Show CURRENT NOTES Tin Vatican library contains 24000 manuscriptss of which 2104 are Oriental 3052 Greek and 17059 Latin A complete com-plete catalogue is now for the first time being prepared and is to be published RANDOLPH KALLOCH a son of exMayor J S Kalloch of San Francirco and brother of the man who killed Charles De Young has been arrested for stabbing a citizen of Fresno in a row over woman A DIG bear attacked a 1 colt on Dry Creek Cal Its mother came to the rescue res-cue and while she fought the bear the colt ran to the house of its owner who went out to see what was the matter and found the faithful mare dead and the bear sitting on its body A BIG black cat and a big black bat battled for three hours in the Kansas City Postoffice before the cat succeeded in killing the bat The bats tactics were to get on the cats back and chew his ear and the cats were to run under a desk and scrape off the bat and then renew the conflict I THE St Louis GlobeDemocrat interviewed inter-viewed prominent men at the Illinois and Missouri Republican and the California Democratic State Conventions as to their choice Presidential candidates Logan is the choice of the Illinois Re publicans Elaine of the Missourians and Cleveland of tho California Democrats I ELKVENyearold David Brei ten bucher II of Rondout was terribly kicked in the face by a horse While the physician was sewing up the wounds the boys I mother could not restrain her tears but David never flinched Dont cry I mamma he said I aint hurt much All of his front teeth but one in both jaws I were knocked ont A KINGSTON dressmaker two months ago went to Newbnrgh called upon a lady she knew slightly made herself at home and stayed six weeks During this time she volunteered to assist in making a dress for her hostess and when she was ready to no home charged 5 I for her services The Newburgli lady said that she thought that six weeks board was a fair offset to the dressmaking 1 dressmak-ing i j but the other insisted on having the 5 and it was paid I DWIGHT HACKETT the editor of the i Napa Reporter is a Democrat and his father is a Republican nominee for sher J id After the Republican Convention I that nominated Hackett Srf and made a ticket largely composed of Napa men I Hackett Jr wrote a report of their doings and headed it Napa Hogs It I All Then he took a nap until his paper I had gone to press and when the edition had been printed he woke up very thoroughly 1 thor-oughly for the headline read Papa i Hogs It AIV I Two small schooners in which were I fortyeight Chinamen reached Wrangel Alaska August 14th from Douglas Island I Is-land The Chtnamen had been driven away from the Treadwell mine where they had worked 100 armed men forcing them to leave at an hours notice They I were so crowded in the schooners that they could not lie down had been eight days with very little to eat and were in a pitiable condition The next day they were taken back tp Douglas Island on It I steamer and the despatch from Fort Wrangel says it is feared there will bo bloodshed when they are landed A GEORGIA paper prints u remarkable obituary notice of an old negro who died near lumpkin recently It says This old man was a former slave of T A B Ward and lived with the Ward family nearly fifty years He was never heard accused of to swear an oath was never lying or theft never had a dispute or quarrel with his wife never had a whip during slavery nor was he ever ping He known to take a drink of whisky was always faithful and obedient peaceable peace-able and reliable lie and his wife had sixteen children and they lived to see 120 descendants who are now living A clean record for any man black or white |