Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-13


Pa, has passed an ordinance prohibit
ing citizens from putting single roofs
on their residences.
LAWYER GEORGE BLISS, of New
York, said in a reference" lately given
to a former coachman: "I have fire.
quently seen him sober.
If thereis; a man In this country who
make a better use of his wealth than
Mr.. George W. ChiIds, of Philadel-
phia, his name and residence escape US
for the.moment.
A LION in the philadelphia Zoo ~suf-
fering from the toothache, his keeper
administered laughing gas, put the
beast to sleep, and safely extracted the
offendingmolar.
HIRAM EPHRAIs1 BRooKsON,. of Gays
Crossing, Sullivan County, Pa, wears
No. 14Jboot. He bears the reputa
ton among his neighbors of being
something of a kicker.
COLONEL NJ, "a prominent merchant
and banker of Galveston, Texas, tells
a storyoOf,a haunted bedstead he owned
in the seventies. It,gave the horrors"
to everybody women and chill
dren-who slept on it.
EFpe C,rr,r-s,,,rr1z Of R1DcoDlba Wis
whose mare continually switched her
tail over the driving lines, has patent
ed an iron hook for the lower edge of
the dashboard, by means of which the
lines can he released.
THE names of the men who have
been killed in New York by electric
light wires would make a dreadful list
for the contemplate n of the companies
whose wires have done the killing.
Those victims are martyrs to corporate
greed and neglect
Mr.. GEORGE W. CH1LDs, in his rem
iniscences of Grant, in Lippinoott8,
says: "There is nothing I ever heard
him say that could not he repeated in
the presence of women. He never
used profane language. He was very
temperate in eating and drinking"
ANDREW CARNEGIE has appointed a
committee of prominent PittsbuEg
citizens to select a suitable site in that
city that he may buy it and erect
thereon a free library, which is to cost
$4,000. The building, it is said,
wis eclipse anything of the kind in
America.
THE sealing seizures result in much
indignation and great deal OF war
buster on the part Of the Canadians.
IN reality war is the very last thing
the Canadians want. It has often
been noticed that the man who shouts
Ioudest betting at an election usually
has the least money to bet with.
TIE eggs Of Pacific island turtles
are laid in a perpendicular cavity
about 8 yasl deep at the bottom Of a
great circular excavation, which the
female scrapes by whirling around like
3 fly with its wings singed and VIC
lently plying its Aippers. There are
usually over a hundred eggs in litter.
TIE British War Office has ordered
the deputy adjutant generals of the
military districts of Canada TO at once
report upon all facilities for the trans
portation of troops from one part Of
the country to another The order is
unexpected and causes some excite
ment. 1t is assumed that England
viii strongly garrison new Qualifications
on the Pacific coast.
THE Oldest son of the Gar Of Russia
has already succeeded in making him
self decidedly unpopular with his Ger
man cousins. While In Berlin recent
" attending the army maneuvers he
persisted in addressing the German
officers In French, although he speaks
their own language very well. EN-
peror William was Palpabiy disguised
by the manifold gaueheries Of his boor-