Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-09
CURRENT TOPICS.

CukHtNI TOPICS.
FIFTEEN Of the forty-five pensioners
Of the war Of 1912 are over 100 years
old.
IRISH potatoes are being shipped
from Texas to Chicago by the carload
daily.
The fee for letter postage has been
reduced in Mexico from ten to five
cents.
HANNAH sIMMs OF Reading, Pa, bled
to death after having sixteen teeth ex-
tracted.
THREE townships in MuskegonI
county, Mich, have more than 1000
acres set to peppermint
POLICE judge in EXeter, N. H., re-
gently sent man to Jail for sixty days
Tor stealing an umbrella.
MUSHROOM, Mich, owing to a purer
water supply, has 70 per cent less sick.
ness than three years ago.
GEN. SCHoFIELD arrived at Seattle
from Alaska, and will explore Puget
sound for defensive points.
DURING the mother absence the babe
of Amos Schaeffer, of Florin, Lancaster
county, hanged itself in bed
THERE has been an increase of SOC
arrivals in Bar Harbor during the
month Of June over last year.
NEAR Stockton, Cal, is an Arab col
ony, which cultivates Indian hemp and
manufactures hasheesh from it.
The Stoddard county (Mo.) Jail is an
easy one. The prisoners got out of ii
while the jailer had gone TO get them
some beer. s SN
At recent society wedding in Chi.
cago, the bride, a widow, was given
away at the altar by her son, a child
of ten years.
They say it takes a very smart mi.
croscopist to detect the powdered
walnut shells used in cinnamon for its
adulteration.
CHAs. j. LITTLE has been elected
president of the Garrett Biblical insti.
tute, Evanston, H., in place of the, late
Dr. Ridgaway.
THIS is great year for apricots in
southern California. The crop in Pc.
mona valley alone will amount tc
about 1000 tons. @&t s&F
RUSSELL SAGE is gradually breaking
down from. overwork, buthe refuses tc
leave his Office, in spite of the advice
of HIS physician.
Nor one life insurance company is
now doing business in Kansas. The
statutory conditions are SO onerous
that all have withdrawn.
JOHN ROGERS, residing near Tower
vile, Wis, has the largest collection
of speckled and rainbow troutin the
state. He has 400 specimens.
The seyenty-four windows in the
yacht Standard, owned by the late car
and just finished, cost $4,000 The
vessel is one of great beauty.
In London, recently, two panels Of
old Brussels tapestry sold for $3.50
One of Gobelin's, representing Venu:
and the Graces, brought S2,3l0.
CANADA will have an international
exhibition next year. 1t will be hello
at Montreal from May to October and
will occupy 100 acres of ground.
FLORENCE is suffering from the visi
tation of party of fifty young Ameri
can women, who have settled at Sar
Donate and go sketching in body.
WARREN, o., proposes to celebrate
the centennial of its first settlement
April II, 1S99 The village was tn,
first capital of the Western Reserve.
A CHERRY tree in Guilford, Me-, hal
acquired considerable notoriety b.
bearing ripe fruit on one side ant
blossoming on the other, at the sam,
time.
A CONNECTICUT church thus adver
t;ses: "a cool church physically, |
i. warm church spiritually, Good seat
for timely arrivals, and glorious timel
to ALL
& Owing to the increased demand 70
electrical purposes, the price of plat
mum has increased five times durin,
the past year, and will soon exceed
that of gold
j. S. GILL, wealthy Vermont manu-
facturer, has offered to the Odd Eel
lows of that state property valued a
$4,000 to be converted into an Odt
Fellows home.
LEE SONG has caught on to civiliza
ton in splendid shape This enlight
ened Chinaman, who lives at Lawrence
Kan, has sued pretty American gin
for breach of promise.
ARKANSAS the name of the state, /
officially pronounced as spelled, bu
the official pronunciation of the rive
is Arkansaw, although spelled In tn
same way as the state.
THE number of passports issued b
the state department shows that NOR
Americans are going to Europe thi
year than have gone in any previou
one except 1889 and 1891.
Mrs. ADAM HAHN, of North Lima, o
and her daughters, Mrs. Henry Getz, c
Washingtonville, and Mrs. Simo
Frankford, of North Lima, all die
within twenty-four hours.
PERFECT safety is not to be had upo
the bicycle, A rider at South Manche,
ter, CT, ran his machine against tire
and broke his saddle spring, whic
entered his abdomen injuring hi
fatally.
THE maiden name OF Mrs, Lucreti
Mott, the famous Quaker preacher, wa
Coffin, and she was born in Nantuclse
being lineal descendant Of Sir Isas
Coffin, an admiral of the blue in tn
British navy,
PRINCE OSCAR, of Prussia, the youu
son of the emperor, had his first toot
pulled the other day. 1t was the brit
day of his English governess, al
among ether presents he sent the toot