Daily Republican., 1889-02-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MISS MARY Bump, aged "a, OF South
Lyme, Conn.,, took her hrst ride on a rail-
road car few days ago.
Three members 1.-TWO daughters and q
sony Of family In Shady Hook, KY,
were married one day this week.
Mary Bean, colored, of Guyton, Ca,
has found in Florida, her mother, from
whom she was forclbiy separated 81 years
ago.
:. A San Diego (Cal man has planted
10 acres Of mulberry trees, preparatory to
going into the business OF raising silk
worms.
The only colored man In the next Ma
tional House OF Representatives will be
ii. T. Cheathsm, from the Second North
Carolina Dlstrict.
"AmbIpedipulation'' isthe new word
for reversing in the waltz. Seems as II 1t
would be ea'ier to keep right on.
Duxbury, Mass, has novelty in the
shape Of man drossmaker. lie is having
a large run of custom, aud his work gives
perfect satisfaction.
Wolves have made their appearance in
the southern end OF Westmorelaud Coun-
ty, Pa, and arc causing some uneas ness
10 the farmers Whereabouts.
Farmer Jayhawk (who hesrs graud
opera for the first tltne)-Hald on thar,
you fe,lerl KANT ye walt TIL the lady gifts
through before ye begin to holleri
A writer ays that the skull of John
Tbeach, known as "Blackbeard," the
Virginia pirate OF IT'S, is In the posses
sion OF Virginia family. in the shape Of
silver-rimmed drinking cup.
-. L. la -
formed an association 'to guard them
people who have been In the habit OF
evading payment, going from one physi-
clan to another alter having exhausted
| their credit"
At soma of the stations on the Penn
sylyanla Railroad the name OF the place
Is spelled out in letters OF flowers on q
slipping bank. We have heard of raised
letters before, but here Is an instance oil
the genuine article.
| A brewery employee In San Franeisco,
on wager, carried on his shoulder, for a
distance OF SIX miles and a hall, keR
weighing 107 pounds, making the trip In
about two hours When asked II he fell
tired he offered 10 bet even money that he
could carry the keg back to the place Of
starting, but there were no takers.
A disease resembling Jnsmbranous
Group RACES among the children at Wa
bash, Ind, and foriy.seven deaths are re-
ported. The LEGAL physi 'ians are repor
ed with acknowledging their inability ia
cope with the disease, aBd DR.. Ford, OF
4 the Board Of Healto, states that yellow
fever, in Its most vlrulant form, does not
apptoaeh this phase OF Group in point oil
fatality.
Among the couples who took out mar
riage licenses in Chicago during one day
were Michael Wawzyniak and Anna
Cichanska, Ignatius Clybowski and Annie
w ycllenewsid, and Jan 5trky zyuska aud
Antonio Oksinka. The Chicago News
commenting, says that all these namel
arc regular tooth pnilers, but Inariiap,
will wipe out half Ct them. and Therefore
is not failure.
Snow shoes are wcrn even by horses oil
some OF the stage routes in Nevada
They are fastened 10 the hoofs by clamps
and, after an animal becomes used ;,
them he can travel four or 1--WE miles al
hour where IL would be Impossible h
go that distance IN week without them
The ehoes are made Of thin steel plate
aud measure about Oily IL inohes. Th
horses are Oh with / ny heel calks
which 70 through the snow khoesRn
prevent theIr slipping going up ard dow
hill.
The morphi &c habit has become so PFC
va ent In San Fraaciseo as to & We rise b
a slang applying to IL ana is vota'iel
The latter was called morphine f,ei DIS,
and the process OF hypodorinic inJeciiO
: is called taking ihot," Hospital su
geons say that the morphIae habit Is IN
cycasing rapidly, and that most OF tn
victims we're ini.iatid In Chinatown
One of these officials estimates that q
per cent. of the petty Offenders sent ;
the receiving hospitals OF the city prise
are victims Of the morphine hahi
Cocaine is SO expensive that few acquii
the "hablt."
+ DIR. Norman Kerr, an eminent phys
clan OF England, believing the statemcu
Of temperance PEOPLE that C0,O00 peopl
died annually from the effects Of stron
drink to be eNtravagaat, began as earl
US 1870 personal inquiry in eonnectIo
with several medical men and expert!
expecting to quickly dlsprove the figure,
According to their deductions the latet
estimates of death cf adults annual
caused through intcinpcrauco are
Greht Britain 10000 in France, 142
Nuut III luE buIttu EthttEt obtONpI y
nearly a half million each year in thre
countries aggrcgaiing population {
: l2,O00,000.
Alta recent talk on "wit ard Hume
in the Press" given before the Contein
porary Club of Orange, n. j., II. {
burner, editor OF Puck, related an anec
dote, Of which William Walter Phelp
was tho subject. Some years ago Puel
had been carIcaturinR Mr. Phelps pre-
fusely, always representing him With
beard, which az one time lie wore. Mi
Phelps wrote a polite note to the editor
saying that lac did not object In III
slightest to be carica ured, but lie hate
to see inaccurate journalism. For som
time he had been wearing only mui
tache, and trusted that for any futur
caricature they would use as copy a re
cent photograph, one of which he IL
closed. This illustrated the amiabilit
and good humor with Which some put
lie men endure carfcatmes .