Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

| What is the exact width of broad
grins
-Thiers, he great French statesman,
is worth a 100000.
| = Umbrellas can be issued to soldiers
| in hot weather as ray-shuns.
= What is wanted to make man and
wife pull together. Accord.
The gold found in the Black Hills is
said to be one of very Siouxperior quail
| ity.
AS the young lady remarked about
| the infant, How sweet! But how bald
for one so young!"
Still the guillotine falls and the fated
| whisky. gaugers and storekeepers are be-
! ing faxed" to retire.
And now they say that Gen. Putnam
never entered den after wolf, as Sec
| oud school readers affirm.
The grasshoppers have devoured the
| tombstone of the Kansas man whose
memory was ever fresh and green.
I'm the human family wealth covers
| multitude of sins, but in the bovine
| family fat covers multitude Of deform-
titles.
According to Floss the most effect
i've counter-i rritant, next to dry goods
clerk, is the superior biped of the jew
elry store.
The Chinese have simple but very
effectual cure for drunkenness. 1t con-
sists in separating the unfortunate's head
from his body.
"A land patent was recently issued
from the Marysville (Cal) office tc George
Washington Christopher Columbus Schil-
lenbergannanzi.
A hotel landlord who is sadly
troubled has placed in his Mushroom an
inscription from Dante: "Who enters
here, leave soap behind"
Now it appears that the Maryland
peach crop is TO be so unusually large that
the steamboat lines are increasing their
facilities for transportation.
--Caudie says that his wife, AT least,
whatever may be the experience of
census-takers with others of her sex, is
always ready to tell her rage.
A printer hard of hearing at spell
ing. match the other evening asked the
Captain to Write the plaguy word down
so fellow can tell what it's"
There is a horse named Billy up in
Rochester, n Y, that is thirty-six years
old, and doing his part in blowing gar
dens and such work this spring.
-Titusville is excited about new oil
well which il yielding 200 barrels daily.
Titusville has been much depressed of
late, but oils well that ends well
The New Bedford (Mass.) Standard
says il is estimated that 500 scholars Of
the public schools in that city are now
absent on account of the measles.
- Heavens Own" is the name Of a
new Nevada town where railroad pas
senger saw woman pinning her hus.
band to the fence with pitchiork.
Ten Japanese manufacturers have
signified their intention to exhibit at the
Philadelphia Exposition, bringing over
goods amounting in value TO $1SOIO0O.
A Brooklyn husband named Allen
discovered that his wife had stolen
his check book and drawn 1880 in his
| name. He sued the bank and got the
full amount restored.
The Indians out West have u regular
mating season in the spring when they
| do all their wooing, emitting such fool
ishness during the remainder OF the
! year.
The plan devised by Gen. Mcclellan
| 10 substitute solid masonry wharves Tor
| the present wooden ones at New York
has been abandoned for compromise OF
wood and stone.
| I'm Germany there are nearly 1000,
| 900 more women than men, and wives do
not lift the hair of husbands SO readily
as in countries where the supply of the
l
sex Is more limited.
Red Cloud says he's always ready to
smoke the pipe OF peace with his pale.
faced brethren If they'll only furnish
him little better tobacco. -NeD forh
Commercial AdUertaser.
| Tobacco raising has proved the
| financial ruin of North Hhdley Mass
| Recent failures foot up $225,000; real
| estate has fallen onethird in the town,
and business is almost hopelessly stag
nant.
The buckskin mustang, Don Elipha
| is expected to arrive here in IA few days
from Los Angeles on the steamer Oriza
| ba. This wonderful horse, without a
pedigree, has an interesting history. lie
was for a long time worked in hauling
stages in Arizona, and has done consid
cradle cavalry service in that country
| One OF the feats performed by this hall
| breed, while in the cavalry, was the car
rying of o soldier 100 miles in one day,
lie was purchased by Smith 4 Billings
OF Los Angeles. two years ago, for mere
song, and put In training. He has trotted
| five races in the Orange Grove City, and
when he scored 2 30 he shut himself out
| Of future contests in that locality until
the racing stud shall be improved. This
| is the best record made on any course IN
Southern California. The last race won
by Don was two.mlle race for $1,000
| A brilliant future is predicted for the dun
and ii is expected he will yet to thu
string under the twenties.--.San Francis
co Bulletin.
The Stock Ranch In Southern Call
fornia.