The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-22
ODDS AND ENDS

The circus elephant Empress was
sold at auction in Philadelphia She
brought 81, 700.
In handful of clover plucked in
his yard, Edward Koehler, of Bethle-
hem, Pa, found ffty-four leaf stalks.
Twenty-six thousand persons were
present at the opening performance
of Barnum's show in London.
The continual use of Persian insect
powder will drive moths away from
furniture. Its frequent renewal Is
necessary Until all are killed.
The widow of the late King Luis d
Portugal will receive yearly allow
ance of $4,000. which will be reduced
one-half if she lives abroad
The electric bells Of a certain hotel
are accompanied by the printed M
struction, Press the knob if you want
the waiter three times.
Evangelist Moody recently received
a draft for 81, 500 for the government
from Canadian smuggler converted
at one of his meetings.
At Cincinnati horse backed over
the bank and fell down declivity OF
100 feet, dragging his cart and driver
with him. The driver did not get into
the water, but the horse plunged into
the river and swan across to CoVlng-
ton, detaching the vehicle from him
in midstream.
Three men being unable to drive or
drag a 400 pound pig from its pen at
Reinhold, Berks county, Pa, they
called in the assistance Of John Berk.
ley, giant in strength. He deliOer'
ately picked the kicking porker uE
and carried it out unaided.
Mrs. Bland, the poet and novelist,
better known as ''E. Nesbit," is de-
scribed as a very pretty woman with
soft brown eyes, and delicacy Of look,
dress and carriage which belongs to
the old aesthetic days, which, in her
costumes at least, Mrs. Bland reViVeS
Patti, the divine singer, receives the
largest wages ever paid an artist, hui
man or divine. She is paid $500
every night she sings in the Albert
Hall, London. Even with this and
the expenditure of IS, 600 for each con-
cert. her managers are able to show
profit of from $1,000 to $4,000 per
night.
Fifty years ago there were prohsbly
not more than 10000 to 100, 900 acres
of fruit land in Great Britain. In
1872, the date of the first reliable rec
ord, it had increased to nearly 17O, 000
acres; and Mr.. Whitehead, a well
known authority, estimates the present
acreage at about 214, 900 acres.
Unacquainted with the game birds
Of this country, newly arrived Ger,
man near Scranton shot a barn yard
turkey under the impression that it
was wild fowl. He took it home and
had it cooked, and was about to sit
down at the dinner table to eat it when
he was arrested for killing his neigh
boris poultry.
Baron Hirsch, one Of the richest Of
the French bankers, who was black
balled few months ago by the Paris
Jockey club, is about to take his house
hold to England. He thinks OF buy
ing Houghton hall, one of the most
magnificent of English places, near
Sandringham, for &3G0, coo. The baron
is rcputed to be worth &10, 100000.
John Benson, a Rice county (Minn)
farmer performed 4 most remarkable
feat on lake two miles north OF Fari-
bault recently. On looking out OF his
window he saw 4 bevy Of wild ducks
trying to extricate themselves from
the ice which had frozen about :lieir
legs during the night Selling 4 corn
cutter, he rushed to the lake and
clipped off the heads of 134 Of them.