Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
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CURRENT TOPICS.
The police commissioners of Dundee
Scotland, have supplied each police sta.
tion with double-springed wheelbar.
row, for the transportation of drunk and
incapable persons. The new vehicles are
said to be more convenient and easily
managed than any other conveyance
that has been tried for the same pur.
pose.
JOHN RHODES, an eccentric old resi-.
dent of Hounslow, England, died a
couple of weeks ago at the age of 80. He
was a childless widower and left a for
tune of $500, 900, obtained by fortunate
investments in gas stocks, to various
charities. He dressed like tramp and
was exceedingly parsimonious, often
denying himself even the necessaries Of
life.
MR. MAcKEY, the enormously wealthy
Californian, has bought Albert Grants
house at kensington, and Is soon going
to London with his wife and daughter,
to take possession of his new home. Mr..
Mackey is said to be native of Ireland,
who came to this country a poor boy.
lie is now one of the wealthiest men in
world.
THE Gazette of Moscow publishes a
letter from Mr.. Gladstone, to friend in
Russia, in which he talks of the theat-
rical farces Of Lord Bcacons6eld," charac-
terizes Osman Pasha as coarse brute,
though courageous; thinks that the palm
Of strategy during the late war should
he awarded to General Gourkho; glorifes
the brave little state of Montenegro, and
hopes that Bulgaria will be free from all
connection with Turkey.
GOVERNOR HOLIDAY, of Virginia,
has requested the legislature to reduce
his salary 81 900 per annum. The offer
could not be accepted on account of con-
stitutional prohibitions. The house, as
a compromise, amended the bill reduc-
ing the salaries of state officials twenty
per cent. 50 as to allow the executive to
pay his secretary out of his own funds.
This virtually reduces the governors
salary eight hundred dollars per annum.
A SINGULAR geological phenomenon
has just been witnessed at the village La
Clappe, about three miles from Draguig-
nan, France. A plot of ground planted
with vines and olive trees slowly sank
in and disappeared, leaving gulf of
funnel-shaped form about 120 feet in
diameter at the surface and forty feet at
the bottom. At the depth of 100 feet
may be seen a sheet Of water, in which
the earth, estimated at a quantity of
$1,000 cubic yards, has been swallowed
up.
The prospects Of the permanent exhi-
bition, in Philadelnhia, are Frightening
daily, the creditors having claims to the
amount of over $4,000 having already
signed the papers, signifying their inten-
tion of taking stock, and it is hoped to
place the exhibition on a paying footing
by the middle of next month. When
this is done, attractive entertainments
will be given frequently in the great
building. 1t is proposed to celebrate
Wsshington's birthday by special
exercises there.
They tell of printer in Canada who
can instantly give the date of every oc-
currence in his town for the past twenty
years. They instance: He entered a
room the other day where a warm dis
cussion was in progress over the date of
the recruiting of the Tooth regiment
The disputes varied five or six years.
Upon being asked, he said it was on the
4th of April, 1858. The records we're
afterwards examined, and he was found
to be correct.
EDWARDS. STOKES, the murderer of
James Fisk, since he was pardoned out
of state prison has been engaged in max.
ing artificial stone pavement, the patent
for which he bought of fellow convict.
He is going to st. Louis to continue the
baairess The proverbial power of
money was never better illustrated than
in the life of this man. He never did a
days work all the time he was in Sing
Sing and Auburn, using money to pur-
chase immunity from labor of the prison
authorities, living in good style, and
speculating in Wall street all the time.
The letter carriers of the New York
postotfice were buyy on St Valentines
Day. Not for many years has 30 large a
number of valentines been delivered.
As Assistant-postmaster Pearson said,
there were hundreds of bushels of the
rubbish. 1t is the custom to put two
carriers on each route for the early morn
ing delivery, but ON Valentines Day the
first three deliveries were made by 4
double force of carriers" Superinten-
dent Gayler said that the collections
showed that an unusually large number
had been sent to ether states, and to
foreign countries. One explanation Of
heprofusion with which these embleml
of affection were distributed, might be
found at the stationers stores, where gor'