Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-09-04
CEREDO. WAYNE co. w. VA WENEsDAY sEPTEMBET
CURRENT TOPICS.

Ir Is intended to adopt the electric
light in Strasburg cathedral.
SoME ladies' boots hhown In l,oston
shop window are 500 pair.
NATIONAL ohrysanthcmum society
has been formed In this country.
Tur potato bug Is making It's appear
ancc In various parts Of the country.
FoR fvc acres of land ON tho summit,
OF Mt Washington the owners wan,
$3.50, 600.
Tins Society of American Florists has
voted To petition Compress tc establish
floral school.
CHATTANOOGA man tried the other
day To pawn his false teeth to get money
10 buy drink.
SmirnuiLDiSo Is booming ut Hath.
Me. There are somo twenty odd vessels
ON tho stocks.
NuMnrn of brooklyn capitalists
have decided To opcns hotel on the New
York plan In Paris.
Nearly every vessel clearing from san
Diego, Cal, nowadays carries from ton
to fifteen tons OF honey.
FovI hundred whitc families have
gone from North and South Carolina uo
Arkansas to work as day laborcrs-
GovrnNon Lowny. tho cncrgrtic and
anti-pugilistic executive OF Mississippi.
has eleven children, ninc of whom are
married.
Tmr Georgia Farmers Alliance has
called upon all tho cotton producers TO
demand i2i6 cents for the present crop
OF cotton.
A JupoE down In Tennessee has in
atructcd his grand jury ITO iudict all
persons who publicly express iulidol
sentiments"
SrEunENviLI.r. o.. man suggcsts
that q day like Arbor Day bc set apart
annually for the destruction OF the En-
glish sparrow.
An ancient acqucduct unruincd and
NJ for present use. has been discovered
close To Athens. IL Is In tho suburb to-
wards Hymcttus.
COMPANY Is boring on Lookout
Mountain for water, and " nowing
well is obtained IL will bc used in sup.
plying Chattanooga.
JuDGE II. WEILuousE, of Fremont
Kan. Is said 20 be the proprietor of the
largest orchard In the world. lie has
LOIS acres in fruit trees
"BrRcu BARK" lawn parties arc tho
I
written on birch bark and tho refresh
mcnts served from plates of tho same
material.
A HEMsANr OF the Seneca trlbc OF In
dians still fingers In Warren County.
Pa, spcaring FISH, otc.. for living. Tho
tribe, all told, barely numbers ZOO
members
SARATOGA now has beautiful Pom
peiian house. an exact reproduction OF
the residence OF wealthy Pompciian a,
the epoch Of the eruption OF Vcsuyius in
the year 10
FRENCH farmers, IL seems. are alarmed
at the increasing importation and con
sumption OF American corn, and arc do.
manding that u probibitory duty bc
placed upon IL.
THE city council OF Guthrie. Okla
hona, has given the municipal carcor Of
that place a start by granting a franchise
for twenty years TO lottery company
similar TO that OF Louisiana.
The death bed confession Of Barry
Trail, OF Florida, Mo, showed that he
murdered two people In 1854. and then.
10 save his own neck, allowed an limo
cent man 20 DO hanged for ~.
TnE Congo district seems 20 bo devcl-
oping as producer OF tobacco. brussels
tobacconists say its leaves arc remark
ably we'll adapted for cigars. being Of ex.
ceedingIy good flavor and very supple.
MRs THOMAS PgLToS, Of Washing.
ton, Me-. is such an enthusiastic fisher
man that, although in her seventy sixth
year. she landed 17G specklcd trout
this season herself. Competition Is in
Yited
The first prize Of $500 which was Of
fered for a design for the Iowa soldiers
monument. was awarded % Mrs Harriet
| A. Kotcbam. Of Ne Pleasant, Ia. Tho
model Is a bronze equestrian statue Of
heroic size.
THE valuable uses Of electricity arc
extending very rapidly. u is useful In
transmitting messages, running rail-
roads, lighting cities. executing mur-
derers, aud 10 IS now used TO determine
the age of wines
THE whey ards Of The Niagara Grape
/ Company. of Chester County. Pa. pro.
I sent a very unusual appearance at pres
ent Tho company has just placed 60
900 paper bags on is vines. each bunch
being placed Ia bag This is so pre-
vent the grapes from rotting.
IHE Louisville Courier Journal says.
'Mr. Edison having been made an Itai-
/ ian Count. no time should be- lost In
making him Colonel of tho State Of
! Kentucky Too many hon0rs can not
be showered upon our great clcctri-
clan"
a norEL guest a. tho Thousand
I IGiaDds asked the cOlOrcd waiter what
/ game be liked best, and received the re-
/ ply. Almost any kind 81 gameIl suit
me. but what likes bcst is an American
eagle served on silver dollar" AnJ
he got a.
MHs EHIA ALIHoUsr. q Buffalo.
who. for the last two years. has bocn
The wonder Of the country 0n account of
her so-cailed sleeping speiis. some iasf-
ing tbirty-hvc days. Is recovering. the
spells now being reduced IN Irneth %
three days. and IS able 40 times 20 sic 70
and chat with her sisters.
NJ Carson President ~ thc Ercneh
/ Republic. when ho drives sut is attended
/ by two or three mounted soldiers. whose
/ duty seems 70 bc 10 give tho prcsidcn-
tial horses chance % trot occasionally.