The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-04-25
NUMBER 1867.
MISCELLANEOUS.

age q baulky horse, fastened chain to
its lower jaw, and. hitching another to
the chain, pulled the jaw entirely of.
Mrs. Lucy Detraz, OF vevay, Ind,
has a shawl about 150 years old. IL
was made by hand in Switzerland, by
her grandmother. 1t has been very
handsome. and is now preserved as a
curiosity.
A poor sewing girl who secured q
situation in a Council Bluffs tailoring
establishment was recently discharged,
at the command OF an organized body
Of workmen. They were too toney to
work with woman.
The great quail question has been
solved satisfactorily by resident OF
Oglethorpe county, Georgia, who has
devoured two quails day for forty days
in succession without experiencing i'll
ness or loss Of appetite.
There will be a walking tournament
the exposition building Chicago from
May 10Th to Goth inclusive, for prizes
OF s., 900 81 900 and $500, and . cham
PionshiP neuh.
The Norwalk, Ohio, Chronicle pub
fishes an account OF the debauching Of
twelve girls, from nine to twelve years,
by q. B. Kuentz, q teacher in the Ger
man catholic parish school there. The
scoundrel escaped.
A bill to prohibit the sale of intoxi-
eating liquor within forty miles of the
California University, is called by .
San Francisco paper, IAN act to pro-
mote pedestrianism among students.
A carpenter committed suicide at
Xenia, o., the other day. He was dis
covered in his shop, lying dead upon o
pile Of shavings, with revolver IN one
hand, and q carpenters rule in the 9th.
er. The ruling passion strong in death.
A girl employed in paper mill at
Westtield, Mass, suffered q severe st
tack of the lockjaw last week in which
the jaws were set for nearly two hours.
The doctor said the trouble was the re-
suit Of IN inveterats habit OF chewing
gum.
A cat belonging to Nathan Wilson,
OF Langdan, y. H., recently got upon
his bed and walked him by scratching.
Thrown Gff, it Immediately returned
and renewed its demonstration, until
Mr. Wilson got up and found the house
on fire about the fire place, Just in time
to save the house and the family.
A boy named Harry Ferguson, met
his death in a singular manner at Odin
ILL.,, recently. He was turning grind
stone when a comforter around his
neck became entangled in the running
gear, and he was pulled down so sud-
denly and forcibly that his neck was
broken. causing death in few seconds.
A few days ago little daughter OF
Mr.. Charles Schloamer, living south of
West Bend, fell on a steel knitting
needle, which broke off in the child's
body, causing death in a few hours.
The needle broke ia three parts, two
parts only being found. The other
was supposed to reman in the child's
body near the vitals.
Mrs Fenton, of Earlville, Iowa, died
some time since, and her corpse was
kept by her son one week before burial
Two days after she had been consigned
to the grave, he had the sexton open
the vault, when he viewed the corpse,
and spent some time in prayer, after
which he ordered the grave closed.
This strange conduct caused consider
able comment among the citizens
A countryman had sold q butcher
some hogs, and was to deliver them in
the afternoon at the residence of the
purchaser, but did not know where the
said residence was. The butcher then
gave him the following direction: "Yon
choost goes pehind de Menger and
turns to de right till you comes to
fence NIT hole in it, den you turns mp
to de right for n while till you sees o
house NIT a hog in de yard. Dots
me-"
An intelligent mule broke into q pri-
vste residence in Boulder, CAL, the
other day, and while surveying the
fixtures, backed up against
= red-hot stove. That being q game
that two could play at, he raised both
heels and took boisterous leave of the
The stove and house
hold required immediate reconstruc-
ton.
A young lady named Sarah Shaw,
living near Delhi, Iowa, committed
suicide by shooting herself through
the head, using shotgun with .
string attached at one end Of the trig-
ger, and the other to q bed-post ard
before the muzzle. She left
D note addressed to her parents saying
she was tired OF living aud seeing her
family growing mp in the way they
were.
A kind-hearted young lady OF Ra-
leigh, n. c., recently visited the ladies'
department Of the InSane Asylum, and
a good patient, in beseeching style,
implored her 10 give her just one kiss;
that il had been many day since
pair of young lips had touched her age
wrinkled cheek. The young lady
could not refuse, and gave her a kiss,
but this started the whole ward, and
she had to kiss through before she was
done.
Reports from Elkhart the 9th says
q woman, name unknown, died at Sem
erton's Lake, near there. under strange
Those living in the
house report that she committed sui
eide, but il is feared that she was put
out OF the way because she knew too
much OF the peculiar death Of man
at the same place recently. The man
is known to have had considerable
money before his death, but none was
found afterwsrd. Strong suspicion OF
foul play is held by the community,
and an investigation will be made.
Walter w. Wood, of st. Paul, the
supposed leader OF a band OF thieves
who have been carrying on operations
on the Lake Superior and Mississippi
Railroad for months past, has been
caught and held for trial in Washing
ton county. For over year this rail-
road has been troubled with thieves,
who have been carrying away grain aud
10 large aggregate
amount. All the losses have been paid,
and in the capture OF Wood it is sup
posed the thieving will cease.
The postage bill, reported fayorably
from the Senate Postal Committee, 70
Mr.. Hamlin's measure, amended so as
TO provide that the rate for third-class
mail matter shall be cent per ounce
for any distance not exceeding 1000,
and cents per ounce for distances
over 1000 miles. The amended bill
also provides that transient newspapers
and magazines shall pay postage for
nny distance at the rate OF i oont for