Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-06-16
MICE, IN SMALL COMPASS.
:BonlanSer,s hook appears to have fallen
81 md is. alreadY u dl1ir in The mnrl:et

eS MUCH in SMALL ClJTlTHCS.
u Bonlanger,s hook appears to have fallen
fat ard is already u drug in the market.
The Russian troupe which plays or twcnty.
ttsour pianos at once is coming to London.
The log cabin in which Gen. Grant was
Born has reached Cincinnati, o., where it
will be placed OH exhibition.
California parties arc locating n factory
for manufacturing soap from clay contain
ing soap properties discovered near Cotton.
The master tnlors in the British army
complain that they have Sery little ch;,r:e
of promotion, and they want u change.
Big flats well down town, in tho cheaper
districts, arc coming to DO regarded in New
york as the solution of tho rapid transit
problem.
The holy water disappeared from the font
of church in Paris, and the priest sent Il
detective TO witch the doors. It was dis
covered that n inilkman was the thief.
Tho London and Northwestern Railway
company has begun to lay rails along the
Shropshire canal in order TO try the substi-
tution OF locomotives for horses for canal
sEoatS.
Afamily consisting Of two men, ono woman
and two children have taken up their abode
in n mammoth hollow sycamore tree on The
banks Of the I>nnawha river in West Virginia.
Tho largest tree in Ohio is near Clyde,
;5cneca county. 1t was planted by Oliver
Comstock in 1928, and now measures l2 feet
Z inches in circumference and covers t. space
OF ground seventy feet in diameter.
A number of society girls in Mobile re-
Gently organized themselves into minstrel
troupe, blackcd their faces, donncd the pro
tcssional wigs and gave q performance
for the benefit of q charitable society.
Tho combined capital of the Methodist
Look Concern is s., 1892, %iG.G. The net salcs
tho last four years, deflucting amount sold to
their own repositories, was :G,577, I25.4l
Glowing total increase Of sales over tho
four previous years of $685., 903.25.
Recently fleet Of 113 steamers arrived at
the port of Duluth These vessels carried
80, 900 tons of freight, md were manned b.
100 men. Tho Zenith City of the Un-
saltcd Scas' appears to be getting there.
Tho Douglas Sugar works at Arkansas
City, I-iln., will be IL by SO feet, three sto-
rics high,, with nn attached building 1Gh by
50 feet The boiler house will be 30by 20
itet, and contain 100-horsc power boilers.
The capacity OF the mill viii be $500 pounds
cf sugar per hour.
A Lemon was picked Mt Los Angeles, Cal,
tic other day, that weighed 81 pounds, was
;vas Gl5 inches long and . inches in diameter.
Tho tree on which it grew had but half u
dozen lemons on its branches, but the weight
Of tho fruit bent them almost to tho ground.
San Dicso's new orphans homo promises
{, be one OF the most important aid best en-
,lowcd charitable Institutions in the Union.
n addition to the home proper t!icrc will DC
an educational and technical school. -Four,
citizens of Sun Diego have subscribed g, co.,
coo, and the city has given 100 acres Of land
i'll tho city limits WORTH nearly 81 ,000,000.
The ya,r's experiment with profit sharing
Of tile great retail storo OF john Wananal;er,
IT, Philadelphia, has been very satisfactory.
lEonthly dividends have been paid to the chi
ployes agsregutiilg 80, lbs for the year. lii
addition TO that, SAC, 223l is distributed among
employees who have a record of seven years
unJrol,en service in tic house, and $4,000 is
set aside us q pension fund for old employees.
The Denver Cattle trust has just closed u
contracy with the French government To sup
ply tic French army with 10000 head of
bccf cattle annually. Tho cattle will be all
range stock. The price has not been made
public. Shipments will re rnado rs soon Us
possible TO Chicago, wilerc it is understood
rhey will he slaughtered.
Baltimore can boast OF oaita an original
la!Hplghter i'll tho share Of 2 hoy not over 10
years old. The little fellow rides along the
road on Il big brown horse. Whenever Eo
comes TO lamp je,st he drives his horse
alongside Of il, stands IN on the saddle, opens
the lamp cnd .igats it with match. iLc is
SO quc; that ho is able to keep up with q
llorsc car going at rapid rate.
a recent deer hunt near Martin, Tenn,
came to queer end. After the sportsinen
had chased the deer for several miles, and
Che bounds were close ut its heels, the fright
ened animal turned suddenly, and. running
up to one of the hunters, tucked its head I'M
Ger his arm, ms il for protection. No one had
tie heart to kill the pleading animal, ami tic
hunt was abandoned.
On June 3, lStl, twenty'-four years ago, MT
the battle of Cold Haraor, Corporal Orlando
P. Bass, of company T, Twcnty-ffth Massa-
chusctts volunteers, went to tho rescue of
.wo wounded soldiers who were beyond the
l,re Of Confederate works and under heavy
lire, and got them safely of tho battlefield.
lie has just received lncdal OF honor frola
the war department for the brave deed. Our
:.cIr;bl;c is not uncratcful, but It's little
slow sometimes.