Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Items Of Interest.

Items Of Interest.
The drinking" and "spelIng bee"
epidemic in England is there called
the foot and mouth disease"
A man named Peters, eighty-four years
old, dropped dead the other day at Men
don, Vt, from excitement at seeing
fight between two men.
Old steamers on theAtlanticl lines when
played out for first-class tEaftic are
switched off to the Mediterranean, India,
and other way stations.
English capitalists are said to havelost
about five hundred millions Of dollars
in twelve months in Turkish, Egyptian,
and Peruvian securities.
An English Judge has decided that
woman can keep her wedding ring and
wear it when she pleases, but she cannot
give it away without her husbands con-
sent. q.
Two hundred women Of Guilford,
Conn, cleaned up the village green
with rakes, hoes and spades. No men
were permitted to participate in the
work.
The Ohio Legislature has passeda bill
providing for the punishment by fine
and Imprisonment of all persons who get
on or off railroad trains that are IN
motion.
The disproportion between the weight
of q small boy and the noise OF his boot
heels as he walks out Of church at the
quietest moment is curious problem
In dynamics.
What exploration has accomplished In
Africa may be judged by q single fact.
In 1850 the area Of cultivated land In
Egypt was 1900, 900 acres !; in 1874 it
was 5, 600, 600.
An Iowa court bas decided that if
man engages himself to be married and
then commits suicide, the defrauded
party can proceed against his estate for
breach of promise.
Ashocking case of infantieide occurred
at st. Valerien, Canada, when woman
named Guertin, annoyed at her infants
crying; seized it 10y the heels and beat
out its brains against heavy wooden
chest.
An exchange asks: What are our
young men doingl" We can't answer for
rest of the country, but around here
they are engaged mainly in trying 10
lead nine-dollar existence on a seven
dollar salary.
1t is mentioned as q singular fact
that Solomon never laughed, and was
very melancholy man. It should be re-
membered, however, that he had nine
hundred wives te advise him what to do
when he had sore throat.
A cat at q Detroit fire rescued her kit
tens by bravsly entering the burning
building and dragging them out; and
her reward is adoption by wealthy old
woman, who will feed her on dainties
during the rest of her life.
It may not be comforting to Black
Hills miuers to be informed that the
Sioux. Blackfeet and Assinaboines have
held many conferences of late, and that
they contemplate raid on the settlers
as soon as the roads are passable.
A man who was recently hanged In
Canada for killing his landlord made a
speech on the scafold, in which he e1-
pressed hope that this "might be q
warning to other landlords who persist
ed in dunning their poor tenants.
Sixty years ago, the Saranac river,
which flows out of the s'North Woods
into Lake Champlain, was navigable for
sloops for some distance. Now it is
small stream, hardly navigsble for small
boats, except during the spring freshets.
Our race of useful fruits is now so ex-
tensive and of such excellent quality,
that to secure an improved variety is no
easy matter. Greater and better results
can be achieved through improved cul-
tivation than in the multiplication OF
mere varieties.
McCrispin-" Quite right to get a
pair of shoes, Molly, your fut III look
Elegant in leather" Molly" But sure
I can't pay for them till Christmas.
Moo. (after a thoughtful pause)-
" Troth, and it is pity to hide such
purity fut, acushla.;"
The Rev. Grant Powers, OF Haver-
hill, N. a., rebrked an ignorant preach
or for exercising the Office OF priest. he
replied: eve are commanded to preach
the gospel to every critter." But"
said Powers, I" every critter is not COM
manded to preach the gospel"
Good bsefsteak is twenty cents a pound
in the Black Hills deer meat is twelve
to fifteen cents pound, mechanics get
$3.50 to S4a day, and laborers 81 to
$3.50. The supply of men far exceeds
the demand. Custer City has already
had wedding, a birth, and a law suit
Mrs. Allen, of Omaha, after twenty
seven years of childless married life,
gave birth to boy, and in announcing
the happy event to her relatives IN Maine
she wrote "Long have wandered in
lonely cheerless gloom, but thank
Heaven, I now bask in the son-shine J"
The Russian government has in con-
temptation railroad through central
Asia over 1900 miles in length, the es-
timated cost of which is $500, 600, 600.
If this enterprise is commenced it will
open a very considerable market for
steel rails and railroad supplies.
A t6n.year-old boy was arrested in
Richmond, Va, for disturbing public
worship at Ss. Peters cathedral The
court ordered him tobe taken to the city
;c;I and xub;nnad hv hia mother and