The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-26
CIR GENERAL INTEREST.


I'm back district in Manitoba there
Is in the tax books this entry, referring
to some crown lands: s.0wner, Vie,
-toria; ocenpa alton, Queen; residence, En-.
gland. ~
To take of his hat on entering the
room of friend 'or an acquaintance
won be breach OF etiquette on the
part OF Chinaman. To keep on his
spectacles when on visit would be SC
too.
Some idea Of the amount of plates
kept by the Methodist Book Concern in
New York may be formed from the fact
that the agents have just sold for old
metal over eighty tons Of old plates and
type.
gevity yet An Indian Of Chilli has con-
vincing proof to show that he is 19s
years old. His friends tell him he
ought to make tho score 200, but he re-
fuses to do so until 1897.
"A cartman recently died of phthisis
alta London hospital, and when the doctor
made-a post mortem they found steel
AntiC OAa0t III iDtO lib Shuit III oil
inch and broken of there. It had been
there SO long that the bone had healed
over the spot whore it had entered.
--Pleasantville, N. j., has citizen
with twenty-five fingers and toes. Some
of them had to be cut off because they
restricted his freedom of action. The
freak in this case appears to be family
Il r. T. l. 1T.
ters having had seven toes each on the
left foot.
AT Huntington, w. Va, young
man who had escorted young lady to
the theater fell q sad victim to the per-
nicious habit of going out between the
acts. About the second time he went
out to see man his fair companion
arose, invited friend to accompany her
home and gracefully retired.
Two children playing upon grassy
slope at Auchmithie, Scotland, slipped
and rolled down to tho edge of a steep
prccipice, 145 feet high, over which they
fell to the beach below. Those who ran
to gather up their mangled remains
found them OH their feet in the sand, in
general state ofmental bewilderment
and with no worse injuries than few
scratches.
"A young woman in Bcrgcrac, France,
sent dress to be altered and forgot to
remove from Is pocket very conf
Dental letter. The dressmaker found
it, and, instead OF returning it, commu-
nicated its contents to several neigh
borhood gossips. The girls guardian
has obtained q verdict compelling the
dressmaker to return tho letter and pay
$50 damages and the costs
"A young woman who appeared. as a
witness in a Philadelphia court the other
day. refused to kiss the Bible. And, in
commenting herrefusal, the Judge made
the following statement: II am not sur
prised that this witness did not kiss the
book. would not do 1t either, dirty
book like that. This custom IS relic
of idolatry, and the sooner it Is abolished
the better it will be. don't think this
witness objected to kissing the book be-
cause she intended to lie, but because it
is dirty book. ! respect her regard for
her person and her health. y
AT small town in Wurtemburg, re-
Gently marriage took place which
brings about complicated state OF FAM
lily relations. The woman had been
married three times before, and each
time had taken for her husband wild
over with children. Her fourth hus-
band was also a widower, and he had
had children by his first wife, who was
l.. a 4. 4.