The Portland daily press., 1890-12-05
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Another year has passed and no farmer
has invented turkey that is all white
meat.
In Albany, Ga, a policeman having been
refused free admission to a theatrical per-
Torrance, the chief OF police summoned his
entire force and took them all into the Opera
House. regardless of doorkeepers
A precccious youngster was recently ar
rested in provincial French town for steal
ing 1900 francs from his grandmother's
safe. The lad, who Is only IS years old, was
in love with young woman of Is, and had
given her, among other trifies, piano.
Gen. WaDnovsky, the Russian minister of
war, has ordered experiments to be made
with new rifle invented by Russian gun
smith. The ball, which is of steel with
lead center, viii go through ten persons
placed In a row. 1t is safe to presume that
that the ten persons referred to are nihilists.
Telephone communication is to be estab-
lished between London and Paris by next
February. The charge is to be "a for a talk
oftfive minutes. which strikes an American
assomewha. exorbitant. Perhaps the tariff
includes the services of an interpreter.
While a fume in the Union Mfg. Co.'s mill,
Manchester, Conn.,, was being repaired two
eels werr found, one 10 inches long and 10
inches around.
A news cablegram from London announces
the discharge upon her own recognizance)
Tuesday morning, of Mrs. Maud Yates, Ed
mund Yates daughter-l law, accused Of
TO- gerry. What she did was to fill in flor
4lOO) blank check sent her by mistake by
Edmund's secretary. 1t is supposed that, on
reflection, Edmund didn't feel like cushing
the prosecution.
The surface of one Of the sidehills of
Seattle is sliding into the valley, carrying
streets and houses with 1t. The Buffalo
Express says thi, is probably a scheme of
the real estate spectators. Having sold one
LAYER of corner lots on that hill, they slide 1t
out of the way and will soon be able to put
another layer on the market
Sandy Galveston is rejoicing over the dis
covery of an underground stream of fresh,
pure water. only $40 feet below the surface
1t was struck by an artesian well drill week
ago yesterday. "Such discovery as this"
exclaims the Daily News, sis worth millions
to Galveston. The present well Yields 70, 900
gallons day, and the water being 81 near
the surface makes 1t an easy and inexpensive
thing to sink just as many wells as may be
needed"
In a ST. Louis police court the other day a
blind man recognized thief who had robbed
him by his voice. He picked him ont from a
number of persons who were brought In and
who said Good morning" to him. The
prisoner confessed.
Some interesting experiments have re-
Gently been made In Denmark in telling trees
with gun cotton. For telling tree twenty
five inches In girth, 1t took two men only q
quarter Of an hour to make one bore hole for
each foot of circumference.
General Du Tempe, whose death in Paris
is announced, obtained his generals stars in
a curious way. He was captain in the
French navy In 1870. and was accidentally
gazetted general by Gambetta, who mistook
him for his brother-aiso naval captain.
The late French author and satlrist, AL
phonse Karr, had one of the most caustc of
pens, which sometimes brought him into
tronEle. On one occasion he published few
satirical verses npon certain poetess, who,
in revenge watched for him in the street a md
stabbed him with poniard. The wound
luckily was not dangerous. and the only re-
venge the satirist took was to suspend the
dagger in his study, with the following In
scription attached: presented by Madame
- to Alphonse Karin the back"