Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-30
Items of Interest.

of English china and
,arthenware, which filed % cars and
he duty on which amounted to
f6,17O.90. The goods were transported
rom Montreal in special train.
There are nearly 5000 lighthouses
laid down on the worlds charts. Over
500 are on United States waters, and
S90,000,000 has been spent on this ser
vice by the United States since the
organization of the government.
There are 1,2OS, 2O9 soldiers Of the
Union still living. OF this number
687, $40 are not pensioners. There are
979, 9O8 sleeping in soldiers graves
these are figures which would be we'll
to lodge in the memory for future ref
erence.
1t is reported that the king of Servia
mas been bethrothed to the Princess
Helena of Montenegro. The latter was
born in 1878. King Alexander was
born in 1876, and succeeded his father,
King Milan, after the latter's abdica-
ton, March 7, 1889.
Greenland has no postage stamps.
Not great deal of mail matter leaves
that country That which the Kites
party sent was stamped by the governors
with Danish stamps, taken to Denmark
in the trading vessels and there mailed.
A farmer at Halls Stream, N. H, hav-
ing discovered bear and two cubs on
the Canadian side of the line, where
there is no bounty, drove them over to
the New Hampshire side and killed them,
and so, for his thrift, will receive $50
from the state
The remains of about 100 elephants
have been found at Mont-Dall, in Brit
tany, where they are gathered on sur
face of about 1000 square meters. All
the bones are broken and it is thought
that the animals must have been eaten
by prehistoric men.
Philadelphia ia years ago must have
had some of its present characteristics.
The British army occupied it then, and
thereafter had such a good time and
were so soothed and Modified by the air
of the place that they did nothing for a
long time but stay there and enjoy them
selves.
We are quite used to circuses that
advertise Investments from 81 100000 to
100000, but there is another side to
the picture. In the small railroad towns
Of New jersey a circus now making one
day stands uses only two cars for its
outfit and exhibits only one horse and
one rider in the ring.
The Jerico, Jaffa & Jerusalem railroad
through the Holy Land is progressing
very slowly. The Turks are very ineffi-
Gent contractors. They perform the
easier parts of the work first, and then
a rain storm comes along and washes it
all away, and it becomes necessary to
begin it anew.
Several women at Fort Worth, Tex,
moving in the highest social circles,
have been indicted by the grand jury,
charged with playing cards in private
club-rooms. The games were purely
social, 40 money being at stake. The
questionable action has caused the great
est kind of sensation.
A red-haired girl in Hudson, Mich,
was struck by lightning and all her hair
was burned off. Fifteen minutes later
a white horse in the same town was
struck by lightning and had most of his
hair burned off. Even lightning rscog-
nizes that he'd headed girls and white
horses must suffer together.
the figure of the Goddess of Liberty,
II feet high, surmounts the dome of
the new Texas capitol, at Austin, which
is 800 feet high. A swarm of bees have
made their nest in the bronze head OF
the goddess, entering by the nostrils,
and recent inspection indicates that they
have stored up there barrel of honey.
A unique fashion was originated by
Miss Hargous, at her wedding to Dun
con Elliott at Newport. 1t is that OF
the bride giving wedding present to
the groom, and it is likely to grow in
favor. Her gift to Mr.. Elliott was an
exquisite pearl scarf pin, which of course
he wore in his white silk cravat on his
wedding day.