Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

King Karl OF Bavaria wf1l celebrate the
18th anniversary Of his reign In few
months.
It Is said that this Is the FIRST winter for
30 years that teams have not crossed
Sunapee Lake, N. H., on the ice.
can Anarchist" Is the name Of a novel
by Chicagoan. There ought TO be Hay
market for 1t.
Excessive gum chewing paralyzed the
muscles OF an Indiana woman's face, and
she was compelled to send for physician
before she could open her mouth.
II Is announced that the land in Fred
ericksburg, Va. on which Is the grave OF
the mother OF George Washington, will be
sold at auction in Washington next week.
A practical joker In Bridgeport, Conn,
ienited an acquaintance hair with Gig
arctic, and when the flames were ex-
tinguIehed the unfortunate mans head
was entirely bald aud his face badly
burned.
Several watches and knives and 90 gold
rings were found 10 an old grlet mill at
Bar Harbor, Me-, by the workmen who
demolished II. The structure is supposed
to have been used as a hiding place by
thieves.
Hotel keepers in Plain1eld, N. J. being
refused liquor licenses by the Common
Council have closed their establishments,
and despatch says that they are deter
mined not 10 accommodate the travelling
public until licenses are granted.
An easy way to eplit sheet of paper,
says the New York Tribune, is 10 soak 1t
thoroughly and spread ~ out on pane
; AT a,la WITH, tasfnl h0udIlnn ha
upper half eau then lie peeled of. The
lower viii stick to the glass untIl 1t be-
comes dry.
A medium-sized bear bound for New
Orleans, broke from its cage near Bir-
min2ham, Ala, and attacked Geo. Engle
an employe OF the road who was In the
car. After severe t;ssle, during which
Engle was knocked down and bitten, th,
beast returned TO Its cage.
Among the birthday presents received
by Edison, the inventor, was u cake from
his servants. 1t was about two feet II
diameter and IL inches high. 1t bore til,
Inscription: Thomas A. Edison, 1889,
in frost work, end around it's edges wer'
AZ tiny incandceceHt electric lights, sup
pied from q battery placed In cavity Ii
the centre OF the cake.
| Here Is the routine OF specimen
Maine logging camp: The mi II turn In al
o o'clock p. m. At O'Clock d. m. tn,
teamsters are up and feed their horses, a
the breakfast bell rings, and at $50 til,
word is given TO hook on. No mar
moves until the bell rings, and tb0n tucl
rally, Gays New England journal
which AYERS that the ten-hour law hai
not taken TO the woods yit.
Japan apparently leads the world IL
the number of houses destroyed by fire
Quite frequently 20 OF 80 buildings 70 NJ
In smoke, while several times within thu
past year the number has been 80 time
that great. Late in January fame
swept over Ia streets 10 Ichibancho, ant
1000 houses, including schools and tenn
plies, were reduced to ashes. A few day.
later 500 buildings were damaged n
Yokoeuka,
A correspondent writes the New Yorl
Tribune, from Browster's, N. Y, telling
of an atmospheric phenomenon observed
there on the goth ult: "About s o'clocl
there was a bright sun-dog some twenty
degrees north of the sup, and abou
double the distance directly over the sui
was brilliant arc of rainbow, perhapl
fifteen degrees long, with its convex sid
toward the Gun. Its radius, had 1t beer
reversed, would probably have reache,
the sun. Only q slight haze pervadeC
the sky at the time. and this continued IL
clear away until the bow appeared II
almost cloudless air, thin gauze of die
tant white cloud forming the only visibl
base of rejection. The spectacle re
manned Unchanged until 0.30 a. M, au,
then gradually disappeared as the sky be
: came entirely clear. The sun-dog tastes
about the came length of time, and on
also appeared on the opposite side OF tn
sue, with long eomet-like tail Of ligh
stretching backward, fifty or moe de
grees,"