The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-14
NEWS IN BRIEF,

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ter Marjor g has bought the Thistle.
"A strong effort is being made ia
London against extravaganza in fun-
erals.
Vermont in 1909 supported seven
paper mills, a copperas mine, and q
marble factory.
John McCullOugh's widow, who
recently died at Philadelphia, left an
estate valued at $4,000.
The Republic of Switzerland elects
a President every year.
The term Derrick is an abbrevia-
ton Of Theodoric. a hangman at Ty-
burn in the 18th century.
Theodore Triton is living in a re-
mote quarter of Paris in by no means
ailluent circumstances.
The Princess Of Wales and her
daughter sometimes sing to the in
mates OF London hospitals.
The battle of Buena Vista was
fought aud won by General Taylor on
WashlngtOn's birthday, 1S47.
The party which conducted the
Miandan chief to his nation has re.
turned. The journey was performed
in l01 days.
The "Great She'' is the name of
The latest gold mine speculative COM
pany in London. The mine is SAID to
be in South Africa.
during 1887 eleven and one-half
tons of postage stamps-nearly l70,-
10U, 900 in number-were sold at the
New York post Office.
Jlnnn 1lnS a ftrr1t-a Nranr-AJI ~trl
whose feet measure 10 inches in length.
But her height is eight feet, and she
weighs over 270 pounds.
"A Greek named Dimitrius Antipps
lately died at Constantlnople at the
age of lis. He knew Rooespierre,
and possessed several Of his letters.
In the State of Ohio, which lies
between that river and Lake Erie, we
lean that the population already eI-
ceeds 100000. 1t has 4 banks and 13
weekly newspapers.
There is a woman living at Han
nlbal, Mo, who is so heavy that she
can't walk, end is wheeled about in a
cart by an b e-bodied attendant. She
weighs 40 pounds. and otherwise Is in
good health.
Tier Majesty the Queen of Eng
IanI has subscribed 500 toward the
mud for the purchase of-the cottage in
which Milton wrote Paradise Lost.n
This is not a very large sum, but it Is
-our times as much as Milton received
Tor the poem.
There is a curious law IN vogue in
Switzerland which compels every
uewiy-married couple to plant trees
hOItty after the ceremony. The trees
rlered to be planted on wedding days
4le the pine and weeping willow. On
natal days the suggestive birch tree is
selected.
The King of Bavaria has moved
I)ut and William Vanderbilt has
moved in. That is, William has
rented the palace and estate of the
lately deceased idiot. After while the
American milIiOnaires will OVID all the
available palace property in Europe
and royaltry Will have to pay lodging
Ii its ancestral halls.
Eight sportsmen shot over the
preserved ground Of Lord Mansfield at
Scene, P~erthshire, recently, when the
extraordinary number Of l,400 head Of
game fell to their guns. OF that num-
Der ], 100 were pheasants. One OF the
party used three guns, which were kept
loaded by two keepers, and at one spot
during the days work he had about
300 pheasants lying around him.
"A Hungarian miner who was re-
Gently treated by a physician at Phoe-
Inixvllle, Pa, had been living for three
months at an expense for food of only
two cents a day. He was earning 81 a
day but ate only black bread. As q
consequence his teeth were falling out
when the physician began to treat him.
and he was slowly starving.
"A Kafir vanished and groans were
heard. He was searched for without
result, but on the following night
grOans were still heard. The search
continued, and the man was found
murdered. His murderer was arrested
and executed, but the groans still n
tinued, to the dlsmay Of their auditors.
At last they were traced to a hooking
bird. That bird, alone of living things,
had seen the deed of blood.
The craze for Japanese bric-a.brac
which has so thoroughly caught and
held American collectors is the growth
of Il little over thirty years. When
Commodore Perry returned to Wash
ington from Mikado land, about 1854,
he brought the first japanese curios
ever seen here. Among them we're
two large lacquered bowls, with
covers, one of which was bought by
Edward Everett. Lacquered ware was
greatly admired, and it was declared
that the japanese had made wood NAL
leable.
A queer custom prevails among
the Indians of the kuskowlm country.
II seems that II a native woman is
agreeable to a change of husbands, the
question of her possession is decided
10y a wrestling match between the two
lnvals. IN which the victor carries off
the woman. The vanquished combat
ant does not appear to entertain the
Slightest feeling of anger or resentment
against his more successful opponent
"A physician in sending a certificate
of birth to the health office gave the
following account of the parentage OF
the child: About a year ago Rosl
Ferraro, a widower with two children,
advertised for a wife. Venie Ra1el
called to see him, and they were mar
RED by Rev. f. Andres. He treated
his children SO badly that l had him
arrested. Three months after the
marriage he took his two children and
returned to Italy, DESERVING his wife.
She Is now cared for by friends, and all
she possesses is II cents. She had ID.
but considering that an unlucky num-
Der, she gave one away yesterday"
The highest weather observatory
in Europe has recently been opened, on
the Saints, the highest Alp in the can
ton of Appenzell. It's $500 feet above
sea .evel. There are but two higher
stations in E~urope-one, the highest,
at 10, 1876 feet, on the Sonnblick, 10
the Salzburg Alps and the mex highest
on the Pic Ia Midi, 9,37S feet. On
these two elevations snow, in most
years, must linger all summer. The
Saints house is built Of thick walls of
solid limestone, blasted out on the
spot, and contains two stories. 1t will
resist not only cold, but such gales as
the lowlands never know-being in its
SOillity in happy contrast the wooden