Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Tor stealing steer has been nouneu
thai he is an heir to thirty thousand
dollars left by his father in Germany.
There is loghouse still standing
in Chicago which is believed to have
been built for defense against the
indians ut the time Fort Dearborn was
erected.
"A large copper medal, minted in
King Georges time. and evidently
worn by some British soldiers in the
revolution. was plowed up recently
near Monroe, n. &.
In one county of Pennsylvania
twelve million chickens are artificially
Matched every year. The hens of the
Keystone State are mere egg-laying
machines, utterly devoid of maternal
instinct.
Some genius with a fancy for
handling babies has figured out that a
piece of wood the size of month old
baby would be worn dowr one-hzlf in
six months if handled as much as the
average baby is.
AN army officer living at Orchard,
Neb.. is said to have discovered plant
common to the country which has the
property of converting milk into butter
one pound of the former making the
same amount of the latter.
"A luncheon party in Philadelphia
was served in five adjoining rooms,
each of which was furnished in differ
ent color-pink. white, blue, yellow
and red. Each room was decorated
with flowers of corresponding colors.
I'm Mexico City, few days ago.
they tried a mans courage by shutting
him up in room with six rattle snakes.
At the end of six hours they opened the
door and he was standing in n window,
and the snakes had fought and killed
each other.
Perhaps the richest colOred woman
in the South is Mrs. Amanda Ewlambs.
of Atlanta. GA, whose fortune is esti-
mated ut 100000 Mrs. II. White, of
Mobile, n colored woman, is worth
$40. 900. and there are several other
rich cOlored women in the South.
The ''Herzog Teleseme" is to be
substituted for the old-style system of
electric signaling by the New York
police department. The contract price
is $500, 900 for four hundred boxes and
connections and the necessary patrol
wagons, to be kept in order for ten
years.
"A thoughtful patron of Uncle
Sans mail service, who complains
that papers and packages, when placed
on the top of letter-boxes. are fire.
quently blown away by the wind and
haf
like contrivance be affixed to the posts
as n supplementary receptacle.
"A Willimantic factory girl wrote
her name and address, and her desire
to be married. in a nice little note.
which she placed in the band of the hat
she had just finished. Her father
bought the hat On his way home
that evening. he paused at house
which they were plastering and OBJ
tanned slender and supple lathe.
"A party of ladies and gentlemen
started to explore a cave near Clyde,
Ark. About nine hundred yards from
the mouth of the cavern they en-
countered an immense army of rats.
The rats werO vicious and made savage
attacks on the explorers. Two of the
ladies tainted and had to be carried.
Hundreds OF the animals were slain by
the men.
1t was announced in the Devices
paper in Wiltshire. England, that the
eclipse of the moon would be visible
from that town. Just before the hour
at which the shadow would strike orr
satellite. farmer, accompanied by his
wife and family, drove into Devices
from his homestead. On being asked
why he came at that hour he said he
came with .'missus'' so as to be in time
to see the eclipse.
One of the pathetic things about
the last days of Emperor William was
mis- separD ton from the afflicted Crown
Prince. His physician went into his
room at four o clock one morning and
found the monarch sitting up in bed
and crying like child. He exclaimed:
Doctor, lean not sleep for thinking of
Fritz For Heavens sake hurry and
make preparations to let me go to San
Reno to be with him.
The birds were among the sufferers
of the New York blizzard. grocery
boys basket, which was placed on the
sidewalk while the boy swung his arms
for warmth, WAS attacked by a flock of
ravenous sparrows. The boy was
amused at first, but he soon became
convinced that the contents of his
basket were in danger. and he drove
off the sparrows and hurried away,
being followed by the flock of chatter
ing birds.
old John Markley. the first engin-
eer ever employed by the Germantown
& Norristown road, one of the pioneer
railroads in the country, is living at an
advanced age in Germantown. In the
early days the company was too poor