The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-07-27
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new tunnel 10 suppl AIfiill--s
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and 19 human lives ss5
It Is said that thes lied REM ;ns Of
! an Irish giant, about ~ feet IA height.
are lying unclaimed Ct london railWay
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| Sx-Chtef OF Police Brynes, 81 New!
York; says ttlat ha has declined a proffer
lof tl5.O00 per annuIn w q foreign govern
Iment that requires his services.
lss Ins1866 the late duke OF Hamilton laid,
fls0, COO to f6, 900 against Hermit for the
Derby Fortunately for him, friends in
teryened, and the bet was Cancelled.
a thrifty keeper In the Pere la Chaise
cemetery, Paris, was recent d ismissed
for too much enterprise He had added to
his income by raising vegetables on the
graves. 5S Ba S5,tss y 5.g53
A street ii the Saint Owen district Of
Raris has been named after Mara De
raisemes, the champion of the rights OF
women, and q bust Of her has been placed
in q public garden in the same locality
Accu Atopie, a negro from the German
colony Of Togoland, Africa, IS one Of the
best students in the scientific college Of
easel, Germany, & Emperor William was
once student III the gymnasi um there
Mother Mary Gonzaga, who is said to
be the Oldest sister of charity in the
United States, celebrated her 69th Z ami \
versary of her Initiation into the order at
Philadelphia on Friday. She is 81 years
old. # IA s5 M
Rev. Mr.. Wheeler, of New Brunswick
who rides a wheel, on Sundays when he
feels like it, has declared in mis- last ser
mon: 81 see no. more harm in a spin on
one of our streets on a Sunday afternoon
than I do in a walk on the same. =
Uncle Bill Hess, of Elk Garden, Va,
was 100 years old ON June rs last. He has
80 children, It's grandchildren, and 80
great grandchildren. Elk Garden has two
other aged residents, Mrs. Sarah Shelton,
who is 1O3 years old, and Mrs. Dorton,
who is 101. y,
The italian Deputy and ex-Minlster
Barnardino Granada speaks 200 words
to the minute. What a mercy ex-
claimed some one, .that Gramaidi was
not born a girl Eyes replied the other,
fancy such speaker growing up to be
somebody's mother-in lawv .S
+ Colonel Spohr. in a German newspaper
points out how frequent is the case In his
country of horse trainers forcing their
animals to indulge in alcoholic "pick-me-
ups." The writer declares that the effect
of alcohol ON horses Is Of a highly injuri-t
GUS nature. s
Although he is IS years old, Senator
Morrill,, of Vermont, is said to have an
nounced that he will accept another re-
election at the end of his present term.
His fifth term in the senate will expire
in March, 1897. Up to date he has served
% years in the senate and IL years in
the house. s1ss $#$:5s&33s
Over 10 years ago Joseph Dudley, of
Waterford, Me-, conceived the idea OF put
ting large clock outside of his house
over the entrance to that place. For that
length of time the clock has been running
regularly, with the original works IN it.
Neither the rain nor the snow ever stops
it, and it's as regular as the sun.
Five generations Of one family are liV-
ing near Hamilton, Ohio. The Oldest
member is Mrs. Margaret Nash, who is
80 years old, and the youngest her great
great-grandchild, Ruby cleveland, who
Is seven months old. Mrs. Mash had II
children, and her daughter had a. The
grandmother of Ruby Ia only 81 years
old, and her mother is IT.
It is said that Arthur Balfour, the new
leader of the mouse of commons, never
wears his hatsin the house. When ad-s
d1 essing the house he generally holds
himself together by the lapels Of his coat.
He is an extremely nervous man, and
moves about d good deal, both in his seat
and on his feet. He is interchangeable, alert,
well posted, fearless, and generally good
humored in debate. IL
Boys living In and around Sam Diego,
Cal, are making lots of money catching
horned toads for the Hawaiian govern
ment, which is importing them to destroy
Japanese bug, which is running many
crops in the islands. The government
wants 5000 toads, and is paying the boys
81 dozen for them. Incidentally the
boys are collecting a considerable number
of rattlesnake skins for which the county
pays a bounty Of Is cents apiece.
The miracle of the Red Sea. which en-
abled the children Of Israel to escape from
Pharoah, has happened again, reports
Maj. Gen Tl1lloch to the British govern
ment He has been surveying the route
of the exodus, ana saw it with his own
eyes last spring. A wind arose SO fierce
that within few hours it had driven the
entire waters Of the lake Menzaleh out
Of sigth beyond the horizon, leaving all
the sailing vessels resting on the sand
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