The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-02-13

L
ct never did like mutton with os-
psrs," Brown said, AZ he brushed his
clothes after an attack from ram
A gang Of nine robbers has been -
rested Mt Carsop, California. Tor steal.
ing goods from freight cars.
Three little girls. aged 5, g, and 10
years. were drowned at salem, Msss..
Feb. 8. by breaking through the ice.
Twenty-tbres toes have been lost 10
various residents OF Medford, WiA,
through the combined enthusiasm Of
Jack Frost and surgeon.
The present green thrce-csnt postage
stamp, easy to clean and use again, ID
to be succeeded in May by q red stamp
with white ground, much like the red
stamp OF sixteen years ago.
Consumers OF tobacco may consider
themselves profitable citizens, - they
have paid the government nearly ez0,-
! 600, 600 in taxes on ths weed, during
the fiscal year ending june 30. 1876.
Even the consciousness OF q pair Of
Arctic boots and clean striped stock
ings affords very weak consolation 10
n woman who gets ont over the back OF
q cutter when IL strikes a crossing, and
ssnds hsv ON her head ia snow drift
Col. Olcett carries some of the late
Baron do Palms ashes in snun boz.
and the rest OF them are distributed
among members OF the Thosophicsl
Society. Never before was there no.
bleman 30 promiscuous in his society.
A party of young men dined sumptu-
ously at restaurant in Atlanta, and
each one insisted on paying the bill.
To decide the matter, IL was proposed
to blindfold the waiter, and the FIRST
one he caught should pay the bill. He
hasn't caught any Of them yet.
The Younger brothers, bank robbers
and murderers. have come down to
regular work in the Minnesota State
Prison. They arc in the bucket busi-
ness. Cole applies the first ceAt Of
paint, Jim assists in the granting. and
Bob piles the pals up in regular tiers.
At q special meeting Of the Oh amber
of Commerce of st. Louis, the resolu-
tion recently passed by the New York
Chamber of Commerce, asking the
Government to abate the Federal tax
on bank capital and deposits, was
adopted without debate.
The Chicago Tribune truthfully rs-
marks that ''if moro time were spent
by school children in learning English
from example, and less in learning it
from theory, there would be larger
proportion OF people competent to
write and speak with freedom and elo-
quence."
In these days of boarding silver coin.
look out for a most dangerous counter
felt half-dollar, now in circulation. 10
is said to have the ring OF genuine
metal, and not to be affected by acid.
The Cedar Springs Clipper says: Bite
EN-, pound EN-, and keep good look
out for en-"
South Bend Register: The Stude-
baker Bros Manufacturing Company
has renewed the subscriptions to the
newspapers presented to their en-
ploycs last year. They gave their
workmen the choice OF newspaper or
turkey, and but three chose the tur-
key.
An inmate of the soldiers home in
Dayton, Ohio, named Savage, has re-
covered 81, 500 damages from the Home
avenue railroad company OF that city.
atan.l;no occurral hekwaan INN and
the conductor, and Savage refused to
pay his fare, at which he was put OF
the train and his leg broken.
A lady named Barrett, OF Fort Wayne
had a dream the other night that her
husband was lying in an adjoining
room on the floor, dead. When she
awoke from her terrible dream, she
went to the next room, and to her hor.
ror she saw her husband as she had
dreamed, dead. The coroner's jury
said il was heart disease.
Norristown Herald: Love makes
12s pounds OF girl feel no heavier
than feather on q fellows knee. Full
ton Times: And tho same fellow
would have his leg cramped all out OF
shape by seventy-five pounds OF wife.
Danbury News: That would depend
somewhat upon whose wife il vaz.
A cable special announces that the
American ship Dakota, from Now Or
leans for Liverpool, when about 400
miles northwest from the Azores, was
struck by lightning and burned. The
captain, his wife and two children and
the crew were rescued and taken 10
Fayal. after being four days in an open
boat.
Buffalo Express; A Rochester drum
r1er tried 10 make acquaintance with q
young lady on the cars ut Batavia, say
ing no was travelling alone, was lone
some" etc. She simply said: II
should advise you to speak 10 the con-
ductor. 1t is his business 10 take
charge of fools" And he departed for
the smoking cur.
About Elk months ago a young man
in Rock Island voluntarily escorted an
old woman one eye aud no teeth, home
from a church sociable. Last week
she kindly died aud left him 81. 600.
And now the old woman of Rock Is
land are fairly beseiged with beanx.
and the pre.tiest girl in tosn has 10
walk home alone every time, II there v
an old woman in the congregation.
Daniel Smith, the torpedo man who
was blown into atoms at Petrolia, few
days since, carried 800 gold watch.
The main spring is all that has been
found. Not splinter Of the wagon
has been discovered. Only about 10
pounds OF the remains Of Smith and
his partner, Humphreys, could b
found on which 10 hold an iuquesA
There is an unprecedented stagnation
OF business at Virginia, Nevada, and
more people are ont OF employment
than has ever been known there. Poor
people are not alone in suffering. Men
who but short time ago counted their
wealth by thousands-and some Of
them even by millions--dnd them
selves suddenly stricken BY poverty.
Csnada seems TO have had worse
year than the United States In many
respects. The proportion Of merchan-
tile failures was one to every 81 in bus
mess, while. on this side Of the line, IL
was one 10 50. The total sum Of Cana
dian failures vas 81, 500. 900. egainst
SOS, 900, 600 last year. The principal
drawback to Canadian business Tor the
season was the failure Of the crops.
Some wseks ago . young Belgian