The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-03-04
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOTES.
The Pope has appointed the year 1876
to be year of jubilee. Years of jubilee
are in the Church seasons of special grace
which is granted to all the faithful who
perform certain spiritual exercises. Iti
the crown of the system of indulgences
The last was held in 1925, and there
should have been another in 1850, but
the troubled condition of the Church pre-
vented.
THE King Of Sweden has signed bill
recently passed by the Swedish Parlia
ment enabling women, by means of 9
marriage contract, to retain the control
of their property. A large number o.
the clergy opposed the bill on the ground
that as Christ is the head of the Church
the man is the head of his household
and that equality between man and wife
is therefore abnormal.
ALoNDoN paper publishes the number
of railway employees who are annually
killed and injured on the different lines
in Great Britain 1t appears that in the
year 1872 no less than 1850 servants o.
the several companies were killed out
right by accidents, while 27,340 were
more or less seriously hurt and disabled
In 1873 this number was much larger
there having been 1900 killed and about
eighty persons injured every day in the
year.
A MACHINE of the torpedo class ha'
been constructed by the British navy
which will move at speed of nine knot.
an hour for three hundred yards, and al
slower speed for mile. twill main
tain any direction impressed upon it, and
it can be launched either from boat OF
an iron-clad, by sight or by day. In short
it is kind of explosive fish, which, il
obedience to its masters, will swim for {
mile toward any adversary at which il
may be directed, and will strike danger
Gus if not fatal blow.
DANvILLE (Ky.) Advocate: There il
a relic of Daniel Boone in our vicinity. II
is one of his old trusty rifles, and ont
with which he often drew bead upOr
many a red man of the forest, and by hi'
deadly aim caused him to bite the dust
There is scar or chop upon the barrel
which was made by an Indian in figh
with them by Daniel Boone and party
somewhere in the wilderness beyont
Crab Orchard or Whitley's Station. Thi
old rifle is in very good preservation, anc
the party in whose hands it now is pro
poses donating it to some public historical
collection or museum.
In case brought against Wisconsin
railroad company by traveller who wa
elected from the ladies' car, the Supreme
Court of that State has recently decided
that railroad companies have no right t.
overcrowd their trains; that all passen
gers are entitled to seats, and that it i
the duty of the officials of the train to sc,
that they have them. They further helt
that a passenger had no right to use vic
lence in entering the ladies' car, or t.
force his way in contrary to the railwa!
regulations, but that having entered ant
being seated the officers of the train hat
no right to put him out.
FROM the report of the Adjutant ofth
Army we learn that there are now in tn
United States an organized militi
amounting to 1924. Twelve of tn
States-Delaware Virginia, West Wiz
ginia, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee
Missouri, Michigan, Nebraska and Ne
vada-have an enrolment of citizens t
military duty; at least they have faile'
to make any returns. With these State
excepted, there are citizens available 70
military duty, but not organized, aggre
eating 3,70l,977. 1t is very safe to sa,
that this number is not half the tOta
which could be called on if tn
necessities OF the government demande'
it.
ATLANTA Neps: Mr.. Bridges W
Smith, of this city, so well-known as
humorous writer, over the signature G
"B. Ridges" has prepared, book of hi
best sketches to be published, entities
"Hush being choice collection of tn
authors daintiest hits, seasoned an
served to suit the taste of the reader.
The book has the following extraordinar
dedication: AFTER years ofpatient stud
and research to find n name worthy t
grace this page, have resolved to dedicat
it to myself-my best friend, my wors
enemy, my most charitable critic, and tn
only man under the blue canopy {
heaven that would be willing to di
for"
SANDERsvILLE (Ga.) Herald: Ther
is a we'll in this city which seems to hav
no bottom, and to be supplied with a
inexhaustible stream OF water. Repeate
attempts have been made to draw all tn
water out, but after hours of hard labC
by number of hands, using ten-gallo
kegs as double buckets, the amount {
water in the well appeared to be quite
great as when the drawing commenced
At one time a keg of the dimension d
scribed accidentally fell into the wei
The usual means "a drag was used
fish" it out, but no trace of the Ike
f could be found. Some people beliey
| that creek Ito use their own Language
, flows at the bottom of this well.
A CHICAGO police court report says
DIR. Blake has heard that in the stab
, of one Michael Hayes, 757 Kinzle stree
, there were horses starving, and brougf
the case to the attention of the polio
7 Examination proved that such was Il
case. There were found TO be five stal
, occupied, and in three of them were des
horses. The wretched animals ha
wasted to the bone, being held up by Il
halters attached to the cribs. A mo
desolate spectacle could hardly be in
, agined. The sufferings of the helple
creatures, between hunger and col
: through the recent severe weather, mu
+ have been intense. Two horses we
, found Just about dead. They, too, we
3 worn to the bone, but food reanimatt
them, and they will perhaps recover.