Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
Miscellaneous News Items.

A fresh lot of Mormon immigrants, number
ng 1873, arrived at New York on Friday.
A woman in Indiana has broken down three
different bridges while walking across, and now
the authorities make herwade the streams.
country exchange, in speaking of an acct
dent to a valuable horse, says that thn owner
was obliged to shoot her to save her life."
There is believed to be more snow on the
Alps in Switzerland at present than has ever
before been known at this time of the year.
Mary Cosgrove, aged IS, was hired to instruct
James N Warren, aged IL, in music and French,
in New Orleans. After six lessons they eloped.
An attempt will be made this summer to nav.
igate the Delaware river above Underwater, a
scheme which is thought to be perfectly feas-
lble.
Immigrants from the cotton manufacturing
districts of England are beginning to arrive in
Fall River. They find the labor market there
already greatly over supplied.
Berch, the Norwegian snOw-shOer, is making
pair of shoes with which he expects to walk
in the waters of the st. Lawrence river from
shore to shore in midsummer.
A lady at Wilmington, Ohio, has engaged to
hold her tongue ten minutes in each quarter of
an hour for 1.l13 consecutive quarter hours, on
wager of 80 spring bonnet.
Boys seldom follow the footsteps of their
fathers Jim Mace has two sons who are
preachers. If he had been a minister his boys
would have turned out as prize-fghters.
Adelina Patti begins her nineteenth season
at Covent Garden, in London, this pear. Patti
and Nicolini have been singing in Brussels in
Italian, the other artists sin ging in French
Most people are probably unaware that there
is in Pennsylvania q thriving town named
Perkasie which Is big enough to have a good
newspaper printed half in English and half in
German.
One hundred and twenty German and Asa
lQff
America, and around Basic q considerable ex-
odus is going on, especially of peasants and
lace-makers.
Makart's gorgeous picture, 'sThe Entry of
Charles " into Antwerp" to which Anthony
ComstOck, the informer, objected, is at present
being exhibited in Berlin, where it attracts
crowds daily. a
The bill for legalizing marriage with a de-
ceased wife's sister has been introduced by
Lord Houghton into the British house of lords,
as well as by Sir Thomas Chambers into the
house of commons.
The people of Des Moines, Iowa, voted in
favor of liquor license by over 500 majority on
the 1st inst. It is significant however that
the women cast $50 votes, and only three of
them were for license.
Lieutenant Charles W. Howell, adiutant of
the Second infantry, U. 8. A., was married at
Portland, Oregon, on Thursday night to Miss
Saliie Wheaton, daughter of General Frank
The Gazette DIES Femnaes gives list of French
women who have obtained academical degrees.
There are five doctors of medicine, three licen-
tiates, and twenty Bachelors of Letters. These
degrees have been conferred since 1866.
An Indiana paper has this interesting per-
sonal item concerning versatile young lady:
Miss Zoe Moore is the happy possessor of q
fine new piano. She now divides her time be-
tween the plan o, the store, and geology"
Two of the FOREMOST men of AthoI Mass.
afforded amusement to the village by street
hight on horseback. It was like knightly COM
bat, except that the weapons were riding whips
ana there were no helmets to protect their
heads.
bill appointing Gen. Shields State agent of
Missouri for the prosecution of claims against
the United States, which had been defeated in
the Senate, was reconsidered the next day. and
passed by q vote of twenty to five, with the
emergency clause.
Now that the tramp law is in operation in
Connecticut, every ingenious tramp carries with
him evidences of an occupation. Some have a
bundle OF umbrella sticks, and others tool
box that gives them the caste of q clock-maker
or travelling tinker. -
Lienard's statue of Lord Brougham has been
placed on its pedestal at Cannes, France. It
represents him in a standing posture wearing
q lawyers robe. One side of the pedestal shows
the British lion, and another bears twelve
verses by nj. Liegeard.
The locomotives on enc of the principal
French railways are provided with small clocks
placed in front at the bottom of the smoke
stack. They are not affected by the vibration
and they tell the station-masters the exact time
of the arrival of trains.
The old apostle of temperance, Sir Walter
Trevelyan, has left his fine cellar of wines.
worth $40, 900, to DIR. b. w. Richardson, f. r.
s., for scientific purposes" 1t is runored
that the wines will be sold and q model hos
pital built with the proceeds.
The king and queen of Holland made recent
iy pubic entry into Amsterdam. Their re-
ceptis n, a Standard telegram says, was polite
but cold. In the evening q superb it of gu
jewels was presented to Queen Emma by the
burg0masters of all the Dutch towns.