The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
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BELL PUNCHES for bartenders have
been added to the other punches in Chi
cago saloons.
SABA Vermont paper says: "The
town pump is frozen up and the handle
is busted; no insurance"
THE old-time trotter Flora Temple is
still alive and, perhaps, kicking. She
is over thirty years old.
THE salaries of bank Presidents in
Boston range from four to fifteen thou
sand dollars per annum.
Hrs NAME was Hamlet, he was sexton
at Norton, Mass, and was killed by fall
ing into new-made grave.
AT dinner party lady once asked
DR.. johnson if he liked children. "Don't
know, ma'am. Never ate any" replied
the doctor.
It's high time that grocers got out
their old stock, melting it over IN the
back room and hung out signs of New
maple sugar"
A WHITEHALL pa girl, whose lover
refused to buy her seal-skin sacque for
Christmas, returned good for evil by CIV
ing him the sack.
A THICKNESS Of newspapers between
the bed-quilts will help wonderfully to
keep you warm these cold nights. Now
is the time to subscribe"
A CONSTABLE attempted to levy on a
Rhode Island woman's sewing-machine a
month ago, and he isn't out of bed yet.
She struck with her foot.
An aged lady of Fontainebleau left
her physician an enormous oak chest
as legacy. On opening it he found all
the drugs and potions he had given her
during the past twenty years.
THERE is scarcely any perceptible
change in the styles from month to month
in mid-season. By the first of March we
may begin to look for the advance spring
fashions, but at present there is not
much that is new.
A PROFEssEDLY religious paper, the
Echo de Rome, was fined 1000 francs q
few days ago, and its printer imprisoned
for three months. for an article grossly
insulting King Victor Emmanuel. The
paper has since been suppressed.
In England Town Clerk affirms that,
in his observation, the majority of hus-
band-and wife quarrels take their rise in
the fault of the wife, who, by her "in
fernal tongue" aggravates her husband
to assault her. This, of course, has no
application to the United States.
The total number of species of birds
included in the fauna of Norway is 25O.
Of these ia have been observed within
the polar circle, and 100 of the ia have
ranged as far north as within the limits
of Tromsoe Amt, while $50 species be-
long to the fauna of Finmark proper.
HOWEVER rich man may be, however
titled, however proud, let him 60 his way
with humility, remembering that he is
only about the o-billionth part of the
population of the world. and that he will
some day die and be missed by men just
about as much as mashed grasshopper
is missed by his swarm.
NOTING that common usage adopts
longitude 1870 degrees from Greenwich
as the point where person travelling
westward around the globe will find his
Monday changed to Tuesday, CORE
spondent of the New York Eyening Post
calls attention to two curious exceptions.
Manila, in the Philippine Islands, is
one day behind the rest of the East
Indies in its expression of the days Of
the week, while Alaska is ono day ahead
OF British Columbia. The explanation
is that the Philippine Islands were
colonized by Spaniards, who first came
there from the east across the Pacific;
but the rest of the East Indies was col
onized by Europeans, coming from the
opposite direction. Each set of colonists
brought its own day of the week, and
consequently it happens that Manila is
weekly keeping its Sunday while the
neighboring islands are having their
Monday. So in regard to Alaska. That
country was first settled by Russians
coming from the west, while the remain,
der of the eastern coast of the Pacific
was settled from the east. Thus it hap
pens that when Alaska is keeping Sun
day it is only Saturday on the rest of the
coast. And what is more wonderful still.
Alaska, being ninety degrees east of
Manila, will have already enjoyed one
fourth OF its Monday before the latter
place enters upon its Sunday
The discovery Of valuable bluestone
quarrles in a tract Of land in Shohola,
Pa, which was won by Abram G. West
fall by wager on the result of the
Presidential election of 1856, has led to
curious lawsuit. The land belonged at
the time stated to Maj. C. L. Seymour.
tie staked it against tract of land
owned by Westfall on wager that
Fremont would be elected. Each made
out deed for his property and placed
them in the hands of ID. M. Van Auken.
Westfall winning the bet, the deed for
Seymour's property was given to him.
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Since then immense quantities of blue
stone have been discovered in the east
ern part OF the county, and several cor
porations are at work getting out the
stone. The tract in question is found
to be the most valuable IN the whole re-
gion, and rival companies have been Of
fering high prices for it. II is now in
the possession of the Hon. G. p. Heller.
one OF the Judges of the Pike County
Court, who bought it from Westfall.
The title having been brought in ques-
ton by Seymour bringing suit to recover
the land all negotiations have for the
time ceased. Seymour claims that, al
though ne gave deed for the property,
the whole transaction was illegal, being
the result of a wager on an election.
which is strictly prohibited by the Penn
syivanla statutes. Heller claims that he
was an innocent purchaser and has a
good title to the property, which is now
estimated IN worth from $4,000 to
$4,000
4 Wedding :Spark."
A NEW YORK correspondent of the
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