The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-19
OF NEWS.

A photographer paid Stanley ri,ooo for
q portrait.
Armed with a pitchfork, n woman OF
Pike county, Penn, drove away six tramps
from her barn.
A wren in East Bradford, Penn, built a
nest In the sleeve OF q garment that had
been hung up in the yard TO dry.
A white lobster was caught by q fisher
man in Penobscot bay, Me-, the other day
and sold 10 u Boston museum for IS.
Some liquor sellers in Boston think Of
trying to circumvent b law by selling
under theb bar, as selling over q bar is only
prohibited.
An investigation into a number of cases
that they were due to poisoning by canned
corned beef.
Walter Haynes, Of Brimfleld, Me-, who
celebrated his Tooth birthday nearly a year
ago, spent his spare time last week riding
q horse 10 pillow.
The professors and tutors Of Columbia
college wore gowns at examinations for
h first time this year, in accordance
with a vote OF the faculty.
The announcement Of the double en-
Ragement of members Of the graduating
class at Boston university shows that coz
education is often a factor i'm matri-
mony.
A pet doe at the Missouri ~penitentiary
gave birth several days ago TO twins.
This is said by those who are up in natural
history to be OF very rare occurrence.
At the celebration of the flftieth ami
versary of the invention of the postage
stamp. held recently in England, a stamp
was shown worth 100 %guineas Ii vas
from the British Guiana collection and
showed a rude postmark on pink paper.
II is an interesting point i'm American
history, IL, as stated, the confederate gray
uniform was borrowed from the First
Virginia regiment, which borrowed il from
the Seventh New York regiment. The
confederate song "Dixie" was OF North
ern authorship.
Ninteeth century realism has attained
its eliminating point in the cathedral at
Manchester, England, where the late
General Gordon, of Khartoum fame, Is
portrayed On q stained glass memorial
window, i'm the chancel. arrayed in "A shoot
ing jacket and knickerbockers.
An old couple who were married i'm 1863
called at the county clerks Office yester-
day TO ascertain ii the minister who per-
formed the ceremony had made a proper
return as required by law, says the Indian.
apolis Neus. They were happy to find
that everything was according to law.
Adrian, Mich, has n young photogra-
pher named Charles ii. Fairbanks. There
has not been an evening i'm ten years that
he has not devoted to good, solid study on
languages. The result is that this pho
tographer-linguist can give you a mega
tive in twenty languages. He speaks
seven languages fiuently.
Professor James C.. Waite Of Geneva,
Ohio, who became engaged to six of his
pupils, married one of them and hen
skipped. has been arrested at Chippewa
Lake, Mich, and is behind the bars at
Geneva. Two weeks q Waite married
n pretty widow al Pioneer, but deserted
her after a weeks honeymoon. 1t is
learned that the fellow has no less han
six wives in different parts OF the country
and he's not very old.
A new French clock contains a novel
application of the magnet. The clock is
shaped like n tambourine, with "A circle of
flowers pointed on its head. Around the
circle two bee crawl, the larger one re-
curing twelve hours to complete its cir
cult, while the smaller one makes it every
hour. Different fiowers represent the
hours, and the bees, which are of iron,
are moved by the magnets behind the
head of the taInbourine.
The lady managers of the Western Fee
male seminary of Hamilton, Ohio. some
time ago forbade the students of Miami
university To visit the girls Of the semi
nary. Tuesday evening three of the
female teachers drove to Oxford. when
their $500 horse and carriage were taken
out into the country, and the horse killed.
FOUR Miami university boys have con-
fessed to President Warfleld that they did
the deed.
During the Lee memorial services in
Richmond al ex-confederate officer
made h proposition to wait until Sep
TENDER I, and il at that date New York
has not raised the money for the Grant
monument she agreed to erect, to start
n subscription of southern men and head
il with 10000 personal subscription
then advertise for subscriptions In every
southern newspaper and limit them Ia
southern men. He said that he had no
doubt that the amount could easily be