The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-04-18
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Dubuque has a ten-year old boy who
weighs one hundred and twenty-five
pounds,
The Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at Cor.
nell university is to build an SS,sOO hall
for its use
AS soon as the country becomes quieler
DR.. Schliemann will resume his eXcava-
tions at Hissarlik.
AT Green Bay, Wis, on Monday, a fish.
erman captured one thousand six hundred
pounds of fish with two hauls of his seine
Fond du Lac pays Mrs. Mary Green
ough 500 and Daniel Berry $25 for in
juries received through defective side
walks.
The proprietors of the Niles, Michigan,
stocking factory, recently destroyed by flTe,
propose to re-establish their works at St'
Joseph
The yearly renewal of telegraph poles
requires an amount Of lumber nearly
equaling the annual product Of the State
of Maine.
The project of erecting an agricultural
experiment station in Baltimore county,
Maryland, at cost Of $4,000, is being
considered.
The Benson (Minn) Times says: About
100000 bushels is our estimate Of the
wheat TO be marketed at Benson the com
ing season, and it is poor year for seed,
too.
A number of the students have been
discharged from Monmouth, Ill., college
because they would not withdraw from
secret literary societies, as commanded by
the faculty.
The Des Moines, Iowa, Sportsmcn have
chosen their team for the shooting tourna-
mcnt next May. 1t is composed of these
crack shots; Friday Eason, Sam Lowe and
+. d. Booth.
Edward W. Chase, of North Parsonfeld,
Me, shot himself fatally recently on ac-
count of depression and fright caused by
a false report that he was to be arrested for
setting fire to a neighbor's barn.
Wells Faribault county, Minnr has sew
en- artesian wells, whose waters flow from
six to ten feet above the surface, producing
a nevcr-tailing, highly medical stream Of
water both winter and summer.
The American corvette John Adams has
been ordered to San Francisco to convey
back to the islands the Samoan commits
sioners, who have recently succeeded in
negotiating treaty with the United States.
People sat in the orchestra chairs, on the
last night Of the Count Joannes engage
mcnt in Philadelphia, with umbrellas
spread over their heads, as protection
against the shower OF missiles from tho
gallery.
Jacob Goodwin, of Port SanilaC, Mich,
and William ElliCo, of nowhere, have been
arrested near Thornton, ST. Clair county,
charged with seducing and abductlag
girl named Moore whose home was lear
London, Ont.
Over two hundred deer have been killed
and brought into Spearlish, NJ. T., since the
Storm The game was run into the settle
ments in that section by deep snow in such
numbers as to render their slaughter with
pistols and clubs an easy thing.
The Wisconsin river is very low, and
those having logs in the streams are about
discouraged over the prospect of getting
them out. Nothing short OF small dclugc
will do any good The ground is very
dry, and the swamps are empty.
About nineteen thousand families are on
the list for assistance from the city of BOs-
ton, and draw from 50 to IS per month
each. The city cXpends for this purpose
about $Gi0O00, an average Of about $50 to
each family, and private charities probably
disbursG as much more,
Charles Frederick, of Foxburg, Pa, was
trying to hang his wife last Thursday
when the neighbors, hearing her screams
rushed IN and rescued her from her peril
Gus position. He had fastened rope
around her neck and passed it over beam
and was pulling her up
An exchange says an old Indian at TRAY.
crs de Sioux, Iowa. predicts that there will
be great freshet in June and July this
season. that the Mississippi river will be
as high as in 1872, and the lOw-lands and
flats in the upper Mississippi will be terri
bly, inundated.
"Col. Sellers very properly resents the
story which has gained circulation in some
of the papers, that person reported 10 be
a divorced wife of John T. Raymond has
recently married physician in Philadel.
pha He says it is either a mistake in
names, or a willlul calumny.
A ncwly.married couple, waiting for
train at Otumwa, Iowa, were so lavish of
their affections that moral policeman felt
it incumbent upon him TO separate the low
ing pair; and the two hearts that beat as
one were compelled at the harsh dictation
of the laws minion to remain apart until
train time.
A petiled crocodile, fortysix feet in
length, has been exhumed near Como
Station, on the Union Pacific railroad, and
shipped to Yale college. The discoveries,
Mr., Carlin, the station agent, and Reed, q
section boss, get $4,000 for their find, and
a monthly salary each Of $3.50 to hunt for
the mate of the monster.
George Crmkshank left behind him at
his house in Hampton road, London, a con
siderable collection of his works-books
and prints and water color drawings.
Among them are the original designs for
the famous illustrations to "Oliver Twist"
The entire collection will be sold in Lon
don this month and next.
A convicted Texas murderer, in his con-
fcsslon, opens in this style: 81 scratch you
a few lines to let you know that still float
through the gentle breezes of misery; but
according to the decision of the appellate
court, guess 1t is about pea Tune win
me, but then we must bear our misfortunes
in this world like men"
There are said to be still eleven or
twelve survivors of the men who defended
Stonington from the British attack in 1914.
Nearly all of them are living there, the
two oldest being John Bennett, aged 03,
and Col. j, w. Hull, aged S4, Another,
Henry Lewis, died last Friday, in the town
he defended, and in which he was of late
the oldest person; his age being 07, lacking
three months.
Spencer, Mass, is somewhat exercised
over the discovery of human skeleton,
Just found in sandbank about three feet
from the surface Of the ground. The skull
was badly fractured, indicating foul play.
This calls to mind the fact that few years
ago there was drunken brawl at night in