The morning call., 1891-05-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A Fairton On. j. man locked his wife In
the hencOOp because she had not gathered
enough eggs to satisfy his appetite for
dinner.
Three small boys at Martins Ferry have
Deen blown TO atoms by the explosion of a
adynamite cartridge with which they were
playing.
With the exception of Spain all the conn
tIles OIL Europe have laws against the use of
casilron wheels under passenger cars and
locomotives.
a tennessee girl was arrested in Perry-
vile, Kans., few days ago for larceny. At
night l0Z men came and took her from the
officers by force.
The jury ina Texas murder trial was made
up OF four negroes, three Cinnamon, three
Mexlcans and two Maoris. The defendant
was white man.
A member of the New York Produce Ex-
change, who was proven guilty of fraudu-
lent transaction, has been suspended from
membership for year.
A Charleston CIV. Va.) negro. who COM
mltted a helnOus crime on a Wednesday,
was indicted on Thursday. and convicted
and sentenced to death on Friday.
Many children have been poisoned al
Du9ois, "a, by eating wild parSnps. Three
dled In terrible agony, and it is feared that
laIaI results will follow with others.
A Las Vegas On. Mex.) paper says that
pOnte dentists refrain from smoking cigars
or pipes during professional hours in defer
ence 10 the lady customers who call.
A Houston (TeXas) crazy woman. who was
demolishing everything within her reach and
who defied arrest. was shot by a policeman
who Is In Jail awaiting the result of her in
juries.
Queen Victoria firmly believes that objects
made by blind people bring luck. and she
mas had the cradle for the young Princess of
Battenberg made entirely by blind men and
women.
Dallas Hunter, known as tha Gresna
County Qnd.) fat boy, las been found deaf
In bed. he was only IA years old and
weighed go pounds. He smothered from
excessive fat.
Scientific men say that the earth's age is
about hall million years for the nebular
and stellar period, and about %, O00. OOO-0f
whlch 10, 100000 are paSt-for the period of
organic beings.
A tramp is under arrest at Cincinnati
who, IN addition to committing crimes. is
charged with completely hypn0tizing bow
ana compelling him to steal while under his
baneful influence
There lives at Fonda, La, man named
JOhn Z, Nichols, who is 48 years old 6 feet
. lhches tall, and whose reach between
uhseF tiD ana niger tip, when his arms are
0ntspread, is seven feet.
The owner of valuable dog has had
made Tor 1t broad collar on which is en-
graVed court Scene from the reign of
Charles III. The edge of the collar Is ser
with row of turQuoiseS.
Bucks County Pa9 hen is now setting
on an egg and also acting as judge in law
sun, IOr II she matches peculiar breed of
chlck, negro who is accused of having
stolen the fruit will go 10 Jail.
EX-Mayor StrOh of Sunbury, Pa. has
Deen hned $50 and costs for prolonged pro
Ianlty, or at the rate of 90 cents for cash
oath: The complaint was made by a per
sonal enemy and political rival
There was no show" at Barnum's funeral.
followed But his great warm heart had
made him so many friends that their num-
Der alone was show such as he had not an
ticipated. W.
, M Marcy has succeeded in photographing
Lhs movements OF an animal under water
a ray mas been taken in profile while wav-
ing the edges Of its fiat BODY, and the curi
pus hlO9e OF progression of comatula has
been taken. ''"'
A colored clergyman in the South. taking
text for his sermon from Paul's epistIe to
the Epheslans, startled some of his hearers
by announcing it as from dat part Oh de
scripture where Paul points de pistol at de
'PheSlansP
Refractory boys in a Newark IN. ~
orphan asylum are punished by envelopinG
tnell IN a bag for few hours. This mode
OF discipline is said to be most effective and
the youthful offenders dread Il far more
than fOggiug.
A Philadelphia girl, who sued her lover
Tor $4,000 damages for breach of promise.
mas been awarded $50, the cost of her
trousseau, it having been proved that she
popped the question" to another man
while engaged to the first.
A French woman murdered a man IN
whom she owed a large sum of money tn
avoid paying.her bill. AS she has been con-
demned to twelve years Of hard labor it win
De seen mat this method Of dealing with
creditors has its drawbacks.
This personal advertisement recently nm
peared In newspaper: Come back.
Charles all Is explained, dear; the house is
SAD without you; and your boots. brightly
polished, are standing ia the hall, wasting
their sweetness on the desert air"
A humori5tic member has introduced in
the Illinois Legislature a bill recurring
every railroad in the State to employ a man
on each train, to be known as a hog killer
his duty being to club passengers who nav
Tor one seat but occupy two while Others ara
standing '''' "io
One Of the brefest wills on record reads
as follows: No. 208 South Fifth street
Philadelphia. This is my last will. leave
all my property to my wife and make her
A1lEHCO, oedleu ana executed this
(Monday), 1st day of July, 1880 A. Syn.
NEY RIDDLE"
was never happier in my life" saws
Colonel Henry Watterson in his last lectnre
than when | was too proud to borrow
money from an uncle whose politics did
not approve, and left my watch for the
amount needed with another uncle who
ala not care anything about politics at all"
Inc humps on the back of the camel.
fhnx~ Gin
appearance, are of very great service to II
They are formed of granular far. and thore.
fore constitute reservoirs OF nOnrishment
which supply the waste Of the BODY dnring
the long fastS TO which this creature is often
subjected. 0A''n