Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-09-11
CEREDO. WAYNE co. w. VA. WEDNESDAY,. SEPTEMBER H. 1889
CURRENT TOPICS

an opcn winter
Tnn month with an In IL IL here, and
oysters are now ripo
rosr~orricE in North. Carolina IN To
be named baby Mckee"
In is now asserted that there arc fully
eighty varieties of tomato.
AN Eastern Ohio man only thirty-four
years of age Ia n grandfather
MicuoAN's new $500 liquor tax law
begins 10 operate on October 1.
TirrRE will be- no watering place sen.
SON after the Goth OF september.
FOURTEEN hundred mon are now cm
ploycd at tho brooklyn navy yard.
Nsw ENGLAND IN having no lack of
quartcrmillcnnial annivcrsaries nova
days.
A rosr-orrIcr In Fulton County, Pa,
bears tho brief and unromantic name of
isis"
BosroS spent about sio0, 900 durinn
tho vacation season on her school
houacs.
JAY Gouip thinks Governmental con.
troll Of tho telegraph both practical and
advisable.
AfIcr LrEnNANS, agod nnc, Ia as.
tonishing London critics with her skill
on the violin.
i. MyErT, accompanied by a dog, has
driven In n buggy from California 10
Pennsylvania.
TnE mouth OF Calumet river, empty
ing into Lake Michigan, has moved east
$500 feet since 1886.
TArAu COUNTY, Idaho. boasts of n
genuine ice mine, with veins from one
to four inches thick.
IN Paris something now are silk and
linen handkorchicfs made In the form
OF leaf with stem.
GENEnAL ALphnr PIKE. tho head OF
all the Masonic orders and ritos In this
country, Is In his s0th year.
TIM outgoing European steamers from
New York are no longer crowded. IL Ia
now tho season 20 come home
d. l.. MooDY Is preparing 10 opon an
evangolistic training school In Chicago,
to continue throughout the year.
THERE was reunion OF the Smith
family In Pcapack, n. j.. tho other day.
bnt only 5000 of them were present
TnE oldest public house In England is
'"Tho Seven Stars" at Manchester II
dates back 70 the time of Edward III.
WM. TEmuSE hung himself at New.
ark, N. j., because another man had
been adjudged better sheop-killcr than
he.
THE new Constitution OF tho State OF
Montana is SAID 20 DC ten times a. long
"A the Constitution OF tho United
States.
TnE people OF tho United States
spend SD, ,000, 600 yearly for baking pow
der-so says an official report promulga-
at Washington.
Is point Of service the oldest pilot on
the Hudson river is Ezra I. Hunter. who
has stood at the wheel for forty-eight
consecutive years.
CHAs. YoUNO, a colorcd cadet Qradu-
atcd from West Point, a few days ago.
being the second negro 10 receive "a
diploma from that institution.
HERMANN, the magician. was bocns-
pocussod out OF $3.50 the other day. Even
slcight-of-hand professor has to lock
very sharp after his cash these days
TnE first monument 20 General Gran.
In this country IS 10 Dc unveiled this
month at Fort LoavcnwOrth, tho post
where he passed his early career as a sol
| der
TnE Dead Sea, in Palestine. lies at
tho depression Of 800 feet below the
Mediterranean Sea level, being tho
lowest body Of water on the face OF tho
earth.
EX-PHEsIDENT CLEVELAND is still I'M
decided as 90 his European trip next
winter. His wife Is anxious 70 cross and
spend a few months In the south Of
France.
TIProO Tm declines 20 become a Ger
man vassal. He will stick 10 his own
nationality and 20 his own name. The
latter Is sufficiently unique 70 be well
/ worth saving.
THERE Is man in Schcnevus, n. ",
/ getting rich from a dog. lie owns =
canine which ho has sold several times.
| but ~ always returns home. no matter
how far 81 Is carried
THE common looking shed used AZ a
/ blacksmith shop by EIihu Burritt the
iinguist, Is still standing In berkshire
/ County, Mass and until recently his
identical sign hung from H.
/ Az eagle weighing nine tons has ar
! rived IN Brooklyn from its home In tho
mountains 81 Maine. u is Of gran
ite. and has been placed over the maiq
entrance ~ the new postofiice.
I MAJOR CESEnAL ScmoPIELD has issued
an order Withdrawing the troops from
Fort Laramie, W. r., Fort Hays. Kas..
and Fort Lyon. Col. Tho military posts
az those places will bo abandoned.
TnE new Opera House in Paris.
France. Is the largest structure of the
I kind In tho world. is ground area Il
/ three acres and the space inside tho
walls represents a cubic mass Of f,2s7.-
/ 900 feet
| TIE American iron and steel associa.
tiOn reports that the production ~ pig
iron IN the first six months Of fsso vas
larger than In any preceding six months
in the history ~ tho American iron
trade.
SARAH HoLLAND, q woman evangelist.
preaching among the negroes at firuns-
wick, Ca, distributes load Of water.
melons free at the meetings The
crowds that 60 70 hear her preach arc
/ enormous
AZ attempt will soon be- made 10 shin
/ Alabama coal across the Gulf from
Pensacola 90 Havana. Asplnwau and
other ports IN powerful tugs which arc
being constructed for that purpose.