The morning call., 1891-05-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The King Of Greece IS the most economical
Of European mOnarchs.
A valuable diamond ring has been found
IN hSh'S stomach al Ocala, Fla.
Il is said that New Workers spend over
S4,o00.O00 annually for umbrellas.
a New Jersey woman has been fatally
poisoned from the BIKE Of a pet squirrel.
L is estimated officially that the gross ex-
penses Of the Worlds Fair will reach s2l,-
100000.
4 porter at a large Philadelphia Hotel Is
worth $4,000, While the prUprietors are IN
solvent.
A Boston firm recently sold 5000 roses in
one day.
A baby with crab-shaped extremities in
place Of hands is on exhibition at Phlla-
delphja
The expenses of the celebrated Milltngton
murder Trial at Denver foot up thus far
over SG6,000.
A clock at Buffalo. n Y. struck 10 and
stopped simultaneously With the death OF
lis aged cWner.
Sixty years ago the aggregate wealth Of
tie country was $1,000 900, 600. Now 1t Is
$50, ,0O3, coo.
Ferdinand Oregoni of Scranton, Pa,
tbrashed the four suitors for his sisters
hand and sent the girl 10 jail.
One OF the recent laws passed by the Penn
syivania Legislature prohibits The sale and
use OF cigarettes in that State,
John DOnnelly, who died recently, had
been an employee Of the Brooklyn City Rail-
FUad Company for forty-one years.
a Kansas City lawyer has been terribly
hOrseWnipped by an indignant woman whom
he insulted while IN the witness-b0X
One of the peculiar customs of the East
Indian coolies. called Lascars, is the putting
OF ring on the great toe " hen tn y marry.
Three bodies in a vault at indianapolis,
Ind, have become completely petTlfed. One
Is that Of a cOlOTed woman, whose features
have turned 10 a chalky white.
s tramp stole a razor and opened a shop
IN b0X-car al Mexico, Mo. He shaved
twenty-five men in half a day, pOcketed
81 90 and again took to the road.
Tipping among women has increased so
largely at st. Paul, Mimi, that the authori-
ties are closing many Of the saloons with
private entrances" in the rear for the fair
Sex.
Clarksburg. W. Va, has a prototype of
Nero, aged 13. He recently set fire to bed
in his fathers house and played mouth
organ with great glee while the house was
burning.
Mrs Kate Donovan Of Charlottesville,
Ind, has a son, aged %, who loafs around
aud bosses while she makes living over
wash-tu0. HerneighbOrs are threatening to
whitecap him.
A middle-aged Russian, who arrived the
other day from Europe on the steamer Elbe,
Z
pure white and the ether half brown. 1t
was strikingly curious sight.
a CaSs County (NebT.) farmer brought
eight live wolves to the County Clerk at
Plattsm0uth and demanded the bounty, but
the official refused to pay until the animals
were slain and their scalps taken.
a resident II Minneapolis has fallen heir
to three big fortunes, all within the last
fifteen days. The smallest of the three is
more than $4,000, and all are from relatives
totally unknown to the lucky man.
Swiss soldiers are hereafter to be provided
with pocket knife with four blades which,
besides rendering ordinary service, is to do
occasional duty as Tamrod to the new
life, and as an opener TO timed provisions.
An Ohio man who committed a murder
ten years ago, and who hitherto escaped
capture, has been in the habit of visiting
the scene OF bis crime annually. Upon the
last occasion he was recognized and held for
trial.
Six weeks after her marriage Chicago
woman applied for a divorce on the ground
that her husband had concealed from her
the fact that he was an eX-cOnyict. The
Judge IS in Quandary whether or not TO
grant the application.
Scientists say the chemist will dominate
coming inventions. All our fuel will pres
emily be furnished in the form Of gas. In a
quarter Oh century more we shall wonder
why man was ever such a fool as to carry
cOdl INTO Tue H90Se ana Durn II,
The greatest novelty in dolls has been in
vented IN Nuremberg. Germany. A ma
chine in the doll causes it to move its hand
and write neat little letters on a slate or on
paper Whole sentences can be written
to the great amusement Of children.
Large quantities of flowers having been
stolen from the Philadelphia Park, the
guards were directed to use extra vigilance,
and arrested a married woman riding a
bicycle and carrying bunch OF flowers de-
SeTibed as being as big as her wheel.
-Four girl pickpockets, ranging in age from
II to Is years, have carried on their iniquit-
Gus business at Plttsburg for two years.
Their populations were confined to crowded
stores. They will be sent TO the reform
school until they attain their majority.
A tramp has been given the option, by a
Pennsylvania Judge, of either going up
for year or being shipped back to Europe,
whence he came. Without the slightest
hesitancy the tramp chose the ocean trip.
The precedent thus set is likely to keep the
Judge busy for some time.
a prisoner escaped from the Brownstown
Qnd) jail by cutting a hole through the
roof, after which he walked ten miles to his
home. Failing to secure bail bond he re-
turned TO jail, lie was not missed by the
SheriE, and he re-entered by the hole
-tnr0ugh which be escaped.