Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-02-06
GENERAL ITEMS.

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A 'justifable breach of promise is the
latest sensational paragraph concerning an
Eastern jury. i'''. w. Al "Ht '' '-s0
-Nitro4glycerine is said to be better to
light a fire with than kerosene. One never
knows what hurts him. anr-sratg .4>r.
,. "A APENNsYLyANiA Dutchman has inscribed
his name on the roll of fame by erecting
sausage of over two tons weight.
ENGLAND has built steel steamboat ninety
feet long and drawing only twelve inches of
water, for one of the rivers of BRAZIL
FLORIDA :" Good Templars are allowed to
fill up with egg-nog, under the pretense that
it is not beverage, but ''spoon-victuals.'
u, THERE are at present more than 1000 pa
tients in the California Insane Asylum at
Stockton, and the number is steadily increas-
ing. = sH 3ahmsr', adI a'Hl~n.-.
I ORDERs have reached San Francisco from
Washington directing two batterias with $50
| men to take the field against the Modoc In
dians.
EDWIN A. STEVENS, Of Hoboken, N. Y,
lad of seventeen years of age inberits by the
death of his father an estate valued at $780,
000,0 900. 5irl.na rr.Hap .a H.a 4.n.,
MERICH HUNT, better known, as "Pap'
Hunt, an old Texas Ranger and Mexican
war veteran, died recently in the Sacramento
County Hospital. &5 ~ .''. t.~ J" .'..
THE farmers of California are taking steps
to form secret organizations to. protect their
crops from being condscated by combina-
tons of spectators. ..............:
SlrKA, the capital town of Alaska Territory,
is hopelessly bankrupt, having contracted
debt of $3.50, and having only 20 cents in the
treasury to pay it with. .j,.s .". -F.I:
SOCIETY in Iowa smiles upon widower
who marries within nineteen days after his
wifes funeral, but the widow who does not
wait year is socially ostracised.
DANIEL DREW can. lose three million dol
lars worth of his greenbacks and not feel it,
but the loss of five dollars worth of his re-
ligion would probably bankrupt him. ,;.
|, A MINNESOTA grave digger froze to death
in grave he was preparing for another man,
and the friends of the latter were greatly in
dignant, regarding ii as an effort to jump his
claim. = - j., ,ff.I ro;.1D @,. t,
A CHICAGO girl with hex clothes all ablaze
was skinned out of her outside apparel so
quickly by her lover that she was not singed.
So much for keeping a spry young man
about the house. 7.~"3 'e't ta' .''.t.
The festival last evening was we'll at
tended, and the affair is spoken very highly
of by those who participated: AS the weather
has moderated wonderfully, it is expected
that the hail will be crowded this evening
from early "candle light w. to the hour of
twelve. f9i'31 yl'A y9i+'!' r. 3+>s-} Ill .3
), A DoRCHBsTsle, Mass, woman has been
three times married qi Her first husband was
Robb. the second Robbins and the third
Robinson. Tne same doOr-plate has served
for the whole three, but if she marries again
silver-plate bay window will have to be
added for the other syllable lYiafl
-" Charles" said young lady to her lover,
"there is nothing interesting in the paper to-
day, is there, dear z" rs No, love, but / hope
there will be one day, when we both shall be
inserted The lady b1ushed, and said, of
course, '''For shame, Charles" asl2 '17d
TEE: editor edit of a wyyandote (Kansas) paper
asks his subscribers to overlook the fact that
he Twill not be able to get out any paper that
week, owing to the fact that he ''mpmen-
tarially" expects charming young lady, who
is going to take him out sleigh-riding. '''"
MARTHA RATTLE of Jacksonville Fla, has
fourteen children by her third husband. -Four
of them came simultaneously and the rest ar
rived by twos.,As Florida has no law against
this kind of raf1eing, there is no knowing
jnst where the indefatigable Martha win stop.
!; Mr.. GEO. H., WHITNEY, of Minneapolis,
owns q tame otter, which runs about his
store and is as playful as a kitten. In season
he lets him 90 to the river, into which he will
plunge and 4 immerse himself, responding
with alacrity TO the call Of his master TO re-
turn. III mn.