The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A cable road under the Clyde Mt Glas-
gov has just been finished and will
he opened To- traffic shortly. II is 10
feet indiameter and 200 feet long. 1t
has been five years building.
IL appears from an article by one
who has made close investigation of
the matter, that there are now only 200
wild bufraloes alive In the United
States In the Yellowstone Park,
A phaeton. driven by electricity. with
seat for two passengers, is now TO
be seen in the streets of Paris. The
steering axle is in front. and beneath
the drivers foot is pedal that con-
trolls "clrcuit breaker" and brake.
A merchant In Birmingham. Ala.
few days ago hired trolley car, COW
cred 1t with bunting and big advertise
ments OF his business, put life and
drum corps inside and sent II bowling
over all the trolley routes In the city.
A MaryiCnd man who brought suit
for $4,000 for breach of promise has
been Informed by the Judge that a
woman who has promised to marry
may change her mind and marry some.
body else without being liable legal
damages.
Wishhone parties are the latest thing
in England. 4 card with wishbone
painted I'm the center and quotation
written beneath Is torn in halves and
Il piece given to u lady and gentleman,
respectively. Partners are secured 10y
matching the pieces.
In many of the lakes of Manitoba
there Is Il creature that seems to be
half fish and half lizard. The reptile
Is spotted and much resembles Il small
trout in general appearance. II does
not move on the bottom. hut when not
advancing remains suspended in the
water like n fish.
The bottom of the Atlantic forms Il
sort of terrace along the continent,
sloplng gradually for several miles.
then suddenly descending to far great.
or depth. In general about 100 miles
from the shore there is n depth of 100
fathoms. but In ten miles the depth eN-
cecds 1000 fathoms.
Pueblo is now the headquarters OF
nll the Western divisions Of the Santa
Fe Railway system. as well aS of the
LOO miles of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad. From Pueblo 90 out
the train orders and traffic directions
over five of the largest railroad sys.
tens In the United States.
A greyhound. frightened 10y the whis
tie of locomotive. jumped off the
platform of Newton ST Cyrcs. on the
North Devon line, in England, aud ran
10 the next station. Crcditon. keeping
tho whole distance right in front of the
train. The distance two ana one half
milcs-was covered i'm five minutes.
start and stop included.
At the Bordeaux exhibition the spc.
cial feature willbe bottle ll5 feet high,
divided into stories, I'm the lowest of
which there will he restaurant. A
winding staircase will lead up the neck
to kiosque. taking the place of the
cork where there will be room for
thirty-fve persons at n time To sit and
look over the exhibition grounds and
the city.
Twenty towns in Minnesota have
adopted ordinances providing for the
old European custom Of curfew peo-
pie under 16 years OF age found on the
street after the ringing Of the curfew
are liable 10 arrest. The first ofrcnsp
is punishable with n fine, the second
with imprisonment and the third with
both fine and Imprisonment.
Lieut.. COL Kosterlitzky. chief of the
Bavispe section OF Mexican grcnadiers,
believes the Apache Kid is in the Sier.
ra Madre, together with other rene.
gades, including Elias and some
sqCaws. They are not bothering any
one In Sonora at present. as the Kid
does not want 10 he hunted ont of
Mexico, ms he fears 10 return To the
United States. where n large reward
Is offered for him dead or alive
A universal cipher code for use In
cable messages has just been com
pletcd by experts at Berno. Switzer-
land, who have labored nearly five
years on its compilation. The work
was authorized by the Paris conven-
tion of telegraphers in 1880. The new
code comprises 25O.OOO words distinct.
ly different from each other and none
containing more than ten letters. II
will be adopted by all European coun.
tries rs soon as arrangements are com
pleted for its use and in few wears
will probably become the cable Ian.
guage of the entire world
Preparations are making at Long
Cove, Me, for one of the biggest quar-.
ry blasts ever made in this country.
The object of attack is miniature
mountain of granite, seventy five feet
in perpendicular height In the face
of this ledge. at the foot. tunnel is
being driven. which, when completed.
will be 4 shaped, the main stem iifty-
five feet long, with two cross arms
some thirty feet in length each. Eight
tons or more Of powder is 10 be put in
these side tunnels the main tunnel