The Penn's Grove record., 1889-01-05
NEWS IN BRIEF

only q ~Casoknife and q br'ckbat a.
tools to reach the outer world, but he
got out In Just s~ixty-nine minutes
after beginning operations, and he lost
nine minutes in reflection at that.
The latest addition to Withlacoo.
chez, Fla, fame Is a hen which
Matched and raised to the size Of part
ridges sixteen chicks from fifteen eggs.
"A horse jumped from a car while
the train was in motion lea Mays
vile, CAL, a few days ago and landed
in good condition. at N trotting of.
The a door had been opened In some
manner.
An oil expert is of opinion that
there Is more oil under the sell OF CAL
ifornia than In Pennsylvania itself. He
finds that the ledge Of oil-producing
rock begins at Peru, crops up at San
Diego, then dips and reappears at
Santa Barbara, and again appears at
San Francisco and further north.
Fully two-thirds of the area OF
West Virginia is underlald with coal,
and in the Elk Garden region alone
there are over 100. 900 600 tons; while
in the upper Potomac region, 1t is esti-
mated that there are 1000, 000. 100
tons. 1t Is bituminous coal, and II
adapted especially for steam and
smithing purposes and for cooking.
The daughters Of Mrs. Morton,
aged respectively 10, II and Is wears.
while too young to be ''in society :"
will figure to great advantage In this
numerous festivities at the Capitol.
Edith, the eldest, will be Of sutlcient
age to make her 6ebut in socie}y by
the first winter of the new ADMINISTERS.
ton. Misses Lena and Helen like
their sister. are bright and pretty girls,
and well advanced In the matter OF
education.
Medical circles throughout Con.
necticut are mach interested In the
Case of Ellsworth Bennett, of New
Haven, who recently purchased a set
of teeth with a rubber plate. Shortly
afterward his tongue swelled to u
thickness Of two inches, and it was
found that he had been poisoned by
mercury used in the composition Of the
teeth. His eyelids also swelled, and
other paris Of his body were similarly
affected.
United States Treasurer Hyatt
says: "At the New York office, where
the receipts Of gold coin are the
largest, an experienced man can count
and bag $500 $40 pieces an hour. in
cluding the tying and marking Of the
tags to each bag Of s. 5000. For a Cay
OF ten hours the average would be
45, Sy0 pieces. or 5000. 900. The above
is considered good work, without an
effort to do the greatest amount possi-
ble. One of the female employees of
this office has counted In a day of six
and one-half hours 32,0 0 silver dollars.
Which is a considerably larger average
than that stated above"
"A curious alphabetical advertise
ment from an old number of the Lon
don Times: ITO Widowers and Single
Gentlemen:-Wanted, by a lady, a SIT
uation to superintend the household
and preside at table. She is Agreeable.
Becoming, Careful, Desirable, Eng
lish, F~acetious, Generous, Honest In
dustrious. J%udicious, Keen, Lively,
Merry, Natty, Obedient, Philosophic,
Quiet, Regular, Sociable, Tasteful,
Useful. Vivacious, Womanish, Xantip-
rish. Youthful, Jealous, etc. Address
Y, Y, T., Simmond's Library. Edge
ware-road."
The United States Geological Sur
vey gives some mining statistics that
show something of the wonderful
wealth Of this country, judged by the
immense mineral output for the last
year. The total value of all minerals
mined in 1887 was $3.50, 00O 900. This
is $40, 00O, zoo more than the output for
1886, and over 500, zoe, 900 greater
than that for 1885. The years. yield
Is not only the greatest eve produced
in this country, but is at least $780,
000, 000 greater than the output OF any
other country, and. leaving out Eng
land, is greater than that of all Europe.
Bill Nye, the humorist, Is a tall,
lantern-iawed, cadayerous looking In.
diyidual, bald as a billiard ball and
thin as a whipping post and has but
little the appearance of a mere spinner
of verbal humor. He has q weary,
mechanical smile, but he seldom uses
it, his witticisms being delivered with
a face as grave as a mustard pot. Yet
IT. Is always easy to tell when he is
going to say something funny. for he
invariably begins by scratching his
chin with his f0refnger and thumb and
wagging his head. He lives on Staten
Island and has a large nose and wears
spectacles.
Why General Harrison has a great
regard for Senator Sherman is thus x
planned by the st. Louis Republic:
"When Harrison's term in the Senate
was about expiring, he was making q
nfe-and-death struggle for himself and
The party in the legislative election in
this State. AT its beginning he wrote
to the leading Republican orators OF
the country asking their aid In the way
of speeches through the State In a bat
tie which was bound to have u great
effect upon the party all over the
country. OuIy one man responded
f4vorably to his appeal. That was John
Sherman"
The vociterous cheering which
greeted the appearance of a young lady
graduate at the last commencement
exercises OF Columbia College was au
index of the interest aroused In the
experiment Of giving women some Of
the advantages of the college. The
graduate course for the gentler sex is
nov 10 be expanded Into a regularly
endowed Columbia Annex, with Its
own trustees and its own course OF
study, subject, however, to the ap-
pIoval of the college authoritiea Even
conservative peislns have ceased to
Object so the admission Of women TO
professional careers, and it Is certain
that women have an equal right with
men to participate in the benefits
which the best equipped colleges are
lifted to confer.
Mr.. Young. for years q missionary
among the Indians of Manitoba, at a
meeting in Philadelphia recently exhib-
tied a new method OF teaching English
TO the Indians so expeditions in its
results, that with it an Indian has beau
taught the Lorj's prayer IN half an
hour and has learned to read the Bible
in o few days. Mr. Young showed
the system to Lord Dafferin when the
latter vas Governor General OF Canada.
Lord Dnfferiu exprpssad his WOnder at