Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-03
General Items.

General Items.
RABBIT poacbers are not particular
to a hare.
CHARLES KEADE may be plagiarist,
but he is not a plaguy aristocrat.
NoBrH CAROLINA papers complain of
scarcity of hands to work their crops.
| FASHIONABLE young men in New
York can hire gold watch and chain
tor fl a day.
A CORRESPONDENT at Vienna describes
q $50, 600 steam plow made in France
for the Austrian Archduke.
THE organization of Oranges of the
| Patrons of Husbsndry continues
throughout the Southern States
WINNIE REAM, rumQr says, is to he
| married to New York clothing mer-
| chant in the fall. -r.r ~ aee:
TaE highest Office within the gift of
the people is the weather signal station
at Pixies Peak. '@' - .@s-''''
The dressing.gown IS the most last
ing of all garments; it is seldom worn
out.
TIE most beautiful tortoise shell
iewelry in the world is made in Naples.
You can stdo" Ca2ifor1ia in. good
rtyle for 5000 in gold. That is if you
are bachelor. If married, the trip
will cost about $50 less. ;,1s:' .ais..
A KxN1ucKY paper tells Of -atuee
foot and half in diameter which fell
across the back of mule and was
broken in two. 'S-1z@ .|'|1% s.!
THE New Hampshire House of Rep
resentatives has passed bill to tax the
money of aliens deposited in banks
outside of the State. .-." ~~
THERE are nine railways in operation
in West Tennessee, and eleven Others
either in course of construction or in
contemplation. go
l. A LARGE vein of sulphite of lime, the
gypsum of commerce and valuable as
q fertilizer, has been discovered near
Lincolnton, N. G. 49, ',,-'s;
FOLLOWING up the spirit aroused BY
the "jubilee the City Council Of
Boston has appropriated s., 1000 for
! open-air concerts this summer.
"A CORRESPONDENT OF the Portland
Oregonian suggests that ON the coming
Fourth the summit of Mount Hood,
the highest mountain in Oregon, be
illuminated. =
BosToN banks use postal cards to no.
| tify their customers when their notes
fall due, and the customers are indig-
nant at the publicity thus given to
their business affairs. --..,..
TnE state of Massachusetts,, as it's
! A. ~k~k l. "a m
ington, has selected the historic Gov.
Winthrop and Samuel Adams to be its
representatives.
CONNECTICUT papers protest that after
all the pother made over the laxity of
their marriage laws, only 464 divorces
were granted in that state last year;
not 10 much as one and half day.
The imperial postage stamps3 are
still used by France; but they are to
he changed when the people have
concluded, if they ever should con-
clude, what form of government they
want.
The inmates of the National Soldiers
Eome, in Dayton, Ohio, will have a
notable celebration on the 4th of July,
the observances including the laying
| of the corner stone of the veteran mon
ument. "t -.
/ MUCH excitement and; small riot
have occurred at Newstead Abbey, the
former residence Of Lord Byron, on
account of an attempt to close the
road, used az q public way for seventy
years, leading to the historic abbey.
The congregation of the only church
1pSs
ing of one old lady, has, unanimously
resolved to consolidate itself with the
neighboring parish of South Egremont,
to save the expense of q pastors
salary. ...:-.-., ........
A woNDERru1 mine has been discov-
cred by Colonel J. W. Elrath, in the
South Mountains, Va, says the Hick-
ory Press. 1t contains mica, silver,
and assafoetida, With some indications
of:petroleum oil gas. 'y2:.>ysz: ssE
:: THz last gold diegines are located
we'll toward tine North Pole in Lapland.
Russians and Norwegians are digging
out the precious metal from beneath
the frozen soil, and there is not an
American in the territory.
The gentlemen who were last in
charge Of the fish car that was 90 un-
ceremoniously dumped into the Elk
horn have gone back for ], ,OO0, 600 more
of the finny tribe The loss was
greatly exaggerated. It was only about
$3, 500: ''7~@~----'-"----~- s
The remains of the curtains in the
Nativity ut Bethlehem, about which
the Greek and Latin priests have been
quarreling for years in C0nstantinople,
E>~o 1><,<r, .ol1 1o<nlv fop q smo1l v.vion