The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-19
SCRAPS.

| talked of in London.
There is rattlesnake in this cell
lar is placarded by a Florida farmer
| to scare away thieves.
According to the Pekin Gazette. the
| telephone was invented by Kung Fo
Wiling, who fiourished in the tenth
| century.
Jay Page cheated at his faro game i'll
Winfield, Kan, and was instantly kill
Ell by L. j. Webb, member of tie
Legislature.
a Texas clergyman preached Sc
we're sermon against horseracing, and
before he was through three of the four
deacons had quit the house.
A Paris publishing house is prepar-
ing an edition OF the Lords Prayer in
200 languages and dialects. The book
will be dedicated to Pope Leo Mi.
The Augsburg Gazette says that the
British Government is on the point of
annexing the New Hebrides Islands, to
prevent their occupation by France.
The heat in the lower levels of the
Nevada silver mines is intense. AT a
depth Of 800 feet, where the tempera-
ture was 135 degrees, three men died
recently from exhaustion.
Marriage Ceremonies Performed
Free is the sign displayed by an Ohio
Justice. He keeps a tavern, and is
satisfied with the profits On what the
bridal parties eat and drink.
In 1877, in England, $1,000 postage
stamps were found loose i'll letter boxes
and bags, having been rubbed off
through insufficient clicking and stick
! ing" and 5,0O0,0V0 letters were con-
signed to Returned Letter Office.
whats the matter, John. You
Iook very much depressed. Has your
say ngs-b burst?'' NO. But nv
sweetheart and l have had a quarrel.
| and I'm 50 afraid she'll make mp with
me before Christmas that I don t know
what to dol"
According to Or. Engle, a German
statistician, there are iii Russia ] ,G23 =
81 factories Of various kinds working
| with five, or fewer hands. and 1858
employing from five to fifty. They
unitedly employ about 3.622, 91S men
| and 37S,959 women.
The following notice speaks for it.
self: "Ofiice hours for listening to COM
mercial travellers, to Il; solicitors of
church subscriptions, II to /; book
agents, to 3: stationery peddlers and
insurance men all day. We attend to
our own business at night"
A Georgia farmer smeared his hogs
with tar to rid them Of feas, and turn
| ed them loose in the woods. Atnight
they did not return to the pen as usual.
and in the morning he found them
stuck together, the tar making them
adhere i'll mass. They might have
gone home, nevertheless, by concert of
| action, but it isn't in a hog to harmon
iZe.
The sum of money raised Tor the
aged and DIES itute Fiscounless Kings
and will give her the noble income OF
250o year! 1t IS strange that among
the enumeration of benefactions moth
ing is said us to any assistance from
the Queen, whose parsimOniousness
eXcites regret among those even who
are her WarihesC admirers. Inns poor
lady case Was one Tor royal bounty.
Poetic fans are coming into fashion
in Paris, At the ball given by the
PrlncesS oe Sagan TO The Prince and
Princess OF Wales, the hostess present.
ed each lady III the c0tiillon with fan
inscribed with lew verses OF poetry.
Inc ian given 10 the IrinceSS CT Wales
was made OIL tortoise Shell, and was
orhamehteu by Il crown anu three
cut'ldS hololl5 d scroll WIlH an apph-
c"pie "cioSIic.
The royal house of SaXOny ranks
| among the Oldest reigning families in
Europe. 1t gave an Emperor to Ger
tn sy 90 Guy "S 'iie Deg liiiiiiis Vi 'iio
'o"'ii century puU the mousse suuae-
- - 40 ~AN'--S--
eS' Ihe Oldest OF which, called the En-
''eSlihe me- IS represented at this mo-
iheHI ny lhe ducal families OF oaAe-hl-
.ehoufg. >aAe-Coburg-Gotha, Sake
Meiillhgeh, ana Sake W eimar; While
'le younger, The AIbertlne line, sur
yves IN the rulers OF the Kingdom OF
S"AoD''
The Globe diffused through London
the awful intelligence that the Mayor
of Wakefield, having declared himself
% 80 ~; e",'9eu ei,.se. Deel 70 NC
60 , 1--' ~" 80: NO minus VI q
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''.ae'' o.oii '',i elA1l .,oei'ee u leei!hs
t-,I 10y W -Io''l'o, '','. {, o't,u'"'ioH
-, t''''so' oll ''io I-',o mayor
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