The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-16
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Abaih costs J0scentS.
( A motor driver was fined $l15 hi the
town Of East WoIseley, England the
other day for passing cart on. the.
wrong side.
The population of the United King
dom, according to Il census Just taken,
| IS 43,210T7S England and Wales had
"a, 1529IT, Scotland 4,6TG,G03 and Ire
land 1890, POS.
Wadsworth New once lively rail-
road town Of 1000 population, but now
a collection of deserted shanties, is
ovewun by thousands Of wildcats, tile
descendants Of 200 or 800 abandoned
house cats
Shipping and keeping grapes in cork
dust is quite an industry in some of the
European grape districts A considera-
BILE quantity Of such grapes shipped
from Spain is annually consumed in the
United States.
The kaiser receives IS, 295;000 year
as king Of Prussia, but nothing as en-
peror of Germany The king Of Baya-
ria receives $1.35O 600 year, the king
of Saxony $4,000 and the grand duke
of Baden 100000
The worlds diamond production
summed up shows that India has pro-
duced 10,000;0O0 carats; Brazil, 12,00O,-
000 Africa, 57,00O,000l All the dia-
monds in the world uncut would have
a value Of $54o,0o00Oo
The greatest depth to which a sub
marine boat is known. to have descend.
ed under full control and without in
| jury is 1873 feet. That record was made
in experiments in Europe by a vessel
designed BIZ the, American inventor,
| Simon Lake
The owner Of a variety store in Fall
| River. Mass. kept five cats about the
| place and boosted that no dog dared
enter his shop. All went well until one
| day recently a bulldog walked into the
| store and between him and the cats
the place was pretty well done up.
! Hancock county, Me, loses a building
| of much historic interest in the old
town hall of Castine, which was re-
Gently demolished. 1t is not known Just
when it was built, but twas used as a
i courthouse as long ago as 1870, and it
was also the first place of religious
worship in the town
Loren Miller Of Grantham, y. H., has
succeeded in capturing alive a wildcat
Young Miller had trap set for coon or
mink and caught the cat. which weighs
twenty pounds. 1t took several men
! and a bushel basket to get the animal
! from the trap to ATillei.'s home. where
it is now confined in a heavy wire cage.
Augustin Poole, veteran trainer,
who fought in the Crimea in 1886,
was thrown into burial trench while
wounded after the battle of Tchernaya,
but made a slight movement that was
noticed and was pulled out again, died
| in England the other day He lived
| just fifty years after his first funeral.
A recent candidate for parliament in
| England wrote an address to the elect
ors of the town he wished to represent
and love letter to his best girl He
put the two efTusions into the wrong
fenvelopes The printer was quite sur
| prised at receiving an order to print
10000 copies of the love letter in cir
cular form.
A Rumford Falls (Nle.) man who has
lately had a telephone placed in his
house to save him steps and bring his
home closer to his place of business ran
all the way home one night in the face
Of d gale to learn if 1t was his dwelling
which harbored the flames And he
didn't think of the telephone until his
wife asked him why he hadn't called
her over the wire before he began his
hard jaunt
S. I. Dodson, farmer of South
Canadian valley, in Oklahoma, named
his ten children after as many states
Of the Union. His six daughters are
named Virginia, Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Idaho and Jersey. The Dod-
son boys are named Missouri, Ohio,
Tennessee and Texas. The ten Dod-
son children, it is said, always appear
/ in public wearing some red, white and
blue bunting.
Mrs. Sarah Noble. a widow of Gin
clnnati feeds 1000 canaries in her lux
urious home in that city. During one
of her trips abroad many years ago she
purchased and brought here the ances-
tors of these birds at a cost of $1,000
They live in seventy large cages 1t
costs Mrs. Noble $50 year to feed her
birds, and the most expensive heating
and yentilating arrangements obtaina-
BILE are provided for them
Mr. Seldom. the premier Of New zea-
land, announced in speech recently
that Japanese would not be allowed to
come to New Zealand and that the col
ony would refuse to be dictated to in
the matter This is in reference to a
circular from the British colonial office
addressed to the colonists and demand
ing the repeal of laws that are repug-
nant to the feelings of nations with
which Great Britain is at peace.
Governor Joseph X Toole Of Monta-
ma recently appointed S. ]. B. McDer-
mott of Helena as state coal mine in
spector for term of four years This
is regarded as one Of the best positions
at the disposition of the governor, pay
ing salary of $1,000 year and $1,000
for expenses. For four years McDer-
mott has been an assistant janitor at
the capitol. Every spare moment was
devoted to course of study, and In
this way McDermott qualified for the