Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-07-01

WILLIAM BLACK, the novel writer, /,
also a portrait painter, an enthusiastic
botanist and an all-round sportsman.
JOHN ID. ROCKEFELLER, president OF
the Standard Oil trust, owns 400, 900 o.
the l,000,0 900 shares in the corporation
NEwLY-DIsCovERHp West African
butterfly spins cocoon which re
sembles mask made for n human face
DURING the recent spread of tn,
Charlton river over the bottoms in Mis-
souri,, big catfish was caught by
dog.
Mr.. AND Mrs. DURGIN. two hale and
hearty people living near Portland
Me-, are aged respectively 1O2 and o.
years.
MRS JULIA C. DAILY, of Chicago. ha.
given real estate in that city valued
at $4,000 to Commander Booths fol
lowers.
WINNEGANCE Me woman recently
proved her experiences with a gun
bringing down two large gulls at
single shot.
HE night Waterman in Albany. Mo-.
rings the big bell when he thinks the
clouds indicate the near approach of a
heavy storm
LIEUT.. PEARY will sail from sydney
c. b., about the middle of July on hi.
North pole expedition, and will be alb
sent two years
REDWOOD plank exhibited at the
Kansas City exposition was 10 feet
long, seven feet nine inches wide and
five inches thick
THE next annual congress of the Ma.
tional Prison association of the United
States will be held in Milwaukee. On
September 2e to 30.
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN is TO he
present and take part in the centennial
celebration exercises of the CITY of
Cleveland on July 30.
Az old man, 81 years old. committed
suicide in Maine lately because the Sc
lectmen would not repair the road
leading up to his farm.
A LOCAL paper says that a mine of
pure mica has been discovered on the
mountains near Cranberry creek. a few
miles from Gloversville, y. Y.
OAK acorns from Rondebosch. Cecil
Rhooes park in South Africa, are adj
vertised for sale in London at a shill-
ing apiece or five for three shillinps.
The 5,OOO-horse power pumping en-
CINE in the r1ines at Friedensville. Pa.
raises 1880 gallons of water at each
revolution Of the gigantic fiy-wheel.
LADIES bicycles are now turned ont
IN England with charming bags, hold
ing many dainty articles. such as mir
ror' powder-puf and perfume bottle.
IHE yield Of wheat in France. owing
10 the careful cultivation of the soil
and the large quantities of Ruano and
other fertilizers employed IS IL bushels
per acre.
a YEAB-oLD baby of Mrs Wilson. OF
Brooklyn, ". Y, crawled out of a win
dow, but its gown caught on a protrud
ing nail, and Il hung suspended until
recovered.
MORMON elders are working hard Ia
secure converts in Southern Alabama
One OF the inducements held out To
young men is 100 acres OF land and
seven wives
- BoNDON's common council in s1srr,
1t the increase of nude pictures AT the
academy. proposes 20 license all artists
models and only allow them 20 sit nm
der conditions laid down by the coun.
ell.
ONE Of the interesting exhibits at the
Blair county Pa semi-centenniaI was
q local piano made 1t Flowing Springs
In 1877 by Joseph Small. the inside
work being made by lady with a pen
Knife
ALoT Of land on Cornhin. in London.
with a front Of - feet. facing the bank
OF England, was sold recently AT a
price equivalent 20 $40. 2GO. 900 an acre.
about S2s5 a square foot.
DECATUR, Ala, will be "A dry" town
Tor some time % come. The CITY Re in
deot TO the water company and the wa
Ter supply Us 20 be shut of There &.
no money ia the city's treasury and
some due until after October 1.
TIP cloth Of the old Egyptians was
20 good that, though 10 has been reed
for thousands Of years as vvraprino,s ~
the nummies, the Arabs Of to-dag 90
wear IL. II is All Of linen. the ancient
Egyptians considering wool unclean.
The Due de Noailles, whose appo;Dt-
nent TO the French embassy AZ Berlin
"a much talked shout, although he is
%, - an ardent cyclist. and may be
'een daily plying the pedals in the less
Ifowded quarters in the Bots de Boz
ogne.
FAST mail train with a dead engi-
beer holding the throttle came near
,lunging through an open drawbrid0e
nto the Mississippi river AZ Burling.
on, ia.. the other day. How the engi.
'ecr met his death Is unknown. and his.
ccideDtal discovery By the fireman IN
ee nick 81 time prevented q seri0m
ieaeter