The morning news., 1888-06-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

from New Orleans.
THE editor of the Oneida On. " Dispatch
says On Friday we were shown curiosity in
the shape Of seven-leaf clover This is the
only one we ever saw, and it brings to mind the
saying: Find seven prepare for heaven"
A YOUNG woman living at the Place de la
Nation, Paris, has just adopted a novel mode of
putting an end to her days She filed her small
bedroom with flowers and when her mother
went to call her in the morning she found her
dead.
CHARLES E. LELANDs big diamond, said to
have cost $500, was sold at auction
at Albany on Friday as part of the asests of the
Leland estate. After an exciting contest the
gem was knocked down to Michael B. Sherman
for $500.
THE court at Paris, Tex, had to be adjourned
the other day on account of the dangerous
illness of Hon James A. Lyday. district attor-
ney. Sunday night a spider bit Mr.. Lyday cn
the right side and he was taken violently i'll
from its effects, and is now in critical condi-
ton.
PETER BUSH, of Bushkill township, North
ampton county, Pennsylvania, has two Spanish
dollars one of 1868, and the other of 1873, which
We're handed down from his grandfather. His
father preserved them for fifty years. and he
himself has had them for the last thirty four
years.
HARVEY EVANS of Portland Conn, is making
his fifteenth annual tour over that state, visit
ing his relatives and friends although in his
S4th year. Nothing would hire him, he says, to
ride in the cars, and, although he does not Joy
it, he Will submit to an occasional lift" i'll a
carriage
IT is said that owing to the distaste which
sailors have for shipping on vessels carrying
corpse and to avoid the delay which might re-
suit thereby, the remains of the Rev. Father
Deasy were sent home to this country from
Naples on board the steamer AlSatia in a heavy
lead-bound receptacle marked marble"
WILLIAM B. GROVER, of Medf1eld Mass, has on
exhibition at his residence a wonderful freak of
nature in the flower kingdom 1t is a flower
bearing strong resemblance to the white rose,
which he recently plucked from the stem of his
crabapple tree, where he found it growing
among clump of apples. How it came there
is a mystery. The flower is about 116 inches in
diameter, of the purest white, with yellow
petal
GEN. BoULANGERs MOTHER, who is Welsh
woman, is 81 years of age She lives quietly at
Vile d'Avray. Her famous son is very kind to
her, and has always shown her great deal of
attention The old ladys mind began to give
way about two years ago, but sne is by no
sent to her house all the decorations, gifts pic
lures, brio a-brac, etc, which used to adorn his
study at Cermont-Ferrand.
EMPEROR FREDERICK's death probably de-
stroys the duke of Cumberland's last hope of re-
covering the large private fortune of which he
was practically robbed by the German govern
ment Old Emperor William wanted to restore
it to him, but Prince Bismarck overruled his de-
sire. Emperor Frederick was determined that
he should have it, and, had his life been spared
would doubtless have carried out his design in
spite of the chancellor. But now the dukes
righteous claim is not worth a cent on the
thousand dollars.
QUINCY, Mass, has finally incorporated as a
city. Quincy was originally the north precinct
of the old town of Braintree, which was in
corpOrated May IS, 1910, and became a separate
town Feb "a. 1892. Its great men and its gran
tie have made it famous. The lives of its
iuStriouS sons are parts of the nation s history
while scores of massive buildings in all sections
of the country, as well as countless memorial
stones form enduring tributes 10 the great in
dustry of its rocky hills.
THIS story is told by the Pail Mall Gazette
of Dean Burgon, who on certain occasion not
long ago, expatiating on the nature of man.
He pointed out that one great distinction be-
tween human beings and the lower animals CON
sisted in the capacity for progress. Man"
exclaimed the Dean, warming to his theme, lis
a progressive being; other creatures are station
ary. Think for example of the ass! Always
and everywhere it is the same creature aud
you never sawa more perfect ass than you see
at the present moment"
THE commissioner of the general land office
has completed an official tabulated statement
showing that the total amount of lands actually
returned to the public domain and opened TO
entry and settlement since March 4, 1885, when
Grover Cleveland was inauGurated president
is 80, 720 acres. This land was Illegally held
by corporations, SyndicateS, alien companies
and cattle kings. The total area of the states of
New York and Pennsylvania is 60, 403, 400 acres
So that this recovered land exceeds in area by
20000,0G0 acres, the two greatest States of the
union, with their II 900 900 populatan.
A LECTURER told New York art students the
other evening that he thought divorce was
more common among the Egyptians than with
any other people. If an Egyptian wished to
divorce his wife, he simply had to tell her he
was tired of her. The husband had to pay ali
mony for three months after the divorce and
the woman was at liberty to marry again. The
man might, if he wished, marry the woman A
second or a third time, but the Egyptians drew
the line at the third marriage. fourth mar
riage could be arranged only by the woman first
marrying and getting divorced from some other
man."
GHOSTS of murdered men are as old at least
as Prince Hamlets'' day, but here is a modern
instance: Recently William Barrett a Pinker-
ton detective, was mysteriously murdered in
Chicago. Suspicion pointed to his wife as the
person with stains on her hands but there was
insufficient evidence to hold her. 30 in the case
OF James Polk, who lived in the same house
there was nothing against him. But a night or
two after the death of Barrett, Polk ran ex-
citedly into the room of his sisters and declared
to them that Barrett'S ghost had moment be.
fore stood by his bedside. The sisters pooh
poohed the notion. but the next night Polk re-
peated the performance. Whether from honest
delirum or devilish dread. Polk grew worse and
worse, and on Tuesday died.
LATE Friday evening Otto Franks. an Swear
old boy living near Birmingham, Ala, found
large rattlesnake. The boy had often said that
he wanted pet snake, so when he found the
reptile he began to stroke it on the head and
back with his hand The snake seemed pleased
for time, but finally became angry and bit the
boy on the right leg just below the knee The
little fellow played on some time before going
home, and when he reached the house the hit
ten limb was swelling rapidly. Medical aid was
obtained, and the pain and swelling were re-
heved after a time. but Immediately the how
began to crawl and twist himself. Initiating the
actions OF a snake. He continued in this con
dltlon with brief lucid intervals until Sunday
afternoon, when he died.
The PORTLAND Ore0onidn tells of a strange
breed OF wild cattle found in the high hills
skirting the Umpqua valley. I'm the noun
tains near Riddles and Rosebud they are proba-
bly, most plentiful, but they do not venture
down in the valley much. They stay on the
hills and get water from the living snrings
wnch rise there For the most part they are
concealed in the dense growth of oak and fir in
these mountains. There is heavy underbrush.