Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-17

his IDEAS on the French republic.
SOME one suggests that New Mexico
be called New Grenada. AS the alb
brcviation of this name would be IN.
c., it is not likely that the New Mcxi
cans will fall in with the suggestion.
LONDON was first lighted in 14li
with private lanterns. In 173G tho
lanterns were increased to 1000, 900 in
number. In 17ll the first lighting
ac: was passed. In 1920 gas was gen
orally substituted for oil.
Two WAITER girls i'll Rapid City,
IS. d. hotel took up claims near that
city some time ago and have built
houses, fenced their claims, raised
stock and crops, and at the same time
waited on The hungry boarders ut the
hotel
Tie smallest town in the world 10
support newspaper is orlando, in Big
Bend County, Oregon. There arc
three houses in town and eight inhabi-
tants four men, three women and n
little girl. Vat the Nous is published
every week.
~ QUEER decision by n New JERSEY
Justice OF the Peace is reported. John
Wolf put Il stuffed wolf Mt the door to
represent his name. a dog destroyed
the sign, and the Justice holds that, rs
the stuffed wolf represented John
Wolf, the dog is guilty of biting the
man, and his owner must pay SO
damages.
USAcQuAiNrED with the game birds
OF this country, newly arrived Ger
man living near Scranton shot IL barn
yard turkey under the impression that
it was Wild fowl. He took it homo
and had it cooked. and was abont TO sit
down Mt the dinner table 10 cat it when
he was arrested for killing his neigh
bor's poultry
CONNECTICUT has established sort
Of dam commission, whose object is
to detect all unsafe dams and prevent
all others from being built unless the
plans show them to he perfectly safe.
Connecticut has more dams in proper
ton to its size than any other State.
Probably many of them arc unsafe
and all arc to he looked after.
IiiE Improvement III arms ROW going
forward will deter nations from war,
not because their weapons are so dead
L., bat because it will cost too much
to use them. Krurp's new gun fires
two shots minute, each costing be-
tween $3.50 and Sl,500. \ dozen or
two OF these guns would bankrupt any
country i'll eight or ten battles.
IL Iceland there are no prisons, and
no officers answering to our policemen.
In 1874 it celebrated the one-thou-
sand anniversary of its colonization,
and at the same time became indeuend-
ent of Denmark, though subject to the
King OF Denmark rs the head of the
1celandic Government. Icclands new
Government is thoroughly republican
in spirit, all citizens having cquaI
rights and perfect religious liberty.
AT Cincinnati a horse backed over
the bank and fell down doclivity
OF 100 feet, dragging his cart and
driver with him. The driver did not
get into the wafer, but the horse
plunged into The river and swan across
to Coving!on, deiaching the vehicle
from him i'll midstream.
A VERY popular substitute for to,
bacco is said to have been devised in
England. 1t is a mixture of certain
herbs with tobacco, which is reputed
to be delieiously fragrant, slightly ex-
hilarating and yet soothing to the
nerves. 1t is called "herb tobacco, =
and is rapidly growing in favor.
TIrroo lib, the great African slave
dealer, is getting tired of his wander
ing and dangerous existence, and pro
poses to settle down as a solid citize,
On his estate at Casingo, 300 mile.
above Stanley Falls, where he ha.
built for himself large, fine ston.
mansion. His son, however, will carr,
on his fathers trade.
~ an address to workingmen's or.
ganization Mr.. Gladstone said recent.
ly; 1T is not cxtravagant to say tina,
although there We're but two million
people in the thirteen American
colonies at the time of tho American
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