Milford chronicle., 1889-07-26
ODDS AND ENDS.

The green two cent postage stamp is to
$50" Its place will be taken by a stamp
either carmine or metallic red in color
Out Of respect to Queen Victoria. the pri-
vate papers Of John Bright, like those of
Lord Beaconsheld, will not be published till
after her death.
A Yankee tas set up school in Paris, and
advertises that he win teach any French
man to speak tho only sensible language in
the world in six weeks, and at cost of only
s25"
Washington claims to have the handsomest
equipages drawn by the best horses in the
United States.
The total assessed valuation of the real aud
personal estate in New York city for the
year 1889 is 81, Goa, 1891
The vicinity of Black Rock, short dis
TANGO below Buffalo, was the scene Of stirring
events in the war Of lSl2-i5.
The parasols carried in the United States
cost sl4, 10000 annually
The supreme court Of Ohio has decided
that preferences made to certain creditors on
the eve Of assignment are void
Mrs Grant, according to a recent authori-
tative announcement, has thus far received
about $4,000 from the publication of Gen.
Grants memoirs.
Two hundred and sixty Indians, the neces
sary two-thirds, have signed the Sioux treaty
at the Lower Brule agency, D. 7.
Mrs. Arad Graves, of Waterbury, VT, has
hill of peanuts growing in her garden, also
a cotton plant, and both are doing finely.
The Association of Centenary Firms OF
Philadelphia has been organized. The asso-
citation consists of firms that have carried on
business in that city for 100 years or more.
Some 1900 girls attend the London school
board cookery centers, and arrangements are
being made for the accommodation Of a still
larger number.
A northern syndicate is buying up the his
toric lands at Appomattox, Va, where Gen.
Lee surrendered to Grant. Over 800 acres
have already been secured.
The Indian population, since placed ON res
ervations, has increased faster than the black
or white, while the rate of mortality has
steadily decreased
The italian government has begun the
work of tearing down 1900 houses and
sixty-two churches in the poorer part of Ma
pies, in order to rebuild and improve the
district.
A Bartlett pear tree near Winsted, Conn.
is not only loaded with half green pears, but
a few days since put out buds again and i
white with blossoms A tree loaded both
with fruit and blossoms is a rarity.
/ Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, brother of tn,
Marquis of Lansdowne is engaged TO be mar
ried to Miss Fitzgerald, the well known
American Oriental scholar.
4 A South Carolina convict who made
break and knew that the dogs would tax
his trail used two pounds of strong snuff t.
sprinkle in his tracks, and the dogs let g
and returned in disgust
Sapphire produces somnambulism and i'm
pels the wearor to all good works In tn
zodiac it signifies Leo, and in Christian art
dedicated to St. Andrew, emblematic Of hi
heavenly faith and good hope. Some Civ
this gem to April
/ During a short thunder storm at Antrim
Tioga county, Pa, lightning broke tex
phone wire, turned one end back and welde
it solidly, making loop. It is said the vel
was as perfect as any expert could hav
made it.
Recent experiments ut the ear hospital i
London indicate that stammering is not
nervous defect only. In operations for deal
ness in several cases the patients we're cure
of stammering also, and the result is tn
opinion that stammering comes from som
defect in the hearing.
The Burmese believe that the ruby riper
like fruit They say that a ruby in its crud
state is colorless, and as it natures, change
first to yellow, then TO green, then to blu,
and lastly to a brilliant red, its highe t stat
Of perfection and ripeness. In the zodiac
stands for Ares. Some give it to December
and make it the emblem Of brilliant success
One Of the funniest things that has haI
pened in Greenville, Tenn, for some tin
> was the shooting Of negro the othC
night by policeman. The cop blazed ava
at the man and shot him in the elbow, II
ball CHANGING and striking the negro in IL
cheek. As he spit the ball out he said; "Loo
heah, white man. you quit dat shoOtin' I
me; fus' thing yuh knows yuh gwinter bral
some spectacle pusson's winder glass"