Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-08-28
ALL SORTS.

REPORTS of indispOsition OF the Pope are
untrue. He is in perfect health.
Count DE CHAMBoRD, the legitimist pre-
; tender has started for England.
JOSEPH OCTAVE DE LIPIERRE, the Belgian
historian and antiquary, is dead, aged rs.
SIR ROWLAND HILL, founder of the system
of penny postage, is dying at the age of 50.
SIR JOHN GEORGE SHAW LEFEvRE, Vice.
Chancellor of the University of London, is
: Dead
JOHN BALDWIN BUCKsTONE, comedian and
dramatic author, is on his death bed and in
destitute circumstances.
A DISPATCH from Calcutta says that the
drought in Cashmere still continues and the
condition of the people is deplorable.
DELEssEPs, promoter of the Panama canal
scheme, is preparing to sail for the United
States. His wife will accompany him.
The New York Star says that Conkling is
understood to have expressed his disapproval
of Everts proposed persecution of Mormons.
ENGLAND is the only power not invited to
send officers to witness the great Russian mil
itary man9uvres to commence on the 25th
inst.
PREPARATIONS are making in Austria to
enter Novi Bazaar shortly with from Is, 900 to
5000 men, so as to extinguish the antici-
paped opposition.
The next State elections will be those of
California, September 8, and Maine, Septem-
Der 8. In October Ohio and Iowa will hold
their elections, on the 18th.
| In the last six months $13,5M, 900 have
been invested in railroad building, most of it
in few Western States. The roads in ques-
ton have consumed nearly $8,00O,000 in
steel and iron rails.
| The Cleveland Leader announces officially
that the Republicans of Ohio propose to
carry the State this fall, and no power OBJ
tanned through Mr.. Tildens money, or that
of anybody else, can prevent it.
LONDON bridge is so narrow and the traffic
on it so abundant that $3, $50 year is needed
for the pay of special policemen to keep
| squeezed pedestrians and drivers from aveng-
ing themselves upon one another. Hence
Parliament proposes to widen it.
ABOUT three weeks ago the large carpet in
the adjuster's room of the San Francisco
mint was taken up for the first time in five
years and burned for the purpose of reducing
the accumulation of filings. The value of
the bullion obtained was So, 400.
SIR HENRY THOMPSON, the English sur
geon, says: "Persons who drink water when
dining probably enjoy food more than those
who drink wine. They have generally better
appetite and digestion, and they certainly
preserve an appreciative palate longer than
the wine drinker."
THE valley of the Saskatchewan river, in
British America, promises to be, in the near
future, next in importance as wheat grow
ing region to the United States. A writer in
the July number of the Nineteenth Century
ocfi hot hoot txun
million acres of fine wheat land.
To cure felon take pint of common soft
soap and stir in air Stacked lime till it is of
the consistency of glaciers putty Make a
leather thimble, fill it with composition and
insert the finger. therein, and the cure is GER
tain. This is domestic application that
every housekeeper can obtain promptly.
The Peruvians are beginning to feel the
effects of their war policy. Overwhelmed
with foreign debt of $500, 600, 900, the gov
ernment finds it very difficult, in fact, almost
impossible, to get money to keep the sinews
of war in play. Ameri can double eagles sell
for sixty-fve Peruvian dollars, and all kinds
of provisions are fabulously high.
The patent fly dispenser will fill long-felt
want 1t consists of a wire frame made to
fit the head of any person. Inside the frame
in clock; then there are five fans which,
when set to work, revolve rapidly, not only
causing cool breeze, but driving away the
flies.
A VERMONT farmer says: 81 saw in
paper that q Western farmer planted flax
with his potatoes, and it kept the bugs of.
Now want to swap bugs and fax with that
man, for planted fax with potatoes and the
flax came up first, and the bugs roasted on
il. waiting for the potatoes to come up, and
thew were thicker on them than on any 9TH
ers had"
CAPTAIN EADs, Of jetties fame, is described
az small and rather fragile-looking mans
A peculiar pallor of his skin and very quiet
manner make him seem even smaller than he
is, but he has very thoughtful and deter
mined face. He looks like man who has
the utmost confidence in himself and who
knows how to wait.
The long continued depression in the lum-
Der trade has cast blight over the business
interests of the entire Puget Sound country.
There is estimated to he over 50.000,0O0 feet
of surplus saw logs in the water at the present
time. In some instances logs sold recently
as low as So Is per thousand, while foreign
orders for lumber are being filled at 81 per
thousand. Five saw mills on the Sound,
with an aggregate capacity for cutting $780,
600 feet of lumber per diem, are now shut
down to await an improvement In the mar
ket. Ship owners are suffering in common
with mill men, loggers and others, and are
taking cargoes at rates that barely cover ex-
penses.