The Iola register., 1888-07-06
or GENERAL INTEREST.

The collection of old and rare coins
is now said to give employment to .
number of travelling men from each Of
the large cities of the country.
AT Montgomery, Ala, the other
day, four colored men stood up and
were married to four colored women.
The men were all brothers and the
women all sisters.
-"Fairmount," in Leavenworth
County, Kan. has IN orchard con-
tanning 437 acres. with $1,000 apple
trees. This is claimed to be the largest
apple orchard in the United States.
The population Of the United
States was SO, 155, 7S6 ON June so, 1880.
and on June 80, 1886, was So. 99S, 9Ss.
The increase is now about two per
cent. per annum, plus the annual im-
migration.
An Omaha lawyer took q diamond
ring as retainer from man accused
of grand larceny. On his way to
luncheon he slipped into jewelry
store to ask what the diamond was
worth and the jeweler identified the
ring as one that had been stolen from
him.
indiana is proud because she claims
to be the first State to adopt . daily
weather service. The headquarters
are to be at indianapolis. from which
one hundred kilograms will be sent out
each morning early. giving the proba-
bilitics for twenty-four hours in adj
vance.
Prof. st. Andrews, of the Central
Experimental Farm of Canada, pro-
poses trying some experiments with .
hardy variety of tea grown in Japan.
and which. it is hoped, may prove sue
cessful in the Dominion, as the northern
part of Japan has q climate about ~
cold as that of the Ottawa valley.
One of the inmates of an Indiana
reformatory for young women was re-
leased on a two weeks parole, and
took the occasion to be married. This
being clearly against the rules of the
institution and the laws of the State,
which forbids marriage under such cir.
cumstances, the bride is spending the
honeymoon in prison.
The remnant of the once great
tribe of Tarratine Indians now live on
an island in the Penobscot river. neal
Bangor. They are civilized. and most
of them are prosperous. At a recent
wedding of two of them the bride wore
a robe of ''delicate blue brocade satin,
trimmed with cream Spanish lace and
cream satin ribbons" and one Of thu
guests wore a peacock blue surat
silk and satin. with overdress Of Orien'
tai lace"
The schooner NJ. 4. Eossee -
Gently brought to Gloucester from
La Have banks a most peculiar sea
monster, unlike any thing ever seen
by the oldest fisherman there. 1t waa
four feet long and five inches thick;
had one dorsal fin extending the whole
length of its back, and a triangular.
shaped head, the loVer jaw extending
two inches beyond the upper. Both
jaws are armed with very sharp teeth.
The upper jaw had three long pronga
at the extreme tip. This queer fish
win be sent to the Smithsonian Insti-
tute.-Boston Budget.
-Palouse City has one hundred in
habitants, and the Portland Orcgoniau
says that it has the following business
houses: Three merchandise stores. drug
store, two hardware stores, millinery,
three implement and machine stores,
harness and saddlery store, two livery
stables, hotel, restaurant and lodging
house, barber shop, meat market, two
blacksmith shops. wagon shop. society
hall, furniture store, two printing
Offices, two saloons, two law Offices,
laod company's Office, sash and door
factory, brewery, real estate Office, two
sawmills, post-of1ice, variety store,
photograph gallery, jewelry store, one
washhouse and three moro under con.
Struction, and three vacant store build.
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