Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-03
CURRENT TOPICS.

aDOAlSntd.
STRAWBERRIES are sold 10y the pound
in Scotland.
Ar Buenos Ayres 1900 men have
struck FOR eight hours.
SHEPHERD. Tex, has a highly sue
cessful Bellamy colony.
THE UNEMPLOYED area of Canada is es-
timated at zoo, 900 square miles.
ONLY lI6 divorces have been granted
In Canada during the last 20 wears
FIFrH-Two per cent. of the United
States population is engaged in farm
ing.
No one can breathe at a greater
height than seven miles from the
earth.
ABOUT twice as much power is re-
auired -to-siop an express train aS 1"
start one.
A CUT-RATE war las enabled Des
Moines people To get - loayes of bread
for a quarter.
The past year has been the most
profitable one for English railroads for
many years past
CELERY coffee il a new drink. 1t is
said to add renewed strength To the
brain and nerve.
A NEw YORK walters union refused
to admit 10 membership a waiter who
was not a citizen.
ANAN in Pittsburgh put al his saw
lngs into currency. hid the money in
an old sock aud goat ate it up.
PRINCE BISMARCK is reported in bad
health, having become much more
feeble within the past six months.
Col CHAs G. SAwTELIE has been APP
pointed quartermaster general OF the
army, vice Gen. Batchelder, retired
THE main topic % discussion in Lon
on is the Cretan insurrection in the
asst and the silver question in the
west.
ACCORDING to our consul general in
samoa. the king depends for his living
upon the ladies of the court" who
take in washing.
Ir is now the fashion among the
stock brokers in London to go about
without any hats, carrying, however,
an umbrella over the head.
Mrs. KATE Roach, the president of
the South Carolina w. c. I. T., is the
youngest state president in the organ
ization, being only p years old.
"a BuL-PosTISG machine, which sticks
bills oG walls, even SO high as so feet.
without tins use of ladder or paste pot
Is doing successful work in Europe.
A RIG colonial scandal involving the
,rsputation of Won PuttSamer. the gov
or of the Cameroons, rs now in full
<st, and Won PuttkamerNss has been or
Aired TO Berlin TO stand trial
LEVI RRASsHAw, of Killingly, Is
French Canadian, who was SO years
old four months ago. He is the father
of Al children by three wives, and all
the children but one are alive.
me London Chronicle asserts that
Il leans that England and Russia are
On the point of an agreement TO save
both Armenia and Crete from Turkish
oppression without disturbing the
peace If Europe.
Ir is reported that the shah Of Persia
has selected as his family physician DIR.
VIM. = Vadneman, a graduate of the
Un.vel -ity of Pennsylvania in isss, and
formerly : resident physician in the
philadelp hia hospital
THE pope favors the telephone, and
has IL Installed in the vatican. IL Is
stated that he has gone SO far as &c
permit confessions by telephone. but
priests are forbidden 20 grant absolu.
tion by the same means.
The congregation of the Bay Ridge
Rroolxlyn, Reformed church is having
erected handsome edifce at Secono
and Eightieth street The materia
a.. being used is old granite paving stones,
which makes a substantial structprs
and presents an unique appearance.
IT is said that the one woman Of
whom Queen Victoria stands in respect
full awe is the housekeeper Of Balmoral
castle. She has held her position OF
power for many years and rules every
BODY who comes within her domain
with a rod Of iron, even the queen her
self.
TUE German emperor has $50 car
riages In his stables in Berlin. OF
these 100 are for the use of his suite.
The broughams, Victorias and landaus
used by the emperor and by the mem
berx Of the royal family are all paint
ed alike. and are never used by any one
else.
ANDREW CAMERON. diver. at work on
Loeb Treig, Owed to depth of 200 feet
recently, This, Il is said, is the great
est depth ever reached by submarine
diving. Up I'LL this date the record
dive was at brussels. where a diver
named valmont reached the depth OF
100 feet
A NEW fish heck has been invented.
The bait holding device is supplied
with self-opeuing hooks, which are
closed end concealed at their points,
and which spring in opposite directions
wher the slightest tension is put upon
he line One of the chief advantages
claimed is hat when the fish are land
ed they can DC readily released
Carr. wuAIaM wmIIsERoD, of the
North g, man Lloyd line, has crossed
the Atlanta 400 times. i,4)6,QQ0 miles
in all or o. times round the earth lie
has safely carried 200. 900 persons, and
rescued hundreds Of persons at sea
This is a record OF which any man ma.
he proud.
A REGULATION of importance to wool
en- manufacturers in the United King
dom Is about to be introduced in con
neetton nth the Royal Irish constabu
larry. Abe material Cor the making %
great-cos.s Supplied to the men of thai
force will. ia futsre. BE- of Irish manu-
facture, IL possiDis
WmuE Cinnamon were eKcasating ID
the rear of their building at Hope, Ida.
one of them concluded to pan out some
of the black sand. The result was
chat the frs painful Of sanl produced
80 In go.s. and the Cinnamon are noa
busy with shovel sEi pan, making
good wages
PARIS policemen have been supplied
with electric dark lanterns, by @eap'
of which they can see i5) feet away
They are eppioyed SO success ully IL
raids on the B,is % Boulogne on tn,
homeless pesso - who slssp there a
night. that ST. Cloud. SevFes and Vail
d'Ayray are oyerrsp With Migrants