The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-26
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AN Illinois negro attempted to com
init suicide by layinghis head on the rail
and letting.a passengers train run over it.
The engine was thrown from the track
and both driving wheels dislocated, but
the negro is still at large, complaining
about the quality of the locomotives they
construct nowadays. ,i i'''-'e :
AN engineer at Dublin, who is build
ing break-watersand harbor works, saves
the trouble and cost OF Golfer dams by
constructing concrete blocks, weighing
three hundred and fifty tons each, which
by clever, contrivance, he sinks in a
comparatively short time, and brings
the works above low water mark, when
the upper portions can be builtin the
usual way. s.,r,,,-a
ACCORDING to the Foreign Times,
Bowles Brothers & Co. are about to pay
their creditors in full, with interest during
their suspension, and the firm and their
Joint National Agency Limited are now
being carefully and powerfully reorgan
lied, and will soon be opened for the fa-
cilities of banking operation of all kinds
which the house formerly afforded to
merchants and travellers in all parts of the
world. "a ga @a
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1T is said that a steamer running
twenty-one miles an hour can go from
the coast Of Nova Scotia to the British
coast in four and 'one-half days. This
fact is taken hold of by London paper
to urge the project of establishing line
of steamers on that route for carrying
passengers only, as freight can not be
economically shipped thereby. At pres
ent the ocean voyage occupies nine or ten
days, and all the. steamers carry heavy
freights, on which they mainly depend
for their income. 1t is doubtful if a line
for passenger traffic alone would pay ex-
penses, but 1T is an experiment, that
will probably be essayed. iiep Z
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THE Milwaukee Sentinel publishes a
table showing the result of the census
Just completed in that State, with the
loss or gain in each county, as compared
with 1870. 1t tshows the total population
of the State to- be 1,237, ,166 against
1854, ,670in 1870. The Sentinel adds: 1t
will be seen that the net gain in the pop
ulation of the State since 1870 is 1S2,-
496, ors17 $40 per cent. The same rate
of increase continued will give the State
a population of nearly amillion and a
half-more accurately 1,45l, ,000-when
the next census is taken. 1t is believed
that no other State east of the Mississippi
River will show so large and wholesome a
growth. - a. q sta.s 49,. -st
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The insurrection in Herzegovina, so
scantily reported by telegraph, is really
a struggle for Independence on the part
of the Slayonic provinces of Turkey, and,
if the I" Great Powers" can be induced
to remain neutral, will result in a new
map of Europe. Geographically, and
through affinity, these provinces belong
to Hungary, and, if free, will follow
Hungary's example, and claim the pro-
lection of the Austrian Empire-for-
tunatelyl more enlightened Austria
than that Of Shakspeare's day l.
'sThs little valiant, great in villainy!
The ever strong upon the stronger sidep'
They 'Aaveno sympathy whateverw with
Turkey, and have engineered many a re-
volt against the, sway Of the Moham-
medan. asss,ii ~. ,as
M. DUMAS, at a recent meeting of the
French Academy of Science, stated that,
in examining the process ofscouring fab
RIGS as usually practised by cleaners OF
old clothes washing in benzine) he had
discovered a novel and dangerous cause
of fire. Workmen engaged in this in
dustry had frequently complained of the
benzine becoming infamed during the
scrubbing; and in order to test the ques-
tion, M. Dumas caused a piece of cash
mere to be dipped in for length Of
eighteen feet. Every time the stuff par
TALLY emerged from the, bath, while be-
ing rubbed between the hands, sharp
pricking sensation upon those members
and on the face was felt; and finally
sparks we're emitted from the fabric, suf
fcient, if the securing had been briskly
continued, TO have ignited the infamma-
BILE fluid.
UNLESS the PROPOSED route of the
Prince of Wales through India is made
widely known throughout that country,
many native dignitaries in districts
which he does not mean to visit will
seize the occasion to. levy blackmail on
the people in the shape of all sorts of sup.
plies. Some years ago, in Western India,
an impostor levied a war tax in the out.
ofthe-way, villages in the name and on
account of the Queen. His credentials
were simple, but effective, and consisted
of an empty Crosse & Blackwell pickle
jar, with the royal arms on the label, and
paper scrawled over in imitation o.
English writing, to which was affixed Q
seal, which was simply the impression o.
the bung of mustard.jar. And yet
with these credentials, he succeeded in
levying a good deal of money until he
ventured in some village where the peo
pie were more advanced. -g
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Mr.. CHUBB, the English lock.maker
in whose locks so many of his country
men place implicit faith as n protection
against thieves, has lately written a book
in which he admits that no locks car
resist the efforts of accomplished thieves
and extols the small TERROR dog, with 9
sharp bark, as the best possible protector
against burglars. Unless Mr.. ,Chubt