The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-06-16

"A New York oculist ssys that the
greatest enemy to the eyes Of young
men ID the cigarette.
Colonel Dick Taylor Is the only
man living who was appointed to ofacs
by Andrew Jackson
George Washington Christopher
Columbus Cleveland is the nam Of Z
six-year-old Solored boy Of Brunswick.
Ga
North Carolina owns . negro auntie
aged l3l. whose age is established by
documents in the hands Of reliable
white families"
There is a man in Brooklyn who
has drunk 10. go glasses Of whisky in a
year. and has been keeping up the
same average for years
Hold yonr breath and contract
your abdominal muscles is the remedy
for sea-sickness suggested by an En-
giish physician. who speaks from expe-
rience.
A Louisville young woman is said
to have been made insane by dyeing
her hair. She was found in her room
seated among broken mirrors. crock.
cry and pictures, a raving maniac
The gilded youth fits his bouton.
Mere to the occasion of wearing IL
For a visit of coincidence he wears a
purple flower; for a wedding, white;
for a party call. pink; for a ball. red.
mo meat for dinner, eh?" quiered
Jacob Wall as he sat down to his din
ner in Troy. VERY well--I'H 60 after
some" That was ONE day eight years
ago, and he has not returned yet. He
is probably hunting for something ex-
ira.
"A Vermont man who moved out to
Illinois several years ago took a trip
back last month just to get an old-fash-
Toned doughnut made by his mother.
When he got it he found it just like any
other. and a little poorer than his own
wife made.
"A justice of the peace at Pent-
water. Mich, recently sentenced a
man to n%inety-nine years imprison-
ment for shooting another mans hog.
He said he would have hanged the mis-.
creaut if the laws of Michigan had in
hanging among the punish
ments to be used in extreme cases
An Albany physician asserts that
many young ladies of that city use bel
ladonna to give brilliancy to their eyes.
1t is employed chiefly by those who
have light eyes The practice is very
hurtful one, as it causes partial blind
ness, and besides affects the nerves of
the face, producing a muscular con-
traction.
AT Stratford-on-Avon a mar living
a sewage farm recently sued the
the corporation for damages on &C.
coun, of the suffering caused BY the
horrible stencil Of the farm. and got a
for 5000. The afflicted plain
lawyer said he Thought his
clients nose could stand . good deal
for { !, 1000"
Little Freddy Smith, q twelve
year-old boy living at Cochranton. Pa.
the distinction Of being the
rabbit hunter Of the State.
Last season by means Of a bag and a
pet rat, which he used as a ferret
to explore the rabbit holes, he sue
in capturing more than two
hundred rabbits.
Major Sinclair. who is in charge Of
the Mount Vernon barracks, Ala. has
in his care $50 Apache prisoners who
belonged to Geronimo's band. Under
Sinclair's management they are be-
coming partially civilized. They have
learned the use Of brooms and wash.
and a few Of the more progressive
even iron their clothing.
Bishop Weber. of Queensland, is
by a leading paper of the
as a tallish. well-nourished, |
awkward sort of a man. with a
loxy beard and an oceiput inclined to
be bald no sort Of figure, and doesn't
stays or improver; beard and
forehead held at al angle Of forty-ive
degrees to the horizon !; expressionless
eyes; restless demeanor takes twenty
seconds Of preliminary prayer
prize-fghter's nose theocrat-
ic, mythical and ~oracular.
The manager Of the Hotel del
at Monterey. Cal, recently con-
for q lot Of cheap swallow
coats, which he offered to
to his walters for eight
apiece, at the same time pro-
Mitigating An order that all walters
his hotel must wear dress coats.
This was too much for the free and in.
hash singers u the Pacific
and they struck in . body. Az
II many another strike Of recent date
he only effect Was that the walters lost
job.
AT Hartford City, Ind. . girl who
lad been confined to her bed for nearly
hree years. and given up BY her physi-
and friends rs q hopeless para
ytic, got up and walked about tho
oom or being told that the man who
lad psomised to marry her years ago
vas bstrothed to another. She rapidlt