The Irish standard., 1888-08-04
REcENT RuMoR.

E1aHrEEN THOUSAND Irish girls who have
been assis tod to emigrate sent home ESQ,
0D in five years.
Mr. COPE WH1TEHoUsE, an enterprising
Chicagoan, is at the head of the company
that proposes to drain the delta of the Nile.
No LESS than sixty women are said to
make living in Chicago by specializing on
the Board of Trade and through commission
houses.
CHEN YEN HooN, the Chinese Minister,
has put a1oot scheme to build $151 900
American Chinese capitol and hospital at
San Francisco.
MoRMoN1sM is alleged to be taking firm
OF the faith there. and they talk Of organic.
ing as local congregation.
UNDER an order of court, the so-ca!led
sKelly motor,:' is to be thoroughly inyesti-
gated and reported on by a committee OF
scientific and mechanical experts.
WITHIN the past few weeks four men who
claim to be related to Prince Bismarck have
have been arrested for various misdemean-
ors at four different places on the Pacific
coast
FRAGMENTS of the big raft that was broken
up while being towed from Nova Scotia to
New York have been encountered 1850
miles east by north Of the place where it
was lost.
IT cost $50 running foot, or $4,000 in all,
to move the Hotel Brighton at Brighton
Beach to its new lot, 500 feet away from the
nigh-water mark. It was 3 brilliant exploit
in mechanics.
A WEDDING took place at s.. Paul, MINI,
where the groom was over six feet tall and
the bride little over two feet in height.
During the ceremony the girl stood On
chair, her head just reaching to the grooms
shoulder.
NJ. Jov1s, Frenchman, intends to mako
8, voyage from New York City to Europa
this summer in recently invented air ship.
Jovis and his companions, Messieurs Arene,
Mallet and Carpenter, expect TO travel at
the rate Of seventy miles al hour.
TKEx uncertainty concerning titles is
thought to be cause of dullness in New
York real estate. Many Of the old family
properties were settled in careless man
ner, and in some instances heirs have re-
appeared, causing perplexity and confu-
slOn.
ADo1pH sUrRo, the California millionaire,
end Lelah, his wife, have agreed to articles
Of separation, Mr.. Sutro agreeing to furnish
$500 month for the support Of the fam
fly and give his wife $4,000 for the expenses
of trip TIC Europe, where she is to remain
tor three years.
A TORONTO man, rummasing in JUNK
ssop, invested two dollars last week in an
old, dirty and battered portrait Of Robert
Burns, to discover on cleaning it that it was
q painting from life by Scotland's famous
artist, Raeburn. It is now valued at $10-
Q0C. and is to be sent to Scotland.
HEno1sn1 prompts generous responses tn
the American heart. The brave girl school
teachers OF the far West who through the
blinding blizzards saved their school,
children by exposing themselves to the
point of death have received nearly $4,000
from admirers Of their devoted courage
throughout the country.
AT Black River Falls, Wis, fourteen
year-old girl End sixteen~year-old boy
boy were married, with the consent Of the
parents. at the hour fixed for the wedding
the bridegroom was playing ball. and as
soon as the ceremony was over he went
back to his game, while the. bride resumed
her interrupted play with some OF tne
neighbor:ng girls.