Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-08
CLEANING


the army 1874 officers, viz: 425 Of cav.
airy, 2S1 Of artillery, 852 of infantry,
81 } staff officers, and 326 retired officers.
MAJESTIC is to be the name of the
new White Star steamer. It is said she
will be the largest vessel afloat, with the
solitary exception of the Great Eastern.
IT is estimated that 81 600 is wasted
every month in Bridgeport, Conn.,, in
the purchase of lottery tickets, mainly
by mill operatives.
A BRASS band At Austin, Texas, was 30
delighted because of a recent rain that
they went about tho city in the shower
and serenaded the citizens.
A FARMER's wife in Vermont was
beset by seven tramps In body, and yet
true grit and ten quarts of boiling water
cleared her house of the gang in two
minutes by the old.fashioned clock in
the kitchen.
REST is never 30 sweet as after long
struggle; strength is never 10 strong ~
through trial; JOY is blesseder thing
after sorrow; and the fair dawning Of
sunny days could never come If we had
no night.
Six Iowa tramps had just got nicely
camped in q small field when the owner
turned in an old bull which was the
terror of the country. Some of the
tramps got into the road with - much
- pair of boots ON, but several didn't.
AT the twenty.first birthday party of
q Stratford, Conn.,, lady her health was
drunk from = bottle of champagne
twenty y-one years old, which was prese MT
ed to her father 1t the time of her
birth.
Prof. MAYER, of Boston, recently
soaked . potato-bug in carbolic acid
three days and then boxed 1t up, and
sent it to Europe for . geological speci-
men. It was fifteen days on its journey
and ON arrival was full of life and as
hungry ~ his fellows commonly are.
BRIa ALLISON cut his throat in
Louisville, but had not made . mortal
wound when . r oliceman took away the
knife. Allison was unable to speak, bat
he wrote on . scrap of par or, "Iwill
give you five dollars If you will give me
back my knife and let me kill myself"
IT is stated that Gen. Grant and E. B.
Washburne are no longer firm friends,
Washburne never having forgiven Graut
for snubbing Gratiot Washburne IN hil
famous attempt to represent the United
States abroad ~ secretary of legation
and circus company at home ~ adver-
tising agent.
A Troy, N. r., child was supposed
the other day to have fallen into the
cistern. A good crowd gathered while
the cistern wal being demolished, sud
sure enough the child was found, but not
in the cistern. It was in the crowd
with the other interested people who
were looking for it
A MAN was found dead at Viewpoint,
Ind, with . bullet In his head. A hint
1T the manner Of his death was given BY
the evidences Of IN interrupted game OF
poker. In his hard were four kings
while four queens lay near BY, having
probably been dropped By his exasrer-
ated antagonist and murderer.
In primary school NOT long ego the
teacher undertook to convey to her
pupils an idea Of the use Of the hyphen.
She wrote On the blackboard "Bi1d'r.
ned, snd pointing to the hyphen, aaksd
the school, what h that fcF7" After
short pause littb Fenian piped out,
"Plase, 1pa'am, that's for the bur1 70
roosht o.. - Dms6swt Nssss.
A Nh SoULr, Of Elgin, III, y n BIZ
third year Of fIog farming, and his 0rHt
crop y now heing maxko4ed. He has
| m acre and ! a0uaxfeS devoted 70 ~ fEcg
industry. Ike kind grown II tAo !" (5cs-
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