The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-05-15
CURRENT TOPICS.

y
Iowa proposes to build Il 100000 SOL
diers' monument at Des Moines.
DEER are reported unusually numerous
in the upper part Of Franklin County, Me.
WHEN the German Emperor visits Eng |
land this year he will mostly live aboard
ship
A COPY Of the first edition of Charles |
$3.50.
WHEN President Harrison drives out ha
prefers light wagon and usually acts as
his own driver
A DEED male in 1776 by William Smith,
of Philadelphia, has bean found in Hunt.
ington cockloft.
The City OF Rome consumes an average
Of 300 tons Of coal day in crossing the
ocean at top speed.
In recent Sunday issue of New York
newspaper seventy seven tons of white
paper were consumed.
p. T. BARNUM has given $1,000 to thu
Universalist Church of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
thus freeing it from deDt
A BROOKLYN man dreamed he was in a
scrimmage, and drew his pistol from under
his pillow and shot himself.
A PROMINENT citizen, aged ninety-two,
Of Dayton, Tenn, was Marie recently to
woman thirty EIGHT years old
A STRANGE illness is reported from Hun
gary. A young girl had fit of n,ezng
which lasted twenty -four hours.
A BRIDEGROOM at Monroe, Ga, being
without money, gave the justice little
rabbit dog which he had with him.
10 ENCOURAGE sorgum sugar making,
the Kansas Legislature has exempted all
sugar plants from taxation until 1895
IT cost the English Government $40. 1873
to keep the royal palaces in order last
year and $445, O65 for royal parks and gar
dens.
ACCORDING to the returns of the Judicial
Department the number of native law
yers in Japan on the 3lst of December was
1,120
D. STUMP, Of Burnt Cabin, York County,
Pa. can put large goose eggin his mouth
and close his lips without crushing the
shell.
FREDERICK VILLIERs, the London Graph
ic artist has come to this country to
obtain pictures of the centennial for his
paper.
UNDER the new license law of Massachu-
sets only $50 drinking places can be liz
censed in Bo,ton-one for every 500 inhab-
itants
The Canadian Parliament wants En-
gland to send war vessel to B ahring's
Sea to teach the United States authorities
a lesson.
HALF dozen Cape Cod towns are quar-
reling over the question which OF them
shall celebrate the 250th anniversary OF
Cape Cod.
AT Chicago thirteen year-oli Charlie
Howard shot and captured q burglar,
drove another one away and recovered
their booty.
ENGLISH as 1t is written in Omaha:
Owners Of dogs must register them be-
for the 10Th of May, or they will be shot
by the police"
The once fighting Modoc Indians have
become industrious farmers in the past
twelve years. and half of them have pro.
fessed Christianity.
AT wedding in Saline County, Kan.
the groom charged the guests fifty cents
each for supper and sold them popcorn at
five cents a package.
A CHICAGO negro put in an hour in
cold storage room to see If it was what it
claimed to be. His frozen nose and ears
are proofs that it was.
1HE watermelon enter OF the world is at
Quitman, GA, town of $500 inhabitants.
Last year 100000 watermeons were
shipped r m Gu tman.
JAMES REDPATH says the continuation of
the rent agitation in Ireland has had the
effect of causing a reduction of the rents
in Ireland--at least $25, 900, 600.
The regular income of John d. Rookie
feler is $4,000, 00o year, That makes
him the richest man in the United States
perhaps the very richest in the world.
The effort of the Fish Commission to
propagate shad in The Colorado river has
been successful, and the Indians of Ari-
iona are getting their first TASTE of that
fish.
ADRIAN s. HEWITT, who is now in
London, has suite OF rooms directly
over those of General Boulanger 1t is
said that the two have ready dined to.
gether.
A LITTLE Episcopal chapel, built in menu
DRY of Paul II. Hayne, has just been dedi-
Gated in Georgia. 1t stanus within sight
of the cottage wherein the poet spent his
last years. fY.r
'IF you want to see the best pig in the
county, call on me. This is the way Cam
eron County {Pa,) man advertises the fact
that he has some likely young swine TO
dispose Of err
LEVI JOHNSON. of Boston. Ca, is 81 years
old and has bsen blind for ten years. The
ether day his sight suddenly returned t,
him and hs called for book and read wit b
perfect ease.
Our OF Luz, 900 people who cross tho At
lantic from New York to Liverpool the
loss of lie is not as great a, among 100, :
Pittsburgh by rail.
A CURIOUS result of being hit with a
base bail is reported from Philadelphia. A
suffering man was struck in the m ,uth,
and when he got well the impediment in
his speech had disappeared
A PHILADELPHIA who ADVERTISED that
he was lame, crO's-eyed, had The catarrh
and bad Tempe, AMI was given to pro-
family and drink, but wanted wife," re-
ceived 20 letters in four days.
HENRY RIGG. of Delaware County, Pa,
caught trout that wei ned i've pounds.
lie was greatly delighted until ne dlscov.
cred that the boys mad flied the tisn up
with shot before It was we ghsi
The only retired Supreme Justice is
Wu, Ssr,pu xxhn Iva,