The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-02-18
1GIsCELLAHEOUA,
They call A. II. Stephens ''Nine-

They call A. Il. Stephens 'tNine-
ty pounds of dried confederacy."
John Observation-Disclosures
Was married to Julia soloskiminnisw.
inniehiski at South Bend, Indiana,
last Sunday.
"A correspondent Of the New
York Tribune says bran, sprinkled
over the plants, will kill the cab
bage worm.
About $50 head Of cattle have
died in Monona County, Iowa, since
last fall, in consequence Of their BE-
ing turned into cornstalk fields.
The bill for the abolition of cap
ital punishment was defeated in the
Alabama House Of Representatives
Wednesday, and the measure is dead.
Whittier, being asked for his
autograph, wrote:
The name is but the shadow, which vs
Too often larger than the man behind.
Phil Sheridan says that if hs
owned perdition (only he didn't call
it that) and Louisiana, he would lease
out Louisiana and live in the other
property.
The new postal arrangements
with Canada went into force Febru-
ary 1st. The future charge on pre-
paid letters to the Dominion will be
three cents.
The Queer has offered to make
Mrs. Gladstone Peeress in her own
right, while Mr.. Gladstone has again
been offered, and has again declined,
seat in the Upper House.
-Vasquez, the California bandit,
has been convicted Of thirty seven
murders. If punished for each Of
fense it would take about seven hours
for him to strangle at twelve minutes
hang.
John Morrissey having opened q
fashionable gambling-hell at Jackson
vile, Fla, the local paper closes it,
eulogy with the remark that "such
men give tene and vigor to the local.
ity in which they reside"
SO many applications fer divorce
have been made to the Idaho Legisla-
ture that Mr.. Paddock has introduced
a bill divorcing all the married peo-
pie in the Territory, and placingthem
IN statu quo ante naatrimo1aiatm. This,
he says, will save time, and those who
wish can be remarked.
"A little boy who sang II want to
be an angel" in Sunday school, with
so much energy that he nearly choked
himself, confessed to an enterprising
reporter that he reall y wanted to be
a captain on canal boat. Is it
right to encourage children in un-
truthfulness by allowing them to sing
such melodies?
Lord Holland knew the worth Of
a friend, when on his being confined
| to his bed he heard that George Sell
| wyn had called. "The next time
| that Mr.. Selwyn calls" said his lord
| ship, "show him up. If I am alive, I
shall be delighted to see him; if I am
dead, he'll be delighted to see me-
From Colbu,n's New Monthly Maga-
| zine.
Dwight, ILL.,, and the region
round about, is suffering for the want
| Of water. Rain has not fallen for
| months, and the ground has been
bare all winter. The majority Of
dug wells have long since gone dry,
and the source of supply is from wells
which have been bored. Water is
generally found at depth of 70 feet,
but not in quantities to produce AZ
tesian wells.
A peculiar libel case is to b.
tried before the Chester county Pa.)
courts. A Mr.. William Benner post
ed a notice on his property forbiding
a neighbor, named Lewis 81. Ham
mond, or bis family, from tresPassing
on his grounds Hammond retaliated
by a similar prohibition of Benner
from his gounds, adding the words,
"As I have only four turkeys left"
and therein lies the alleged libel.
AT the close of the war, Gen.
Joe Johnston met in Baltimore .
young man who had enjoyed undis-
| turbed the social delights Of the re-
bellious city, and who said to him,
"Well, General, We are conquered,
but not subdued." "Were you in the
service, young man?' asked the Gen
eral. "No, sir; I had not that hon.
or" "Then, my friend" said John
stoa, you may not be subdued, but I
am."
1t is said that MISS Anna Dick.
| inson has left the platform and is
studying for the stage. Undismayed
by the reception which Miss Kate
Field met with, Miss Dickinson works
bravely, determined to realize her
live-long desire, and personate her
favorite heroines Of history in the
higher walks of the drama. She will
make her debut probably as Joan
of Arc, character for which she has
the greatest admiration, and will re-
strict herself to a limited range of pie
turesque and emotional imperson-
ations.