The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-22
PICK-UPS.


hawk attacked drove of young pigs and
killed one Of them before itcould De driven
away.
An unfortunate Maine baby that hap
pened to be born on the day of her grand
parents golden Wedding, was named Anna
VersAry.
IT is claimed that horse trader can tell
the age of a horse; but he never will do it
when be has horse to sell.-New Orleans
Picsyune.
at York Springs, Pa, a man recently
cut down tree three feet in diameter, and
found q horseshoe imbedded in the wood
near the heart of the tree.
'sIf there is anything l do like" re.
marked Crimsonbeak, as he came out of
church yawning, Iii is a finished dis
couIse."-Yonkers Statesman.
Lady Of the house, urging company to
eat-Please help yourselves. Do iuss as
you would in your o Tn house. l am always
so glad when my friends ere at home
Scranton Truth.
At Eevcsstle, Cal, there is q famous FIG
tree. One foot from the ground it measur-
ed eight feet four inches 10 ciyc1mfere ce,
and its branches cover $500 feet of sur
face,
It is ssid that of 619 female graduates
of American colleges 99S are married, 949
are teachers, 1873 are in other occupations,
and $50 are not engaged in remunerative
work.
The wife OF John B. Shelton, of Patton,
Mo-, recently gave birth 20 three foe boys,
weighing twenty-five and one half pounds
They have been named Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob.
At Brooklyn party, which was given to
ladies exclusively, the ice appeared in the
shape of big mOtherly hen, sitting on
nest OF spun sugar, surrounded by eggs of
Yari-colored ices.
An old man who died the other day In
Fluvanns County, Virginia, had cut his
third set of teeth when nearly eighty years
old, ard his hair, which had become white,
was returning to its original color
wedding ceremony had begun at a
clergvman's house 1t Fredericton, Nd,
when tie young lady pushed her lovers
hand away saying, Il Will not have you"
and, Selling her wraps, hastily left the
house.
Hiram SHOEMAKER and family, of Alta
mont, n. Y. we're saved from esphyxiation
~ their faithful dog. He smelt the escap-
ing gas and made such row about it that
all the family were aroused from their
slumbers.
The sales of diamonds in New York are
estimated to foot up $50 600, 900 a year.
Two Of the largest firms are said to keep
stock of 81, SEQ 600 each. The importations
are chiefly from London. The demand is
rapidly increasing.
NJ. and Mrs, James o. Robinson are SOL
ii CIGzens of Char estown, Mass. They
have been married fifty years. Mr.. Robin
bUn weighs 27S pounds, Mrs. Robinson
weighs 225, aud of their seven living chill
dren none weighs less than 200 pounds.
I've searched the shops all the way from
Fourteenth to TWenty-third street for
H. - r.
TO DaggeTs, and l can't ind anything to
SUIT me. Can't you suggest something"
How high do you want to go2" Inquired
Dsegers. Pm willing to go as high as
Forty second street.-The Epoch.
The owner of one of those bronchos was
hanging to his steed in back alley in
Lewiston, Thursday, watching the hind
heels kick splinters off his sleigh toward
the splre of st. Joseph's Church. The
bIoncho did good job, and the crowd
separated IS they heard the owner OF the
beast say that he was the best kicker he
ever saw. why" said he, he can kick de
star right out o. de sky" And he could
Lewiston Journal.
A little fellow who was costing on
Broadway last night was taken, sled aud
all, upon the horns Of a double ripper aud
tossed into the air. He came down whole,
stared around In a dszed manner a few
minutes, ana tnen approaching police
man ASKED: "Can you tell me where my
sled is, sir?" The policeman pointed it out
TO him hanging on the fence in front of the
Central Baptist Church, where it lodged
when 1t came down.-Norwich Bulletin.
II was somewhat intoxicated, 1 confess, !"
said the prisoner to the Arizona Justice OF
the Peace, when the officers found me in
ire store of the prosecuting witness at mid
night, but the only viii ky I had drank
L ~ az rn- Tor
l." Your Honor hastily said the
Prosscu!iDg Attorney, (business partner of
the cCurt) as there seems to be no evidence
agalDst the defendant / move to dismiss
the case."-Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Sue Dyer, of Dexter, Me-, for sew
eIal years was troubled with curious sensa-
tons in her stomach, and sometimes in
ner throat. She became convinced that
she had some sort OF living creature in
her stomach, and induced q physician to
give her medicine 10 destroy il. A local
Newspaper says that alter she took the
medicine the movements Of the creature
became 20 violent that they threw her into
commissions that lasted several hours. A
Few days afterward she was relieved of q
make twenty one inches long. 1t Is feared
tina. Mrs. Dyer will not recover.
It requires quick hearing, sharp obeser-
walton and good memory to know always
ATTENDS peculiar ring Of the house bell,
although there is, no doubt, an individu.
atty in that as in every other human act.
Not to be able to do this, is not however,
proof Of dullness in child or man; bat
vhen done by cat is worth noting. A
lazy in BoyIston-street in this city had q
cat which for years always left it's rug and
went down the stairs to the front door
when its mistress rang. to meet her, If the
doors OF the rooms we're open, but 1t took
no rOiice wbatsver Of the ring Of anybody
else.-Our Dnmo Animals
1rre than btisen years ago there was 2
ease c'eidth 10 our conEts upon the result
81 when tgo citsz-ns OF ibis county were
J.qufTtd 20 pay qni'~ large sum as sure
f''t for bonded officer gho skipped the
country. A'fey the laDss of twelve or
ttrtesD Years when the events had besn
ain oct entirely forgotten. = Stranger, hsv-
ing AL the appearance Of . we'll bred pro-