The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-07-04
CURRENT ITEMS.

AL oil, as q rule, is down, but it goes
up occasionally, ' e.. .
J." Go TO Culpepper, Va, and live. Not a
case OF consumption there for forty
years. ~.
THE woolen mills Of Salem, Or, are
now the property of the Bank of British
Columbia:
.BosToN is running parlor palace horse
cars that are pronounced perfect in point
Of beauty and luxury.
BALD MOUNTAIN is likely to become
more bald than ever; worn by the feet of
many tourists, particularly ladies, who
think volcano is so sweet"
The potato bug has crossed the ALLIE
gheny Mountains, and the Harrisburg
papers chronicle the arrival OF the Colo
RADIO conqueror at the capital Of Pennsyl-
vania. :;
THE number of old bachelors and old
maids is greatly on the increase. Club
life is taking the place of home life. In
Massachusetts there are 100000 old
maids.
A YOUNG lady in Iowa having con-
tracted bill of twelve dollars for chew
ing gum her unreasonable papa refuses to
liquidatc the debt, but he says she. can if
she choose.
CALIFORNIA has libel suit in which no
damages are claimed. The plaintiff is a
District-Attorney, and simply wants to
settle his reputation. This is what might
be called model libel suit.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, recently celebrated
the success attained by the tobacco.i in
dustry there, the quantity of tobacco re-
ceived having increased from 900 hogs
heads three years ago to 3,700 last year.
A LARGE frog, whose age is placed in
round numbers at 1000 years, was re-
Gently found ten feet below the surface
at Sodus, N. Y. He jumped away quite
lively as soon as he could remember how
he used to do it.
AS bride and bridegroom were about
to leave Cleveland, a constable stepped
into the car with a new attachment and
seized the bridegroom's beautiful plug
hat. The dishonest groom went on with
his matrimony barehead.
THE quiet services in colored church
at Vicksburg, Miss, were rudely inter-
rupted on a recent Sunday evening by
two women, who, after glaring at each
other. a few moments, sprang at each
other, and before the rest of the congre-
cation knew what was going on, were
fighting like two wildcats. They were
separated by their friends and then left
the church.
AS young lady was preparing to retire
in Augusta, Me-, a few nights ago, cat
overturned the kerosene lamp in her
room and set the table on fire. The
frightened girl hid herself in the closet,
closing the door after her, and screamed,
but could not be -heard by the other
members of the family, and as no one
came to her rescue she threw the door
open and, with a woolen quilt, put the
fire out.
Two years ago Thomas Pearce ran for
Justice at Eola, Oregon, and was tied
with bis opponent. The law directs the
casting of lots to decide, and Mr. Pcarce
won, with dice. The contestants gambled
for it according to law, and they are
likely to resort to the same expedient
again, as Mr.. Pearce and another oppo.
nent are tied again on the vote there for
Justice of the Peace. This is signifi.
cant thing to happen twice to the same
man.
UNLESS the Reno Crescent exaggerates,
Senators Jones and Stewart may be left
some day without constituency The
amount of water accumulated in Lake
Tahoe is more than a thousand times that
which devastated the Massachusetts, val
ley, and this inland sea is held back by
All artificial dam. The Crescent thinks
that it is only question of time when
the dam will give way and the valley be
overwhelmed by a roaring Niagara.
THERE is a party in Northeastern Mex
leo which for the last fifteen years has
favored the establishment of the Sierra
Madre republic. Gen. Vidaurre in 1861
desired the Confederate Government to
assist him in carrying out that enterprise.
President Davis through fear of involv-
ing the Confederacy in a war with Mexi-
co before the final triumph Of the former
was achieved, refused the aid solicited by
the ill-fated Governor of New Leon. 1t
is now stated by correspondent of the
Galveston Neos, who writes from the
City of Mexico, that the Mexican seces-
sionists are still alive and active, and
that Lerdo de Tejada will soon send a
force of s, 1000 regular troops to be sta
toned along the Rio Grande border, for
the purpose, ostensibly, of maintaining
order and treaty stipulations with the
United States, but in reality with the OBJ
Ject of overawing the party which favors
the new republic.
AN incident occurred near the old
Mohawk bridge the other day during the
sudden rise of the river which showed
the intelligence of the mice and the care
exercised by the mother for her young
The mother evidently had nest in the
stone wall near the bank, in the garden
Of Mr.. Van Epps. AS soon as the water
reached the nest, or near it, the mother
| was seen to come from the wall with one
of her young in her mouth and deposit
it beneath a tree on the ground out of
danger from the flood. She went back
and forth, taking one Of her young each
time, until they were all saved On an
other occasion, at the same place. an old
mouse did the same thing and more
When she had rescued a part of her
young the water had risen so as to cut
off communication with her nest, but
this did not stop her. She plunged into
the water, swan over to the nest and
brought away several young mice in
this way, holding them in. her mouth
above water while she swan with them
to dry land. This feat was witnessed by
several persons.-Schenectady (N. ~
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