The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-17
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A HANNIBAL nv. birl los uioOo'S->
that chewing gum makes good fish
bait.
GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian, is
now the Oldest living graduate OF Har-
ward.
A CHICAGO court DEGREES divorces
granted by Jewish churches Intellectual
in law.
TwENTY-sIx years have passed away
since the battle Of Gettysburg was
fought.
A CHICAGO enthusiast talks of erect
ing a tower in that city 1000 feet In
height.
Los ANGELES, CAL, has decided to
build sewer to the sea, at cost OF
$1,000, 600.
MISS ALA NJ. LoNGFELLOw, daughter
of the poet, is an enthusiastic amateur
photographer.
THE tide of immigration is weaker
than it was a year ago by some 1000
persons month.
BEN BUFFERS best eye is now in poor
condition, and it is feared that he may
become totally blind.
IT is reported that w. X. Vanderbilt
has offered $1,GOO,O0O for the Secretan
collection of pictures.
The bridal dress in which Miss Eliza
beth Drexel was married the other day,
cost five thousand dollars.
CROP prospects throughout the United
States are unusually good. The year
1889 promises to be bountiful.
AN oak tree is growing out of the
branches of China tree on Mr.. Hill
mans place in Greene County, Ga.
THE hot, dry spell that has so seriously
damaged the crops in Dakota and Min
nesota has been broken by good rains.
A LONDON physician of eminence
maintains that the most potent cause OF
the dissemination of disease is kissing.
CHARGES have been made against
leading members of the Detroitcity coun-
Gil for demanding money from contrac-
tors.
Two negro emigration commissioners
are in Mexico, trying to get hold Of
land on which to start colony of their
race.
SENATOR MORRILL,, of Vermont, is sew
enty-nine years old, and has represented
his State at Washington for thirty-tive
years.
THE bride was one of our Oldest citi-
zens," says Missouri exchange, and the
editor wonders why he didn't receive
any wedding cake.
THE best dressed woman, the woman
with baby, and the old woman are ten
dered a seat in the crowded street-car in
the order mentioned.
THE output of lump coal from the
Illinois mines in the year ending July 1,
1888, was 11,s55.lsS tons, the greatest in
the history of the State.
IT is significant fact that of those
who have committed suicide in this
country during the last eight years two
thirds were of foreign birth.
THE late Simon Cameron began his
career without dollar and he always
proudly referred to this fact as furnish.
ing the key to his success in life.
THE Scientific American recommends
carbolic acid sprinkled on the bed to
keep off mosquitoes. Itwould also have
tendency to keep off the sleeper.
SIR JULIAN PAUNcEFoTE, the British
Minister, will sail for England shortly,
and upon his return in the autu mn will
be accompanied by his wife and two
daughters.
Prof. S. P. PITTMAN, prominent Ar.
kansas educator, answered the adver-
tisement of Sarah jackson, of Chicago
and married her after an acquaintance
Vt six hours.
The playful act of man in picking
up another and dropping him over the
side of an excursion steamer resulting ir
his death, is looked upon in New
York court as murder.
PRINCE BISMARCK is said to take more
pleasure in recounting the dueling and
drinking feats of his student days thar
in relating any of his later triumphs in
the field of craftsmanship.
TULARE lake, in California, which
was formerly 20 by 80 miles in extent, i.
now only Is by 90. Although the water
is strongly impregnated with borax and
alkali, the lake is full of fish.
THE steamships that leave American
ports are carrying an unusually large
number of steerage passengers t.
Europe. Most of them are foreigners
who have been disappointed in America.
AN eel suicided in Forsythe County,
Ca, the other day. 1t hooked itself,
and failing to effect it's release, deliber.
ately tied itself around the rope in ,
hard knot, thereby choking itself t.
death.
FREEDOM SHELMAN, Of Garrett County,
w. Va, expects to make his fortune
some day By extracting gold from
the teeth Of dead bodies. He says
there is millions of dollars thus going t.
waste.
A MIssoURIAN named Curtain propose.
to expend $4,000 in taking vote fol
preferences in the presidential election
of 1892, and then sell the result of hi
labor to the newspapers. The vote viii
require years time.
A QUARRY of paving stone in which
the slabs are streaked with red, whit,
and blue has been discovered nea
Meshoppin, Wyoming County, Pa.
The largest ferryboat in the world i
the Solano, used in carrying train
across the Straits of Carquinez. betwee,
Benicia and Porta Costa. 1t is AGO fee
long and has a capacity of forty-eigh