Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-01-26
FACT AND FANCY.

william JACK Halnes celebrated inc nun
dredth year OF his life at Cincinnati Christ
mas day. lie Is stll active aud strong.
The Ohio society In New York city has
three hundred members, aud will soon erect
club house, WhltsleW Rcd 10 the leading
spirit Of the association.
II Is reported that the elevated roads OF
New York have practically abandoned the
idea Of an electric motor, aud are considering
the ACCESSIBILITY OF trying tho cable system.
Larks gu stuffed tomatoes, oxtaIl ragout
with trufles and wild duck with stewej
celery were new dishes to some American
guests at n dinner In an English country
house.
1t is noted by a Washington correspondent
that most OF the diplomatcs representing
Turkey at the capital have been Greeks, and
nearly all OF tho Mexican representatives are
spanIards
| A Connecticut farmer who died not long
since left, among other property, 800 In
silver II was mostly In half dollars, all Of
old dates, many being OF the coinage OF 1898
aud the early '30s.
A stone weighing five or six tons, which had
apparently recently fallcn, has been found
near Bearbrook, on the line Of the Can2ta
Atlantic railroad II Is almost eutlrel, be-
| meath the surface Of the clay soil on which 10
| struck, aud the ground around shows signs OF
great disturbance, Tho stone Is OF q dull
gray.
An African traveller says the intoxicating
liquor now chiefly exported to Africa from
Bremen aud Hamburg is n poisonous dlstlla'
tlon from the potato, aud producsi very
| A..
fvsc oil IN It than In any other known spirit
The natives give II the appropriate name OF
death.
A Californian says that IN August, whila
| driving near Pomona, ono Of hls party pointed
| out great mass OF tarantulas crawling bS tho
roadside, The party shot scores OF them, and
then succeeded IN getting fifty or sixty into
WATERFALL. Then began tremendous fight
betwecen these big spiders, which ended only
when every one In the pail was dead
Over i've hundred homIng pigeons are on
| exhibition at the annual show OF the fedora.
ton OF American homIng pigeon fanclers at
Ncwark, n. J They come from all parts OF
| the union, aud are the most valuable aud won
dcrfu lot OF nIcrs ever seen. There are seven
| birds In the collection which $500 could not
buy while tho cheapest OF them would bring
| $25.
W, A. johnson, who died recently In Lisbon,
Conn, at an advanced ngc was n wagon maxi
er, aud one OF his last Jobs was To repair an OK
! cart which no built In 1882 aud which had
been IN constant use Tor tifty.hvc years with
out repair His first job In Lisbon was TO
| make set Of wheels They havI been used
on farm wagon dfty-sIx years. and are Just
rs good rs ever,
II Is believed that Mrs Nancy Coley, of
Eastom Conn, Is tho Oldest nat ve'born white
| American living She was horn on Greenfield
| Illll, Conn, IN tho fall OF 171o aud was so
| little that the nurse could aud did put her In
| to u pewter teapot aud closed the lid But
as the old lady says ~ lived aud grew Moo
| w." She bore twelve children, all but two OF
| whom are dead.
| The Lincoln family now residing at Dallas,
Tex, Ia the wcalthiest party OF colorcd people
IN tho world Fortunate speculations In
| Mexican mining property made tho grand
mother OF tho Lincoln family Immensely
| wealthy, and sle deposited all her money In
| the Bank OF England, A year ago the money
| was divided among the grandchildren, six In
nil, who are now worth 5000, 00) each.
WHllc IfglUg 10 HHu OUT tnc w Rus-
pipe on n street IN Harrisburg, Pa, the other
day, laborcr struck piece OF flint with his
| pick which lgnIted the leaking gas that per-
meated through the limestone rock. No lcss
| than a hundred flames could DO seen all along
the road, aud the street was as Hight as day.
| II was not until n trench was dug and the
| pipe reached that the fire could be extin.
guIshed.
On the Goth OF last June the town Of More
head, Ky., had a population OF only three hun
| drcd, aud one Of the worst bands Of dcspera.
| does Kentucky has seen IN man years. Tho
| band was defeated In battle by n shcrid's
posse, the leaders were killed, aud tho next
| day the town began to grow and BOOM. Now
| II has a population OF over five hundred,
real estate BOOM and recently discovered
coal vein.
A resident OF Mansfield. Pa, has leased Ave
thousand acres OF coal lands In the townships
| OF Peters and Cecil, Washington county, and
upper ST. Clair aud South Fayette, Allegheny.
| He pays cash 30 cents an acre aud from SIS to
$45 per acre on the lst ofJuly, 1853 according
| to location rs regards railroad facilities for
| shipping Besides this he pays over 500 per
acre on an option on the surface Of two or
three pieces OF land at BoYce's and IIIll's sta.
tlons, on the Charters Valley railroad, In Al
Iegheny county, which options extended only
into February.
Barnum's elephants, when dead and
turned to clay,n seem to possess n scientific
advantage which makes them desirable ad.
dltion to all institutions OF learning, DR. VII
der at Cornell University Is hard at work
studying the brain Of the big elephant, and
1 l..
upon its peculiarltles. Now It Is said that
the university Is to purchase III, complete
skeleton Of an elephant, to be mounted and
placed In the museum Of anatomy and zool-
ogy. The whole animal will BE- well known to
| Cornell students
Ever since last July q valuable young mare
belonging TO Sylvester Camp Of Pike, Pa.
had been gradually loo'ing flesh ani strength.
No cause for the steady cancellation could be
| discovered. The least exertion would throw
tho animal into violent fits Of coughing. Mr..
Camp spent nearly 500 In eff'rts to learn
| what allied the mare, but the b It veterinary
surgeons could locate no disease. Last week
the mare was killed TO eud her suffering. The
animal was dissectcd and In throat was
found hemlock splinter, nearly six inches
long, an inch and half thick at one end,
| and running to sharp point at the other.
The sharp point was imbeded deep In one side
of the mares throat
Sarah 8. Chellls, teacher 10 Waterfowl, N.
Y. aged about IS years, brought suit against
John B. Chapman, aged "A, for damages for
breach OF promise. Mr.. Chapman is q
wealthy resident Of Rodman, Jefferson county,
and owns number Of farms located about
the county. lie is lame, afflicted with rheuma-
tIsm, bowed down by old age, and IN other ways
unattractive. The marriage day. 1t is claimed,
was set several times, but on each occasion
was postponed by Chapman, till at last the
| patience OF the would-be bride became ex-
hausted, and she commenced suit In the su-
preme court for S. 900 damages TO her heart by
his refusal TO carry out his agreement To the
charge that he broke his promise the defend
ant sets up novel answer He denies that
he ever promised to marry Miss Chells, and
then states that he is "A years d, was never
married, and since the date the alleged
promise set forth In the complaint he has
been and stil is In feeble health more or less,