The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-24
o. GENERAL INTEREST.


The sporting citisens Of Houston,
Tox., to the number OF 5000. turned
put few days ago to witness = goat
race. There were s. entries, big
books were made on the event, and
hundreds Of dollars IN pools were sold.
The mayor and other city and county
officials officiated as starters and
Judges Some of the goats made 300
yards In SO seconds in harness
The evidence taken in the cele-
DRAFTED Davisswi case in Butte, Mont.
covered 1000 pages Of transcripts, .
total Of about /. 200. 900 words If the
sheets Of evidence were placed end TO
end and close together, they would
reacn nearly mile As they stand in
the court records they make pile
about six feet high. And this is simply
evidence. without attorneys speeches
and rulings Of the court The steno-
graphic work cost about S., 1000.
Negroes are not given to sending
kilograms, but occasionally. one steps
Americns (Ga-) Times Recorder. Re-
Gently colored brother stepped up to
the counter and wrote out his message.
When he handed it over the operator
read the following: II want to know is
you dead" The message was sent as
It was written, but the sender looked
in vain for reply. 1t never came. and
the party to whom it was sent was
probably dead sure enough.
"A rancher from away back on the
ranges engaged a room at the occi-
dental hotel in Seattle few days ago.
The hotel is lighted with elect, lefty,
and the bell boy turned on the light In
the old rancher's room. The farmer
didn't know how to extinguish the
light, and after cxhausting his ideas
uncoiled the length Of wire by which
the light hung and stuck the lamp in
the bureau drawer, smothering it un-
der his clothing. The next day the
lamp was found slowed away there
and still burning q
The much-quoted phrase, 1.-THE eyes
of Delaware are upon you, originated
with George w. Karsner, once a pros:
porous peach-grower in Newcastle
republican, was called as q witness in
the impeachment trial of Andrew john
son and he was so impressed with his
opportunity that he assured the as
sem bled senators In dead earnest that
the eyes of Delaware were upon them.
Karsner rather enjoyed the potoriety
to which the phrase attained, and had
scarcely enough humor to realize that
the press Of the country treated it
lightly.
--Goldthwaite's Geographical Maya
zine has an interesting account of a
moving mountain, which exists at the
cascades of the Columbia. 1t is a triple
peaked mass of brown basalt, rising
some 1900 feet above the water and
facing the river for or miles. Inn
possible as 1t seems the mountain is
moving slowly and steadily down to-
ward the river The forests at its base
have become submerged and large
stumps may be seen deep in the water.
Railway engineers find that the road
that skirts the foot of the mountain is
being constantly displaced At some
points the roadway has been pushed
tenefeet out of line in few years.
Here is a new way to stimulate
business. An Indianapolis druggist
found nickel on the floor of his store.
Being an honest man, he put this notice
on his window: "a sum of money found
on Tuesday last in this establishment.
The owner will receive the same with
nupon describing the money" Hun
dreds and hundreds of people have since
called and announced the loss of money.
Their respective losses range from two
dollars to fifteen hundred dollars. All
who have called spend money in the
store. chiefly for cigars A merry
twinkle glitters in the honest druggists
eye as he looks at the lucky pocket
piece which has brought him 50 much
trade
The police court of Cincinnati had
jury trial of a party accused of adult
Grating his milk. The case was made
out and the jury retired to find YER
dict, They remained retired for a long
time. SO very long every body got tired.
For hours they gave no sign. Finally,
the cleEk, in disgust and WEAKNESS,
climbed up and peeped through the
transom to see If they were dead There
the jury sat around table deeply im-
mersed in a game of cards. The mat
ter was reported to the judge, who at
once sent for the jury and demanded of
the foreman whether the jury could
agree upon a verdict ''Ich weisz
NIGHT" responded the foreman. 'sThe
jury is discharged, roared the judge.
Delaware still clings in her judicial
system to life tenure and appointment
by the governor, and most of the time
for the past ten years the state bench
has been made up almost entirely of
very old men. The whole judicial sys-
tenn of the state is peculiar and highly
characteristic. There is chief justice,
but the chancellor is the presiding judge
in the final court of appeals The
whole judicial business of the state is
carried on by five judges. Three of
these sit in the county courts, the resi-
dent judge being excused from duty
when the court sits in his own county.
The same Judges, with the chancellor
as president justice, sit in the court of
errors and appeals to review their own
decisions given in the county courts
skin Grating on the Stage.