The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1874-12-23
1ISCELLANEOUS.

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Eo An assnle0 Milwaukee woman boxes her husband,,
ears with her feet.
The band played s'Iittle Brown jug" at q prohib.
tory meeting In Worcester, Mas.
Twenty-Five tons Of butter we're recently shipped il
q lot from Duluth to Liverpool. England.
The claims against the State Of Oregon, growing
ont Of the Modoc war, amount TO 4131, 900.
man who can talk in i've different languages /.
smart, but We know one who can hold his tongue in
ten. t
Mrs.. swisshelm wears black stockings with scarlet
heel patches Neat and not gaudY, and saves
darning.
There are 671 women in Paris who serve as models
for painters and sculptos, most Of them being from
| 16 to 80 years old.
| The editor Of the Niobrara Pioneer Is happy. He
| partook Of Modoc Bitters, and an Indian agent res
ponds with . libel suit,
| The business man Who doesn't advertise can get
ruined With less money and more certainty than any
other person this side Of a lunatic asylum.
One dissenter observes that whether the Archbish-
op Of Canterbury ever regularly baptized no,
there can be no question that he confirmed in his
prejudices long ago.
The Inter Ocean calls Mrs. J. G. sw!sshelm ''a
woman with q rudder to her name." Yes, but what
wnat was her rudder name before she was married?-
FStssbusgh Commercial.
the Platte river navigable for steamboats?' in.
! quired traveller Of q Nebraska man. ''NaYigable
for stezmboats!" exclaimed the Nebraskian, ,-:'No,
| not even for light draft ducks"
How the wind did blow yesterday morning. 1t was
monogram garters are worn but it is just our fool
| luck to be laid up with rheumatism.
Michigan drug clerks still labor under the impres.
don that quinine and morphine mean the same thing,
and several citizens lately have come very near los.
| Ing their malaria permanently in consequence.
choN rAp 4 -
| the Rev Dr.. Talmadge's church at Brooklyn, but
who was expelled at the insgation Of the PASTOR has
sued the lively doctor for slalder. Damages s. 900.
Chambers says that the editor Of the Mi,1vr can
not tell lie. Yes We can bat we eoon't, and that
Just where We have the ad1,antage s Of
Is not acquainted with the N1T0r editor.
Milwaukee man arrested for stealing law book,
says an exchange, excuses himself on the ground
that he thought 4 was novel. The man not far
was At least novelty to mo Of the lawyers Of that
city.
Maria is popular name h Illinois. When a cat
climbs back fence In we'll populated neighborhood
and plaintiyely calls on 'Naria!" twenty or thirty
trude twenty or thirty female heads while answering
| ''What!"
contemporary asks: What are the street lamps
fors" The man who doem't know what street. lamp
mould public opinion. Street lamps are for weary
young to recllne against at midnight on their
way home. 5a
During the late bathing season, an individual walk
cd up 20 che office Of aseaside hotel and with consd
erable flourish signed the book and exclaimed: s'1
am Lieutenant Governor Of -" .'That doesn't
make any difference, said the landlord, s'Youl be
| treated Just as well as the others"
Miss Nelson is credited with the authorship Of this
BILE men everywhere preservative would die"
Il is strange that this never occurred to before,
and We are moved to remark, that without actors
and actresses what would become Of the drama?
These thoughts are deep.
Asa train on the Saginaw road had nearly reached
the Junction the other day, an old woman suddenly
shouted out, Stop this keer, stop her !" pas.
senger wanted to know what was up, and the old wo
man ran up and and down the passagsway and excitedly
1--we left quart bottle Of cold tea at Detroit"
The train didn't back up.
Old Doctor Bancroft, Of Worcester, the father Of
the historian, and pastor of the first parish, an
noyed by the importantly Of man whose character
VAS not above that Of St. Paul. and who wanted to
ioin the Doctors church. The Doctor put him OF on
one pretext or another till all were exhausted. At
Last he said: my friend the fact is my church is
and join an engine company"
few nights since farmer living in Charles county
near the st. Marys line, was awakened by the furi.
Gus barkineof hisdog. and when taking his gun and
opening the door Of his house, he beheld an object
man fell to the ground. Three negroes had been
ENGAGED In stealing his corn, and for this purpose
lever had been put under the corn house.. The man
killed rat on the end Of the lever, which enabled the
other two men to enter the house and put out the
corn, AZ the man fell, the lever dropped and the
house fell upon the,two men. killing them both.
verv dirty. debased, and ignorant looking man
came In 70 vote In township Of Michigan Said
| of HE ladies' Offering him a ballot, Il wish you
would oblige US by voting this meket hat s. kind
ticket SAID he Rt csn sa,a 1sad ne asay ay
sxered. ssWhy, can't you read the ballot you have
il your hand which you are about to vote?" the lady
ssied ssNop said he, II can't read at all" Wel,"
the ballot means ass t yea are ing
Il. i he replied; ''then don't want It; the women
don't know enough to vote. ~ Grand Rapids Post.
An old man up In Connecticut had poor, cranky
| biz Of q wife. who regularly once week got up in
the night and invited the family to see her die She
gave her things sway, and made her peace with heav-
an. and then about eight she would get up In her
usual way and disappointed everybody by going at
Mar hou sehold duties as II nothing had happened.
The old man got sick Of II, finally, and went out and
con Esa. nice casnere @ orssd iu
and 8 handful Of silver. plated screws: Laying the
screv driver beside the collection, he invited her TO
boiler die once more. .sDo II, and in you 60, and
4 4 ts moment baking! buckwheat cakes for large
and adnai.ng family: while they dry apples IN 'ne
csffn up In the garret.
/ Some very severe criticism is being
INDUCED in by the press on the remark
able decrease IN the infant population OF
some Of the cities Of Utah ,occasioned. IT
is said, by the fact that the Church has
excluded physicians in case Of sickness,
and that the elders Of the Church are