Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21
VARIOUS TOPICS.


The report Of the universal spread o
the potato disease through the south o
Ireland led to painful anticipations Of
repetition of the famine which devaa
tated that unhappy country in ls47.
CYPRUS turns out to be very POO
naval station after all. There isn't
single harbor nor good bit of anchor
age in or around this island. The prompt
ness with which Mr.. Bull will 70 {,
work and construct harbor down there
however, will astonieh the eiIete nativ,
of the Orient.
The town Of Black Diamond, Cal,
enjoys the distinction of being the onl,
walled town on the Pacific coast. 1
has high fence surrounding it, and tn,
only entrance is gate, over which is II
inscription warning the public of {.
fine upon any person who leaves tn,
gate open.
). b. kILLEBREw, Ph. D., the com
missioner of agriculture, statistics ant
mines for Tennessee, has compiled {
volume of over FIVE hundred pages upor
the grasses Of that state, including tn,
cereals and forage plants. The volum,
includes a great quantity Of vslpah|l
agricultural information. II txs many
botanical statistics also.
The machinery k mint in Lon.
don is 80 antiqa ed that it can scarcely
maintain thn&ed supply of coin, and
If any great and sudden extra demand
Wee made upon, as would be the case
u Ihe event of war, it would be utterly
Inadequate to meet it. London, the
largest and wealthiest of the great cities
of Europe, is the only one not provided
with the best modern minting facilities.
A CASE of interest to both employers
and employees was decided in one of the
New York courts on Wednesday. A
clerk engaged year to year at fixed
weekly wages having been discharged
before his time had expired, sued to re.
cover for the whole year. The agree.
ment was verbal one. but it was
sustained and verdict given in favor Of
the plaintiff.
The New Hampshire mill people have
won their fight in the legislature. There
was a strong pressure brought for the
enactment of ten-hour law; but this
was modified and passed by the house 80
as to provide that minors under ten
years Of age shall not be employed in
manufacturing establishments at all, and
minors under fifteen and women not
over ten hours.
INDIA Office statistics show that at
present a hundred million women in
India are sunk in absolute ignorance
being unable to read a syllable
OF their mother tongue, and untaught as
to the simplest rules of health and life,
the laws of God or scientific truths; in
fact, a feeling exists in most Hindoo
families that the girl who has learned to
read and write has committed sin sure
to bring down judgment upon her and
her husband.
AN interesting way OF freeing grain
from worms has been discovered, but it
is one with which Mr.. Bergb, it is to be
feared, will not be wholly in sympathy.
The plan is to put living crab into the
grain heap, 80 that it cannot get out.
The worms attack the crab and enter
the she'll In "A hours the crab may be
taken out, and the shell will be found to
contain worms, instead of crabs meat.
The crab is then burned, and fresh one
is put into the grain.
The Mennonites of Manitoba are pros
pering. They have seeded Is, 600 acres of
land and sown $50 bushels OF flaxseed,
have bought Is threshing machines be-
sides one run by steam power, built q
saw mill and grist mill, and construct.
ed through swamp = road sixteen
miles losg, breadth enough for two
teams to pass each other on, and solidly
built upon..a timber foundation, the
enterprise being undertaken to give
their settlement freer access to the mark
cts without.
A CURIOUS piece OF ancient masonry
has been found in the Santa Yuez valley.
1t is stone pen, with four walls, each
about four feet high, the floor being
paved with stone evidently brought
from the Santa Yuez river, about half Z
mile away. It is nearly circular, about
rs feet In diameter, with two openings,
Is feet wide, facing each other. It is on
the summit of a small isolated hill, and
is believed to have been used for relig.
ious ceremonies by some of the more
civilized ancestors Of Sitting Bull and
Spotted Tail.
the cranial Investigations which led him
to assign Turkish rather than Slavic
origin to the Bulgarian race. For thil
purpose he has recently received fifteer
Bulgarian skulls from the battlefield o1
kadikioi, which have been CAREFUL,
prepared by the red-cross surgeons H,
has decided to resign his seat in th,
German parliament solely because hil
parliamentary duties interfere with BIZ
scientific labors; and, while he may b |
good enough politician, he thinks him
self a better savant.
PERHAPS the missionaries and trad,
have had civilizing influence upon tn
kaffrs after all Ill. A private lette
from the cape says: Though som,
mission stations and good many farm