San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-20
CURIOUS CULLINGS.

Nebraska is a name of Indian ORR
gin and means "Shallow water"
New Hampshire was named after
Hampshire county in England.
Vermont took it's name from the
French and means "green noun
tains."
North Carolina and South Carolina
were named after Charles (Carolus)
| II.
Missouri was named after the river
and meaning in Indian muddy
water"
Delaware takes it's name from the
river and bay named after Lord De
| la Ware.
Suicides have been unusually fire.
quent in New York City of late.
Texas has forty-nine county seats
destitute of gospel preaching.
A rabbit with two tails was caught
in trap at Red Bank, n. j., last
week.
The fountain between the New
York city hall and post office cost $780,
600 and has never gushed.
Pennsylvania was named by Will
liam Penn, and means "the woody
country of Penn"
Illinois is named from the Indian
tribe Illini, supposed to mean superb
or men.
Michigan was named after the lake;
the word is Indian, and means great
lake"
Ohio was named from the river.
The word in Indi all means beautiful
river.n
Early in January there were twelve
guests at hotel in st. Augustine
that cost Sc, O00,O 900 to erect.
Pennsylvania is contemplating pub
ing a book on the Birds of Pennsyl
vania,n at cost of S37 900.
A Pekin (China) weekly newspaper
has just finished serial story which
contained 1000 chapters.
A Maine minister recently received
from an admiring female parishioner
a present of a nicely made burial
robe.
Under the new constitution of Japan
voters must be twenty-five years of
age and they must pay taxes to the
amount of S25 year.
The American consul at Pekin re-
ports that the total number of Ameri-
can citizens residing in China is 1,022,
of whom 500 are missionaries.
A correspondent of the Boston
Traveller suggests new name,
"Whulge," for Washington Territory.
1t is the old Indian name of Puget
Sound.
There are sixty electric railways in
operation in the United States and
two in Canada, and contracts have
been signed for the equipment of
TWEEN ty-fOur others in various cities OF
this country.
A Neshkora wis., young man, who
took young lady sleigh riding and
made her walk home from the coun-
try because she displeased aim, was
fined $50 and sentenced to spend 20
days in Jail.
Jersey City has abolished its News
boys home. 1t was found that the
boys used it for a loafing place and
that four-fifths of it's dodgers were
boys who ran away from home and
had no real need for its convent
ences.
There is a novel bill before the New
York legislature, providing for the es-
Establishment of four dairy schools for
the purpose of giving free instruction
to young men and women in the man
agement of the dairy. The bill ap-
prOpriates $50, 900.
A mummy sent to Maspero, the
Psychologist, to friends in France,
was halted at Marseilles by a Gus
toms officer who opened the case, and,
unable to find anything about duties
on Pharos on his printed list, CLASH
fled it as "dried fish," and levied the
corresponding G. o. d. duty.
Scientists are greatly interested in
the discovery Of a fossil tree, known
as the Cellus Gigantus, in the shaft
of the Meriden Comm Quarry COM
pany. 1t was unearthed at the low
est level yet reached by the COM
pany, and, it is claimed, is the only
known specimen discovered.
One of the applications of a waste
product to a useful purpose is the
manufacture of paper out of cedar
wood pulp, for underlying carpets,
wrapping of wool, furs, etc. The
papermakers procure the cedar chips
of pencil manufacturers, and the pa
per made of this material will, it is
claimed, preserve articles wrappen in
it from the moths.
Texas was known to the Spanish
missionaries i'm 1924 as Mixtecapan,
and its inhabitants as Mixteens, and
Texas is supposed to be corruption
of MiXtecas.
Florida was the name given TO a