Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-12-06
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Teen further than any other color,
THE production of borax in 1894 was
i4,eS0, 1870 pounds, valued at s97i,4f5
THE three leading apple states in the
country are New York, Ohio and Mis-.
souri,.
THERE is movement in England tc
have public school children taught tc
swim.
A MAINE man is working ont an
idea for combination lantern and din
ner pail.
A LONDON paper says that America
has taken the conceit out OF the British
in athletics
FoR distributing in lammatory hand
bills, a Chicago anarchist was arrested
by the police.
THE governor OF Georgia has eighty
four aides, each with the rank of lieu
tenant colonel.
MORE than half of the Hebrew Bible
edited by Prof. Haupt, of Johns Hop
kins, is in type.
A DIFFERENTIATION bride is seeking
divorce from her l7-year-old husband
in Philadelphia.
PAsTEuE died in the stable where
one hundred horses were kept fol
scientific purposes.
A THREE-NINUTE system of tele,
phones at Pittsburgh is unpopular
with business men.
CHEYENNE and Arapahoe Indians are
holding war dances and terrifying the
whites in Oklahoma.
VIM RUSH, of Wishart, Mo. is in jail
for eating a cake at a church fair and
refusing to pay for it,
VIM Huron, of Sharon, Pa, fell
down stairs with lighted lamp and
was probably fatally burned.
THE New York women opposed tc
woman suffrage have issued an ad
dress to the voters of that state.
AN Italian army officer is said tc
have invented mitrailleuse capable
of firing so 600 bullets minute.
Our of the total production of mar
Wv AOl VIC WliOlC CHibtu bldICS, Vet
mont heads the list with $1,000, 400
THE largest production of silver was
in 1892, when $4,000 600 troy ounces
were reported, valued at $50, 900, 800
II is estimated that the gold product
of Colorado in 1895 will show an in
crease OF from 100000 to "a, 900, 900
MINNIE WILLIAMS seems to be fata
name. Two bearing it have been muir
dered and third is charged with muir
der.
WHEN Arizona Charley, the cowboy
tried to give bull fight at Denver the
humane society agents took him t.
Jail.
A RATTLEsNAKE that has been on ex
hibition at Peaks Island Me-, the pas
four months has eaten nothing in tina
time.
AN escaped circus gorilla at Iude
pendence, Kan, caused q panic in tn,
streets, but was finally lassoed anc
Gagged.
WHAT is left of potato pulp after
the starch is extracted is used, among
other things, in the manufacture O
boxes.
SINcE ten years ago the largest pro
duction of pig iron in this country wa
in 1890, when 0a02, 1903 tons were pro
duced.
An Essex (Ct.) oyster dredger fount
4 large sea clam the other day. In i
he found a faultless pearl las large a
a pea."
The largest production of gold wa
in 1891, when 1,0l0,Sl6 troy ounce
were reported, with a coinage value o
$40, 500, 900.
A BURGLAR, while leaving New
York house the other night fell iron
an upper story and was almost in
stantly killed.
A SOUTH CAROLINA widow becam
her own mother-in-law recently. Tina
is to say, she is now the wife OF he
husbands father.
A NEW insect pest called "the devil
saddlebags" has made its appearance
in Georgia. 1t is poisonous caterpil
lar that eats corn.
CHARGED with robbing the Ne,
York Herald of $4,000, Charles Gore
that journals former assistant cashic:
was arraigned in New York,
AN autopsy disclosed the fact tina
Prof Eliot +, Rogers, of Harvard co
lege, who fell dead after recitatio
the other day, committed suicide.
AnoosTooK county, Me-, one of tn
biggest potato-growing districts in til
east, will put about 6,00O 600 bushels G
potatoes on the market this season.
In San Francisco not more than on
in fifty of the wheelwomen wear skirt
when riding. The bloomer costum
has been widely adopted in that city.
AN iron church, weighing fifty tons
seating six hundred people and costin
$4,000, is being put up for the Blu
garian congregation in Constantinoplt
ALUMISUM shows the largest ir
crease of all the metals, having rise
from 2s5 ounces in 1885, valued Q
5000, to $4,000 ounces in 1894, value
at S3l6,25
A pETRIFIED skeleton of q palaeozoi
saurian, thirty-three feet long, has ju.
been discovered in & stalacte cave 8
the Caumont quarries, between Roue
and Havre.
DAVID TRAN, of Girardville, Pa, W;
decapitated while attempting to boar
moving train. Six years ago he ha
IN arm and leg cut off in making
similar attempt
The dwellcrs in certain part {
Minnesota are suffering from a cur
Gus embarrassment They can M
sink a well for water without runnin
into rich body of iron ore.
KING OSCAR, of Sweden and Norwa
is to-day the only monarch who occ
sionally dons his crown. His ma
esty wears it every time he faces Il