The Penn's Grove record., 1888-06-09
NUMBER As.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

ITO iIlIIt " W dlC5, IL lJ bhll
has been making heavy bets for year
past that he will not outliye his
mother, the money, II he wins, to be
divided between his two sons.
The largest known flower Is the
Rafilesla, a native of Sumatra. 1t
measures three feet in diameter,
weighs fifteen pounds. and has a caIyI
holding six quarts. The odor Is OMEN.
s:ve.
Miss Linda Gilbert has devoted
ffteen years and most of her fortune
to prison reform. She has established
twenty-five libraries in the prisons 81
different States, and found employment
for G,000 ex-convlcts.
Mfrs. D. l.. King, the wife Of David
Leicester King. attorney and counselor
at law, at Akron, o., Is one OF the few
descendants of George Washington's
only sister. she being Betty Washing.
toms great-granddaughter.
"A Swiss engineer named Ritter
wants the City OF Paris to adopt bis
plan for obtaining an "inexhaustible"
supply OF water from the lake OF Neuf-
chatel, Switzerland, 3l2 miles away.
Tine cost is given at about $50. 900. oOO.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland, 1t is an.
nounced. have a christening on hand
for July 4th, when the President 10 eI-
pected to be present at the launch OF
the Baltimore at Cramps, and see his
wife perform the ceremony Of naming
her.
despite the protests OF Yale
students and graduates the historic
fence, which has been their lounging
place for years, Is doomed, the cor
poratlOn deciding that it must be re-
moved to make room for a new recita-
ton hall.
When it comes to talking Of big.
ness Texas has good reason to put on
airs. A Fort Worth newspaper shows
that the Lone Star State would make
2i1 States the size of Rhode Island, or
six tue size Of New York, or nearly
even kingdoms Of the area Of Portugal.
1t is announced that the Standish
monument on the DuXbury hill over.
looking Plymouth harbor is to be 6n-
lshed this season. The obelisk is now
Y feet high. 1t will be 10 feet high,
and 800 feet above the sea level, and
visible 20 miles at sea. 1t has cost
S27 coo, and needs $4,000 more to
finish 1t.
"A handsome relic Of the mound
builders, consisting of q piece OF car
nelian beautifully carved in the shape
of a boat. was recently dug up near
Alton, Ill. 1t is about five inches long
and a gem of artistic lapidary work. It
has been identified as a sacred badge
stone worn by some prehistoric chief.
The International Fair to be held
at Buffalo, N. u, beginning Septem-
Der 4th and continuing until the l4th
promises to be a grand success. About
half a million of dollars will be ex-
pended on the necessary real estate,
building, etc. The main building Is to
be 300 by $50 feet In size and will cost
between $4,000 and $4,000
Mr.. John S. Wilson, an old st.
Louis locomotive engineer, has in his
possession a silver dime of the coinage
OF 1927 which was presented to him
as a token Of friendship by Andrew
Jackson just before his Inauguration
as President. 1t has the name Of the
donor, the date of the presentation and
the name Of the recipient engraved
upon it.
The Rothschilds believe In enjoy
ing their wealth. One of the Frank
furt barons not long ago paid 100000
for a silver cup, which he wished to uss
as a centre-piece Of q table service
which he WAS making up, and one of
the Vienna barons has a stable which
cost him $50. 900. This stable has mar
BILE floors and encaustic tiles painted by
distinguished artists.
"A citizen OF San Bernardino, CAL.
has succeeded in making q living of OF
acre OF land. Around the acre Is q
low Of fruit trees from which he has
realized $500 for a seasons fruit. He
put a quarter of the acre in straw.
berries and sold 5000 worth. From the
rest OF the acre he took three different
crops of vegetables, and was so sue.
cessful with them that he sold $1,000
worth, besides keeping a COW. a pig and
fowls.
The present German empress 10
the fifth English princess who has held
that rank. The others were: Edgyth,
daughter OF Edward tho Elder, wife OF
Otto 1; Gunhild. daughter of Knut,
wife of Henry Ill, of Germany; Ma
tilds. the link between the Norman
and Plantagenet dynasties, wife OF
Henry V, of Germany, and Isabella,
daughter OF King John, wife OF Fred
erlck II, the wonder of the world. The
last named princess was a direct ances-
tor of the late prince consort OF Eng
land, and, therefore, Of the present
German empress.
"A reporter riding In a Third ave-
nue., (New York;, surface car picked
up from a pile of papers that a boy was
carrying to the Coroner's office a dOcu-
ment which proved TO he the DOCTORS
certificate Of the death of Daniel Drls-
coll, the murderer, who was hanged In
the Tombs last winter. The medical
way Of expressing the death OF a man
by hanging is as follows: ''Came TO his
death by shock from fracture Of the
third cervical vertebrae and d~islocation
Of the second cervical vertebrate"
An effort is being made to secure
the early completion of the Melbourne
(AustIalia) Cathedral, which has been
building since 1880. During these
eight years, it is understood, e7O, 900
has bean actually received and ex-
pended on account OF this handsome
structure. and as csc, 900 is required
TO carry out the original plan, the
Building Committee are appealing TOR
further subscriptions. In case, 1t
IS hoped That the Cathedral will be
sufficiently completed for visitors to the
Centennial Exhibition to attend the
opening ceremony before they leave
Melbourne.
-Absinthe is the deadliest intoxi-
cant in the world, and its use is in
creasing. The drink vas introduced
Into New York by Frenehmen and
travellers. and it is now a common bev-
erage in hotels, clubs and fashionable
bar-rooms. French soldiers introduced
It into Paris after the campaign Ii AL.
gers in 1874. In an astonishingly
short period 1t permeated the civilized
world. To-day its manufacture is one
IF the largest liquor trades of Europe.