Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
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TRUST him little who praises oil.
| In the mining town of Morthyr, South
Wales, there arc l 900 houses unoccupied.
THE fall in price Of pigs feet is owing
to the birth the other day, In lows, OF I
pig with seven legs. ss
| No trade dollars have been made ut
the Philadelphia mint this year. Several
millions were coined In 1877.
THE cx-Empres Eugene says that
American shcddyites would pay more for
fine. garment than she dared TO.
PoE's original manuscript OF his
poem, "The Bells" is owned BY lady'
in Lowell. s',,
A VERY black couple in Columbus,
Ga, are said to have three albino chil.
dren. 5
THE Swedish department in the Paris
exhibition will be guarded by q detach-
ment Of eight picked infantry soldiers,
who have arrived in Paris.
The young King of Spain proposes TO
guard himself against military upfisings
by being the commander of his own
army.
The Saxon oppressor: "I suppoee
the English buy all the pigs that you
wish TO sell! Irish peamnt-Thcy do,
bad luck to 'em, the toirantsl-- Fs~cA.
PRINCE Won BIsMARCK il said to have
completely overcome his tendency TO in
somnia by walking six hours day In
the open air. @ as
THE appeal to the public in England
for 100000 sixpences to enable tho
Tichborne claimant to resume the 6ght,
has resulted in the contribution Of 400.
Queen victoria has written TO King
Humbert, Of Italy, asking a. = keepsake
some article from his dead fathers writ
ing table. ~
Mr.. RUsKIN, II is said, began life with
fortune of about one hundred thou
sand pounds, and has only something
like twelve thousand left.
MANY Of the gums which the TaEhs
surrendered tn the Russians had English
and American imprints, and, worst of
all, had never been paid for.
THE signal service reports that not
drop of rain or fake OF snow fell any
where within the United States ON lest
New Years day.
A HARRIsBURG paper, answering =
correspondent on question Of etignette,
says: "When . gentleman and lady are
walking upon the street, the lady should
walk inside of the gentleman.
TIE county Of Hictman. Tenn, raises
$50, 900 bushels of peanuts Per year.
The crop il not profitable, however, and
efforts are being made to substitute stock
raising and grain and grass growing.
THE Beautiful Blue Danube'' waltses
through l,S2O miles Of country, where
one-half the people never change their
shirts and the other half never bathc.
Ta dumty titum, te deet! tedestl
THE New York chief of police ayess
that guilty persons always weep and BE-
tray great anxiety and mental distTess
while the innocent are indignant but
self-possessed.
A NASHVILLE lady has been gladdened
by the recovery Of . PhiladeIphia nav-
ings-bank book, lost for n years. and
has obtained the full amount 0f her de-
posit with interest.
No one can tell the misery of IN nn-
loved and lonely child; in after life :
degree of hardness comes with years, and
the man il not susceptible Of pain Ike
the child. d
A ST. JoE editor has had an article
headed "What Is il we diinkis aAd :
rival editor went over 10 ~ 1eanest
saloon and ascertained that il WA uGual-
~ clear corn juice. -CAicsoo Jssssdi.
JOAQUIN MILLKR, the poet, now nlakes
his home at the New York hotel = g.