The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
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Some Short Items About Matters and Things
You'll Find Interesting.

some onOrt lIenis ABOUT mattefS anu Things
You'll Find Interesting.
The late Marquis of Hastings once
lost $4,000 on single horse race.
A young woman at Madison, Ind,
being frightened, screamed loudly, dis
locating her jaw.
A colored mani at Albany, Ga, has
served no less than twenty-one terms
in Jail for fighting.
Israel Gregory, who died last week
at Spruce Head, Me-, lacked only
few months of being 107 years old.
One hundred and twenty-five suits
are pending against the Electric Car
company of Boston, asking for $132 900
damages by accidents.
A stock company, with 100000
capital, has recently been formed for
the purpose of raising peaches on a
large scale in Houston county, Ga.
A sign displayed by a Boston firm
reads: "This store will be closed from
Thursday, July 3, until Monday, July
7, to allow the boss and the boys to
gambol on the green and dip their
feet in the salt sea spray"
N. V. Heide is an Ogden farmer who
had fourteen hogs sunstruck and the
lard fried out of them in three hours
one day last week. Their skins were
blistered and scaled off like the paint
on house. This is the story Mr..
Heide tells.
The acreage OF sorghum in Kansas
is reported at l0,700 acres, against
$500 acres last year. The crop is in
good condition, and the prod act is al
most entirely contracted for by the
different companies at prices ranging
from $3.50 to 5000 per ton.
Adam Clark, in returning thanks at
the table of another, made use of the
following significant and pertinent
words Lord, bless these vegetables
and this fruit and bread; and if thou
canst bless under the gospel what thou
didst curse under the law, bless this
swine's flesh also"
The illuminated cat" which is
made Of pasteboard, and designed to
scare away rats and mice, will do very
we'll until it is attacked by some
fierce, prowling Thomas that knows
nothing of the devices of science.
What is needed is an illuminated cat
that will yowl and fight,
The New York man who "hunked,"
and wouldn't go through the Niagara
whirlpool rapids with Michigan
man on the Fourth of July, is proba-
bly, person with no revolutionary
ancestors. All honor 20 the Michis an
man who went on with the celebra
ton.
The following figures represent the
fortunes left by English women dur
ing the past year: Lady Ossington
left $2,045,000; Lady Sun Hayter
$l,l25,000; Lady Willoughby d'Eresby
$1,035,000; Lady Rose, $550,000; Lady
Forster, $465,000. Twenty other ii
tied women whose wills were admitted
to probate in 1889 left total of more
than 1925 600. Among untitled
women Miss Ryland, the heiress of {
late head of great firm of iron found
ers, left $3,735,000; Mrs. Margaret
Platt of Staleybridge, ~ 900, 900; Mrs
Ellen Walker, $l,l20,000; Miss Cath
eline Wood, $750,000; Miss Johr
Wood, $725,000; Miss Sarah Anr
Cawston of Folly house, $545, 600, anC
Miss Mary Eason, $565,000. Nineteer
other unmarried women bequeatheC
to their heirs total of 5000 900
None of them took cent with then
She: 1--WE must have nice picnic
this summer. Where shall We goH'
He lowell, if we could only impor
some red ants and some swamp bret
mosquitoes we might have it in tn
back yard."-Town Topics.