to pick out and pre-
serve all the old coin that found its way into
his cash drawer, and he now has a collection
of great value Some Of the coins are eN-
tremely rare and could be sold for maiiy
times their face value
The United States Postal Improvement as
ISOLATION, which has just been formed, dc
sircs the reissue Of fractional currency for
use in the mails, the abolition OF postal notes,
the issue Of postal orders for small sums at
reduced rates and tho passage of laws of
special interest to farmers and fruit growers.
Some time ago the government of Colonl-
bia offered $4,000 in silver to any one who
would discover mex understandable article
ofexpcrt. Rafael Vaucgas thinks that he
deserves the reward, or two of them, because.
tho has discovered a valuable medicinal plant,
hitherto, unknown; and ALSO has, ascertained.
that cocoa trees abound in such profusion III
hcforests along the river Guablare, thst- the
gathering of their pods would furnish work
for thousands who are now idle, and bring
great wealth to the country.