Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07

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killed along the line Of the West Yir-
| ginia Central Railroad. ~ -
There are three United States.in the
| Western Hemisphere: The United States
of America, of Colombia and Brazil.
A break in submarine cable is To-
Gated by measuring the electricity needed
to charge the remaining unbroken part.
Some fish swim deep The Govern
ment steamer Albatross, investigating, the
coast of Southern California, caught
black cod at $50 fathoms.
A large bald headed eagle was one Of
the visitors at n recent flag raising over n
school house III Lubcc, Me. The bird
circlcd round the staff three times and
then flew toward the west
The cunning dog belonging to Jacob
Hendricks, of Berks County, Penn, was
stolen the other day and tied to tree
in the woods. When recovered it was
nearly furnished, aud lad almost gnawed
the tree down.
Joseph Klincf+lter, Of Marion, Ohio,
has COW which II few days ago gave
birth TO three perfectly developed and
wcll-formcd calves, which were all born
alive; but shortly after two of them died,
and one is still living.
Seventeen years ago man named
Ebbs, Il crippled pauper, left Mitilin-
town, Penn, and has been wandering
around the State ever since. In recent
law suite ut Belcfonte the court decided
that he was charge to that borough, aud
now Miffiintown has debt of 5000 to
pay on the old man.
Situated on the farm of Scott West.
near Fayettc, Me-, are Two living springs
only II few rods apart, but on opposite
slopes Of watershed. Rills running in
different directions from these respective
springs traverse each dittance of more
than fifty miles before they finally reach
the same destination
wonderful map of U'Brien County,
Ia, has been maze, and is on exhibition
at the State Fair at Dcs Moines. The
nap IS wholly composed of corn grains,
each town and township being tlistin-
guishcd by different colors. The rail
ways are marked by rows OF bue-bla
"square corn" and the wagon roads
with popcorn.
To show the capacity of his stomach 4
visitor ut the Nevcrsink Fire House ut
Reading, Penn, ate n mixture composed
OF pound Of figs, fifty raw oysters and
pound c. sugar, and topped OIL the
mess with 4 pound of lard. He said on
wager he would eat box of wagon
grease, but the spectators would let him
so no further.
A report comes from the lumber
regions at Portage Lake, Me-, that n
huge panther came out in clearing and
walked around some men who were
yarding logs. The men were much ter
riticd, but kept perfectly quiet, and the
beast disappeared without doing them
any harm. 1t is very rare, now. that
these animals are seen in Maine
The natural cunning of the fox was
shown at New Ipswich, N. H., the other
day. fox that was started by hunter
ran directly to pond and passed around
the edge on tue ice as near the open wa
ter as possible. The dogs followed
closely, and, coming upon weak ice,
broke through, and but for help given
them would have drowned. Meantime
Reynard escaped TO place of safety.
In Iceland there arc no prisons and no
officers answering 10 our policemen. In
1874 it celebrated the one thousaudth
anniversary of its colonization, and at
the same time became independent of
Denmark, though subject to the King Of
Denmark as the head OF the Icelaadic
Government. Ice!and's new Govern
ment is thoroughly republican in spirit,
all citizens having equal rights and per-
feet religious liberty.