News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-27

Mi. Houston ShouIdered the g1rder, car
ried is up the ladder, and placed it in
position. sit hurt my shoulder some, ]"
he said, when telling of his performance,
"but other than that felt no inconve-
nience."
Waller E. HICKS, of Brooklyn, is ex-
hibiting o very novel machine for the
discharge of dynamite projectiles, shells
and solid shot from the periphery of q
rapidly revolving wheel. 2'he latest
krupp guns impart to the projectile an
initial velocity of 1900 feet a second,
and Mr.. Hicks calculations, as revised
by army experts at West Point and
Fortress Monroe, lead him to expect an
initial velocity of 2 1000 feet a second
from his 10-fCot wheel, when flying at
the rate of 1000 revolutions q minute.
The proportional range would be five
miles, but the revolutions of the wheel
can be increased to 5000 a minute, with
corresponding gains in the velocity and
range of the pro. ectile. The motive
power OF the wheel is steam engine.
MAINE has some notable trees, and
the JoarnGl of Lewiston has been writ
ing them up. 1t tells of an apple tree
at Boothbay which is still in active ser
vice and 1l2 years old. Class day exer-
clses at Bowdoin are held each year
under an oak planted by n member of
the first class of the college seventy
years ago. One of the best-cared for
trees is an elm in the yard of Charles
Parsons of kennebunk. 1t stood near
his stable, and when 1t became neces-
sary to enlarge the building the addition
was built around the tree, and now two
large branches project through the roof,
and the top spreads above the stable
like gigantic plant growing in gigan-
tic pot.
IN 1884 John Shaw, of Shamokin,
Penn, vowed that he would never wear
coat until Republican President was
elected. He kept his vow, visited his
old home in Scotland, and travelled CON
s,derably in the United States without
a coat, wearing knit jacket in its stead
1t Is thought that the consequent expo
sure resulted in the disease of which he
recently died. On election day, al
though then thought to he near to death,
he insisted upon being carried to tho
polls, that he might once more vote the
Republican ticket.
EDWARD SHERMAN, of Whitewater,
Wis, 40 years old, and steady, indus
triOus man, determined to give up to-
baccO, which he smoked and chewed
almost necessarily. Sickness followed,
and the physician recommended Sher,
man to use tobacco again, but sparingIy
He wouldn't take the advice, but vowed
he'd set the bitter of the habit if it
killed him. His health continued to
fail, he became peevish, then morose,
and then, short time ago, violently in
sane. He has been removed to the
Madison asylum.
An autopsy held on the body of John
Scurry, hardware merchant, who died
recently Mt CarbOndale, Penn, revealed
one of the most peculiar causes of death
that medical men have seen in some
time. While the deceased was with his
battery in the trenches before Peters
burg, Va, during the war, spent ball
struck him IN the stomach. For several
months the spot was quite sore, and it
discolored for years. This.
the doctors say, was the cause of his
death.
THE manner of dealing with redskin-
ned DRINKS at Yuma, Arizona, may be
seen i'll the following from the Sentinel.
Two Indians of the Yuma tribe were
found drunk in town a few days ago by
an Indian policeman. They were ar
rested and taken to the reservation, where
the chief ordered each of the culprits TO
f a9SSl'I thirteen lashes. The lariat did
- - scr 1ce' and tho two Indians
VIII not partake OF tirewater for many
days.
GEORGE Herold, OF st. Helens. Ore.
has had touch of both kinds of fortune
He won $500 in a lottery, and imme-
dlately and properly started for Salem
to see his sweetheart. He was so anx-
is f t The train TO o." at to 1 sa sf s
ton, but jumped from it while it was
running at full speed, and broke his
arm and banged himself up generally.
SOME of the good women of Hartford,
Conn, have organized dressmaking
and arithmetic school for young women
who want to learn q trade, and also how
to take care of their accounts and the
like. Commercial arithmetic will be
taught, and a skilful instructor will give
thirteen lessons of two hours each in
dressmaking.
BECHUANALAND postal-runners carry
the mail at the rate of $50 miles day
each runner covering fifteen miles. The
route between Tangier and Fee, in Mo-
rocco, is 80 miles of mountains, crook,
Ell roads, and bridgeless and ferryless
rivers. The Arab carriers run, walk, and
swim this distance in three and a half
days.
Two Rutland men, out after coons,
recently freed and shot three fat and
glossy black bear cubs. They were about
siX months old and weighed ninety
pounds each. The next day hunting
party went after the mother and gos her
after an exciting chase. She weighed
go pounds.
COUNT BISMARCK is the only promi-
nent political parsonage in European
statecraft who carries q scar received in
another field-that of battle. He was
shot through the thigh in the memoir
able cavalry charge on the afternoon of
Mars la-Tour, IN which he rode as a pri-
vate dragon.
HE Methodists, of Lumkin, Ga. have
n new church bell, the old one being
cracked and worn ont. It's time the
old bell had II rest, for it was cast in
lGGO, and has in its time summoned to
worship men of varying creeds in the
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and
America.
WHEN passenger boards or leaves q
horsc-car in Germany, the conductor
touches his hat and says :" Good day !"
And if the passenger gives him n tip"
Of one cent, he looks happy for the rest
Of the trip.
IN excavating for the foundation walls
for new mill near Rutland, Vt, the
workmen found three pound cannon
b alls and one four FOUNDER, thought to
be the relics of the Burgoyne campaign
of 1777.
IRIS strange but true that there are
almost as many real Indians in New
York State rs in Minnesota. In all
there are just about 5000 red men in
The Empire State.
AN Ohio man, it was at Bellefontaine,
'ecently ate thirty-six eggs on wager,
md offered 20 eat another dozen.
So Goes the World.
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