The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-05-14
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MARK TWAIN Is said TO be worth more
than two million dollars.
MAY will be month Of conventions,
dedications and celebrations.
Mr.. CARNEGIE's hotel for workingmen
near Pittsburgh is to cost $30O,O0O.
{ THE International Reform Congress
meets this year in st. Petersburg.
ILLINOIS has four watch factories
which produce two thousand watches a
day.
IT'S said that fewer daily papers
are published in Boston now than in
1916.
A HMLMAN mich, man is accused of
selling his vote for two bushels Of buck
wheat
DIsRAELI used to say the test of gen.
tility was to see women eat oranges and
grapes.
1T is reported that in the past fifteen
months 71,0O0 negroes have left North
Carolina.
The English language was used in
framing recent treaty between Russia
and China.
In Sturgis Mich burglars spent two
hours drilling hole in safe which
wasn't locked.
The Empress of Germany speaks good
French with hardly any perceptible
German accent.
GENERAL EARLY has been the chief
contributor to the Lee monument fund
at Richmond, Va.
STATE TREASURER HOUSE says the rev.
enues of Tennessee will be increased
next year 100000.
The Gar Of Russia says that he con-
siders duelling in the army not only al
lOwable but necessary.
JUSTICE FIELD, of the Supreme Court,
will not 60 to California as usual this
year, but to Europe instead.
CHIEF-JUsTIcE FULLER made his first
public speech at Pierce and Kingmeet-
ing in Augusta, Me-, in 1852
The first cargo of Kansas corn loaded
at Galveston for the European market,
left that port few days ago.
IT is said that the postage stamps Of
Hoii VIC HdtlOHo vi buo WOTlu arc Gil
graved and printed in New York.
A PHILADELPHIA jury awarded five
cents damages to young woman whose
afianced husband changed his mind.
SERGEANT DUNN, elated by his success
in predicting the Mississippi overflow,
is out with a second prediction that this
is to be cold summer.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, the English
journalist, has just been awarded yer.
dict of e5 in suit for libel The libel
consisted Of caricature.
A BIBLE has just been rediscovered in
the Vatican library which is in Hebrew
1t is supposed to be the Oldest in the
world, and is valued at 800,
JEROME WOOD, of Long Lake, N. Y,
found the name of Annie Hodgson, Of
Sheffield, England, in an umbrella
wrote to her and later married her.
AN Eiffel tower may rise in Germany
The Bavarian Government proposes te
build one near Starenberg lake, as /;
monument to Bismarck, and secondar,
as an observatory.
DIR. JOSEPH JONES, of New Orleans, Ii
collecting material for q Confederat,
medical and surgical history of the war
1t will be collection of hospital rec
Ords.
THREE men have been arrested il
Wisconsin for the theft of 1000 chick
ems. There seems to have been an or
ganized trust for the unlawful acquire
ment of fowls.
A SOW in Potter County, Pa, is rails
ing two bear cubs. The owner believes
that she stole them, as the mother OF tn,
cubs day or two previous had devouret
two of the pigs.
The average weight of the brain of
man is three and half pounds, that o
q woman, two pounds eleven ounces
The brain Of man exceeds twice tina
of any other animal.
AN effort will again be made in tn
present Congress to raise our Minister
to important foreign courts to the ranl
of Ambassadors. An increase of salar,
will not 60 with the new title.
THE heliograph is used to fash signal
between stations in New Mexico an
Arizona that are IS miles apart Expert
ments will soon be made to test tn
power Of the instrument to distance O
100 miles.
THERE have been so many instance
OF factory girls getting their hair en-
tangled in machinery that most Of thos
IN New England have returned to tn
old and safer style of wearing it
young man.
Ex-Governor j. STERLING MORTON, q
Nebraska, father Of the Arbor day 70
economic tree planting out that way
says that more than soc, 900, 600 trees
planted by human hands, are CROWN
in that State.
In jackson County, Mich, a bolt q
lightning shivered a shade tree, uproot
ed five currant bushes, melted thirty
eight rods Of wire fence. smashed
smoke-house, killed dog an d knocke
down two horses
A MAN who was arrested in Londo
for intoxication gave his occupation a
that Of worm-eater. On being aske
for An explanation he said he was en-
ployed by a furniture manufacturer I
fire shot at furniture so as to give it
worm-eaten appearance.
A ST. LOUIS father is suing youn
lady to recover the presents which hi
son gave her while they were engaged
the engagement having been broken Of
The New York Assembly has passe
bill for a commission IN cors;do, AZ