Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-21


The vseptag vlao.s eaztawssd reach,
The ivy hsses from - btEth,
en- other oo1e0 diGmisstng;
And IN thfngs Ioveiiest On earth
ssen most snssged IN hssang. -
General Items.
A SCARLET bat il announced among
the wonders Of Nevada.
IT is computed that there are over
II, 600 Italians living in the city of New
York.
CAHpExrEB's "Emancipation" pic
ture il rolled up in his country studio
in Cortlandt county, N. Y.
TIE word "whisky'' is said to be
derived from two Celtic words, wisquc
beuthe, which being Interpreted. mean
"water Of ife." =, -
CARDINAL WO1sEY, born some four
hundred years since, in Ipswich, Eng
land, il about to receive the tribute of
a statue from his living fellow towns
men.
GENTLE reader, if you are at Ill wor-
ried lest the body of your victim should
be found, just induce the corpse to
take tablespoonful of hvdrated ses-
quioxide of non every half hour.
A nAs in RewbuEy, n: c., cut his
hand while opening . box Of ssrdines
the other day, and the result WAS that
his hand and arm began to swell and
he finally died.
The London compositors have joined
the nine hours movement, and also
asking for IN advance of . halfpenny
per thousand on the society's scale for
all work except tnewspaperR. o
A MERCHANT of Louisville, Who has
just paid the Courier Journal $12, 900
for advertising within the past four
years, says he 10 going to spend 81, ,OCO
in the same direction within the coming
four years.
MARYLAHD has . new wild-fowl Law,
which prohibits night shooting alto
gether, and limits day shooting to
Mondays, Wednesday,, and Fridays of
each week. No one can shoot or trap
ducks without first procurings license.
Az II takes $1,000 cochiheal insects
to make . pound, and as 1873, ,842
pounds were brought into this country
last year, 12o; ;2s9, ,75GO0o must have
given up their lives to color the dresses
and cheeks of American ladies.
IT il binted pretty broadly that the
four dead bodies seized in an express
wagon BY the Chicago police, one day
last week, found their way to the medi-
cal college after al, while the men &C
cused of robbing the graves were re-
leased ON bail. q. =. .s
A 4A1KLAND paper reports that the
English steamer Salsettee, which took
in 4 cargo of oysters, near Crisfeld,
about the last Of January, made. a sue
cessful run to England, and again ap-
peared in Tangier Sound, opposite
Deals Island, few days ago, m pur-
AaAnKkR in Paris lately became in
sane, and imagined himself to be q
magnet. While In conversation in q
room where there vas . large safe, he
suddenly shouted, 81 am attracted"
and, rushing to the safe, dashed out
his brsins, and ceased to be . magnet
to any but the undertaken. II
"No1W1cH, c., isEsomewhat rocky"
says the Boston Bulletin. "The cook
of an eminent citizen having injured
herself by repeated falls over ledge
which projected through the kitchen
floor, he IL now engaged in bllstipg it,
after which he will turn his attention
to q little boulder near the centue table
in the -parlor. -....,... :. .--
.THx Hudson Bay Company are build
ing four steamboats, this winter at
Breckenridge aud the other three at
Fort Gary. Two of these boats are
intended to run on Red nver, one-a
during the spring months, one on the
Saskatchewan river, and the other on
Lake Winnepeg. F.:
Tn people of New Hampshire have
accumulated nearly ga, ,0o0, 600 in their
savings banks. sinse the Inauguration
of President Lincoln. During the thir-
teen years previous, ! period of pro-
found peace and low taxation, the in
dustr1al and labofing classes deposited
in the savings banks less than q, ,O0O,-
600. L. .,2%sit .sa-. s-:5cf
Som New York sportsmen are train
ing two women near. Httsburgh for q
prize fight for 1000 side. The ladies
arr, it Is . pleasure to state, of foreign
birth. One weighs 200 and the other
1856 pounds, but when in trim, they will
turn the scale at 172 and 156 pounds
respectively. g7r #: s~-.
The Wilmington IN. c. Star has the
particulars of curious marriage near
Laurel Hill A certain individual got
tired of his vile, after living With her
about fifteen yeaxs and hired another
man to take her over to South Carolina
and marry her, giving him mule and
Afty-fve dollars to take her off his
hands. -.:.! -
In q breach Of promise case. tried in
California recently, the plaintiff was a
woman Who had been divorced from
her husband because Of his neglect
and cruelty, aud the, defendant q man
whose wife had obtained a divorce on
the very grounds Of tho plaintiffs di-
vorce. This inconsistent woman mag
aged TO get IN award Of $500:
srvxRA1 years ago the Hon. Charles
| Fairfax introduced several live grouse
from the prairies Of one Of the Western
States into California, and set them
free in Marin County. The pot hunters
came along, however, and killed them
OF. The Oalife6nia Aoclimating Socie-
ty has Just received twenty dozens OF
live Eastern quail, 70 b let loose in
such place or places - may be deemed
NEST favorable for their growth and
multiplication.
! THxrr nov remains but little over q
hundred feet TO be excavated to carry
out the original plan of the new water
works tunnel at Buffalo. The 6 hole"
now extends SO feet under the river,
and 10 being pushed ahea' at The nate
of two feet and half per day: All Of
the rock viii probabably be out by the
18th of next month. Last week the
workmen drilled nineteen feet, more
than they have ever before accomplish
cd within the same length of time.
| JAMES H. BEARD has finished his
Innocents Abroad "-two desolate
pups, who have wandered away from
home, and ~ the night comes down
begin to realize their misconduct and
to anticipate the very worst results.
Their sorrow is pitiable indeed. But
the New York Mail. after thus describ-
ing them, says: I've hope some ad-
mirer of the venerable Beard will take
some of these 'innocents' of his to q
comfortable home and hang them"
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