The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-10-08
or GENERAL INTEREST,


"A mule in Anstcll, Ga. Is said to BE-
- old that its age has been forgotten
II Is put, however ut about fifty years
Ii served In the rebellion and in 1869.
on account Of advanced age, was turned
out to die.
Owing to the generosity Of the Ca
madam government AMI the New York
state Legislators. Niagara falls can now
be viewed without charge from the new
suspension bridge to point ON both
aides OF the river half mile above
them.
"A five-ycar-old boy fell into deep
water from bridge in Seattle, Wash,
and 1t was twenty-five minutes before
men brought him to the surface with
graphing irons lie WAS rolled over
barrel, and at the end of two hours
WAS pronounced out of danger
AT Augusta, Ga, negro aged rs,
was bautercd to butt down the door Of
: saloon for drink With two or
three lungcs he drove his head against
the door like q steel hammer and the
panels were splintered. He then took
cernedly as II nothing had happened.
There is tract in Levy county,
Fla, in which three holes have been
dug thirty feet apart, and each cxcava-
ton has laid bare parts of the skeleton
of huge animal The diggers take II
for granted that the bones all belonged
to the same creature, and are wonder
ing what sort Of beast 1t was whose re-
mains underlie the county.
"A stick OF timber Ill feet long and
four feet square has just made a safe
railway journey from the state of
Washington to Chicago. It weighed
nearly 900 pounds, and three fiat
cars, each thirty-four feet In length,
were needed to carry 1t. The once fine
tree will be put to the base uses Of n
beer counter at the worlds fair.
"A hive Of bees swarmed in corset
that had been hung out to air iii North
Atchison last week. The owner of the
corset tried to coax the bees off by
beating a tin pan, but they settled
down to business, and she had to go
without her corset until her husband
came home at night and smoked the
invaders off. -Atchison Globe.
The population OF Chinatown in
San Francisco is said to have fallen off
nearly five thousand in the last six
months. The streets once crowded
have become deserted, and the many
business firms located there have either
retired from trade or have removed
elsewhere. The Chinese attribute the
change to diversion of trade to Seattle
and Portland and the rigid enforcement
Of the Chinese exclusion act A further
decline Of the noted locality Is antici-
pated
| lin Bodiga, CAL, not long since, a
man lassoed wild COW, he being on
horseback, when the animal broke the
| lariat and made a dash for liberty. Not
far of there was large house, with
the front door wide open. She rushed
through the door, up the front stairs
through narrow hallway, into bed
room, out of the window, on to the roof
of the porch, from which she leaped to
the ground, striking with such violence
as to break her neck. San Francisco
| Chronicle.
/ hC OCCnu Jug Cnk okCa
In chase after Maine vessel that is
| floating on the ocean with twenty
| thousand dollars worth of mahogany
in her hold. That vessel is the Wycr
G. Sergeant owned by William @.
Cover, Of Sedgwick. and abandoned in
, a storm last March when about eighty
miles off Hatteras- Since then she has
drifted over two thousand miles, cross
ing the gulf stream three times. At
one period Of her wild cruise she went
five hundred miles in twenty-one days
When last sighted, June 10, part ut
least of the cargo was yet on board
"A young lady gave the following
reason, says Chicago paper, for rising
very early on a railroad train: "Well,
you see there were three other women
on the car; l noticed that last night
and knew II didn't get up before
they did I'd never be able to get into
the dressing room for hours and hours,
and would probably miss my breakfast
When one Of them gets into dressing
room on a sleeper, she locks herself in
and just takes her time. no difference
how many may be waiting. I've@been
there before, and just made up my
mind to have the first chance at It for
once Myi but weren't two of 'em mad
| when came out!''