Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-09-18
CURRENT TOPICS.
YE1Aow fevcr is raging in spain.


An altar of goldcn-rod was used in a
Springfield (Mass.) wedding.
TnE Empress OF Japan has again do
cidcd to como to this country.
PRINCE ALnEtr VicroR "a roinv to
India to investigate tho tigers.
FIsn have bcon caught in the Gulf
OF California at n depth OF i,400 feet.
TnE Chickasaw Nation Is about to
pass law disfranchising white voters.
KING MAIiEroAs salary. before no
was deposed. amounted 10 $40 month.
EDISON smokes great deal; the moro
work he does, tho moro cigars he con.
sumcs
A cow that always gives two calves n,
a birth Is owned by Zcba Wog, OF Kon.
mott, Pa.
FAcErIous Englishmon call tho Amer.
lean minister's house in London Lin
coins Inn.
BuFFALo, Oak, has thrce-ycar old
boy who weighs eighty pounds and is
four feet high.
i. IL. BARNuART, farmer OF POTTS
County, Mo, has lost his left hand from
the bite OF rat
TnE Indians predict an carly and very
severe winter In consequence OF the pine.
nut crop being so heavy.
SAM DICKEy, the circus clown, died
from blood poisoning produced by tho
white powder he used ON his face.
A TONS RIVER, n. j., farmer has dug
two bushels OF potatoes from tho seed
of single tubcr planted last June.
JonNsrowN's new directory shows that
thirty-six groceries and ffty-onc saloons
have been established since the flood.
PUT two nickels I'm tho slot and get
bottle OF whisky" Is tho sign on slot
machine which has appeared in Kansas
City.
M. BARBEKIENNE, the famous bronze
founder, of Paris, exhibits at the Paris
exposition a clock which IL valued at
s7O,OOO
HENRY NJ. FLAoLEn, tho Standard
Oil millionaire, Is going 60 lay out an
extensive winter baseball ground in
Florida.
CoLoRED CADET FLIPPER, who acquir-
cd considerable notorioty at West Point
some years ago, is now an officer In the
Mexican army.
Two flocSs OF sparrows at Moundsville,
w. Va, engaged in a pitched battle and
when they had finished eight birds lay
dead upon the ground
The Japanese government has coined
$4,000 worth OF nickel five cent pieces.
Tho people like them much and tho
coinage will be continued.
AS IRON expands with the heat, the
Eiifcl tower is said TO be Eve inches
taller when tho temperature is high than
1t Is in tho cool OF tho day.
PAsTEuR has been made doctor OF
laws by the University OF Edinburgh, In
view OF the Importance OF his researches
on the subject Of hydrophobia.
PORTIONS OF Java arc being deserted
owing TO the tiger plague. The total
population is about 600. 900, and in 1887
sixty-one were killed by tigers.
Some of the alleged Johnstown suffer
ers are still wandering about in Mich
igan, asking aims and showing the
Johnstown mud on their clothes.
WHETHER electricity will or will not
| Kill criminals may be an open question;
but there seems 20 be no reasonable
doubt that It will kill anybody else.
A WEST VmoEIAS trained tiny
stream Of water 10 fall drop by drop on
rock, and in five years IL has worn a
hole seven inches deep in solid stone.
Dir. GEORGE NAsEZ, chief botanist OF
the National Department OF Agriculture,
Is making a collection OF California
plants for the Washington horbarium.
| AMHERST CoLLEGE has received an
other check for -, 900 from John III.
Southwork, OF Springfield, Mass This
and his previous g, 900 were unsolicited.
THE dynamite explosion at Antwerp,
with It's fearful loss Of life, occurred by
tho constituted authorities allowing
work 10 continue in condemned build
ny.
SECRETARY TRACY will probably
recommend 90 Congress the appropri-
alton Of $500, 900 for the purpose Of put
ting ship-building plants at tho navy
yards.
UNDER the laws Of Bulgaria IL a pat
/ cnt medicine IS warranted 20 cure "A cor
tain disease and fails 20 do Il tho manu-
facturer can DO prosecuted and sent 20
prison.
GESEnAL MAnOSE, OF virginia. a.
the son Of a tavorn-keeper. lie walked
barefOOted 30 Richmond 90 secure tho
Governors aid 20 enter tho Virginis
Military Institute.
EMILY PAXTON, Of pike County. Mis-
souri,, has permission from the Governor
I " Fuah 1tatf 70 wear "a man y AAf.ta a. q
whore IN Missouri, outside OF cities of
10000 inhabitants
BULL snake seventeen feet long and
fourteen inches ia diameter has heen
seen near Gridloy, Col. IL has friQhton-
cd several teams Of horses that saw
it summing itself along the main high.
way.
CmcAGo IS thinking Of attaching cars
Of tho pullman pattern 20 her cabie
street railway trains An extra nickel
will be- charged for this luxury. and only
as many people as can secure seats will
be admitted.
a DRESDEN bank has contracted 10
furnish the Mexican Government with
the funds necessary 20 construct rail.
road across the Isthmus Of Tchuantcpoc
Tho Krupps are 10 supply the iron and
steel for the road.
MESNOSrrEs Of Lancaster County.
Pa, selected a minister tho other day
by drawing lots Twenty-ono Bibles.
one 0f which contained slip Of paper.
wero placed on a table. and tho candi.
dates walked around and each took
book. The ono drawing the slim vas