Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-07
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Miscellaneous items. !

sions doesn't kiss tho bride. but tho other
one.
Boston can now boast of ten daily ~
pers. two of them publishing distinct morn.
ing and evening editions. "a, - ~;
"A mass meeting Of those who are iop-
posed to excluding the Bible from schools
isto be held in Cincinnati soon.
An organ-grinder' was killed on tho
Erie road the other day. So'oren- grinders
are not immortal, as soma SUPPOSED. Tps
ALI the girls of the Dominion ere fall
ing IN love with Prince Arthur 80 they
royalty -. y
There IL said to be . man in Kentucky
VINO has no ears and no aursl sperturas.
ne can hear distinctly through his mouth,
The lnte tornado in Boston made inch
serious work with the churches that Zion's
Herald thinks it must have been 4 free 70.
ligion wind. - &C. '.s@7'}.'
The Italians of Chicago propose to cal
citrate the next anniversary Of the discoy.
cry Of America by Columbus, on the 18th
Of October.
"A child six years old WAS recently run
over in Boston Don't whip me, father.
I'll never do 10 again." were his last
words. =.~g
"A steam shovel capsule OF doing the
work of one hundred men, has Just been
put in use on one of the Illinois railroads.
for the purpose of loading cars With gravel.
The new National IntelIigencer has sp-
peared. 1t ia publiShed on the co opera
tive plan. in tho belief that multitude Of
owners will secure like number of read
ers. - -.
"A Boston chemist adverfises thus: The
gentleman who left his stomach for anaiy-
sis. win please call and get it together with
the results. , ''
The product Of q single grapevine OF
the Scuppernong variety. in Jacksonville,
Florida, has been sold for one hundred and
ninety two dollars. / =. 49,: ..:s.. :
An ''old citizen" of South Bead, lad.
says tho swallows are flying unusually
high, which is sure sign that the winter
Will set in early 7 49, Il II j. ssf&}Ef
Benton Harbor; Mich, on Lake Mich
igan, one of the largest fruit shippinQ
points in the valley Of the Mississlpp, had
no existence six years ago. :" 5ft'@ II >7':.j-
"A little girl twelve years Of s6xe, named
Mary Ann Wall, passed through Buffalo
On ronte for Marshall, having travelled Ill
the way from Kilkenny, ireland. alone. 4
A horse on . Chicago street car ,6I,
while drawing car at rapid rate. and
the wheels passed over him, killing him in
few moments. = = ~ <'-i-iz- = F.,
The good must suffer for the evils OF
the wicked-si1ty churches damaged by
the New England storm, and not even .
single saloon unroofed. ~
% - It is thought that Hildsbrand, the Ms.
souri, outlaw, has made good his escape
from that stats, as nothing has been seem
or heard of him for some time.
Some of the best men in Enala.d sra
studying the inebfiate asytumA 3 America
with much interest. Such ipaaitptious are
scarcely known in Great Britain. :.
There is boy in the Missouri Insane
Asylum upon whom they can keep nsatAsx
clothes nor shoes. He eats them III 1oav-'
ing the buttons and tacks ON his plata, prob.
The Grand Jury of st. Clair county.
ILL.,. have indicted Allen, Gallagher and Nc.
Coole for prize fighting. and there are:
strong hopes that the, accused win get q.
term in the penitentiary. -.s,:ge .f,::gst ...ss
AIRS. Stowe got no more for Der Byron
Islander article than for her ordinary contni-
buttons to the Atlantic NonthV. That is
no more money, though she received q
great many more curses. IL
The Scientific American reports cure
OF lockiaw in the army. during the War, b.
applying moist tobacco to- the pit Of tia
mans stomach. Every muscle was relaxed
by the consequent sickness. ,
"A Chicago paper says: sToadyism
reached its depth in Chicago yestsrday.
California laughs in her sleeve and with
gently Gyrates her digitals and moves on.
In Granville county, North Oarolina,
the Oldest inhabitant has never seem 90
gloomy q chance for corn-not fourth Of q
crop will be made. One or two shovers of
late have improved the tobacco. Wheat
was good. Oats an average crop.
"A knife-swallowing Snowman, near ths
State Fair grounds. ct Toledo, Ohio ON
Thursday evening, while attempting to
conceal long knife in his throat and
mouth, was SO severely injured internally
that it was feared he would die. 49,
"A letter was picked up in Omaha the
other day, from Cheyenne, closing With The
following words: 'sThere is nothing doing
here and . man ia likely to starss ct aaJ
time. The Grand Jury is in session, and
everybody expects to be indicted"
I A wealthy and beautiful young lady in,
Erie, Pa, recentlymarried an unoouth and
crippled shoemaker, Who was already mals
ried and possessed Of . family Of ohildrsA
on the supnosition thst he WI: wealthy
and An agent of A. T. Stewart
1 The rice crop of South Carolina IL %.
ing rapidly harvested and generally prom.
Uses we'll. Planters over much of the State
expect to plant freely Of small grain, in OF.
der to Lessen the injury arising ifom The
partial failure Of tho ,orn crop g.i ' s.",s
|. An ''old miner at AvondAle proposes
that hereafter all the miners give one days
pay every year toward the fund Tor tie
benefit OF the widows aud orphans. BY
this means he says they can raise $40 OO0
aud for himself he counts the first dayS
work done since the catastrophe sacred for
this purpose. l1ET IT Is
/ "A gentleman in Macon, Ga. prsdicts
that cotton will 60 down to fifteen cents
during the winter, and then rise To- thirty
five in the spring, bnt the Telegraph. ot
that city, tells him that the crop 10 too short
aud the demand too eager fol- such ductua-
tons. -. =,
A MIR. Bowl of Potosi, Missouri, nv
days ago, took from the same limb of I
Seeding apricot tree in his garden, perfect
specimens Of both the peach and the april
cot; probably the result Of the pollen Of
the peach being transferred to the apricot
by honey bees. rn,.. =, ass9
A little daughter Of George Turnbull.
of the town of Troy, Ind, being ssnt into.
the yard by her mother to gather chips OH
! koAo oua,,s,.r r,c tho s,,otu~k -lSkkn-
by rattlesnake, and died from, The elleets
on the following morning. The spakes
are said to be more numerous this season,
than for several heretofore.
An old man in Crawford county. Penn
sylvania, called "Cmzy Odeli, has fos
twenty years, with necessary intervals for
storm, from SIeadvilla to Penn Line, q dis
lance Of twenty miles. No matter how
hard it rains, SHOWS or blows, he continues
his incesssnt tramp tramp tramp. The
old man iWagines himself to be the Duke
Of Wellington, and is always marching 70
the battlefield OF Waterloo.
A Puget's tsound paper says that in
Squawk Lake, at point some four hum
dred yards from the shore, is . forest of
large fir trees, standing upright. the tops
few OF them reach out q few feet. It il be-
lieved that a section Of the country has, ut,
comparatively late date, sunk ct that
point, and so perfectly was the sinking &C..
| complished that tho trees retained their
standing position.
GRAND TRUNK ROUTE. EARLY in the sea-
son the track Of this road was put in
thorough repair, new and improved pas