The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-01-02
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cess. Brsaksge will be less frequent
An over.production OF window glass Is
causing glut in the Western market
II Utah comes into the Union she will
probably b called the Matrimonial State.
THERE are six or more candidates for
the Speakership In the Fifty first Congress.
OPERA glasses with long handles. after
tho style of lorgnettes, are something
new.
The Queen of Portugal is known among
her subjects by the title of "Angel of
Pity"
The Duchess Of Cambridge pays well.
known vocalist "a 900 year to sing to her
daily. !IttS
ALABAMA is the farmers paradise. They
control the coming Legislature In that
State. "a
KALAKAuA, King Of the Sandwich
Islands, will visit this country in the
spring. e. q
SIDNEY, Australia, will soon have the
largest organ in the world. 1t will cost
$4,000.
THE double breasted vest, out of the
field of fashion for long time, has come
back to it. '-ttt8
A MAN named Hicks has invented a
wheel that will throw a dynamite projec.
tile five miles.
EDITOR WILLIAM O'BRIEN manages to
get into trouble about as often as any pat.
riot Of the age.
HE Sultan Of Turkey has become inter-
ested in typewriting, and is practicing the
art sedulously
THIRrY-FIvE divorce cases-six of which
were tried-were disposed of in one hour
by Chicago judge.
The famous Havana cigar factory, the
Henry Clay, has been sold to an English
syndicate for l,t50,00o.
AN effort is being made, with every in.
dication of success, to re-establish a
Southern Base Ball League.
The man who shot his wife because she
was in good health is more ambitious to
incur DOCTORS bills than most
APPLICANTS for the consulship at Hayti
will not be numerous il Legitime shows
the bsllicose spirit attributed to him.
A DRY goods clerk in Pittsburgh, who
ate three mince pies on a wager the other
night was found dead in bed the next
morning
The heaviest man in Virginia is thought
to be Captain Cab Maddux, of Fauquier
County. He weighs 440 pounds and is a
hotel-keeper.
OLD boots and shoes, steamed to pulp,
, are now converted into the soft, stamped,
ornamental leather so popular for artistic
bookbinding.
TINTED gray is something new in note
paper. The note sheet is small, folds once
and fits the envelope, which has a rounded,
not square, flap.
ARBoR day, which originated In Nebras-
ka, has been the means of causing tho
planting of nearly 100000 acres of forest
land in that State alone.
The Federation OF Labor has decided to
make on the LIST of May, 1890, concerted
demand throughout the United States for
the adoption of the eight-hour system.
SMOKY LONDON will probably be less
gloomy in the future. The entire city is to
be illuminated by electricity. The plant re-
quired for this will he the largest in the
world.
john JACOB AsroR has given $4,000
to erect an additional building for the
New York Cancer Hospital. Mr.. Astor's
gifts to the institution thus far exceed
$350,000.
LAST year our imports from Japan, in :
GLIDING raw silk, teas, fans, handkerchiefs,
hoS nd tho 1tGa N tod In n r1yr
$4,000, 0J0-more than was bought by any
other nation.
A BROOKLYN fireman who was buried
under falling wall says that his only
thought was of his land.ady. He owed
her for two weeks board, and he was
afraid she'd lose it. ..s, 4sassy
The Swiss toy makers let Edison get
ahead Of them in the photograph dolls,
but they are making toy children that imi-
itate perfectly the human voice and the
shrill whistle Of birds.
A BILL passed the South Carolina SEN
ate, few days ago, making it INSIDE
meanor, punishable by dismissal. for any
member Of the Legislature to accept free
pass from any railroad. ,,S
ONE hundred Of Denver's leading busi-
ness men will 60 to Washington to attend
the inauguration, dressed as cowboys.
They have secured the Cowboy Band, Of
Dodge City, to accompany them.
NEAR Winnipeg, Manitoba, lives a far.
mer named N, Rae who tried to hang him.
self becauss his wife gave $40 to her
church. The wife saved his life by cutting
him down, and the church gave the money
back.
SENATOR REAGAN, Of Texas, appointed
his wife - his private secretary. Every
Senator not the chairman Of q committee
is allowed q private secretary, who re.
ceives q salary Of ~ day during the SEES.
sion. H,
The savory nutmeg is placed on the list
Of active poisons by the Hospital of Lon .
don, because . boy of eight years, after
eating two whole nutmegs, fell into a
comatose state and died within twelve
hours
A SHORT time since mandatory of
artificial hair charged its ruin on The FASH
ion Of wearing ones own hair, set by Mad.
Langtry. And now the hustle manufac-
turers are charging their ruin upon Mrs.
Cleveland.
THE fates favored him and he is now a
very wealthy man. The inventor West
inghouse, who has made half dozen mil
lions out Of his air brakes, once offered to
sell il outright for $4,000.
EIGHT gigantic pears from Stanislaus
County, Cal, that were recently exhibited
in San Fran isco. weighed thirty.three
and one-third pounds, or tour and one
sixth pounds each, and they completely
Tiled . 6ve-galion glass Jar.