Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-09-11
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VARIOUS TOPICS.
THE last words of President Raymond,
Of Vassar college, were: "How easy
how easy-how easy it ID to glide from
our work in this world to our work in
heaven"
THE Hon. Willard Saulsbury, form.
erly United States senator and now
chancellor of Delaware, has rendered q
decision that dancing is contrary to the
discipline of the Methodist church, and
consequently may be forbidden upon
church property.
The enemies of the national game
would have us believe that interest in
base ball is waning, yet clergyman of
Waterbury, Conn.,, the devout Mr..
Pegg, read among other notices from the
pulpit few Sundays ago an announce
ment that the local nine would play
visiting team on the following Thurs
day.
The rebel archives were a very profit
able investment for the government.
Not only were many thousands of dollars
Of fraudulent mail claims saved by them
last winter, but Secretary Sherman has
caused an appropriation for q vessel
which the owners declared was taken by
the government, to be stopped, saving
another $4,000.
9. REED, the successor of John Nor
rissey in the Saratoga sporting business,
has sent President Hayes two pups from
the kaskar breed of dogs, the present
pair having been bred ia the Jardin
d'Acclimatization at Paris. They are
nearly unknown in this country, and are
of a dull, wooliy, black color, their hair
dropping like llama's wool or rope curls
over their round, agile bodies.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Graphic says that the resolution of Gen.
eral Sherman's son to enter the Catholic
priesthood was the result of his mothers
entreaties and her overpo wering infiu.
ence, and was not known to his father
until the preparations for his departure
for Il cloister in Europe were all COM
pleted and his passage on steamer en-
gagged.
1T is rarely that mortgage is long
forgotten as to become outlawed, but
such one has been unearthed on Ball
ston Center, N. Y, farm in searching
the records to perfect the title of H. s.
Morey's purchase. The mortgage was
given in 1928, but no interest has been
paid on it for 80 years, which outlaws it.
1t is supposed the mortgage must have
died intestate, or that the mortgage was
paid but never cancelled.
Much as we have tried to improve our
swine, it must be remembered that what
is gained in quantity and quality of
flesh is at the expense of the bristles, for
the finer the hog the fewer the bristles.
The sale of bristles is an important trade
to Russia, amounting to some 1000, 900
pounds, valued at $5,OOO,OO They are
obtained from the wild hogs that roam
in a portion of that immense country.
France supplies 100000 pounds, and
Germany adds to the expectations.
EMBEzzLERs, or those about to embez-
zlc, will be gratifed to learn that, accord.
ing to an English decision, if person
is sent by his employer to get check
cashed, and spends or pockets the pro-
ceeds, he is not guilty of theft. The
only thing that can be done is to bring
a civil suit for the recovery of the
money. The check is not stolen, because
it was placed in his hands by the owner
for purpose which was accomplished,
and the money is not stolen, because the
owner did not have it in his possession.
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THE twelve statues which are to be
placed around the dome of the new cap
itol of Connecticut, are to be cut this
winter, and set in position early next
spring. The Carrera marble blocks
from which they are to be cut, have al
ready arrived at Hartford. Mr.. Rogers
crowning figure, "The Genius of Con-
necticut," has been successfully cast in
bronze at Munich, and will soon be in
its position. The bronze statue weighs
5000 pounds, is very graceful figure,
and is greatly admired by the artists
who have seen the model in Rome.
FROM the report of Allen Campbell,
commissioner of public works, it appears
that the capacity of the Croton aque-
duct is now scarcely equal to the needs
of New York, and that additional means
Of supply are imperatively needed. It
has been proposed to construct second
aqueduct from the Croton basin at q
cost Of $4,000, 900, but the great cost
has caused n postponement of this plan.
Meanwhile the commissioner recon-
mends the increasing Of the water sup
ply by utilizing the waters of the Bronx
and Housatonic rivers, andof Rye pond.
A MAUsoLEUM il to be erected soon in
the grounds of the Lexington, Va, uni.
versity, in which is to be placed the
monument of General Lee, the late pres
ident of the university. The monument
Is described as q beautiful work of art,
and was designed by the sculptor Valen-
tine. 1t ID q tomb bearing the recum-
bent figure, in remarkable likeness Of
General Lee. He is in uniform, the
sabre has just slipped from his grasp, and
MS cloak partly covers his limbs, quietly
composed. The attitude is perhaps
rather of deem yeat than ~ f3a.%h