Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-03-27
GENERAL ITEMS,


BERLIN is increasing in population at the
rate of $4,000 per annum. ....
RHODE ISLAND is almost rid of small pox
1t didn't take much of it to 60 round.
GOODWIN SMITH says England's true policy
is to develop her colonies into nations.
NEBRASKA expects batch of 10000 Ger
mans to arrive in the spring and colonize.
A ooLoRED girl in Peoria, Illinois, is said to
be the best scholar OF her age in the country.
CAMERON is the oldest in years of all the
Senators. Sumner is the oldest in continuous
service
THE fire-plugs of st. Paul wear plug hats
made out of bed quilts, to prevent IN attack
of Group.
The Republicans of Ohio have called their
next State Convention for Wednesday, May
81, 1878.
| A SAN Francisco clergyman added $780,
600 to his salary last year by lucky stock
speculations. ... 49,. 1
A PROPOSED Canadian railway from Mon
treal to Quebec, is to be facilitated by land
grant of 100000
GOVERNOR GEAEY had $4,000 policy on
his life in the Penn Mutual Insurance Com
pany of Philadelphia.
A GERMAN chemist says that a drop or two
of mustard oil will prevent ink from molding
and starch from sOuring.
MARK TWAIN is opposed to canibalism. He
"would rather go hungry for two days than
eat an old personal friend"
HENRY WARD BEEoHER says that poor
man with plenty of "cheek" will get along
better than modest man with 500. 900 acres
AN English jury brought in the following
verdict in a criminal case: 'iGuilty, with
msn" some little doubt as p whether he is the
LOUISVILLE asserts that Cincinnati Whis-
key will 'kil at forty rods around a corner"
wheretO Cincinnati retorts, snot if you drink
it straight
THE married ladies of Hannibal, Missouri,
have formed ''Come Home Husband Club"
It is about four feet long and has a brush on
the end of it. -1,t ' -.-.-'t 'o' ''".
The rustic natives of the Sandwich Islands
affect simplicity of attire. Usually, they
wear shirt collar, a garter, smile, or
something of that kind. ..., ...... -.
THE good people of Andersonville, Ca,
keep themselves from idleness between
churches on Sunday by bringing wildcats to
the scratch for small wagers. inon III -l.Tl
r. AN enthusiastic dramatic critic says of
popular actress that ''when she ran out to
meet her lover, she carried the whole Of the
audience with her." Quite an ar1nful. nv
D" SIR CHARLES dixie, the well-known En-
glish Republican, proposes to free all earn
ings from taxation, as far as possible, and to
put the burden chiefly on unearned income.
sg Whittier being asked for an autograph, at
once complied by penniinng: 81 a,,i 1g-,l..-
'The name is but the shadow which we find
oAh Too often larger than the man behind" '' ''"
The Georgia gourd vines produce SO luxu-
riantly that the fruits are used for churns.
BY little modification and extra cultivation
they hope to raise their fat-boats in this way
soon: - ''7'4''- '''''' -''''] ]-'', 30 ~
d .TnE New Orleans Republican, says that ex-
Governor Robt. G. Wickliffe, of Louisiana,
formerly bitter and unpFomising Democrat,
is now in full sympathy with the Republican
party. ,.,..,...., ..;-...... ... ma
Brick PoMERoY says: II have served
the nation, and I think have its confidence"
If he has, the nation would thank him to re-
turn it, or satisfactorily account for its alb
sence. .t...7., t,.....' r.,,.u.>iL
IT is rumored that Hon. Thos. A. Nelson,
Minister to Mexico, will be recalled, and that
COL Foster, Chairman of the Indiana State
Central Committe, will be his
successor. .4l a.UlJ i.. E..tt-Ff'.. ".t Il '
1t is stated that Mrs. Putnam, wife of the
victim of the Car Hook murderer, was paid
S15, 900 for her appeal to Governor Dix for
continuation of Of Fosters death sentence to
for life. a''t"il." l1'HIi 9ui
q TIMBER lands in the Eastern States are rap
idly rising in value as the forests disappear
before the encroaching wOodman, and within
the past year the Maine forests have advanced
thirty three per cent. in price. " "'' '"''
DELPHI Indiana, has the following dog Or
dinance: "Dogs that are not collared and
labeled, no matter how respectfully they are
connected, will have their narratives ampu-
tated one inch south Of their ears" :, ..l.;ee4
NR, WILLIAMS says of Horace Greeley:
'' Never lived in the history of mankind SO
perfect an ideal of a husband. His question
was not : W hat my wife is, but what does it
become becoame me TO be. in the husband 2%|no q Iad
A DYING Irisbman was asked by his con-
fessor if he was ready, TO- renOunce the devil
and ill lis works, replied: "Don't ask me
hat. 9Tm going to q strange country, and
lon't intend to make myself enemies. "i'ini"
, JOSH ,BlL1Nes says :,lt II will state forithe
Information OF, those who havnt had chance
% lay in insect wisdom as freely as have,
hat one single hornBt,n who feels we'll viii
lreak up a whole camp meeting, od Dlg"p
J, The Rev. pr. Fulton, of Boston, informs
he IassachuSetts Legislature that, on the
th0le,, he prefers polygamy to woman suf-
rage, because the advocates of woman's
lights, as rule, have no child rem, or yer
'eW." "l9l2asq@ tAir 3hj > sd3o3 fA@
NorHrNo makes a Minnesota husband 50