Nebraska advertiser., 1878-09-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

II Is estimated that Chicago will
contribute about 500, 900 for the relief
of the yellow-fever sufferers.
The question of dividing Texas In
to two States is being agitated pro and
icon by the press Of that State.
| Archbishop Purcell says of Kear-
ney: He rs vile-mouthed black
guard, and the less notice is taken of
him the better it will be for society"
Major Samuel wainwright, of the six
teenth Infantry. has been dismissed
from the army. He Is a brother-in-
law OF Adjutant General Townsend,
and was court-martialed for drunken
! ness.
The use of steam on street railroads
is expressly provided for in several
bills passed by the British Legisla-
ture. The speed Is limited to eight
miles In towns, and ten miles in the
country.
1t is computed that Minnesota Is cap
able of producing 200, ,OOO.0 900 bushels
of wheat annually, and that the wa
ter power of Minneapolis alone can
manufacture half Of 1t into flour.
The wealth of California now is dug
from her tillable fields MOI than from
her mines, and fifty men make for
tunes in agricultural pursuits where
one man "strikes 1t rich" in mining.
The island of Cyprus at one time
contained nine different Kingdoms,
and more than a million inhabitants.
Owing to the alleged peculiar temper
ament of its people, IT was called 1.-The
home of love and beauty"
The proper authorities are now en-
gagged In erecting a monument over
the grave of Thomas Jefferson, at
Monticello, in accordance with the
design of monument of which jeff
erson was himself the author. Con-
gress, at the last session, appropriated
S., 900 for the purpose.
When the late lameDted eclipse was
doing its level best in New Mexico,
the Peublo Indians, believing that
the sun god was angry. ordered 200
women to strip naked and run around |
the race-track until the danger was
ouer. The women obeyed the order.
and as the shadow passed off were
hailed as the saviors Of the world.
Turks or Mohammedans of liberal
views are not tolerated In Syria.
we have the extraordinary
spectacle of liberal Mahommedans
coming to the United State for the
same reason that brought the Pilgrim
Fathers to America.
VIM. Horne, I'm the account of his
travels IN Great Britain, says: II am
charmed with the attractive and pie
turesque appearance of English farms.
beautiful are the common
hedge fences of the country. They
have lovely, softening appearance.
One partIcularIty attracted my atten-
ton, and this was the uneven shape
and size oil the Closes or fields"
In time of need the colored people
of the South come to the front. In
stricken Memphis the colored men
have organized TO relieve distress, to
guard deserted houses and property,
and the press dispatch reports that
the negroes on the police force are
among the most efficient officers on
duty. This conduct Of the colored
people. we are told, has greatly in
creased the confidence of those who
were once their masters.
The Republicans of Illinois have /
made twelve of the nineteen nomina-
tions for Congress. In every instance
except one, where the present incum-
bent is Republican, there was re-
Republicans In Illinois
do not regard this as good time to
trade off tried and true men for those
experience in legislation.