The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-11
CURIOUS FACTS.

The first Postofice was established in
1916.
A land owner at Elko, New, is seed
ing his ranch to tea.
John Gowgne, a printer, published at
London, in 1443, the earliest English
treatise on bookkeeping.
Books with leaves of vellum were in
vented by Attalus, King of Peorgamus,
about 1913 B. c., at with time books
were in volumes or rolls.
The signs of the approaching Presi-
dental canvass thicken. A Western
house has contracted with a Taunton
manufacturer for 200, 900 torches for use
this fall:
One of the leading stores of sacra-
mento, Cal. has pla: ed seats behind its
counters for the accommodation of
women and girls while not waiting on
customers.
A favorite amusement of the Pope is
said to be that of catching birds in O
huge net which has been made especially
for him. After having played with tie
birds he sets them at liberty.
A. tomahawk, with the blunt end 80
shaped that it could be a pipe of peace,
has been ploughed up lately in q Georgia
field, and the odd part is that its sub
stance is not stone, but steel OF the very
best quality.
For the first time women are employed
in the municipal department OF New
York City. They do pasting in the
Comptroller's Office. In the District
Attorneys Office one young lady is en-
ployed as typewriter.
A Charlotte Harbor Fla.) lady has a
small green frog with its home in the
calyx of lily in her room. The little
fellow is quite pet and perches high on
the pistil of the flower to receive his din
ner, consisting of flies fed to him from
the point of apin.
Matthew W. Sedan, an eccentric old
man, who recently died at Terre Haute.
Ind, was buried in a coffin WHICH for
twenty-five years he had kept in his bed
room. The monument over his grave
was erected according to his orders fully
thirty years ago.
Michael Knikomoke, who died in q
miserable hut in Quincy, ILL.,, recently at
the age of eighty years, was once Hun
garian noble who was exiled with Kos
suth. He was lingu:st of more than Or
dinary attainments and was familiar with
all the tongues Of Eastern and Southern
Europe.
A large bird that looks somewhat like
q crane, dropped down as if from the
heavens on the corner of Sixteenth and
Carson streets. in Pittsburg, the other
day. No one who has seen it knows
what the strange bird is, but it is sup
posed to be German bittern, which Is
very rare in this country.
DR.. Walter Cheatham, of Dawson, Ca,
has young shepherd dog which makes
a practice of catching and eating the
common little grass sparrow. These
birds rarely ever fly high when frightened
up, and this dog simply outruns and
catches them before they light. He not
only eats the birds but seems to enjoy
the sport.
A certain citizen in far West town
possessed the only tree in the place, with
o large, strong limb at the proper dis
tance from the ground, which he was in
the habit of renting out to lynching
parties at S. per meeting. The advent
of the Western Union elegraph Com
pany, with their long telegraph poles
ruined the industry completely and de-
stroped a valuable source Of income to
the owner of the tree.
A remarkable freak of nature, mare
known as the "Oregon Beauty" " was re-
Gently on exhibition in Louisville. Her
color is sorrel, and that of the name, tail
and forelock q creamy tint The name
is ten feet in length, the forelock four
feet, while the tail sweeps the ground.
Although the mare is eight years of age.
the name and tail are of only four years.
growth, having grown an average Of two
feet year during that time.