The morning news., 1890-05-24
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ANNIE REEVES ALDRlcH the writer, is 25, of
medium hight and attractive appearance, with
clear gray eyes and brown hair.
The ENGLISH ADMIRALTY say that the total
abolition of masts and sails in all future fighting
ships has become absolutely necessary.
A PRISONER in the Albany penitentiary, whose
term is about to expire, has asked permission
to remain for year and care for the flower
beds.
REV. T. De WITT TALMAGE is drawing card
upon the platform. He is to receive $4,000 for
twenty lectures with Chautauqua assemblies
this summer.
JAPAN has celebrated the 2,555th anniversary
OF the coronation of the first emperor of the
country, an affair which makes our little 250th
anniversaries seem insignificant.
FOND MOTHER in Baltimore, after searching
over nearly the entire town, Monday, for her
missing 4-year-old child went into the bedroom
and there found the little one sound asleep.
MARION HARLAND,' the author, is Mrs Mary
V. II. Terhune in real life. She is the wife of a
Brooklyn clergyman, and is tall woman. with
gracious manners and dignified presence.
A SHOEMAKER named Folkers, who belongs to
Portland, Me-, is the champion tramp. He
boasts that he has travelled 90 900 miles a year
for ten years on railroads and has never paid a
cent of fare.
WELL on the premises of c. Y. Fuller, at
Elsie, Mich. began boiling and is exciting the
| people of the village. The water is ice cold
| but the Kissing and bubbling can be heard half
| a block away.
AUSTIN CoRBIN's wedding present to an old
| friend in Philadelphia was the use of his mag
nificently appointed private car for a trip to
| Mexico. The car was provided with everything
heea1u, including corps of servants.
ELI FORAKER. a cousin of the late governor of
Ohio, is selling fruit trees at Brooklyn, Mich.
| In the evening he turns an honest penny by
| posing as nephew of Sitting Bull, connected
| with travelling medicine company.
AN OFFICIAL statement sets down the number
of wolves in Russia at 10000; it is further
stated that the loss caused by the destruction
of sheep and swine by wolves is so great that it
cannot be even approximately estimated.
A RAScHmAN at Antelope, Cal, being annoyed
| by the coughing of his cook, hauled him from
! bed and thrust him headforemost into barrel
| OF water and drowned him. For this ungentle
| freak be has been found guilty of murder
| IT HAS BEEN FIGURED that there are in Denver,
! Col, thirty-one millionalres whose aggregate
wealth is S46, 100000. and thirty-five semi mil
| honaireS whose wealth aggregates Sill. 500 O00
making in all $64,000,000 owned by sixty-six
| men. -
| EUGENE FIELD derives the inspiration for much
! of his delicious humor from a Enthusiastically
carved French briar pipe that formerly belonged
! to Thackeray, the novelist and which afterward
! passed into the hands of Max Lemon of P1Gnch
who presented it to the Chicago wit.
NEW OCEAN DANGER is pointed out by silk
importers, 1t appears that died sponge silk,
known technically 10 the trade as French silk,
is, under certain conditions, exceedingly prone
to comoustion, and is well known among the
steamship companies as dangerous freight.
ACCORDING to the results of an inquiry insti-
tuted by the French government there are at
present in France 1000. .0)0 households in which
there has been no child $500 900 liz which there
was one; 2,50O000. two children; 1900 600, three;
about 100 600 four; 550,000 five; 330 00O SIX.
and 100000, seven or more.
SANILAc COUNTY, MICHIGAN, has school dis
trict with only one family in it. The home
steader built schoolhouse, used it as a dwell
ing, taxed the nonresident landholders for
nine months school each year, hired his wife as
school teacher, and elected himself, wife, son
and daughter as the school board
TIE --LATEST ADDITION to Oil City's zoo is
blooded Maltese kitten which is the possessor of
but two legs. Where the hind legs should be
are two small stumps about half an inch long,
but they are apparently no aid to it in walking
The kitten is only two weeks old, but is as lively
as any other of its kind having four legs.
NAsHvILLE's (TENN.) CURIOSITY is aroused as
to what becomes of the pennies that are sent
there. They are not used in trade to any con-
siderable extent. and it is surmised in some
quarters that most of them fall into the hands
of superstitious people who toss them over
houses or cover them with stones for luck"
CAPT. w. A. KNILANs of Whitewater Cwis.)
lost valuable Altitude filly, two years old, by
rather uncommon accident. While having
became frightened and rearing, fell over back
ward, breaking her skull. The captain had
some time since refused an offer of $500 for the
animal
PRESIDENT CARNor visited the old home of
Napoleon Bonaparte and gazed with admiration
upon the aranite grotto in which, according to
the gend, the little corporal during his child
hood spent long hours In study and meditation
thinking very likely of how he would pose for
that St. Helena picture of him which has be-
come SO familiar.
YOUNG, intelligent and wealthy Frenchman
by the name of Crampel has started for Africa
with the intention of making an exploration of
sections which Stanley has not visited. He
takes with him young woman of the tribe of
Gabon, who was brought from Africa some
years ago. She is highly educated, but still
retains her native tongue.
THE PRINCE OF WALES wears bell-shaped silk
hats. He pays 25 shillings each for them He
has a remarkably even shaped head, the hatters
say, and his size is rs. Prince Albert Victor
only takes Ga. TIE brims of his hats are
long face. His brother, Prince George, takes a
6sS. The Emperor of Germany, who has a very
uneven head, takes 655. So does the Duke of
Teck.
COUNT ARTHUR PoTocKI who recently died
at Cracow in his 10th year. was one of the
largest land owners in Galica, and he has lefu a
fortune of tS00,000, which he acquired by spec
ulations of various kinds. His estates and the
bulk of his fortunes pass to his younger brother,
who is also immensely rich. and whose wife is a
member of the Liechtenstein family, and one of
the most popular aud beautiful women in Wen
neSe society.
HENRY WIZARDS fondness for studying lam
guages amounts almost to passion. His rail-
road interests occupy all of his time during the
day, but nearly all of his evenings are given
over to the erudite and careful study of some
of the more interesting phases of the different
tongues with which he is acquainted. But like
many other linquists, he got through with the
Voiapuk craze a long while since. and his time
is given over now great deal to Italian.