Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-19

0LEANIN0S.

rapidly. He thinks for . week, then
writes for day or two. he II I nelan-
choly man and loves to play "pool." /
| A FIvE.YEAR old girl, left alone In .
house at Holyoke, Mass, drank whisky
from bottle that she found, got drunk,
fell down stairs and died.
In England portable gas is now sold
and delivered everywhere. Country
residents receive it from the city in cop
per cylinders.
THE late z. Chandler estate 4 valued
st two million dollars, including III
large city business blocka Michigan
farms, bank stock and manaionS In Wash
ington and Detroit.
Ar Samoa, Ga, . few days s6s, col
ored man wounded crane, and - he
took hold of the bird it suddenly stretch
ed forth its long neck, put ont ono ofhis
eyes and then made its eecapR
Nh. AND MES. GOODWIN of Greens-
burg, Ind, deaf mutes, lived four years
in noiseless disagreement and finally had
desperate parting fight in which be
was scalded and her skull was fractured.
PRoFEssoR-We will take up the
subject of cubical or solid bodies, Mr..
H. Can you mention some cubical or
solid body, sir? Prep. (from Illinois)-
David Davis, sir!-Acta Colwmbi0na.
In the neighborhood of Sebastopol the
pedestal of a bronze statue has been dug
up, which is coveerd with old Hellenic
inscriptions belonging to the second
century B.C. The Odessa arch1 illogical
society is busy translating them.
MRS. GEN. JOHN G. FRENoHT il very
popular in Arizona, where her husband
Is governor. She 10 very handsome, has
beautiful gray hair, and il brilliant
conversatiOnalist. She labon most among
the poor and uneducated.
AMONG the attractions of the recent
dairy show in London was IN American
milking pail, which supplies sat for
the mixer and q spout and strainer for
the milk, and which cannot be kicked
over, because the milker sits ON the
cover.
Col. lNGERsOLL's "bible" Lies on tho
center table in his parler. In it, at the
appropriate places, are leaves for the
family record, and on the cover, in raised
gilt letters, is the inscription, This II
an inspired book" The volume II .
copy Of Shakespeare.
A BRILLIANT Paris hotel keeper, after
having tried everything to draw people
his way, has Just opened = large eating
establishment, and his signboard outside
| informs the public that "from thedining
room of this place the firing Of the artil.
lery cadets can be heard"
FouR bands of Nihilists have been
hunted down and dragged into tho
prison yards of Kiev. They lived In
earth huts in the woods and were no
cruited from the peasantry. They had
large sums of money, but refused 70 tell
how they had obtained meanato carry on
the work Of revolution.
| eyes" said Jones, "I was at the
church to-day and enjoyed II profoundly" !"
"Ah," remarked the pious landlady, \
didn't see you, ON which side OF the
church did you sitf" "Ahem-ahem--
Observation-Disclosures the dis
concerted boarder, ell sat on the out
side. e."-Syeubenvilk Herald.
! SENATOR CHANDLER was over six
feet in height, we'll made, with light
brown hair and blue-gray eyes Part OF
his face looked ~ II It had been diahgur-
ed by the smallpox. 1t was, In fact,
caused BY q terrible burn he received
many years ago in rescuing his little
daughter, now Mrs. Hale, from house
on fire.
i THE Bavarian railways are not famous
for express speed. A student ct the
university of Wurzburg made . wager
with some of his fellow academicians 70
beat the locomotive in . race with hia
velocipede from WurEburg to Kaisers'
lantern. The student managed to A.
rive at the destined goal before his CON
panions and received them with triumph.
ant complacency - they stepped out o.
the railway carriage on the platform.
In places where wood has become very
scarce the use Of straw for building pur
poses has been suggested. Sheets O
ordinary straw board, - produced "
paper mill, are softened BY chemicA
! treatment and pressed into brick. Of any
desired thickness, varying with thsnum
Der Of sheets taken. This process pro
: duces material closely resembling wood
: which ID impervious to moisture, and y
capable Of taking fne polish.
THE other day scrub OAK standing g
q lot in Lake Crystal was cut down. u
J. splitting 1t into fence timber, and abou
: eighteen feet from the ground, in acrotcl
. was noticed wedge, apparently drivel
7 into the wood, and under the wedge Va
e found an old horse shoe, closely imbed
ded. At another place was found
n handful of white pebbles filing cayit.
+ in the tree around which the wood b.
" grown.
!, ALABAMA coal has latsly besn intIs
. duced, and It was thousht Il would y
!. lure the Pittsburg coal trade, bat
). prominent coal man stated that thu N
!. impossible, q Alabama coal could not !
i, furnished In quantities 70 supply =
!. demand; and, secondly, the cont of tzan
/. portation will mot permit, - 4 Gamma
! Be- brought here and handled for =
= than forty-flve cents BY ths wholsaat
: which ID much above tho usual WhCao1a
price Of PittsbuIg coal. \. O. 1ssssis
DuPUYT1xn, To famous FFenGh -
g econ, vas painfully careful = secaxde
9 his own dignity, and maintained & VI
!. great energy. "a she ~ co,o - Ts ~.
= ssro, be found waiting fox him at Z
!: bedside Of = patient one day, one 81 Z
= atsistanh whose hat remained ukoa J
J. head. Dupuytren looked at hin Axsdl
u for moment then with one anGy r.
= ture swept tho hat fro0 - 1.anse -
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. venture 10 rem1ne hi hend.11a4. L.
Of srees sureeon, despits thin pane15llou
- - Wae not always min9tuIe - ~ ~
n politenesA He = descsibed - loo4axA
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