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Show RAINS MONEY IN NEW JERSEY. Telegraph Linemen Surprlisd by a Shower of Greenbacks from the Clouili. Trenton, N. J., special to Chicago Tribune: History records no Instance of tho clouds mining greenbacks, but a halt dozen linemen working at tho 3 top of tall poles on West Stato street the other afternoon thought a storm ot that kind had arisen, Joseph Harrison Harri-son was mondlng a wlro at tho top ot a telegraph polo when something floated gracefully through tho air a fow Inches from his nose. It had tho ' nppearanco of n piece of grimy paper. Whllo ho was contemplating It anoth- cr and another squaro bit of papor resembling re-sembling tho llrst floated down from somowhero over his head. Ono of tho pieces camo eo near his faco that bo grasped it. He nearly foil off tho polo on finding that It was a $10 bill. Ho ' wound his leg nround tho polo with a grapovlno twist and snatched desperately desper-ately at tbu bills that wcro now swing-Ing swing-Ing around his head In a perfect deluge del-uge Anothor lineman at tho top of tho adjoining polo yelled "Tho world Is mlno" ns ho swept his arms through tho air endeavoring to gather In a score of greenbacks that wcru whirl- ing around his head. Dy this time six ; linemen bad spied tho fortune that was falling, nnd thoy ono nnd nil slid to tho ground. They engaged In n rough- "" 5 nnd-turablo scramblo for possession of ' tho bills, but Just then a. woman's shrill volco from tho Becond-story win- , ' dow ot nn ndjaccnt house rang out) "Gentlemen, that's my monoy, Tho ' iwltrwl lilnHI ft A mi ili-Annlnn . M Tk wind blew It off my dressing case." It wns Miss Emma Titus, a wealthy mal- ', den lady. Tho linemen wero dlsap- . pointed, becauso thoy had gathered I unto themselves nbout $1,000. The bills wero handed over to Miss Titus, who rewarded tho men by giving each a $5 bill. Now York Journnl. j |
