Milford chronicle., 1888-08-10
MUCH IN SMALL COMPASS.

An anti-Inustaohe movement has set in in
London.
A violin made Of clay is now on exhibition
In Berlin It is said to have a strong and
full tone.
Borings around West Point, KY, have re-
vealed the existence Of large deposits of salt
and an abundance Of gas.
A log of solid redwood was struck 40 feet
below gravel in sinking an artesian well at
Wstsnnville New.
'"The Old Colony Memorial has figured it
up, and asserts that the Old Colony Railroad
company dispatches daily from its various
terminal the enormous number Of LIZA
trains.
The Royal Aquarium, a building Of glass
and iron at Westminster, is to be taken
down, shipped to America, and set up at
Niagara Falls
The gross public debt of the Dominion Of
Canada on June 80 last was Ss, 1S4, ,22l more
than at the end of the previous year.
A leading Canadian newspaper complains
that the people Of Victoria, British Columbia,
have ''fallen into the bad habit" Of eelebrat-
ing the Fourth Of July instead Of Dominion
Day.
A big bloodhound attacked lively game
cock IN yard at Columbia, Pa, few days
ago, and not only got beaten, but had the
sight of both eyes destroyed by the fowl'a
spurs.
An English spirit medium claims to have
paid a visit to the planet Mars She says
that the inhabitants Of that planet are great
engineers, that they are Of large, powerful
physique, and that the men are very hand
some
The latest fashion IN Parisian neokwear Is
to sport largo tic ornamented with plaids
and white spots. It is worn tied in an i'm
lnense bow knot, which extends almost 10 the
wearer's shoulders.
1t has been proved That a Paris Stock E1-
change syndicate sent no less than 500 tele-
grams to all parts of the world announcing
the death of NJ. De Lesseps with the object
of preventing the success of his new loan.
1t is alleged that recently in Nagpore,
India, a boy Of 10 was offered a sacrifice 10
tho gods, in accordance with a superstition
that human sacrifices caused bountiful
harvest The head was severed from the
body and offered to a goddess, while the body
was rendered to a god
The Danish government has granted a sum
OF $500 for the purpose Of having the oys.
ter banks IN Denmark examined by an ex-
pert. His object will be to ascertain the
results of their continued preservation, with
view to the resumption Of fishing.
The ancestral home of the Washington
family, in Northamptonshire England, is tC
be sold The estate contains 220 acres, anc
was granted to Lawrence Washington II
l545. His son, Lawrence, emigrated to Vir
ginia, and was Gen. George Washington;
! ancestor.
The young women who sit for the figure II
the photographs from which good fashion
plates are made have the air Of making fur
of one another, as any one skilled in reading
attitudes can see. They seldom appear quit
at ease in their new clothes, but this yeai
they seem to be uncomfortable 10 the verg,
of desperation.
Mr.. Haweis the sensational Londol
preacher, is short in stature and halts in hi
gait His hair is black, and he. bears vel
his so years. He is an admirable compan
ion, and an exquisite performer on the violin
Mn Haweis lives with his gifted wifs a
Queens House, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, whicl
was once the suburban palace of Catharin
Of Braganza, wife Of Charles II, by whom i
was built. Il contains many interesting bit
erarY and artistic souvenirs and bric-a-hs