San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-27
The Daily eight.
TUESDAY, AUGUST27 1899.
THINGS AND HAPPENS.

i'm year, take control OF all the tele-
graph lines.
"Designs for funerals of fresh cut
flowers is one of the unconventional
signs in Philadelphia.
A Sedalia, Mo-, man has Bible
that is 1872 years old. Bibles, as a
rule, last a long while at Sedalia.
One Of the curiosities of the Paris
exposition is the "Venus of Milo'' in
chocolate, a copper-colored Venus.
The present strength of the Grand
Army of the Republic is Alb ,22S, an
increase of $4,000 during the past
year.
A lawyer in Philadelphia has just
taken $40, 900 of $50, 900 damages he Sc
cured for a newsboy who was injured
by railroad accident.
Aman who came to Rawlins county,
Kan, in 1889 with only So and suit
of clothes now has $50 acres of land,
six horses and thirty town lots, but
he still has only one.suit of clothes.
The Christian church of Mound
CITY, Mo-, has taken decided stand
on the temperance question by pass
ing resolution to eXpel any member
forthwith who signs petition for
saloon.
Master Ellis Thomas, who had a
finger bitten off by hyena in circus
at Bethlehem q few days ago, bore
the injury bravely. The first thing
he said was, "My finger is gone
where's my hat?"
Thirty-four thousand men will take
part in the autumn maneuvers of the
French army, which will be held in
the Eastern provinces. Officers from
the armies of all nations are expected
to be present.
Appleton Webb, of Waterville, Me-,
lost his gold watch while fishing in
Paolin pond four years ago. The 9TH
er day it was returned to him by
fisherman, who discovered it lying on
the bottom of the lake.
Tea gowns are reported to be emerg-
ing from the domain of silk, and to be
made from wooden goods, striped or
otherwise. The fronts are still of fine
goods, but the only garment that re-
tains the old quality is the tea jacket
The Lake Charles (La.) Echo tells
of an old lady, Mrs. Edward Brous-
sard, living on Lacassire bayou, near
Lake Charles, who is lis years old,
her ninth child being seventy. The
old lady is still strong and active,
moving about and doing ordinary
hOusewOrk.
The Chase county KAN farmer
who recently fell heir to $3.50, 900, after
studying all of one day what to do
with his money, got up the next
morning, went 10 town and bought
big red threshing machine, which he
brought home and placed under
tree.
A sparrow was picking up the corn
which had fallen from the horses
nOsebags, when mouse appeared and
proceeded to dispute with the sparrow
his right to the dainty mOrseIs. A
fight ensued, which lasted for some
minutes, and then the sparrow beat
a retreat.
George Butson, of WOOdvale, Pa.
advertses IN the JOhnstOwn Tribune
of Saturday that in hastily donating
clothing to the flood sufferers on the
night of May 81 he gave away a vest
forgetting to remove his watch from
the pocket. He would like the watch
back.
Spokane Falls is recovering rapidly
from the effects of the great fire
within her borders. The chief baker
of the city resumed business the day
after the fire. Having no sign. he
hoisted a pitchfork above the ridge
pole of the "shack" he was living in,
with a loaf of bread stuck on each
tine.
Mr.. J. F. Rooney, prominent bust
ness man of Mexican, Pa, in crossing
a field saw fat rabbit run. Throw
ing off a new and costly coat he pur-
sued bunny many miles, until it
vanished in an inaccessible hole.
Attempting to retrace his steps he
found the trail too faint, and must buy
another coat.
Actual elevations taken since the
recent disaster at JohnstOwD, Pa,
shows that during the flood the water
in the neighbOrhood of COnemaugh
and the South Fork bridge reached
an average height of forty feet above
lOw-water mark. At the big vladuct
on the upstream side the water was
seventy-nine feet deep.
A sort of cheese mine has been dis
covered at Palmyra, Wis. 1t isn't
precisely mine, in fact, being large
quantity of cheese which was buried
many years ago beneath a factory
and there in some manner forgotten
1t has just been discovered and the
valuable product is being quarried
out by the present owners of the fac
tory.
Henry ManWeiler. an Omaha real