The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-26
STRAY BITS.


In Portugal the5 cure quick tempered
person 10y inviting everybody TO give him a
kick
-Four men at Gainesville, Fla. in twenty
days killed COO alligators for their hides and
teeth
Tue japanese are cnltivating q taste Tor
beer and porter as we'll as for European COS
tune
Since the beginning Of the present year
ABB members of the Grand Army Of the Re
public have died.
An English court has decided TINT rail
road has no more right 10 eject passenger
than % behead him
Chess for the working classes is a new ex-
pertinent Of the English chess players, and
ii is meeting with considerable success.
tract Of land containing 100000 acres
10 Aroostook county, Ne, has been sold for
sl,0oo0J0 The deed recorded contains %
900 words.
An Indiana farmer got up in his sleep and
stole his own mule and hid him in the woods,
where the sheriff. who came next day.
couldn't find him 10 serve an execution
A sort Of Knights Of Labor has been started
in London called the Amalgamated Society
# General Laborers. II is composed OF
every description Of laborers in the metro
polls.
San Antonio, ont in California. boasts the
smallest baby ever born. 1t Is the son oil
blfred Mcguire, railroad brakeman, and
when born in weighed only sixteen ounces.
pint cup covered IL.
As coffin was being lowered into grave
IN a cemetery near Vienna it fell in such
manner as 10 cause the Id 20 come OF and
the corpse 20 fall out head foremost. Three
Of the mouruers tainted
The bishop Of Ely has forbidden the dea-
cons Of his diocese 20 preach more than one
original sermon week. II they must de
liver second they fnust take some sermon
Of standard clergyman.
William Klausman, a 9-year-old New York
boy, has the distinction Of possessing the
hardest head known IN that city. The other
day, while playing in the street he was run
over by heavy wagon, the wheels OF which
passed directly over his head. Strange TO
say, the only injuries received were a few
ShAi ~ ui9'rs Dpttpls Npu-4utl II IL i'li4ii M
Die case.
Tho quaintest thing in Bremen is its statue
Of liberty, the "Boland," as 10 is called. Ii
Is q colossal figure, eighteen feet nigh, and
was erected in the center OF the town in lIl2.
In one huge hand tie giant holds shield
marked with an eagle the symbol OF liberty
IN all agesl in the other a naked sword.
Ii was the gauntlet thrown down 70 all the
world that Bremen would be free.
Lcvotchko a Russian peasant. has. after
ten years work discovered treasure upon
land that formed n part - tine estate OF
Prince Otersky, whose ancestors were plum
dered and driven from their home by the
Tartars a long time ago. The discovery i'll
cludes manuscripts and o.ner articles Of
value besides the gold. Tnepcasant gets one
third and the car the rest OF II.
There is congressional bootblacl,. - and
bis name is Dan Appleton. aged 10 lie man
aged TO make his way from s. Paul 10 Wash
imgton, and going up 10 the house asked for
Congressman Nelson Tic congressman came
out and the boy said q am Dan Appleton,
a bootblack from Minnesota, ami want YOU
10 give me the privilege OF backing congress
mems boots here ~ tire building. Nelson
took the boy % Archiec. Clark, VINO gave
him the privilege and the lad is making
money.