Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-06-05
NEWSPAPER NOTES.

CINCINNATI boasts Of dozen million.
aires, all Of whom started life in an
humble manner.
IT is proposed to establish museum
of war relics in the Confederate White
! House at Richmond.
THE Government pays annually to the
railroads the sum of nearly $4,000, 600
for carrying the mails.
CHICAGO is to have a tower erected by
Eiffel, and lighted by Edison with 1,OOO,-
600 incandescent lamps.
A MAN dropped dead in Spokane the
other day on his way to mail letter to
his wife telling her he was we'll.
PosrAGE-sTAMPs Of all issues since
the beginning Of the civil war are
good, and may safely be used for post
age.
THE number Of deserters from the
United States army for the first nine
months of the present fiscal year is
1878.
A KENTUCKY physician says an cpl
demic prevailing in that State was in
troduced by the tornado, which bore the
germs.
A FENCE is to be erected around the
Lincoln monument in Springfield, ILL.,,
to prevent further mutilation by relic
hunters.
CONGRESS appropriates annually the
sum Of S., 900 for White House station
cry, kilograms, books and other such con-
tingent expenses.
IT is reported that q vein Of black
marble has been discovered near Fnoas-
tie, Va. There Is none found elsewhere
in the United States.
THE city of Philadelphia makes
1,ooo,o 900 year by supplying gas TO
consumers, besides having the entire
city lighted free Of cost.
The divorce statistics recently pub
lished made q very bad showing for the
District Of Columbia, the ratio Of divorce
to marriage being one to twenty.
1t Is estimated that more than TWEEN
ty-five thousand colored people have
emigrated during the past winter from
the South Atlantic States to the Missis-
sippi valley.
A MINERAL oil OF beautiful pink
Green, Ky. The Oil is odorless when
cold, but when heated it emits an odor
not unlike that of altar roses. 1t burns
slowly, with a rose-colored flame.
A PAIR Of curled poplar logs were
shipped to Germany from Swain County,
N. c.. each 10 feet long and feet
in diameter at the smaller end. These
logs will be hewed and polished for
exhibition at Berlin. The farmer who
sold the logs was paid 600 for each.
Plies geve pa 7OO," written upon the
back Of an envelope, was a check pre-
scented to Cashier Hart, of the Lenawee
County, Mich, Savings Bank, the other
day, and it was good. The cashier filed
it away as the most unique thing of
the kind ever offered over that counter.
ELIZABETH, n. j., has young man
who plays foot ball, and the other night
as he was coming home three dogs at
tackled him. With fine drop kick he
laid ono dead, and a second flying in
the air with several broken ribs, and
50 scared the remaining dog that he ran
away.
A PLANTER residing near Corinth,
Miss. is believed to be the possessor of
the longest beard in the world. He is
man Of unusual stature, standing
nearly six and one-half feet in his stock
ings; this Notwithstanding, his beard
reaches the ground when he Is standing
erect. This remarkable growth Is but
fourteen years old.
A BENTON RIDGE (Hancock County,
father, who is proud of his children,
makes the following challenge and
gives 1t publicity: He will wager $50
that he has pair of Swear old twins
that can defeat any twins Of similar age
in the country in aspelling contest; also,
a similar amount that he has q b>S
year-old child that can spell or read
better that any o-year-old boy or girl
within the boundaries of Hancock
County, or the State of Ohio. Money
and children now ready.