The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-12
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Boston ID to have statue Of Theo-
dore Parker. M
SECRETARY FOSTER likes to see .
good game OF base ball. T
OUR Indian wars from 1776 to 1885
cost the government S6O8, $50. 200.
SENATOR HEARsr's fortune has been
appraised and found to be over $s,00O,.
o00. ~
The latest reports from the cotton
states are that the crop will be one Of
the largest ever known.
SKILLED workmen can be imported
to establish the tin plate industry, says
the treasury department..
CAPT. HERMAN KoPPERHoLD, Of Wal.
doboro, Me-, has a fife that footed at
the battle of Bunker Hill.
MISSOURI is the most populous state
west Of the Mississippi and is nearly as
big as all of New England.
PROF. GARNER, of Washington, is go.
ing to Africa to make scientific study
Of the language Of monkeys.
The experimental station for produc-
ing rain by artificial means has been
located at Medicine Lodge, Kan.
The czarina Of all the Russias does
not disdain to wear calico gown when
she is on board the imperial yacht
BY an act of the last congress, Okla
homa will be divided into counties, each
comprising about 700 square miles.
CHIEF JUSTICE LUCAS, of West Wiz.
ginia, is only four feet high, but his
decisions are up to the legal standard.
The largest bay in the world is Hud-
son bay, which measures $50 miles
north and south by 900 miles in width.
ROBERT BONNER has been such a
lover of speedy trotters that he has
spent more than $500, 600 in gratifying
his tastes in that direction.
The German emperor is alleged to
have requested his mother to submit q
programme of her movements for his
approval whenever she may wish to
travel
No one was much surprised when the
London Times, in its "city article" de-
clared that Chicago was destined to be-
come one Of the greatest grain-growing
states in the Union.
MANY of the large seaside hotels
have provided for the comfort of the
amateur photographers by having dark
rooms built where they can develop
their negative plates.
The mayor of Elizabeth, N. j., is out
with his scalping knife. He gave his
police instructions to kill all uhmuzzled
dogs and the first victim was his own
little curly-tailed pug
MONTANA is larger than the empire
of Turkey. Texas is larger than the
whole Austrian empire by 80, 600 square
miles, and New Mexico is larger than
Great Britain and Ireland together.
MRS. Rich ARD MANNING, of South
Carolina, can boast of being the moth
er of governor, the wife of govern
or, the sister of governor, the niece
of governor and the aunt OF gov,
ernor.
Ex-SEcRETARY BAyARp is growing
feshy as he advances in years. His
face has become set in severe lines and
his hair has whitened rapidly since
death robbed him of his wife and his
favorite daughter.
THREE years ago two Mississippi men
went to law over an old COW, valued at
$l7. The litigation has just been set
tied in the supreme court. The costs
aggregate $500, while the fees Of attor-
neys amount to more than $500.
The microbe theory is about 1900
years old, for Terentius Varro wrote,
81 B. c., that there are invisible animal
cules growing in swampy regions,
which get into the body by way Of the
mouth and the lungs, and cause serious
diseases
THERE is post at the corner of the
public square in Fairmont, Mo-, which
gets bolt of lightning from nearly
every thunderstorm that comes along.
Three men, five horses and twenty or
thirty sheep have been electrocuted at
the spot.
MRS. LOGAN has left the generals Ii
brary just as it was when he last occu.
pied it, untouched, except by the dust
brush, and unchanged. His arm chair
still retains its customary position, and
hardly a paper has been moved from
his desk.
BENEATH footbridge, that is a favor.
lite meeting place for South Bethlehem,
Pa. lovers, swarm of yellow jackets
have built their nest, and between
Cupid's darts and theirs the young
lovers are said to have a most interest
ing time.
THE use of oil to smooth the sea in
rough weather has been applied to a
life-buoy. Valves are opened automat
ically, releasing the oil gradually ant
preventing the heavy waves from break
ing over the buoy and suffocating the
person in it
A MAN walked into Lowell Mass J
bar-room, bought twenty-five cents
worth of cigars, and offered 81, OOt
bill in payment. He was somewhat
taken aback when the saloon-keepel
pocketed the bill and counted out fol
change S999. 20 in silver. f,r ....
FATHER MoLLINGER, Allegheny City
Pa, whose alleged cures have attracted
SO much attention, is flooded with let
tiers of inquiry from every part of the
world They number two thousand ,
month. He answers about half of then
and throws the rest away.
ELIZA KNIGHT, an aged widow, WHIT