The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-04
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sorn-helds Of Texas.
THEY profess to smooth out wrinkles
BY electricity in Paris.
AT Fort Dodge, Iowa, butter is selling
Tor nine cents pound.
A MAN proposes to jump from the top
Of the Eiffel Tower into net
The Mexican war veterans will hold q
meeting at Detroit September "a.
THE st. Louis elevated road will be
seventeen miles long and cost 81, 0OO,-
900.
The watering place season has by no
means come up to expectations Of sue
cess.
CARRIAGE horses, only fairly we'll
matched, in Buenos Ayres, bring S., 900
pair.
GEORGIA expects her fruit crop this
year to be the largest in the history of
the State.
The trust rage is being run into the
ground. An earlhenware trust is now to
be formed.
PRIVATE SECRETARY HALFoRD's young
daughter is one Of the popular bellies at
Deer Park.
A WELLsBURG wv. va.) dog jumped
into the, water and rescued half-drown-
ed chicken.
The vintage Of this year, in both
France and Germany, promises to rival
that of 1868.
IT is said in Washington that Hadje
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country in October.
Four marriages of Cinnamon to white
women have taken place in Chicago dur
Ing the last three weeks. fsf l..
RETURNING travellers are complaining
that they have been ''frozen to death"
this summer at Northern resorts.
AT Waterville, Wash, squirrels are
30 plentiful that they enter peoples
houses and eat the crumbs from under
the tables. fks A& I
Mr.. MOODY will hold convention of
evangelical ministers and laymen at
Chicago for ten days, beginning on Sep
TENDER 20. ''
A MONUMENT to the memory Of John
Brown, of Ossawatamie, is to be erected
on ground made historical by his vir-
ginia raid. sr % ~ sa'sS 'ae r
IT is said that the common cowcatcher
attachment to locomotives is about the
only article Of universal use that was
never patented. M
ACCORDING to an African prince now
In Boston, SANKEY'S name there is Bulu
Matadi, given to him because Of his
ability to break stones.
THE Duke of Sparta and Princess So
phia, Of Prussia who are to be married
presently, are industriously studying
each others native language.
The horse power Of steam used in the
United States on railways, steamers and
in factories and mines was in 1883 49,
100000, against 1910, 900 in 1850.
The Empress Of Germany will make
her first visit in company with her hus-
band to Rome in the fall. She will
spend some time also in Greece.
A CONVICT just released from the Kan
sas penitentiary raised while there S21
white rats in eight months from sin
gle pair. He expects to sell them for
pets.
The Chicago Times has struck key
note, SO to speak. 1t urges that less
money should be spent upon the school
buildings and more upon the school
Fairgrounds.
j. G. THOMPSON has discovered flow.
ing spring of vinegar on his ranch, neal
Homer, Cal, and will start a pickle fac.
tory. The fluid is equal to the best
cider vinegar.
North DAKOTA will be the first State
as State, to make provision for a sys
tenn Of manual training. Forty thous
and acres of land have been set apart
for that purpose.
RUSSIA has made contracts for two
more ironclads and quite number O.
torpedo vessels. The peace of Europe
sits on barrel of gunpowder toying
with lighted fuse.
Miss THEKLA STEUBER, of Philadel
phia, is a hustler. She testified that or
August certain man promised t.
marry her. On August 10 she sued hin
for breach Of promise. 7 NJ y s
SUCCESSFUL tests were made with
long-distance telephone circuit betwee,
Milwaukee and Chicago recently. 4
conversation was carried on in whisper
between the two cities
SINCE 1900 the population Of Europ'
has just doubled itself. Then the popu
lation was ITO, 600, 600; in 1880, 216, 600,
600; in 1860, 2s9, 900. 600; in 1880, 3S1,
600, 900; in 1888, $50, 000,0 00..
A LITTLE Milwaukee woman capture,
burglar at the point of . revolver ant
handed him over to male neighbo
while she went to get . policeman. Tn
burglar knocked his guard down and es
capped.
AN umpire for baseball game a
LAnse, Mich, paralyzed "A, crowd o
people by appearing On he .Htld Iarme,
with a'cutlas, a big musket -ansxe ant
aspyglass. On his back was painted ;
big sign, "You will please side will
me-" ,-,rY
MAcKEy AUSTIN, Of Maple Run, "
Va, has hen with . brood Of twelve o
fourteen ysung pattridges, The egg
wefe.found in . meadow while moving
and put under hen for day and night
and now Biddy is looking well after he
queer brood.
EDGAR F. LINCOLN, Of Topeka, Kan
has taken out more patents during tn
last two years than any man in Ii
country. N !53
JUSTICE LAMAR, Of the Supreme 6our
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