The morning news., 1889-04-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

of the Dean of Westminster He was born in
1871. and graduated in 1912.
HOSEA HAM Of Corlnth, Me-. has an iron pot,
which was brought to this country in the May
flower. 1t was used as a cooking rot in some of
the campaigns of Miles Standish against the
Indians.
A YORK LADY bit into an apple and found
wrapped around the core a piece of coarse
thread "A inches long. 1t is thought to have
been droppe1 by bird when the apple was in
full blossom.
ONE of the most entirely satisfied men in the
country lives at Columbus Junction, Iowa. He
has drawn per month all winter for super
intending snow plow that hasn't been out Of
the roupdhouse.
The JAMAICA RAILWAY system, which has been
sold to an American syndicate, comprises about
a3 miles of line in all, running from Kingston to
Spanish Town and Old Harbor and another line
from Kingston to Porous.
THE CITY HALL CAT, in Chester lies in wait for
spaTrows behind an iron pile. few days
since, as the birds were shy, she crept out and
moved crust Of bread close to her lair. In
two minutes she had plump, juicy meal.
THE SCHEME to establish line of omnibuses
in which smoking should be allowed has fallen
through in London, because it turns out that
an act Of parliament would be necessary to
enable the issuance of a license for such q
vehicle
A FAMILY which claims the honor of being the
heaviest in Kennebec county, Maine. is that Of
William Merrill of Gardiner Mr. Merrill him
self weighs 303, Mrs. Merrill 264 the eldest
daughter 300, younger daughter 260 and the
only son 2l5, total fortune of 1912 pounds-to
say nothing Of shillings and pence.
CLOSING THE SALOONS has a very perceptible
effect on drunkenness in Boston. On fast day,
Thursday last with the sale Of intoxicants
stopped there were only thirty-four arrests for
drunkenness, while on fast day, 1888. when the
saloons were open, seventy four intoxicated
persons reached the police stations
ELIJAH SCRoTE, on returning to Vanlue, O.,
day or two ago, after serving out his sentence
of 1O5 days for selling cider, was met at the
depot by about $50 friends, who placed him In
a rocking chair, and, forming torchlight pro-
cesson, escorted him to his home. Scrote has
sued tue village for damages for false imprison-
ment.
The LANCE, which once played an important
part in warfare, is likely to find general re-
ADDITION in several European armies. 1t is pic
turesque, and could doubtless be made effect
i've i'll the hands of cavalry, but it is scarcely
probable that it will supe sede the weapons
which have been so long in use for hand -to-hand
conflicts.
WILLIAM DUNN, who was found Sunday in
barn at Boxford, Mass, related strange story
to the Lawrence police. He said he had been
there, suffering with typhoid fever, for five
weeks, and had lived all that time on apples
ana corn huSkS he was in search of work
when he was taken sick, and climbed into the
hay loft. He is % years of age, and lives in
Lowell.
BARNUM's SNAKE CHARMER, Nine. Junata, cele-
orated Sunday by performing an interesting
dental operation on two of her pet boa constric-
tors. She extracted q couple of liberated fangs
from each snake. 1t was quickly done. She
grasped the snake by the head with her left
hand, inserted pencil between its jaws to keep
them distendel, and with a pair of uweezers
yanked out the decayed fangs. 1t didn't worry
the snakes bit.
The Academic de Medicine in Paris has re-
received news of an interesting operation which
lately took place In Germany. A colored man
was treated at Leipsic for some cutaneous
trouble, and it was found necessary to sub
stltute the flesh of several white people for
some of his own that had to be cut away
These particles in short time grew darker,
and finally became the color of the rest of his
oody. Tnls strange result led the physicians to
reVer5e the operation, and the flesh of a col
ored person having been ingrafted on that of a
Whlte man In short time lost its color and be-
came light like the rest.
DISCOVERY Of immense arch@o ogical inter-
est has recently been made near the small town
of Painted Cave, Tex. Laborers came upon a
graveyard containing Indian and Aztec re-
mains, arrows, battle axes, etc. About 100 skel-
etons were dug out. A score or two of the
maquanlty, the peculiar weapon of the Azat-
Ian race, were found. This weapon is a snort
metal ak, with blades Of glass. The metal is
supposed to be copper, but the specimens lust
found are SO tarnished and incrusted by age
ana burial that this point has not yet been
fully determined. CHASTITY object was a pair
OF chnched Jaws, holding between their discol-
ored teeth small image engraved on agate.
Lhls must have been the likeness of god
thrust into the mouth by the dying possessor.
A number OF gold and silver pendants and a
quantity OF Aztec currency were picked up
Ihis latter consists of bits of tin in shape like
the letter T.
A BALTIMORE SPECIAL of April 10 says: Miss
Mary, daughter Of Francis P. Murphy, leading
merchant, is pretty brunette about 20 years
old and quite favorite in East Baltimore.
some time ago, at the solicitation of her parents,
she became engaged to young hiladelphian
Her heart was not in the match, however and
Sne grew restless as the time for the MARRIAGE
grew near On inauguration day, at the re-
quest OF one of her cousins residing in Wash
lngton, she went over to the national capital
La addition to seeing the two Presidents ex-
change places she met Mr. Won Reuth II
was case OF love at first sight, and before long
they were engaged. How to get married with
out the parental consent was the next thing 10
De considered, and after careful deliberation an
elopement was decided on. Thursday night
Miss Murphy left home and started for Camden
station, where she was met by her future hus-
band and some of his friends. Arriving in the
CITY OF Presidents, Miss Murphy spent the night
with her relatives and was married on Friday
Yesterday the fact was announced in the papers
Whlcn was almost the first intimation the brides
parents had of the love affair 1t is a union of
Germany and Ireland. The groom is of excel
lent family
A DANBURY CONN FARMER points to the
squirrel as affording an instance of agility.
qulckness and hard work. Last fall he stored
several bushels Of butternuts in the second
story of his corn house and recently he noticed
that they were disappearing much more rapidlv
than the legitimate demands for his family sup
ply warranted. He discovered soon afterward
That squirrel, a small red one, had found a hole
under the caves of the building, aud was stock
ing her storehouse with the nuts the farmer had
gathered AS an experiment to learn how
rapidly the squirrel worked, he re-
moved all but twenty of the nuts and set
watch upon them. Six hours after.
ward every nuo was gone. The distance from
the corn house to the tree where tha Squirrel
mad its nest was just 30 rods. In going for a nut
and returning with IL, the sprigntly little ami
mai had to travel distance of lG) rods Com
putation showed that the theft Of the 20 nuts
required just 10 miles of travel. But this did
not include all. Several times dogs frightened
the squirrel, and it had to turn back and twice
the famlly cat got after IL, requiring it to take
q clrcultous route TO reach the store house The
nest was examined soon afterward and a big.
rat lazy male squirrel was found snoozing
quietly while his little mate was performing a
prodlglous feat to supply him with food
THE French ambassador at Rome hes lust
bad the good fortune of singular "hnd."