The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A chicken lately rode from New York to
Bridgeport, Conn, on the pilot OF an en-
CINE.
Mary Mocejks of Erie, Pa. has the record
of having elOped seven times from one hus-
band.
A Richmond (Va.) man recently died from
the effects OF cocaine while undergoing
surgical operation.
The Model Coffee-house, Philadelphia,
which has a seating capacity OF ZJOO Is the
largest in the country.
Matte Abbott, n belle of Putnam, Conn,
has become the bride Of a cUlored clergy
man Of Hayerhill, Mass.
The first American drama produced C'The
Contrast') was at the JOhn-street Theater,
New York, April IT, 1857.
Upward of 500 business houses through
out the world conduct a portion Of their
correspondence in VOlapuk.
a fakir has a dog that sits on the top Of
his wagon, wearing a red cap aud holding
meerSchsum pipe in his mouth.
Samuel L. James Of Armstrong County,
| Pa, is the pOsseSSOr of the original key 10
the main door If Libby Prison.
The electric cabs recently introduced at
Stuttgart, Germany, are reported to be en-
tlTely successful and very popular.
The first person to vote in the Fourth
Ward al LeaYenwOrth, kaus., was Mildred
Ann Clay. cOl0red woman. los years old.
a Pittsburg man has clock which has
been 10 his family for III years. It keeps
| correct time and has never required repairs.
A farm on the banks Of the North River,
! in Virginia, has been IN the continuous pos
session Of the Tabb family for more than
80 years.
An Ohio drummer, who eloped with his
wifes maid, was found keeping house with
her in New York by his better half, who
caused their arrest.
George Francis Train soemnly declares
that Rudyard kipling IS myth. Hesdoes
not believe that anybody ever saw him or
that such a man ever existed.
a curious fact, of which probably few
New Workers are aware, is that the bank
ing capital OF the metropolis is smaller by
| S2,OO 900 than that of Boston.
1t took nearly a hundred words 10 report
the death Of the stallion 1sonOmy by cable.
But then he was worth ST., 600. and during
his life had earned something like S750000.
The Superintendent of the Philadelphia
Mint says that ten l0-cent pieces, instead
Of weighing as much as a silver dollar, as
| formerly, only weigh about nlne-tenthS as
much.
The Patent Office at Washington has a
printed circular which il sends TO inventors
OF machines Tor perpetual motion" setting
| out the fact that the thing is an impossi-
| bIlity.
| Fourteen persons have been poisoned at
| Chattanooga, Tenn, by eating cream puffs
| into viii n arsenic, in some mysterious man
! ner. had found it's way. All will probably
| recover.
a Kcntuckian who had arrived at majority
offered his first vote the other day, but so
| great was his excitement that he tell in
! heap in dead faint anu could not sit up for
| an hour.
In Chile it Is said fifteen different cabi-
| nets were formed Ia the thirty months pre-
| yious tOs February, and the public service
! suffered greatly from the rapid changes from
| one political group to another
| Woman suffrage is symbolized in Wyom-
| ing's new seal Of State, which shows the
| figure Of woman, from whose uplfted arm
! is suspended a broken chain, while the
| States motto is Equal Rights"
One of the streets Of Palermo is named
! after President Lincoln. This was done by
! order of the Marquis di Rudini, The new
| Premier Of Italy, who was Mayor of Pa
! leTmO at the time Of LincOln's assassination.
a Missouri weekly paper recently In
! duIged in some critical remarks about
| Shakespeare, and a farmer named John
! Shakespeare, thinking the family insuIed,
came to town and gave tile editor a thrash
| ing.
The largest hospital In the world is III Ger
| mauy-the Allgemeine Kran kenhauS, which
| contains 1900 beds. This hospital, which is
| now 116 years Old, is managed in the interest
| of students for the benefit Of the poor
patients.
A Paris tobacconist, who had perhaps
| been in America, advertised a certain cigar
| to be " the best In the world for cents"
| He was arrested, failed to prove ii the
! best" and was fined $50 for malicious in
| tent 10 deceive
a young daughter Of Joachim, the
| famous VI0linist, recently made her debut as
| an opera singer al Elbsrfeldt, and made
| cuah brilliant hat cl
| diately engaged for the winter season at the
Leipsic ODera House.
An Atchison (Kans.) woman wears
WOOllen dress two seasons herself and then
makes 1t over for the Oldest daughter. Then
the baby has turn and then it appears in
the rag carpet, and yet her husband does
not think she is economical.
The Sultan of Turkey lives in constant
dread OF assassination He never leaves
the grounds of his palace except to 90 once
a week to nelghbOrlng mosque. Once a
year he pays visit to StambOul, but his
route is never known in advance.
A large bronze statue of the late P. T.
Barnum has arrived at New York from
Bremen. 1t was ordered some time ago by
the great Snowman himself and will proba-
bly, be erected in Bridgeport The statue
represents Mr.. Barnum seated in an arm
chair.
A Presidential candidate whose name
=
ending with the same letter on the ticket
with him for Vice-President always has
WOn. There have been over a half-doZen of
these combinations, and all have been sue
cessful
The proportion of males to females in
Russia is about the same as it exists in the
imperial family, where there are twenty
two grand dukes and only seven grand
duchesses. The daughter in the family is
always great pet Girls marry young, and
an old maid is real curiosity.
The late John Harper, the rich Pittsburg
banker, laid the foundation of his fortune
in an event beyond his control. A friend
invested in some Chicago swamp land and
made Harper take an interest to the extent
Of several hundred dollars, aud before he
was done lamenting his rashness boom
came and sent his share up TO $685. 600.
A Hamburg bachelor, who died recently,
got even with a woman who Tilted him by
leaving her a legacy of u, 600 marks and the
following letter: Madam: Some thirty
years ago l was a sutton for your hand ia
marriage. You refused my offer, and as a
consequence my days have been passed in
peace and quetness. Now l requite your
goodness"
P. 4. Barnum lectured in Utica, n Y,
once. He told about Joice beth, and how
alter her death an autopsy was held, aud
how the physicians concluded that she could
not have been 100 years old by the condition
OF her heart. When they explained this to
Mr.. Barnum he said; Gentlemen, you
should have known that Joee Heth under
went change of heart in her last years.
She became converted and joined the
church"
Light Showers.