New Ulm weekly review., 1878-06-05
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.II'Ehe enormous. sum Of s3O5, 900, +
o0O has been spent on the United
States navy since the close OF the.
war.
Oregon cherries are two or three
times larger than those greWn ii the.
East. They are also Of very vivid
Cronin-nose color.
The wrappers which come off the
New York Herald exchanges make.
several bushels. every day, And vet
JIM does not seem to be always
happy.
Gold mining is being practically
developed in Georgia. The State
has twenty six active mines operat-
ing 200>stamps, which average $10O
per stamp.
The English 5jingoes have a new
song, which begins, = never could
love a Mnscoyy Miss and ends
with No hypocrite Russian for ne.
These complementary terms are Of
course aimed at the Duchess Of Edin-
burg.
A physician says iif a man viii
drink a glass Of water after sneezing,
there will beno danger Of his taking
cold. Welcome, Influenza.
Pastor Thomas preached. IN The
Lutheran church Of Newport, Chic,
thas there was no he'll. After the
service his con ngregation and he had
q hi Of a time, however.
William E. Chandler is engaged
with the Republicans in looking in,
to the Florida frauds. IF he is siu.
Gerry desirous Of seeing one Of the
guilty men, We commend hiIn to a.
mirror.
The Sultan Of Turkey gave Grant
q horse, which leads the Baltimore.
Gazette to remark that Il the Sultan
had sent along a years feed fncr The
horse he would have made himself
vary popular with s'the greatest Of
living Americans. ?
The telephone has Been Successful
ly tried Under the straits Of Dover, the
ordinary cable wires being employ
ed. So successful was the experi-
mel2t THAT the Spanish Telegraph
company proposed to lay an "aeous-
tie cab1.e" between England and
Spain.
Iiere is another Potter who is
trying to create q sensation. Elan
Potter is pushing wheelbarrow
from Albany to San Francisco, He
wears very long hair and wlliskers,
and the wheelbarrow is gaudily
painted, so that his arrival in vii
lag5e causes excitement,
Captain Paul Boyton, who made
himself European reputation by
sWimminfi across the English chan
mel in his liffe-saviing suit, has re-
Gently crossed the Straits Of Gibral-
tar, starting at Caripa at 7:5O A. ii.
Of the Goth Of March and landing al.
'Tangier at 1886 pm. of the same
day, having been IN water sixteen
hours and FIVE minutes.
!. singular discovery has been
made on board Of d vessel recently
arrived in England from Peru. The
body OF a woman was found imbecl-
ded II the cargo, which consisted of
nitrate OF soda. The body IS IN
good state Of preservation. and isl
supposed to be. one of tlle victims oil
an earthquake which occurred many
years ago III Peru.
Two years ago there were fifty fff.tty
liquor shops in Key West, Florida. |
Now there are but two. Then .cof- !
fee was seldom drank, except by the
CubalEs; now there are more than
seyenty-flTe coffee shops, aud most
Of them are well patronized by ALL
classes Of people. The consumption
OF coffee IS enormous. One establish
lnent alone roasts 400 pounds per
week .
Gen. Grant writes a letter dtleeliin-
ing, an invitation to attend a soldiers
reunion, and takes occasion1to say: |
Il trust the veterans Of Ohio nlayll
have q most auspicious reunion onI
the coming occasion, and that none
Of them will ever feela disposition
to apologize for the part they took
IN the late struggle for national ex-
s,tn.a or, ~ a.. Eos. %