, 1878-06-15
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Henry \. Webster has been nominated q
| be collector OF customs fof TIE GIsgrIc, q
puget sound
The assessed value of property in The city
of Victoria for 1873 is =, 800 U33-~a large
Increase.
4 San Francisco clergyman advertised q
sermon entitled The Boss Devil of Amer
lea, meaning in:e:nperaEce.
| OF al his decorations, Bismarck values
most the one he received from the govern
ment tor savin. the lie OF enc Of his grOoms:
| DR. Carver proposes 10 shoot with rile,
/ IN New Ncrk. a,CG0 glass balls IN 5.UG3 con-
secatirc m!nutes-tke feat performed by Bo-
! garluS with 4 shotgun.
/ Sitting Ball. in 4 recent harangue 70 his
| followers, promised TO return 20 the Ciltej
States VIXEN The grass grows, anu make The
soldiers weep.
/ Item for so.ne Of the Walla Walla s2loou
! Keepers: To make lemonade take a barrel,
, III Ii with rater, put IN two pounds 81 SUI
! gar, add one lemon, an'l re:;ll aith water as
often as the barrel Is e,np;ied.
! The Charleston Courier tdem.l asks the
: question this a good time to reduce
the regular arI., and III answer to Il,
sketches TIE proportions Of the SoclaiistIc
danger thrc-:eainS the government
! The muscles of the jaw exert a force Of
over 800 pounds We can undsrstan, ROW
why the uttytauces of certain defeated DR.
ECON politicians we're so heavy-so we!Eh:y
indeed tl:at the ;ickyt upon which HEY were
running broke down under TIE Load
Salem tOrcgoul Record Finding the
exact distance from here (" Dallas, some
parties propose 20 connect the tso places by
ele.hui.e The probable cost ,soulG he
from 81, 200 20 4 100 Dallas blSiucss men
have expressed ! WI.i-r sGess TO he'll. II tie
matter.
The average payment on al bankrupt es-
tatgS IN the Chicago district since lS..- is
only - per cent THIS Is another !!luSjra-
ton Of western enterprise. \ business Iaan
IN that section seldom faiiS Is long aS his
assets are equal 70 three per cent. o! h!s la
b.ii-ius.
New York SIM: Tie democrats insist
that the peo,le have i!le right TO elect their
,.wn cl.,,f magistrate. The rc,'ubliea'is pro
roui,ce tins revolutionary. Well, III one
sr;iss Ii may l',, called revolutionary. II had
i5s ori..l Ia ra;oiutioa tie AEieEIcGu rcvo-
lItiou-;Ee reyo.utio: ot i..6-
An item Is go:ng the rounds saying that
.ivf Davis is 50 poor that lie has to smoke
r.a. tobacco. I.,S IN i:o dis....cr. Ar.
,':viS Is neiti.er El"rc EC. less l..&G whether
lie smokes l.iug toh%ceo or a ci-&r, a.d the
c.laG,,s age th&t Ia. tobacco Is Of better
qa;.iiJy than the c!.ar would be.
In al English poo-house were ioGrd scv-
era. I.ocs,...s -. 40 !.d iised there fog thirty
wears, irc;G,ii:;s one 20 had been bon, Ia
tine Lousr ai. hal resided there al that
t;:e Three generations ot 0i.e family rcre
foU..d aud an able bodied Ia:sa hai been there
Tor seven yr..rs. parperIa:ir, says ~ bag
iish critic, is hereditary.
Two tramps slept, oIe night last winter,
IN i.nIe kiln, Egar Baltimore. ana Tc-e stu-
;.e!.,d ly tie fumes One died, and the
other wa, bars.d 50 badly tha; h !"s. aa
arm. The Kiln WIS. however. 50 caEaTocta-
be a l,l.ing place i!la5 the survivor trI.'t u
a-oin on 4 recent Eisi:t, and w..s found dead
In the morning.
It l. said ti.at General j. f. Johnston,
the civil var, Is the almost unanimous choice
Of the democracy OF the i;lcGn"Ed tNa.)
district IDr congress. General Johnston IS
represented Is quite conservative IL his
vni.;ic:l views Il is saId that lie barely
escaped an appointment IN the cabinet when
Judge key MAS sc.gc.e,. Is postmaster gene
ral
Mr. Banum has made mistake az last :;
these ianatic.l shoEmen always 10. lie has
found & man with tao heads on hlS sh"Gl-
,!ars, a8d the fact appears III large caFit.is
oa his EandE..,s. AMI, 1t Is supposed, will
;Iroye a Great attraction. Bat II has no tR-
ygs ,,,'tHl,e at all Every youn. man can
bear testimony that at some period IA his
life, generally on a moonlight night or III
some convenient alcJYe IN somebody's home
stead, he la. himself had two heals on his
shoulders. Unless a I:au E&s had that eX-
periei.se Ee Is greatly 10 be pi,;ed.
In Massachusetts 4 few days ago. = girl
elopeG down Ladder, after die lverIEg that
her cruel parent hal taken all her clothes IN
order to cheat her ont Of marrying, or fore
in. her 10 do il without trGsseaH, 50 there
was no gloss Of satin or simmer Of pearls
about that bride bat the bridegroom gayly
/. took her en rgooi'e, II i; L"cnihvar, ana
| skipped" They were married on horse
back, tIe preacher being on his porch. Ana
then the happy couple Went back and de-
| manded TIE clothes. pat them on, We're ior-
! given, took them oil AID retired
According 10 a recent telegram, lady III
| rronkIyn has been sued for so by uatri-
| iHoI,ial broker, Who claims that sum as
! commission for having obtained band
som;. husband for the defendants daugh-
Ter. When good looking husbands are 60
ius for SO piece, IL Is dIsc0uraaing time
! for bomclv men. They can scarcely hope
/ for ANYTHING better than to be put up IN
bunches Ike raslishes and sold Tor So mnch
| = bruch. Bat it Is encouraging To reject
| that. at current rates, almost any woman 0i
moderate means can get husband o. some
| sort.
In Montana, a new complication in the
Indian question Is likely 70 arse from tie
nneasine,s recently shown by tie Grow la-
diaus. This tribe, which IS located along
| ;T. Yellowstone and is tributaries IN last
erp Montana, has always been frieniiy to
the whites. and in every Indian var Las
! hern 4 s.a.nch ally Of the army. They are
ren0rted as having lately becor::e grea:ly
/ disslfected on account OF the infiax oi
settlers along the Yellowstone country,
which, they say. VIII soon drive away al
the game. The establishment Of new posts
Of Fort Keough and Fort Caster "1 the
Yellowstone and Little Big Horn has brought
the settlers, they say, and they therefore
di,truss the solliers they have steadily
fought with for the past tive years
| C.LIFoRyIA CROPS. The San francl9co
C-roaici. says the prospect 81 ihiS tine ls til'