The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09

maue likeness IOr man VINO refused 10
take'the picture, claiming that it did not
correctly represent him. He thought it
made him uglier than the reality. The
maker sued to recover the pay, and in
the trial the picture was put in evidence
and shown, to- the jury. The jury, by
their verdict, decided that the defendant
was as ugly as the photograph.
THERE will probably be an influx of
new variety of immigrants before long.
The Nazarenes of Hungary, powerful
and growing sect Of Quakers, refuse to
render military service, as the Mennonites
refused in Russia. The up-shot of the
matter will be that the Nazarines will
have to shoulder their carpet-bags and 60
somewhere else. Such people are of no
use to European power just at this
particular time. There are thirty thou
sand of them in Hungary.
SEVERAL English gentleman are now
on visit to this country, endeavoring to
effect arrangements by which direct trade
may be, established between Great Brit
ain, the Mississippi valley and the West.
They have already laid their plans before
the business men of Galveston, Mobile,
Atlanta and Memphis, and st. Louis.
These English visitors represent, it is
said, cooperative organization which
now numbers 500, 900 members and has
capital of $25, 100000.
The lands in California are classified
as follows by the Sacramento Record:
About 6O,OOO,OOO acres adapted to graz
ing and agricultural purposes, and 23,-
900, 900 consists of mountains, covered to
a great extent with heavy timber; about
100000 is covered with arid plains or
deserts of but little present value for any
purpose about 100000 acres consist of
swamp and overAowed lands sunreclaimed,
and of but little present value, and the
balance, 100000 acres, is covered
with lakes, bays, rivers, and other per-
manent water.
IT is rather novel thing to find a |
firm offering to pay the government for
the privilege of doing its work for moth
ing, but that is what was disclosed, when
the bids for. furnishing internal revenue
stamps were opened at Washington.
'SevetalIbidders offered to do the engrav-
ing for nothing, but the firm which now
has the contract went further and offered
to pay twenty-five thousand dollars
year for the privilege of furnishing the
stamps Free. considering the advertising
itgets from having its imprint on them
worth so much more than the cost of the
work.
... They tell pretty story of a Chicago
girl at Watch Hil', r. I. She is said to
be about eighteen years of age, and the
prettiest girl at the place. For long
time a young doctor followed her about,
though keeping respectful distance. He.
had never been introduced. But one
morning the sly miss went bathing when
the young doctor was within easy hailing
distance, Young miss waded into deep
water; lost her footing, turning her pretty
toes up to the sun, and dug gravel with
her, taper fingers Horriblel The young
doctor rushed to the rescue, pulled the
girl ashore, revived her, and now there is
going to be wedding.
RAIN is caught and measured in such q
way as to give what would have been the
actual depth of the water on the surface
lift had not soaked in or run off. An inch
of rain is of more consequence than would
be generally supposed. On an acre Of
ground it amounts to 6,272,64 cubic
inches. This gives 22,623.5O gallons of
water, which would fill a cistern capable
of holding three hundred and sixty hogs
heads. Reducing it to weight, it would
amount to over one hundred and
thirteen TONS A trough one hundred and
twenty feet long, ten feet high, and three
feet wide, inside measurement, would
Just contain an inch of rain from an acre
ofground.
THE Secretary of the, Treasury, accord
ing to a Washington special to the Kier-
nan News Agency of New York, has rem
dered the following decision in reference
to 5-2Os Of 1865, May and November, and
5-20s of 1865, January and July: The
books and records of the department
show that the 5-2Os of 1865, May and No
vember, known as old Cos, were the first
of these two loans issued, the date ofissue
being October 81, 1865, while consols of
1865, January and July, known as the
new Cos, although the bonds bear on
their face and date July /, 1855, were
not issued until October, 1866 therefore
it follows that the 5-20s, 1866, May and
November, known as the old Cos, being
the first issued under the law, must be the
first called. The date given on the face
of the bonds is not to be taken as the
date of. the issue, but the fact as estab-
lished by the records of the department
in application of the law.
ALTHOUGH imprisonment for debt is
supposed to be abolished in England, we
see it stated that nearly twenty thousand
persons were arrested in the course of
1873, fourth of whom went to prison
rather than satisfy the demands of their
creditors. The explanation is, that these
persons were committed, not for their
to pay their debts, but for
their unwillingness to do so in other
words, they were committed for contempt
Of court. There. were about half mil
lion yerdicts in favor of plaintiffs as to
more than one hundred thousand of
which twas deemed necessary to issue
judgment summonses. The mere threat
of taking this step brought many of the
defendants 10 tefns, and only in about