Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-12
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for life
NORTH CAROLINA has 232 lunatics.
THE Pooh MANS SToRY-The garnet
A. SCHwILL & Co." is beer firm in
| Cincinnati.
A NEGRO church in indianapolis, Ind,
recently made sixty-five dollars by charg.
ing an admittance fee of ten cents to see a
wedding.
THE number of pensioners now on the
rolls and living in Iowa, is 8,602, to whom,
last year, ending June 80, there was paid
| $945, 565.58. So
A QUILT presented by the ladies Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church Of Holly, N.
T., to their pastor, at recent festival, con-
tanned l ,248 squares Of silk, and over 900
feet Of stitching.
A FEW days ago, surprise party at
Pittsfield, Mass, broke stove, two chairs,
sofa, and a lot of crockery, during their
stay at the house Of the party surprised
The family has no further wish to be sur
prised.
MR.. HORACE HAYES, a wealthy resi-
dent of San Francisco, has given an entire
block of ground in that city to an institu-
ton for the prevention Of want and the
promotion of industry.
THE CalifOrnians are the greatest coffee
drinkers in the world, the average yearly
consumption in the State being 16 3-5
pounds, while the average in the United
States is only Z pounds.
MIR. FRANK Snow, of Fredonia, N. Y,
is owner of a French Indian pony which
was so years of age last spring. This
venerable equine was originally Of bright
bay color, but now a heavy shaggy coat
covers his body, and his name has turned
gray just like that of an aged man.
THE Providence Or. L. Journal has the
best Of authority" for saying that comet
Of large size will suddenly make its ap-
pearance on the night of June 10, 1871,
and during the next four weeks, the fate
of the world will be decided"
THERE were 6,476 persons in the differ
ent county infirmaries of Ohio during the
last year. OF these, 931 were insane 337
epileptic; sos idiotic, and 1,005 children
under Is years of age. The whole number
of prisoners in county jails during the
year was $3.50. Of these, 4,971 were men,
421 women, 2S7 boys, and 81 girls. During
last year 645 school houses were built in
Ohio, at cost of 81, 1885,, 900.
Two men, each named w. w. Ward, died
on the same day, and from the same disease
--consumption-th one in Pittsburgh, the
other in Allegheny City. The funeral of
one was advertised to be held on the Sth,
and the other on the 9th. The Pittsburgh
Gazette says that the confusion of names
wrong place and time.
A PECULIAR feature in lot of locomo-
tives just manufactured at Providence, and
shipped to Hamilton, Canada, is the ar
rangement of the bell, which is located on
platform in front Of the cylinder, and so
arranged that each revolution of the
driving wheels forces the hammer against
the bell, Independent of the engineer or
fireman. On that road it is to be con-
slant lookout for the locomotive while
the bell rings"
THE electricity generated by a rapidly
moving belt is immense. The one leading
from the fy-wheel Of the large engine that
drives the works in Batterson's building,
Hartford, develops electricity enough to
ignite gaslight situated at least six feet
from the belt. By presenting the knuckles
of one hand to the belt and the point of the
finger of the other to the burner, the gas
will be instantly ingnited.
A LARGE number of American news
papers are at present arguing against the
introduction of intoxicating liquors upon
holiday tables. The Cincinnati Times i'm
plores its lady readers to stop the vile
practice of treating their male admirers
and flatterers with q hell fire." The editor
thinks the ladies of that city can as well
dispense with circulating the bottle as not,
as there are 1000 whisky saloons in the
place.
Coop LIFE.
He liveth long who liveth well;
All else is life but flung away;
He liyeth longest who can tell
OF good things truly done each day.
Then fill each hour with what will last;
Buy up the moments as they 60;
The life above when this Is past
Is the ripe fruit of life below.
Sow love, and taste It's fruitage pure;
Sow peace and reap it's harvest bright;
Sow sunbeams on the rock and moor,
And ind o harvest-hOme OF light.
WHEN q man comes home and tries to
bolt the door with sweet potato, pokes
the fire with the spout Of coffee-pOt, at
tempts to wind up the clock with his boot
jack, tries to cut kindling for his morning
fire with paper-knife, takes cold potato
in his hand TO light him to bed, and pre-
fers sleeping in his hat and boots, you may
reasonably infer that he has been making
the acquaintance of some very friendly
people.
i Dr. III. r. Il BrEULER records in the Poly
teclsnic Journal, a case of fire occurring in
silk store Of Paris, the origin of which
was traced to package of black dyed silk
which had been brought from the dye
house within the previous twenty -four
hours. This is not the first instance of
the spontaneous combustion of black. dyed
silk, the cause of which Persoz and others
have failed to fully explain. DR.. Dingler
advises merchants to keep such silk in small
parcels, and to prevent its getting too hot
by proper ventilation.
A FARMER at Helmsville, Iowa, has a
pocket book which was carried by his
great-gmnd father as long ago as 1760.
1t is singular piece of work-made al
most entirely of silver scales about the
size Of five-cent piece, the lining having
been bright leather of some kind. 1t is
about four inches and half in length and
two and half in width. 1t has no COM
partments. Its clasps are fastened with
two minute hooks.
THE Children's Aid Society, of New
York, is a most effective charity, yet its an
nual expenses are less than that of MANY