The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-09

AN Ohio man has written Jay Gould a
begging letter every day for the last $50
days. .,s6
ENGLISH noblemen are beginning to
invest largely in real estate in Aus
tralla. t,. s-.-- s'h- ''7 aa.e'-s ''s'H.-
THERE is mule in Cambridge, o.,
said to be forty-seven years old and still
good worker. Et
POsTMAsTER GENERAL WANAMAKER
is planning to reduce the size Of the
postage stamp. s ~ ~ ~ 3
LIFE is still worth living. There is
only one lawyer in the country to every
nine hundred persons.
THIRTY-FIvE thousand Spaniards last
year emigrated to South America, and
ten Thousand to Algeria. = = Z g
A DANDELIoN which has grown to the
top of ten-foot pole is the product Of
a New Haven truck patch. I.N pr 4
MASSACHUSETTS seems to have anoth-
er Jessie Pomeroy on hand. Its latest
murderer is eight years old.
A BALL of fire that exploded when
VAVAlA q lev ACCU VI UllC SIouhu 10 cSAN
to have fallen in Bridgeport, Conn.
House servants can not be had in
Pueblo, Col, for less than $50 or S35
month, and they are scarce at that
figure. ...... ..f 20. e..
A MAN of Norristown, Pa, was unable
to land sixteen-pound carp that he
caught, and called friend who shot it
on the wing.
The widow of General Custer owns a
small rustic cottage and few acres of
land in beautiful region near the Della
ware Water Gap.
THE King and Queen of Greece have
seven children, the youngest a year old.
The Princess Alexandria is very pref
ty girl of nineteen.
AN English plasterer has been stag
gered with fortune of 81, 100000, left
to him by a clergyman who emigrated
and prospered in Sydney.
BUFFALO BILL has become so fas.
cinated with Paris that he is inclined TIC
make that city his home when he aban
dons his calling as Snowman.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, of Germany, has
subscribed 10000 francs to the fund fol
the relief of the sufferers by the recent
explosion and fire at Antwerp.
THE house in which Oliver Wendell
Holmes was born is still standing on the
common at Cambridge, Mass, and is
now one of the college buildings.
Mr.. Koo. of the Chinese Legation a
Washington, is going thome to marry 8
Chinese girl he has never seen. Koo IL
q nice, domestic, affectionate name.
Mr.. EDISON has been granted 403 pat
ents on his inventions, and has ovel
three hundred applications pending
Most of these are electrical devices.
ADVERTISEMENTS in London Journals
indicate that the purchase of cast-of
court suits, artificial teeth, ETC., ''for ex
port" is quite considerable business
THE cotton manufacturers of Ian
cashire, England, propose to close al
their mills for fortnight, in hope tina
such action will destroy the corner il
cotton.
JUSTICE FIELD has presented Nagle
who he considers saved his life by shoot
ing Judge Terry, with magnifccn
gold watch and chain appropriately en-
graved.
THE death of Wilxie Collins has beer
long expected. The intense vitality o
the man protracted the struggle mucl
longer than his physicians had deemed
possible.
II. NJ. FLAGLER, the Standard Oh
magnate, who owns the finest private ca
on wheels, has just given orders for tn,
most magnificent steam yacht that cal
be built.
Two coal dealers at Port Huron biz
exactly the same figures for supplyin.
the city with 600 tons of coal, and thel
they tossed cent to see which SHOULD
have the contract.
PETER DIEDoFF, of Brooklyn, put
stone on the sidewalk and covered i
with an old hat. Mrs. Frankinmutl
came along and gave it kick, and he
broken toes cost Peter $3.50.
A New YORK police sergeant was re
tired on pension the other day who hat
been on the force twenty-seven years
and in that time had never lost day OF
account of sickness or been fined for mis-
conduct.
An interesting discovery is said t,
have been made in India. This is moth
ing else than the lost books of Euclid
of which a Sanskrit translation is sait
to have been found at Jeypore.
Nj. EIrFEL. builder of the tall tower O
Paris, is expected in Quebec shortly t,
build a $1,000, 0OO-bridge across the ST
Lawrence. which would make continu
Gus roadway from ocean to ocean on Can
adian soil.
THE next Lord Mayor of London vii
be a Hebrew. Sir Henry Isaacs, and a
Lord Mayors Day November 81 falls Of
Saturday. the jewish Sabbath, the fcs
tivities will be postponed to the follow
inc Mapday