The morning news., 1889-04-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AROUND ASHBURNHAM. IN Massachusetts, ap-
pies are selling as low as fifteen cents per bar
rel.
YALE's new recitation building is to be very
handsome, The stone carving alone will cost
5000
Two HUNDRED PIGEONS presented to Capt
Wissmann by the Strasbarg Carrier Pigeon So
ciety, were part OF the outfit he took with him
TO Africa.
The total cost of the Paris exposition is ex-
pected to be si00)O;0O0. The government con-
tributes the greater part, and tle city of Paris
most of the rest
ALDEN WoRLEY, who lives near Rockdale,
Tex, says tina he and other men killed 200 rats
IN his pasture in one day, and could have killed
more, only they got tired
VIM b. GROVES, tcolored), of Brooklyn, fell
dead Wednesday while leaving the Office of a
doctor, whsre he had oae to obtain duplicate
certificate of his daughIes's death.
MAN can be afflicted with LAS different all
ments known to medical science, and on top Of
that his dog may die, his wife run away and his
home burn down without insurance.
BEFORE the extinction of slavery in Brazil,
the highest immigration to that country was
90, 600 a year In 1898 it reached 100, 900, and
this year at least 100000 is expected.
THE FEES for ascending the Eiffel tower a
Paris are five francs to the top, three francs TO
the second platform and two TO the first, The
throe platforms will hold 10000 people.
EoYPT ID booming with railroad extensions.
The financial committee of the khedive's gov
eminent has under consideration five new lines
which II will cost nearly $4,000 900 20 construct.
A WATERLOO VETERAN began his 10lst year
lately in the province Of Payona, Brazil. The
Germans assembled to do him honor, and put
crown Of lAurels on his head, which is not yet
bald.
MRS. 'tSroSEwALL" JACKSON, IL appears from
paragraph in the Washington Stay, was not
rendered the post stmastership at Lexington, Va,
which she was reported 70 have declined and is
not likely to be offered the position OF postmas-
ter at Richmond, Va
In Brooklyn, Sunday, the Women's Christian
Temperance Union spent IS hours watching SO
taverns, from is to 80 minutes being given to
each, and during that time, according to q re-
port presented next day to Police Commissioner
Bell Gil persons entered them.
A COUPLE Of jackals have been added to the
Philadelphia Zoo" These little animals
which are known in their native country as
lion providers" had hardly been placed in
their cage, iR a wing OF the lion and tiger house.
before the lions set up roar Of welcome.
OBSERVATIONS upon the sway of tall chin
feet in hight, and feet in total diameter at the
top waved 20 inches during a heavy gale, and
another, 164 feet high, but with 6l6 feet dame
ter of fiue, moved Through an arc OF only 612
inches t1, 4
PERHAPS the most novel organization in the
state Of New York exists in Poughkeepsie 1t
is a military company composed entirely of
girls and drilled by Maj. Hanbennestel a senior
officer Of the national guard. The young ladies
in every instance belong to the best families in
Poughkeepsie.
THE number Of living centenarians, and the
record Of persons who have lived beyond CEN
tury, are constantly being augmented. In a
rural churchyard in the neighborhood of Elgin,
Scotland, a tombstone has just been discovered
which chronicles the death OF a local farmer
who lived in three centuries-the date Of birth
1893 and of decease 1904
AT the ball and supper Of the Schwamm
Druber, in New York, sponge hung at the
door Of The opera house where the festival was
held, and little sponge was handed to every
body who came in. The meaning OF schwamm
druber is sponge it out" All who went there
sponged out OF their recoliectons all other
occurrences and gave their whole attention TO
the bali =
A coMpASY has been formed under the laws
of New York state to develop large deposits OF
Oxokerite a natural paraffine wax existing in
the Wasatch mountains OF Utah territory,
about 11S miles south Of Salt Lake City. These
mines are said TO contain the only deposits Of
this mineral known to exist outside of Galicla,
Austria whence the entire worlds supply Of
this product has until recently been obtained
wIFr's AFFECTION may be legally excessive,
according to the argument in . will case in
Liverpool William Evans lived in great happi-
ness with his wife for twelve years. when he
died after a months Illness Mrs Evans was
by her husbands AIDE constantly, and about
week before his death he made his will be-
queathigg ell his property to her. second
cousin: however, disputed this testament on the
ground OF undue influence" during the period
Of illness. .s.
IT rs asserted that the smallest screws in the
world are those used In the production Of
watches Thus, the fourth jewel wheel screw
is the next thing to being invi t1le, and to the
naked eye 1t looks like dust; WITH q glass how
ever, 1t is seen to be a small screw, with 260
threads to the inch, ard with o very fine glass
the threads may be seen quite clearly These
minute screws are ti000th OF an inch in diam
eter and the heads are double; it is also esti-
mated that an ordinary lady's thimble would
hold 10000 Of these screws
ONE Of the most interesting natural curiosi-
ties of Lycomng county, Pennsylvania, Is stu
ated in Rose valley about six miles from Trout
run 1t consists Of seven natural wells extend
Ing almost straight downward to a depth un-
known. Large stones cast in some of thess
wells go rumbling down, making coarse, rasp-
ing sound at first as they strike against the
sides of the well. growing fainter and fainter
until lost by the distance. Near these wells is q
cave, the mouth of which is large enough for
horse to enter Several gangways lead of from
the main entrance to large, separate chambers,
and from these ether passage ways lead off
probably to unexplored chambers.
Gus NJ. SETzER died few days ago at China
Grove. Rowan county, North Carolina He was
pronounced infidel, believing in neither God nor
a future Of any kind. Two weeks before his
death. knowing his demise to be imminent, he
went to a tree near the yard. and under it
marked place for his grave, giving instructions
as to how it a; to be dug and his mode Of
burial. He wanted layer OF cedar brush at
the bottom of the grave, to be filled up with
dirt. He said that when decomposition set in
the sap of the tree would draw him up the limbs
and he could perch on the top Of the tree and
view the surrounding scenery OF ages to come.
Setter was perfectly rational to the last.
AN "ossIFIED NAN" Lucien Marble Monroe,
(colored) of Virginia is attracting attention in
New York, where he has gone in search of re-
lative. He weighs but IS pounds, and one OF
his lower limbs has the appearance of being
solid bone. He ts helpless being unable to
either walk or use his arms. A reporter learned
from him that the disease first manifested itself
pain near his left knee, and, when an examine
tion wat made il was found that the joint was
solidifying. The following year the malady ex-
tended into the foot, and later in the same year
TO the other leg His ioints then lost all power
OF motion, AID gradually soldifed up TO his
neck. For fifteen years he suffered greatly,
but he has experienced no pain since 1872
THE p. d. Murphy farm at Mohegan Conn,
offered for sale. contains the famous Mohegan