The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-11
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owns pet badger.
1T Is intended to adopt the electric
light In Strasburg cathedral.
, SOME ladies' boots shown in Boston
shop window are 500 a pair.
A NATIONAL chrysanthemum society
has been formed in this country.
The potato bug is making its appear
snce In various parts Of the country.
For five acres OF land on the summit
Of Mt. Washington the owners want
case, 900.
| THE Society of American Florists has
voted to petition Congress to establish
floral school.
I A CHATTANOOGA man tried the other
lay to pawn his false teeth to get money
to buy drink.
SHIPBUILDlNG is booming at Bath.
Me. There are some twenty odd vessels
ON the stocks
A NUMBER of Brooklyn capitalists
have decided to open hotel on the New
York plan in Paris.
Nearly every vessel clearing from San
Diego CAL, nowadays, carries from ten
to fifteen tons OF honey.
Four hundred white families have
gone from North and South Carolina to
Arkansas to work as day laborers.
GOVERNOR LOWRY, the energetic and
snti-pugilistic executive of Mississippi,
has eleven children, nine OF whom arc
married. "@
! THE Georgia Farmers Alliance has
called upon all the cotton producers to
demand 12K cents for the present crop
OF cotton. v f
A JUDGE down in Tennessee has in.
structed his grand jury Ito indict all
persons who publicly express iufidel
sentiments"
A STEUBENvlLLE, o., man suggests
that day like Arbor Day be set apart
annually for the destruction OF the En-
glish sparrow. &a &
AN ancient acqueduct, unruined and
at for present use, has been discovered
close to Athens. 1t is in the suburb to-
wards Hymettus.
A COMPANY is boring on Lookout
Mountain for water, and If flowing
we'll is obtained it will be used in sup
plying Chattanooga
JUDGE F. WELLHoUsE. of Fremont,
Kan, is said to be the proprietor of the
largest orchard in the world. He has
LOTS acres in fruit trees. tf..t,t
BIRCH BARK lawn parties are the
latest in Maine. The invitations are
written on birch bark and the refresh
ments served from plates OF the same
material.
A REMNANT of the Seneca tribe Of In
dams still fingers in Warren County,
Pa, spearing fish, ETC.. for living. The
tribe, all told, barely numbers 1000
members.
SARATOGA now has q beautiful Pom
peiian house. an exact reproduction OF
the residence Of q wealthy Pompeiian at
the epoch OF the eruption of Vesuvius in
the year 70.
FRENCH farmers, it seems, are alarmed
ct the increasing importation and con-
sumption of American corn. and are do
manding that prohibitory duty be
placed upon it.
THE city council Of Guthrie, Okla
homa, has given the municipal career of
that place start by granting franchise
for twenty years to lottery company
similar to that Of Louisiana.
The death.bed confession Of Barry
Trail, Of Florida, Mo-, showed that he
murdered two people in 1864, and then,
10 save his own neck, allowed an inno-
cent man to be hanged for it.
The Congo district seems to be devel-
oping as producer of tobacco. Brussels
tobacconists say its leaves are remark
ably we'll adapted for cigars, being of ex.
ceedingly good flavor and very supple.
MRS. THOMAS PELToN, of Washing
ton, Me-, is such an enthusiastic fisher
man that, although in her seventy-sixth
year, she landed 176 speckled trout
this season herself. Competition is in
yited.
THE first prize of $500, which was Of
fered for design for the Iowa soldiers
monument, was awarded to Mrs. Harriet
A. Ketcham. of Mt Pleasant, Ia. The
model is bronze equestrian statue of
heroic size.
THE valuable uses of electricity are
extending very rapidly. 1t is useful in
transmitting messages, running rail-
roads, lighting cities, executing MUIR
derers, and 1t is now used to determine
the age Of wines.
THE whey ards Of the Niagara Grape
Company, of Chester County, Pa, pre-
sent very unusual appearance at pres
ent. The company has just placed 40,
600 paper bags on its vines. each bunch
being placed in bag. This is to pre-
vent the grapes from rotting.
THE Louisville Courier-Journal says
''Mr. Edison having been made an ltal
ian Count no time should be lost in
making him Colonel of the State OF
Kentucky. Too many honors can no,
be showered upon our great electri-
cian."
A HOTEL guest at the Thousand
Islands asked the colored waiter what
game he liked best and received the re-
ply: almost any kind of game'll sui,
me, but what likes best is an American
eagle served on silver dollar" And
he got II.
M. CARNoT, President of the French
Republic, when he drives out is attended
by two or three mounted soldiers, whose
duty seems to be to give the Presidcn.
tial horses a chance to trot occasionally
JULES VERNE's celebrated ira velel