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

mas day. lilo Is stiil active aud strong.
| The Ohio society In New York city has
three hundred members, aud will soon erect
clubhouse. Whitsleu Red 10 the leading
spirit OF the association.
1t is reported that the elevated roads OF
New York have practically abandoned the
idea OF an electric motor and are considering
the ACCESSIBILITY OF trying tho cable system.
Larks on stuffed tomatoes, oxtail ragout
with truiiles, and wild duck with stewei
celery were new dishes to some Americas
guests at 4 dinner In an English country
| house,
1t is noted by n Washington correspondent
that most of the diplomates representing
Turkey at the capital have been Greeks, and
nearly all OF the 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, mauy being of the coinage of 1898
and the early zoos.
| A stone weighing i've or six tons which had
apparently recently fallen, has been found
near Bearbrook, on the line OF the Canlia
Atlantic railroad. II Ia almost entirely be-
| meath the surface Of the clay soil on which II
struck, aud the ground around shows signs OF
great disturbance. Tho stone is OF dull
gray.
| An African traveller says the intoxicating
| liquor now chiefly exported to Africa from
Bremen and Hamburg is poisonous distila-
| tlOn from tho potato, aud producrl very
cheaply. Chemlsls state that there Ia moro
fvscl oil IN II than In any other known spirit.
death.
A Californian says that IN August while
| driving near Pomona, one Of HIS party pointed
out great mass OF tarantulas crawling BY tho
roadside The party shot scores OF them, and
then succeeded IN getting fifty or sixty into a
watcrpai. Then began u tremendous tight
between lhese big spiders, which ended only
when every Que In the pail was dead,
Over Ave hundred homIng pigeons are on
exhibition at the annual show OF tie fedora
ton OF American homlng pigeon fancIcrs at
| Newark, n. j, They come from oil parts OF
the union, aud are the most valuable aud won
dcrful lot OF ncrs ever seen. There are seven
birds IN the collection which $500 could not
buy, while tho cheapest OF them would bring
SIS
| W. ~. uNHHhpn, VIM hiuh /" ihoS'hs
Conn, at an advanced age was u wagon max
er aud one OF his last jobs was to repair an OK
cart which he built In 1892 aud which had
been In constant uso for nfiytvc years with
out repair. His nrst Job IN Lisbon was TO
make a set Of wheels They hayd been used
on farm wagon hfty-slx years, and are Just
as good rs ever.
II Is believed that Mrs. Nancy Colcy, OF
| Eastom Conn, Is the oldest nat ve.born white
American living She was horn on Greenfield
Hlll, Coun., In tho fall OF l7i9. aud was 80
little that the nurse could aud did put her In.
to q pewter teapot aud closed the I'D. But
as the old lady says ~ lived aud grew nice
w." She bore twelve children, all but two OF
| whom are dead.
The Lincoln family now residing ut Dallas,
Tex, Ia the wcalthiest party OF colorcd people
IN tho world Fortunate speculatons Ia
Mexican mining property made the grand
mother OF tho Lincoln family Immensely
wealthy, and she deposited all her money In
the Bank Of England. A year ago the money
was divided among the grandchildren, six In
| all who arc now worth g. 00) 900 each
While trying TO iind out tho leak OF a gas.
pipe on street IN Harrisburg, Pa, tho other
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pick which ignltod the leaking gas that per-
meated through the limestone rock. No less
than hundred flames could DO seen all along
the road, aud the street was as light as day.
II was not until n trench was dug aud tho
pipe reached that the fire could be extin-
guishcd.
On the Goth OF last June the town OF More
head, Ky., had population OF Only three hun
dred, aud one OF the worst bands OF dcspera.
does Kentucky has seen IN man years. Tho
baud was defeated In battle by q sheriu's
posse, the leaders were killed, aud tho next
day the town began to grow and boom Now
Il has population OF over five hundred, q
al.estatc boom, and recently discovered
coal vein.
A resident OF Mansfield. Pa, has leased fvs
thousand acres OF coal lands IN the townships
OF Peters aud Cecil, Washington county, and
upper st. Clair aud South Fayettc, Allegheny.
He pays cash 80 cents an acre aud from $3j To
S45 per acre on the LIST ofJuly, 1883, according
TO location as regards railroad facilities for
shipping. Besides thls he pays over 500 per
acre ON an option on tho surface of two or
three pieces OF land At Boyce's and llllPs sta.
tlons, on the CHARTERS Valley railroad, Ia Al
Iegheny county, which options extended only
into February.
Barnum's elephants, when "dead and
turned to clay" seem to possess a scientific
advantage which makes them a 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
will probably add TO his fame BY treatise
upon It's pecullarties. Now II is said that
the university Ia to purchase the complete
skeleton Of an elephant, TO be mounted and
placed In the museum OF anatomy and zool-
ogy The whole animal will DO we'll known to
Cornell students.
Ever since last July a valuable young mare
belonging TO Sylvester Camp, Of Pike, Pa.
had been gradually loosing flesh nni strength.
No cause for the steady emacialion could be
discovered The least excrtion would throw
the animal into violent fits OF coughing. Mr..
Camp spent nearly 500 In efforts to learn
what allied the mare, but the b i veterinary
surgeons could locate no disease Last week
the mare was killed 10 end her 81 fcring. The
animal was dssected aud in throat was
found hemock splinter, nearly SIX inches
long, an inch and half thick ut one end,
and running to a sharp point at the other.
The sharp point was imbeded deep Ia one side
| OF the mares throat
Sarah s. Chelis, teacher In 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 a number OF farms located about
the county. He is lame, afflicted with rheuma-
tlsm, bowed down by old age, aud 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 wouldbe bride became ex-
haustcd, and she commenced suit In the SUI
preme court for 81, 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 Chellis, and
then states that he is "a years d, was never
married, and since the date the alleged
promise set forth In the complaint be has
been and still is In feeble health more or less,
preventing him from carrying on his ordinary
business; that he is afflicted with rheumatism
| disaasa ~ the lidners has fts falls down