Milford chronicle., 1888-07-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Chicago has about 1000 cinnamon.

Chicago has about 1000 Cinnamon.
A New London Comm family owns par
rot said TO be 90 years old.
It is expected that thousand Icelandera
viii arrive in Manitoba during the summer.
Cattle raising and milk farming are re-
ceiving increased attention in Missouri every
year.
A large turtle was caught In the Eau Claire
river in Wisconsin, with the date 1910 cut in
the shell ON its back.
An ounce Of silver may now be purchased
in England for 4l5S pence, the lowest price
of the present century.
Boston purists are wrathy over the advent
Of a new word, ''soloistic.n Next thing, they
say, we shall have "choroistic,D and "duo-
istic."
A man in Akron, o.. burst blood vessel
the other evening while laughing at one Of
his own jokes. This is the height Of self ap-
probation.
Grand Rapids, Mich, is the great furni-
ture making center Of the United States 1t
has - furniture factories. which employ
1900 men.
A copy Of "PickwiclS" in the original parts
has just been sold in London for $3.50. It
was the first from the press, and was pre-
sented by Dickens to Mary Hogarth.
The American Colonization society CON
/ tinues to send colored people to Liberia.
Thirteen families from Georgia sailed from
New York for Mosrovia the other day.
A heavy rainfall has visited Colorado this
season. extending throughout the state, and
the region formerly known as tho great
American desert is blooming like garden
Recently, at a Moscow sunset, the rays Of
the sun were intercepted 10y a cloud. and
through some peculiar property in the at
mosphere the entire city was colored a vivid
purple hue This strange effect lasted for
eight minutes.
For the past ten years the owner Of -four
ing mill at Dubuque has had a sign on his
fire proof safe reading: "No money in here
Please call at the house." 1t was intended
for burglars, and the Other. night one called |
at the house and secured 81 $50.
The new cathedral at Albany promises to |
be eminent among cathedrals for its memo /
rial character. Not only will there be ten |
stained glass memorial windows, but tho |
twenty-four main pillars, no two of whose |
capitals will be alike. are to be memorials:
smaller pillars to commemorate dead chill
dren, and lO0stalls, the altar, altar rail, font,
retort and other parts of the auditorium will
be gifts in nlemoriam.
The average price paid the average Iowa
"school marin" by the year is S2i2.45 Pre-
suming that her board and washing costs
her about 50 per week, and her clothing and
incidentals $50 more, she will then have
surplus Of just S6.45 n year to build up bank
account, which in twenty years Of hard work
would amount to more than SlOO Truly it
has been said that it is the honor that forms
the chief reward of a literary life
A railroad running through Emanuel
county, Ca, recently killed a razor back hog
belonging to widow, and she entered a suit
for damages for the value Of it. The rail.
road won the case, it being shown that the
proper signals were blown and the precau.
tions taken, and the plaintiff was sorelv dis
tressed about the result She had converted
the pig into lard, and as the road would not
pay for killing him she bestowed what re.
mained Of the porker on the company. On
dark night she took the pot of grease and
to the track Of the company
coated the rails with liberal daub Of grease
for quarter Of a mile. 1t took all the sand
that the engines could bring to bear ON the
track for two days to tide over the SPOT
which crippled traffic. Now the widow is
threatened with lawsuit.