Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-12-24

TIE Boston Past estimates Buffers wealth
at 81, $50, 600.
COBB was reelected Mayor of Boston on
the 18th instant by lS, ,OCO majority.
DCRIN. the past year the United States i'm
ported 1866, 600 pounds of tea from Japa.
The taxable property OF Colorado in
creased $4,000, ,OC9 Tie past year. Railroads
did it.
| FRANKLIN PIERCE alone, of ali the Prcsi-
dents eighteen in number made 70 Cabinet
change"
Alexander ii. Stephens is said to he in bet
ter health than he has had for the past ten
years, and he now weighs eighty pounds.
Ir is said that twenty three per cent. Of the
! voting population Of the United States iiabitu-
I ally abscn: themselves from the polls on cleo
ton DAY.
! Sas CARO- was married the other day. and
backed on his wedding notice were the words,
NO cards" Bu; he doc, not know what
might happen.
! DUE::'. November IL. vessels cntc,cd the
port OF San Francisco. This is the largest
number OF arrivals ever recorded in the his
tory OF that port
| COLOHApO started a college Il few weeks
ago, and up to date its inmates consi>; Of one
!
professor of botany.
Huntington, Tennessee. has not had a mar
| riage for two years. and the girls demand to
know what policy the Democrats propose to
ado pt in the premises.
Honey is being sent from San Francisco to
the Atlantic by the carload, some $50 tons
having already been shipped East Ivy the Pa
cfic Railroad this fall.
An old lady from the country, with six un-
married daughters, went to Augusta. Ca. the
other day, hunting for the Patrons Of Ilus-
bandry. She meant business.
A red-nosed gentleman asked wit whether
he believed in spirits. AYE, sir, replied he
looking him full ia tue face, II see too much
evidence before ME to doubt it.
| HARD currency argument Pistol Went off:
ball struck five cent nicklc glanced Off, and
took to boot instead of vitalS. No five cent
fractional would have saved him.
\ Rhode Island man carries S25O,O00 life
insurance, and if he even takes cold in the
head, the companies rush down three or four
doctors to feel his pulse.
Tue pupils of the Dover New Hampshire,
High School are examined at regular inter-
walls on topics which involve a careful read
ing of the daily and weekly newspapers.
| IAR\AEp NOIcSc VIII all CallUI-
dates fox admission in July. 1915, to write
short English composition, correct in spell
ing, grammar punctuation and expression.
Tnr Hon. Alex. II. Stephens thinks the
Democratic party are around plugging ',l,cir
melons before they are ripe, a,sd that in 1876
when they gather the fruit they will find it
all rotten.
AND when that blUshing San Francisco
bride showed the check for 81 600, 900 to her
husband, he burst into tears and exclaimed
with intense fervov. ".And even this shall not
separate us.
READING the great Surgeons declaration
that "a cigar was a thing to thank God for,
u Liberty street school-boy bought a cigar
lie was aftcrward seen hangin" over fence,
but he was not giving thanks.
TIE Hon. John B. Rice, member of Con-
grt:ss from the First Illinois District. and
formerly Mayor of Chicago, died on the 18th
instant at the residence OF his daughter, Mrs.
Kimball, in Norfolk, Virginia.
Mrs DANIEL LOGAN, the wife of wealthy
farmer of Montgomery, Hamilton county,
Ohio, weighing 280 pounds, was recently in
stantly killed by accidentally rolling out of
bed and breaking her neck in the fall.
GENERAL SHERMAN says there need be no
dispute about his religious faith, for it can be
| gwen Ill IL lew NOIUS. E,uy III: UcllcVc
that if people only act half as well as they
know how, God will forgive the balance
The lifting power of plants is well illus
tratcd by an oak tree in South 1iadlcy, Mass.
A rock had a seam in it, and fbrous root
from the oak crept into the seam, grew, and
lifted the rock, weighing over ton, to q
height of one foot.
BRIGHAM YOUNGs poor health is thus
pleasantly alluded to by the Salt Lake 1at-
bene: cage and disease, aggravated by the
reflection of an ill-spent life, have notified
this old bad man that his sands have run the
course of wickedness.'
Mrs. BELkNAP has presented the War Sec
rctary with daughter, and the father an
nounccs the event by jubilant telegram to
that confirmed old bachelor, General Phil.
Sheridan: 'Don't think of selecting wife
until you see my daughter
SoNE idea of the expenses attending the
trial trip of a large steamship may be had
when it is known that trial trip of the City
of Peking to Newport, with large number
of guests cost 5000 Delmonico's bill for
the entertainment was about $25, 900.
NOBODY can blame brother Ta]magc for
preaching against the theater, If he really
thinks it a wicked institution; but he ought
not to talk about plOwing it up in defiance Of
earth and hell. Such language is impolite.
Indeed, it is worae-it is unagricultursl.
ASt. Louis reporter took breakfast with
Clara Louise Kellogg, the other day, and the
following was the bill of fare: Broiled steak,
tenderloin; breakfast bacon, broiled ham,
broiled mackerel, fried sweet potatoes, Irish
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