The Penn's Grove record., 1888-05-26
NEWS IN BRIEF.

"A | has been formed at Marion,
O., for the destruction of English
sparrows. y premium of ten cents a
dozen is paid for SNORING them.
An English philanthropist says
there are no fewer than 10000 gypsy
children in England, of whom not
more than ) per cent. are able to read
and write.
-Yale's historic fence is again
threatened with destruction, and the
students have %petitioned the corpora.
ton to use their influence towards its
preservation.
The French Transatlantic Steam
ship company has furnished its large
fleet with complete apparatus for
dropping oil on the waves" during
bad weather.
Marie Antoinette'5 scissors and
penknife were recently sold at auction
for $3.50. The relics were terribly sug-
gestIve of the instrument which
caused her death.
The widow of Ex-Governor Colby,
of New London, Conn, aged ninety
two, made and contributed a hand
some tidy to the far lately held by the
ladies of that place.
Queen Emma of Holland is a bru-
net whose eyes would he pretty did
she not continually wink when speak
ing, thus giving you the impression Of
preparing for a good burst of tears.
Spencer, Mass, has publie-splrited
citizens. The other day one Of them
gave fourteen acres of land for a pub
lie park, another gave $50 600 for a
high school and another gave s25 900
for a public library.
"A New York man has recently
distinguished himself by eating at one
single meal ten feet SIX inches of corn
cake, three Inches wide and one inch
thick. 1t was at a church fair, and he
wished to get his moneys worth.
The name assassins was applied to
a tribe or clan called Ismaelians, who
settled in the mountains Of Lebanon
about 1899 and became notorious for
their murderous propensitles; hence
the origin of the name as applied to
murderers.
Recent parties visiting the volcano
Popocatapeti report increasing activity
In tie crater, with clouds of smoke
and %sulphurOus fumes. Reports from
! Central America show that several vol
canoes are unmlStakably in renewed
activity.
"A school boy of Insterburg, Ger
many, recently wrote to the Emperor
of China asking for some Chinese nost.
age stamps for his collection. A few
| DAYS ago the Chinese embassy in Berlin
forwarded to him a letter from the en-
peror incloslng the STAMPS which he
| desired.
a n,mnb,at oordemriro +, mod
crate terms Rnssian raantionsrv noi;cv.
and nradirtin@ Internal IIsastars "a
being circrlared in The biobest circ,as
in st. Petersburg. The pamphlet is re-
msrkable for the elegance of its Ian
guage. The police have so far failed to
| discover the authors of the WORK,
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ara o]nti,,aa 49, 49, tna GranS srun
a. - SnoTn Sn"nI s.n
pu..oh. due Itaa'hg |GIanu army
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"A woman Ia argentine, MICH,
mas tefrorlzeu the Who.e Ieishpofhoou.
sue Keeps hIe-arhls III her mouse 10
shoot any Que VINO ttles 70 arrest her;
her Iahuioru cannot collecC MS leht,ahu
no one uares 10 IeLuSe heI anythlh@
o 80 e. - ~ 80 '0 WA" 'A
u 'eu l IL
me IlcaesC chllu III america Is
iltlle MISS May VINO Is nine
years ola ana mas a fortune OF s9,ooo.-
ooo. one IS OF iate
member OF lIe URN Oh AiloIu, Con-
slapie ~. Inc cliitu mas
a Temarkaoiy interesting coiieetion OF
COILS OIL an SIZES several Oh WHICH cost
:, Ioaam II "stohtispa, oiadse vino
? ~ ~ f'".aru at CIV uSTS.y AZ
hae ,uS. oiosaa IT, Saon San mnso
nm thousnOT harraIs ~ .bis n,an
ono ouHpina oat'o ois as quan
noosad III 80 naia for 80
p $500 r. - y eoo
tSn'snn ~ wa"
Taraa ,r,hors oe ,o,oroa ,oo,
oro la 70 bn anoIr, 1i ~ toupo
go tba Sou,Lar9 Statss Pacentiu
one party of twenty four men and
women arrived In San Francisco en-
route to Join a colony in the Southern
part of the State; Another party of
ito laborers has gone to Frisno to work
in the raisin vineyards, and $50 more
are to follow.
1t was twenty.one wears AGO this
SprIne that Alaska was ceded nv
Rnssia to the limited states, This
Territory has an area Of some n 600
snuare miles, and Is fifteen times the
size of Illinois. Its CIVILIZED popnla-
lion Ia II. @ including abont GOOO or
1000 white population and O,OO0 other
;nhaDltants. The gold mines or this
country yleld some S2.aOu,UOO year.
-Ug Yee Yam Is the name of a
| Chinese woman who recently arrived
in San Francisco. She is possessed of
wonderful beauty. and the Ca~lifornians
have gone wild over her. She is a