Milford chronicle., 1888-01-13
TERMS: slOO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

The enormous deposits Of granite OF excel
lent quality in County Donegal, ireland, ar
about to be developed.
Opium has been declared government
monopoly in Peru, and tho r'cht to irrr,o-.
end sell it is now offered for sale.
A young lad not yet in his teens was re.
Gently sentenced Co a term in Jail es Moulins
France, for stealing cake worth one cent.
A Marshall hunter stuffs birds by using
arsenic and blowing the skins full Of cir He
has an owl stuffed in this manner which re-
sembles an inflated balloon covered with
feathers.
A massive mound builders pipe has been
found near Liberty, Tenn. The bowl is
/ beautifully carved from hard stone, resem-
bling granite, and holds nearly half pint of
4 tobacco.
Z Public meetings in favor Of early closing
are being held in London. It is ALLEGED that
the average hours Of English shop girls and
clerks are from thirteen to fourteen a day.
There is an early closing bill now before
parliament.
A st. Paul man sued railroad company
for damages for causing his house to be
flooded with water. One Of the exhibits in
n
representing him seated on a huge cake Of
ice in his dining room.
Hugo, Cal, has been so overrun by rats
that citizen there wrote to a friend in
Wichita asking him to send on all the cats he
could find. The Wichita man has shipped
ESQ rat catchers, and says that he win send
1000 unless he hears that Hugo is supplied
A mill in Carlton, Mich, recently burned.
and during the entire conhagration the big
engine ran steadily, and so in some way was
saved from destruction. The working Of the
engine kept the pumps going, so the boilers
were kept supplied with water and there was
no explosion.
Anumber of Bradford, England, firms deal
ing with large houses in Germany and other
continental countries have received notice
that after a certain date Voapuk viii be
systematically used by their continental
customers for the purpose of international
correspondence.
All the training schools for nurses in Phil
adelphia are free. This is one profession for
women that is not overcrowded and where
women can earn good wages. The chief
qualifications are good health good temper,
general intelligence and 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 ex-
tremely rare and could be sold for many
times their face value.
The United States Postal Improvement as |
sociation, which has just been formed, de
sires the reissue Of fractional currency for !
use in the mails the abolition OF postal notes /
the issue Of postal orders for small sums at i
reduced rates and the passage of laws of /
special interest to farmers and fruit growers. I
Some time ago the government Of Colom- [
bia offered $4,000 in silver to any one who /
would discover a new merchantable article .
Of export. Rafael Vauegas thinks that he .
the reward, or two Of them, because
he has discovered a valuable medicinal plant.
hitherto unknown; and also has ascertained
that cocoa trees abound in such profusion in
the forests along the river Guabiare, that the
gathering of their pods would furnish worl,
for thousands who are now idle, and bring
great wealth to the country.