Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-05-16
GENERAL ITEMS.

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1 -Four people meet violent death every
day In New York city. @
"A three-eighths interest in the Toledo Blade
has just been sold for $4,000. ~
{ "A million dollars in gold, according to
the figures at the mint, weighs just about Z
two tons. s''F s
THE subscriptions for the proposed monu-
ment to General Thomas, in New York, have
reached $2,720. 4se
NEARLY two thousand farms were taken
and improved in Washington Territory last
year by actual settlers.
WMsoN (Republican) and Burnett Demo- !.
(crat), candidate for Congress In Oregon,
opened the campaign ut Portland on the 18TH
ult. sE
Two things indicate an obscure understand
ing-to be silent when we ought to converse,
AID TO speak when we should be silent -
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pr. Franklin says that s'every little frag-
ment of tho day should be saved. \" The mo-
ment the day breaks set yourself at once to
save the pieces
Wherever there is much to offend, there is
much to pardon; and where there il anything
to pardon, be sure there is something to love-
-[George Sand. @ ,,,oit@
Mr.. STEwARTs fortune is, estimated at be-
tween fifty and sixty millions. Comfortable
amount when there is margin of ten mil
lions to- guess by. II ai9Sss5Ias s Alia aseA
THE price asked for the indianapolis Sen
| tiael establishment is $175,0O0, and i. G.
Matthews, of the New Albany Ledger,Iis to
be the purchaser s,., An s.s..,,. M f.,,a
Religion is the basis upon which civil gov
ernment rests-that from which power de-
rives its authority, laws their efficacy, and
both their sanction. ~ slsta
The average value Of the direct trade be-
tween Great Britain snd New York for the
| past year has been estimated in round num-
bers at $3.50, ,0O0, 900. s96s'sa tt.@
THE Selma (Ala.) 7smes speaks Of Gen.
L0ngstreet as s'disgustingly degraded" be-
cause he believes that the war is over and that
| the rebel cause is really lost III
Toe IS, who in 1850 was going 10 cali the
roll or mis- slaves from Bunker Hill in short
| orde' Is figuring us an attorney for an inves-
tgatiug committee in Georgia a Ste5
1sa--The students in the New England colleges
are about TO try the question in the courts as
i to the right OF college to require the attend
ance of American citizens at prayer.
The marriage of two sons of the second
wife to two daughters of the third wife of the
same man is a curious event, which Is said to
have occurred in Essex county, Virginia.
H THE second wife of the late s. +. B. Morse,
| father of the telegraph, Is q deaf mute gradu-
ate of the New York City Institute Her prop
erty is worth E50oOo0 bequeathed by him.
The most stupendous canal in the world
is one in China, which passes over two thou
sand miles, and to forty-two cities. Il It was
commenced as far back as the tenth century.
/ ---Mr. Siemens, the well known English
4 telegraphist, has invented photometer, which
has proved that light penetrates to depth of
one hundred fathOms below the surface of
the sea. 4 a t3b a i,'Hlisa ai3 2%isa
MRs. H0ss, of California, not only brought
down q 800 pound buck while out hunting
recently, but carried the headquarters home
herself. Hence the familiar saying, Strong
as hoss. ss,-.....-+
4. ALI Flesh. is Grass--Half Ton of It
Gone to the Grave" is the feeling way in
of the death of Mrs Amelia Brooks, who
weighed over O0pounds. ie 5U0
Il At California fair recently, several bot
ties of strained honey were put on exhibition,
when chap put a bottle of castor-oil with
4 the rest The opinion of all who tried il was,
that the bee that made 1t was fraud. ld
a Henry Ward Beecher's congregation is
reported to have contributed last year $780,
600 to charitable and religious purposes at
home and abroad. If that be true, 1t must be
4 admitted that Beecher breaches to some
effect. af3 ia a&raEGH#&I 9aint9aaf
According to recent accounts, famine
and pestilence still prevail in the once mighty
empire of Persia. Such is the destruction OF
the population that it will not be strange il
the remainder of the people be ere long swept
out of existence g
The longest bridge in the world is the
Tensas and Mobile bridge at the city OF
!, Mobile. 1t is fifteen miles long, crossing
. both rivers, where there are draws It i
supported on iron cylinders driven into the
bed of the morass. s9a 1a
Two facts seem patent with reference IL
the Cincinnati Convention. One is, that /
will have absolutely to depend for its success
on a combination with the Democrats; ant
the other, that such combination is necessa
rily fatal to any reforms which its author
and participants may seek.
THE inventor of hydrate of chloral ha
introduced new organic compound calle(
croton-c -chloral, by which it is claimed. tn
head may be rendered insensible while III,
other parts of the body remain unaffected
1t promises to produce all the good effects OF
hydrate of chloral, without any drawbacks
The Sacramento Union estimates that there
81 is or will be planted in wheat this year al
| over California an area one-foufth greater
than that of any proceeding year, and thinks
/ the total yield of the State may be over 26,-
| 000, 900 of bushels, of which not more than
r 100000 win be needed for home consump-
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