Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-09-14
OF GENERAL INTEREST

John Williams. a bachelor In
Augusta. Me-. was told that a certain
widow had set her cap for him. and
John was so afraid that he might be
roped into narriage that he went to
the barn and hanged himself
Irish names out Of ireland are not
all found In America Spain has had
ORyan. the late Minister OF War,
o'Donaell. ODonnoju. and as Gov
ernor Of Cuba. OReilly. and as vice
president OF the Spanish Senate,
UDonnell. France has It's MacMa-
hons. ONeills. 0'Connors and Nu-
gents. ST. Patrick's day Ii celebrated
each year by the franco-Irish.
American Indians use rising smoke
To give signals to distant friends. A
small fire Is started. and. AS soon as
1t burns up, grass and leaves are
heaped on the top Of It, Thus large
column OF steam and smoke rises. BY
covering the fire with blanket, the
Indians interrupt the rising OF the
smoke at regular intervals and the
successive clouds are used for convey
ing messages.
Telegraph poles are preserved in
Norway by making an auger hole
about two feet from the ground. In
which four. or five ounces of sulphate
OF copper in course crystals are placed
and plugged in. The chemical Is grad
ually absorbed by the wood until its
whole outer surface turns a greenish
hue. The sulphate requires an occs,
sional renewal and Is said to be a per-
feet preservative.
For two years man who said he
was Edward Jones OF Company Il. First
Maine regiment. has been an inmate
OF the Soldiers Home at Togus Some
months ago he applied for pension.
A reply came from the Pension Ofiice
that Edward Jones. Company +, First
Maine regiment, was already receiving
a pension This led TO an investiga-
tion by Criminal Examiner jacobs,
who found the true Je.es In an obscure
village.
Last year 2S.2is adults and 362
children went to the top OF Bunker
Hill monument. The receipts were
1885. so; expenses between $4,000
and 5000. The number of visitors
from foreign countries was as follows:
England. l72; Scotland. &C.; ireland,
80; Germany, 80; South America, %;
West Indies. %; Asia. 2S; Australia.
Ia; Norway and Sweden. i6; Sandwich
Islands. Is; France. Is; Turkey. 10;
Switzerland. 6; India. 2; New Zealand,
d; Belgium, Denmark. Italy and Rus
sia. each.
Morgan County boasts OF the
largest beech tree in Georgia II is
situated four miles below Madison, on
the right side of the Georgia railroad,
and Is plainly visible from the train,
but attracts little attention from trav-
elers from the fact that. owing 10 the
immense size. persons take IL for
granted that IL is an entire grove. So
large. In fact. Is the tree that its di-
mensions sound almost incredible. Ii
IL twenty-one feet In circumference.
and ut twelve o'clock in the day il
casts shadow ia feet in diameter.
The report OF Adiutant-General
Drum places the numerical strength
OF the New York State militia at 49,
532, the greatest in the Union. Penn
sylvania is second, with 1851, and
Ohio third. with 5,627. The fourth in
line Is South Carolina. which has s. 305,
or only 322 less than Ohio. although
the unorganized militia of the two
States i lis. 900 and 450, 600 respect
lively. Massachusetts comes next.
with 5.i62. but the six States might
lead TO some random guessing, as it is
Georgia which surpasses Illinois by a
few hundred. Little New Jersey,
always an enthusiastic military State.
follows. having 4. 1874 organized militia.
against 4.2l9 OF Illinois. with Chicago
to help. The next is California