The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-21
TOPICS OF THE TIME,

Alfonsois a "goodpro .sider." He has
given Mercedes q rrown comnosed
wholly of diamor .ds, costumes costing
altogether s35 900, and several mantil,
las costing $1,000 apiece.
a 'idower of Princeton, KY, last
4iday week fell in love at first sight
with widow. Last Sunday he went to
call on her, won her hand, and the next
day they were married.
Russia has struck oil, and American
pipe makers have an order for twenty
five miles of line pipe to be shipped to
that country. The annual production
amounts to about 100000 barrels.
Bangor, Maine, has forty-two private
drinking clubs formed to circumvent
thr prohibitory liquor law. The mem
bers "chip in" to buy liquor by whole
sale, and drink in proportions as they
have paid.
Probably for the purpose of having
as little jaw as possible in the proceed
ings of Justices ourts, the Iowa Senate
has passed a bill prohibiting the occu-
patton of the same Office rooms by law
yers and justices of the peace.
The English aquarium is in trouble
Its white whale is seized by its credi-
tors, and it is proposed to whale the
debt out of the corporation. 1t is sug-
gested that the big fish may be recover.
ed by suing out a habeas porpoise.
The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Times writes of the Queen of Italy
rs "that star wko has, by her charms
and wisdom, reclaimed, and, as it were
conquered her husband, and fitted him
for the exalted station which she is tc
share with him."
At length Mr.. Hayes has succeeded
in filing the place of minister to Ger
many. Bayard Taylor consents to tax,
it, and the senate has confirmed the ap
pointment. Mr.. Taylor is understood
to be qualified to draw his salary il
either High or Low Deutsche, as thu
government may prefer,
The great trade revolution grow
apace, and the Mississippi outlet for tn,
grain product is on established fact
Now let the railroads lend their aid t.
effect the full development of nature
own channel of commerce and they vii
find the new departure as profitable t.
them as to the river interests.
A dispatch from Havana announce
the terms of peace upon which hostili
ties between the insurgents and til
Spanish troops have been suspended
The government, no doubt, will CLAIM
to have crushed tho rebellion, but
glance at the conditions of peace seem
to indicate that the terms were dictate
by the insrrectionists.
Mr. Leander J. Mccormick, of Chica
go, has offered his great telescope to tn
Virginia Legislature for the State I'm
versity at Charlottesville. There is
new bill pending before the Legislator
accepting and making provision for til
conditions of the gift, which are thf
an observatory be erected for it at
cost of $4,000.
The death of VIM. Welsh, of Phil,
delphia, was very sudden. He was a
tending a meeting of managers of
hospital and was experimenting the Ii
cation of n gas fixture in one of I'll
wards. Standing in the hallway an
pointing to where the pipe should |
fixed he said, "There, that is the place
and Immediately fell to the floor. Deaf
ensued in very few moments.
The Kent 'cky senate has passed
bill re-establishing the old rate of inte
est OF six per cent. 1t makes all co
tracts for the loan of money at a great
rate void as to excess over six per cen
it authorizes the lender to recover Il
amount loaned, with legal interest, b
if he refuses, before suit is brought
accept the principal, with legal intere
he shall pay the cost of the suit for t
recovery of his debt.
Hosiery ought to be cheap very SOC
A Swede in Rockford, Illinois, has
vented patented machine which KIN
stockings in one piece ut the rate
about one minute. Twelve of the
machines can lie operated by one boy
wage of $4 so per week. The act1
cost of knitting is thus reduced to sly
stockings for one cent Just think
it! One hundred and twenty stockir
in ten minutes. We are almost will
TO admit that there is danger of ov
production of stockings.
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