The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-07-12
Current Items.

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FARM hands are scarce in California,
at $50 month.
| Mr.. ALCoTT says he calls man prac.
tical who can make another see his own
ignorance. :.
In Massachusetts, there are 128. 8.catton
factories, with 50, ,l49 looms and 1904
S4S spindles.
THE Pacific coast has produced over q
billion and quarter of bullion since
the discovery Of gold in lS4S.
In st. Augustine, Fla, quite lately,
an alligator took possession of street,
and was only elected therefrom after a
lively fight with the besieged resi-
dents.
Ar Baltimore, on the l4th, it was
again judicially settled that insurance
must be paid on the life of a suicide.
A CONNECTICUT colony that went to
Kansas year ago, and secured build.
| ing lots for 81 a piece, have sold some
of the same for 500 each.
A MAN in Westfield, Mass, thought to
purify his well by generously throwing
in half bushel of line. As there was
but three feet of water in the we'll, he
has had whitewash cheap and plenty
| ever since.
FIVE persons out of family of seven,
in Tennessee, recently died from eat
ing fish that lad been feeding upon
caterpillars. 1t is also stated that q
child of three years ate one of the cat
erpillars and died in three hours. This
recital carries its own caution.
A MAN incarcerated in the Tombs has
been figuring in chalk on the walls of
his cell. 1t reads: "In NewYork city
the spires of $40 churches, worth $4l,-
10000, point heavenward. I'm here
for stealing loaf of bread for my starv.
ing child"
BILLY BRENNAN, while playing cards
in San Antonio, Texas, said, as the game
turned against him, May Christ para.
lyze me "a favorite expression OF his.
No sooner had the words escaped HIM
than he fell down in a fit, from the
effects of which he has not yet recov.
| cred.
The man with the iron jaw lives in
Taunton. He takes thick, heavy flint
glass tumbler and bites large pieces out
OF it with perfect ease, and chews them
TO powder. He does not swallow them,
however, for fear of having pane in
his stomach.
The oldest newspaper in the world is
the Imperial Gazette, published in Pekin,
and printed on silk.
CALIFORNIA boasts the largest orchard
in the world. 1t contains 426 acres,
and over $1,000 fruit trees.
An English girl came across the At
lantic the other day, 10 marry an Amer
ican whom she had never seen, and only
knew by correspondence. The wedding
has taken place, and the parties are said
to be supremely happy.
Four years ago, Lincoln, the capital
of Nebraska, was away out on the
prairie, and was called Young's Colony.
Before the close of the present season it
| will have six railroads, and will be
lighted with gas.
They say female compositors get
through their copy very rapidly, being
anxious to get the last word.
IT is announced that ground will be
broken for the Vanderbilt underground
railroad, in New York city, within this
month, 10y force of 1000 or 5000 la
borers, who will begin work in separate
gangs, stationed at halfmile distances
along the route.
r. S. ELLIOTT, Industrial Agent Of
the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company,
gentleman who has given much atten.
ton to the subject, makes the assertion
that in less than twenty five years the
accessible forests in the region of the
great lakes, the upper waters of the
Mississippi, and the British possessions
adjacent, will be exhausted.
AN anti.lightning rod association has
been organized by the farmers Of Vigo
county, Ind, having for its object the
annihilation of all lightning rod men at
sight.
The following table shows what me-
| chanics in this and other countries re-
| ceiye, on an average, per day: