The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-12
Items OF Interest.

Items OF Interest.
Twenty-one Illinois railroads are in
the hands Of receivers. r
| An exchange talks of the " gangs of
lords who will be here next year.
Why shouldn't old clothes be worn in
doorsa Because they're invariably worn
out, -1 sE-
Why is the letter go" the most char
table letter 2-Because il is found
oftener than any other in "doing good. "
| An old maid near Reading, Pa, mar
ried tramp, and perhaps that's the
best use you can put tramp TO, after
all. - - -
There have been seventy-four mur-
ders in the judicial district including
Carson and Panamint, Nevada, and not
one conviction.
The existence Of the United Order of
American Mechanics is no secret. Its
meetings are regularly advertised in
Eastern newspapers.
The st. Joseph (Mo.) Herald having
read the adjutant-general's report,
wishes that the regular army could
fight as well as it can desert.
Maria Davis, charged with bieamy at
the Old Bailey, London, was released
because the first husband, being totally
blind, was unable to identify her.
Under the heading "Two Centen-
arians Cone" the Quebec Mercury re-
cords the death of two veterans, aged
respectively ninety-fve and ninety-six.
Over $4,000 trees were planted in
Minnesota during the tree-planting sea-
son, by contestants for certain premiums
which had been offered to those planting
the largest number,
A Rutlander got tramp to fire off
shotgun which had been loaded nineteen
years, and as q reward for his Job he had
to pay five dollars for burying that
tramp.
The Marechal de Faber at siege was
pointing out place with his finger. As
he spoke q musket ball carried of the
finger. Instantly stretching another he
continued his discourse" Gentlemen,
as was saying ~
According to careful calculation, the
forests Of our country will hold out only
seventy years, If we go on using wood
as recklessly as we now do without talk
ing measures to renew the natural
sources of supply. n@
"It is settled principle, your
honor" said an eminent lawyer, Sc that
causes always produce effects" "They
always do for the lawyers, !" responded
the Judge, "but I've sometimes known
a cause to deprive Client of all his
effects" sstl m
A cockney tourist met Scottish las
sie going barefoot toward Glasgow.
Lassie," said he, should like to
know if all the people in these parts go
barefoot Q" Z" Part on 'em do, and part
on 'em mind their own business, y was
the rather settling reply. ~
Last spring, the st. Paul Press Offer
ed a years su description as premium to
the man in each county who should
plant the largest number of trees and
cuttings, not less than 1000 in number,
during the season. Twenty-Five coun-
ties out of sixty odd in the State compet-
ed for the premium, making o total of
297, ,663 trees planted in one year, Mar
in county alone planting 2,000.
One of the results of the Education
act in London, which is based on the
American system, is that the attendance
Of scholars mas increased from 180, 600 to
28O, 900 /; and this has not been done by
hardness, for the number of par
ents fined does not exceed 6,00O, and no
fine has exceeded Ave shillings. The
frmness of the London school board
has resulted in saving 100, 600 children
from growing up in ignorance,
A striking instance of the laxity Of
Connecticut divorce laws is illustrated
by the matrimonial record of woman
in Hartford who has been married four
times, all Of her husbands being yet
alive. She changed her maiden name
for that of her first husband, got di-
vorce and married her second; left him
on account of his attentions to q pretty
sewing machine girk and, as soon as di-
vorced, remarked No. /; lived with him
a short time, got another divorce, and
has now married, for fourth time, q
man who had been divorced from two
wives.