The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-02
SENTINEL SCRAP BAG.

GAINESVILLE, Ga, has fixed the price of saloon
licenses at s., 900 year.
A Miles, Mich, girl is said to have proposed
to thirteen young men since leap year began.
The class of 50 of Yale holds its triennial
this year, and has no boy to receive the class
cup. This is said to be unprecedented.
There is talk of forming Limburger cheese
trust. That it will be one OF the strongest on.
record goes without saying, The stock will
command scent per cent =.
'NIrs. Smith has lost her husband" 81 know
it; and, only think of it, she has put on only
halt-mourning." Very true; but then, you
know, Mr. Smith was a very small man."
Some genius with fancy for handling babies
has figured out that piece of wood the size of
a month old baby would be worn down one
half in six months if handled as much as The
average baby Is.
Little Laura Jones, at Eatonton, Ga. is the
latest baby wonder to be heard from. Although
only eleven years old she has invented a pillow
and grain elevator that are said to show re-
markable ingenuity.
The corner stone of the old Masonic building
of Savannah, Ga, was found the other day. and
showed no signs of having been disturbed since
il was placed in position i'm 1890 1t contained
only an English half-penny and an American
cent.
The Iehtncknee river, in Florida, is said to
be remarkably rich in mastodon remains. In
no other spot on the globe are they so numer-
Gus No less than six skeletons have been
/ found within the space of six miles, among
them one of the largest known.
A Georgia man stopped to pick up pin on
the street the other day, with the following re-
suits. His hat fell OFF and rolled into the gut
ter; two suspender buttons flew off; his collar
split open and his store teeth fell out and broke
the walk. He secured the pin.
A Maine schoolmistrcss received few years
ago from her lover deeds for California lands
which both Of them considered worthless She
has inst sold them for 1886 600. She has
cruelty refused to marry the young nan on the
ground that he is only fortune hunter.
Boston Book Dealer--"Yes, madam, there
seems TO be n sudden and enormous demand
for the works of MIR. LowellRnd DR.. Holiness"
Madnm-"IO what do you. attribute the in
crcase?" Book Dealer-''Well. i think the
downfall of Mr. Sullivan has had something to
do with IT," qu
There Is such ademand for Mainasl,ruce gum
that there are fears expressed thatthe trees are
giving out correspondent suggests that
they may Ice coaNed to give more IL created
the gum trees of the East are. The natives
hack the bark with their hatchetsa and In due
time the tree weeps gum. ad
At Townsend Erie county. n. y. stands an
oak tree forty years old and IN good healthy
condition There are eight smnll trees growing
from the branches, two standing mune and the
other six together. They have besn in the tree
for five years. They grew from udyenttious
buds aud are "A specimen OF an uncommon
freak Of nature.
The Union club Of Denver, Col, are going 10
ash congress 10 gftni an appropriation fOt
building mountain reservoirs w which the
water which comes down from the mountain
sides pnn hp stored The river channels will
liua femain filled al summet II IL claimed
that thousands Of acres 81 hand 10 the arid
region could thus be irrigated hnd made fertile,
A iibstnn cheese dealer says that adultefaled
cheese, when iresh ahd Wellimpde, ean not he
distinguished from good SIXTH milk cheese
n ia made largely Va Western factories aud "
composed ~ sleafing. olpU oil and skim milk.
The pfpHm T. llfsl extracted FROM The milk uhd
then " Il sought ~ return fats ~ n cheaper
quality A considerable quantity Of rancid
butter " nlsG used
iies, in UenrRia, af i W Mcmillan bad q light
With An alligator q few days h9gi This alligator
wis sntpn feet and llfpe Inches l0na, AMI
fought aaianlly with hil tod until he via
killed ny heihe struck 9tet the bead number
nf ilHins Win lnnpn fall A nnfllHn ~ Tie
wil fence ~ u line With The lghi VIE thrown
dawn Wy lie force ~ the bl0Whet lhe allHAiors
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None II Me-. Francis ilodsson'a llumeltls
si0rpa have been pa suereaslnl ~ bee little
land lnnnilpfnY" which has paid hnr ihnWhl
ands nf dollars Ia royalties, II fllll Keeps W.
popularity and ianeW near a. hilielh ihniia.
/ Hnil ~ America, while many Thousand copies az
II have boon sold ~ fnglanhi AZ Italian ndi'
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SOMETIMES man may make money ny keep
Ing lNWis II hH Doesn't Keep in0 many, one
year nHn Harry AFimHn 81 klsslnmne, TIA,
bought pHlf nf Wynnd0lin4 loo fia,in Ito
lina sold eggs enough "a rAy ipr The keeping VI
The pair aud hpr prngpli and have Hlfh0Nefl
hu lins sold f1d worth ~ chickens aud has
iRfnYnnn 0n hand lie fatal nel profit IL
ibt5 Ia oash aud 4Ho Ia poultry 0o0d n'
iareai 800 Hia,lO,
While working IA sandstone quarry neRr
tlafkahufn W. Va, few dayh au0 John
Doyle made 49, odd discovery lie MA getting
Onf atnnp nnd wpdulng " intq shape, Nhen hu
discovered w large bloch which he bad Just
spii Ia tWa pieces ANAL green snake about
fifteen lnehea l0na, The reptile Il raid ta have
inen alive, and WIS moving on Nhtn Doyle
captured o. The fact II supported hy three
reliable witnesses, Scientists eAn now Wfesle
with the problem,
John williams, 0f NeWbure n, ~, has just
learned 0f The Whereabouts NJ hlaipf lluln
Whnm nothing had been heard in oYer my
years. hhe lpl Hath, England, when Williams
WIS bat .ohild nnd went a. Australia All
einfis a. lram ~ hnf whereabouts were una
,alllnal lHsl lall q gentlemen pfi Newhng
f0r Australia az business, Hnd NAs commissioned