Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-08
STRAY BITS

A railroad VIII soon De Dolit IRON OioSas-
tar to communicate witt the rest OF Spain-
Great pearl discoveries are reported in tho
Gulf OF Mexico. One wss sold for $4,000
francs
Maurice Guignard, workman at 81
0Gen, in France, has Inherited Ss,oo0.o0o
through his vile
At the age Of IS Edward Blewett, Of Ere
mont, Neb., was $4,000 in debt, hut Is row
worth nearly sl,0oo,oco
TIE master tai,ors IN the British army
ronplaia that they have very little chance
Of promotion. and they want changa
There IS s., 600 in New York, awaiting the
order Of John Anthony Barnes. who left
Boston IN 1869 and has not since been heard
from
Walter Cooper. prominent English gypsy,
died recently, and his body was drawn 20 the
churchyard by favorite mare. Tho marc
was then sacrificed
The London and Northwestern railway has
decided, lin difference TO the prejuiices of its
American customers 70 institute the system
Of checking bassage
Three hundred London ca5nen recently
struck against paying a guinea day for
their cabs, and succeeded IN having the price
reduced 70 sixteen shilliugs
In the first Eve months Of 1883 there w.rs
laid . ,22..l miles OF railroad The south con-
tributes nearly one-third. California has 30
miles and Georgia IS next with 1875.
The LAST French rife. as described, has .
bail so small that a soldier can carry 20
rounds, shoots with n new sT.lokeleSs powder,
and its bullet pieress brick wall eight inch
eS thick at 500 yards.
There was such a glut OF southern vegeta-
bles in the New York market the other day
that thousands Of crates were eziptied into
the harbor This was done TO secure a de-
mand for tho next arrivals
The liverpool and Manchester Ship canal,
which is to cost $50. o0e 600, and be built In
seven years, WIN TO 6-edged by German
dredging machines, as TIE English contractor
finds nothing in England to equal them
The mammoth timber ship at the Finger
board, Nova Scotia, is about two-thiris
built. Nh Robertson states that there are
81 eco pieces already IN this ship. and lie ex-
poets 1890 pieces viii bs required 20 finish it
The English farmers have turned against
the sparrows as pest TO agriculture, and are
asserted that these vicious birds cause . loss
to agricultural England of SAC, eoo, oooto $50
0O0, 600 per year.
Two young Iacn Of Racine, Wis, locked
the door OF the Methodist church in that city
during the service ana it became necessary
for a deacon 70 climb through a window and
unlock the door before the congregation
could be released.
1t appears that besides having ships with
no guns, England has cavairymen with no
horses. For example, the Third regiment of
Household cavalry has but s3e horsas Tor
1900 men. ard 1865 dragons snd hussars
have but 10,O00 horses In the German army
the usual proportion Is 1860 horses to 100
men.
Moscow Jackson sleeping car porter on
tho Central Georgia railroad. has been in the
employ Of southern railroads since 1893 He
was slave and sold By his master 20 tie
Macon and Western road, now part OF the
Central, and vas for eighteen years put
down among the valuable assets Of that cor
poration
The skeleton OF an Indian who was killed
in what is known as the ''Knburn Gght.- Of
1855 was recently piowed up In field near
Walpols. n H, where the Fight TOOK place
II was in this famous encounter tina. two
men, two women and two boys defended
themselves for six hours against 200 blood
thirsty savsges.
The expression dirk horse" now in such
general political Use, first occurred In Lord
Beacoas1eld's Young Duke" Here il the
paragraph: 'Tke first favorite was never
heard OF. the second favoiTte was never seen
after the distance post, all the ten-to-ones
were in the rear. and a dark horse which had
never been thought OF rushed past the grand
stand in sweeping triumph"
When the United States Flsa commission
steamer Albatro7s was in the Straits OF Ma
gelLa1, where she spent month making col
lections, she ran cut # ice. So She steamed
into Eyre sound, where icebeTgs arc often
found floating, made fast % nice berg. cut
of big blocks Of ice. which were clear and
solid, and took on board SIX tons, which
lasted Until she reached Panama.
The African explorer, Lieut. Kund, ths
leader of an expedition which started from
Battanga into tAs interior last November
and reached lat. degs north and long 10
dogs 30 min. east last February, recently
attacked By hostile tribes while crossing the
Tsaanaga river on his way 60 CAMERON
Both he and his companion. Lieat. Tnppea-
beck, were wounded by ri,e shots, but their
injuries arc not serious