San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-05
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ham, where Watt worked out his
idea Of the steam engine, after an
existence OF 1873 years is now idle,
and will soon be broken up and dis.
mantled. At one time it employed
1000 men, hut it's business died
away and when it closed its doc re-
it had only 400.
The sum of 100000 marks is in.
cluded in the German army esti-
mates the present year for the sup
ply of bicycles to the army. Two
wheels are assigned to each bat
TALON. Bicycles are to relieve the
cavalry OF a great part Of it's intel
ligence duties and to take the place
in quarters Of mounted orderlies.
Wishbone parties are the latest
thing in England. A card with a
wishbone painted in the center
and quotation written beneath is
torn in halves and a piece given to
a lady and gentleman respective.
ly. Partners are secured by match
ing the pieces.
A ten-year-old daughter of DIR.
G.. l.. Buland Of Greenwood, Wis.,,
was bitten by pet dog about ten
days ago, and, symptoms of hydro
phobia having developed, her
father has taken her to Chicago to
receive the Pasteur treatment.
In Argentina the preservation of
meat by electricity is to be tried on
a large scale by an English COM
pany that owns the patents. 1t
will set up six establishment in
Buenos Ayres, Entire Rios and
Banda Oriental, to kill 1920 head
Of cattle a day.
From DIR. McComb's porch, Leb-
anon, Mo-, wire was stretched to
a pine tree. Lightning struck and
splintered the tree the other day,
and flashing over the wire ran
down the post and split the porch
floor into kindling wood.
Peter Dedrick, a Menominee
(Wis.l saloonkeeper, lies at the
point OF death in Marinette, and he
will probably not recover. He used
poisoned salve on sore. 1t con-
tanned mercury, which penetrated
his whole system.
A Tioga (Pa.) man has applied
to the courts to have his name
changed to Smith. When asked
his reasons he replied that his
name was Adam Butcher, and he
wanted to start a barber shop.
Henry Sargent Of Portland, Ore,
has a lobster claw thirteen inches
long and nine inches broad. The
lobster from which the claw was
taken weighed thirty-five pounds,
and was caught forty years ago.
The will of Mrs. Mary Jane
a South Boston lady,
$4,000 trust for the care
and maintenance OF. a parrot-a
bird she has owned for twenty
years.
The persons of African descent
are classified according to the de-
grees Of colored blood in 6,337 $3.50
956,9S9 mulattoes, los, 1876
quadroons and 1896 octoroons.
Massillon CO., wheelmen are
hunting for a man who has covered
the road from that place to Canton
with taeks, thus punctpring their
tires.
To remove a corn from her toe
Miss Katie Erb of Pottsville, Pa,
used carbolic acid, and may lose
her leg in consequence.
Samuel G. Hammond, a San
Francisco butcher, for a long time
a member Of the Stock Raisers' as.
sociatlon, has found time in the
last six years to so far develop a
fad for cactus growing that his col.
lections has few equals. The num-
Der Of varieties in his possession Ia
$50, which is doubled and trebled
when account is taken of his gratis
slips and duplicates.
Miss Eliza Westley, the grand
daughter OF Charles and grand
niece Of John Wesley, died recent
ly in London at the age of seventy
six. She was a church organist,
as were her father and and two Of
her brothers. Her father, Samuel
Westley, composed his oratorio Of
"Ruth" a hundred and twenty-one
years ago.
Herbert Spencer, who was one
Of the three men outside of Ger.
many who were recently appoint
ed Knights Of the Order of Merit
by Emperor William, has declined
the proffered honor on the ground
that opinions, repeatedly expressed
in his writings, debar him from
accepting it.