The new North-west., 1880-10-29
NEW NoR.w1sTERs.

Peter Cooper is now niiiety-one Year,
old. -g ssi, l iaa3 "
| George Bancroft says Washington was
six feet two inches high .rr HsrlIr
General Garfield has In his, reception
| room at Mentor q handsome portrait Of Han
cock. ,u eff =
-John e. Owens, the actor, has given ny
the stage for mining speculation In San Fran,
cisco. s. G,s.#s3...s #,e zsas ssf -.
There Is postoffice down South called
Dammit. 'Tis too bad, as Richard Deadeye
would say .s....a- ..s s.t. .-.a# era.,. 81
u Bell, the telephone man, has been elect
ed Professor in Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore. ...., -..-.a. -aE.r scr
| Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana, who Is a
widower, it is said will soon marry Wash
ington widow. .. Il Il
---Jussicc ciihord, Of the United States sl-
preme Court . very i'll. He is 80 years aid
and very feshy. .&E aH
John G. Calhoun's old residence in Pick,
ems county, s. c., was destroyed by fire on
Sunday night, October 10th. ., .
There are five newspapers In, Iceland
and no country, it Is said, reads so many
books in proportion to its population. ..
Solution of the 800 puzzle: Three years
in the war; twice elected to the Ohio State
Senate; nine times elected to Congress.
Commodore Mutt, the well-known dwarf,
was arraigned in New York recently on the
charge Of keeping disorderly saloon and
bailed. '
If an untruth is only day old 1t is call
ed q lie; II 1t Is year old 1t is called afalse-
hood; but If it is century old 1t Is called q
legend. F., .,..... ......... ........ ..
Steel for boilers, instead Of iron, Is rap
idly gaining in favor among the mechanical
engineers of this country, and Its use is in
creassng. -r......- ....
For his comedy Of "Black-eyed Susan y
which still holds the stage, Douglass Jerrold
received just what Milton did for "Paradise
Lost"--$25. .a. 1905. s..
Under favorable circumstances the oak
and the chestnut will live thousand years.
The ash and the beech will live less than
half As long.
"A man marched into Wilmington, Della
ware, bearing the gun, khapsack, cap and
belt Of soldier, but wearing not stitch of
clothing. He was a lunatic.
AN old compositor on the New York
Tribune has discovered that the inscription
on the obelisk is where Horace Greeley wrote
his name with q jack knife when he was in
Egypt. ....- ..r ........
One pound of corn Is equal, in real sus-
tanning food, tot three and three-fourthpounds
Of potatoes, or eight and one-haf pounds of
cabbage, or eleven and one-half pounds of
white turnips. .H... .. u.
From all parts of the country comes the
news that the business men are becoming
alarmed 1t the possibility Of Hancock's sue
cess, are rallying, irrespectiyeof party, to the
standard of Garfield. ~ ... . ..-a
Justin Mccarthy has completed his "His-
tory Of Our Own Times" from the accession
Of Queen vistoria down to the general elec-
tion OF 1880, and the third and fourth vof;
umes are already out in England.
Mr.. Gastadoni, of Vincengo, Italy, has
invented something that will prolong the
sound Of the piano note. 1t is very trying at
time like this to reflect upon the fact that
no gun will shoot from here to Italy. ..-.
Lotteries having been resorted to by GER
tain chapels In Wales in order to pay of
burdensome debts, the government has inter-
fered in the interests Of morality, and an
nouces that persons concerned In such
schemes will be prosecuted. ..u
1t il curious fact the Governor Of Lou
isiana removed by General Sheridan, whom
General Hancock wished to restore to his Of.
fee, but was prevented from doing it by Gen,
eral Grants positive order, was Madison
Wells, President Of the Returning Board
four years ago.
"A New York sporting Journal says that
Vanderbilt has made the biggest offer for st
Julien that was ever made for any horse, Ell
ther in this country or in England. 1t ha.
probably escaped the memory of the editor
that Richard ILL.,, when in tight place, of
fered his kingdom for horse. r..,.-
The smallest newspaper published in thu
world 10 the Modoc Star, a weekly printed il
Canada. The size is royal "a mo, each pag'
being 3x2i inches, 1t bears the apt motto
sTwinkle, twinkle, little star" 1t has foul
pages, the first containing telsgraphic news
the second mining notes and the third ant
| fourth local news. a..s. Es.l.aE =ag i
Chinese varnish is made by mixing thre'
parts Of fresh blood which has been depriyet
of its. fbrin by beating with small twigs o
broom straws, four parts Of slaked lime AM
q little alum. This may be used at once
It is said that straw baskets coated by 1t an
rendered water and oil proof, and that paste
board TO which It has been applied become
as hard q weod. al
ID. Lathrpp q Co. have novel project il
a blankbook for children entitled "Writ
Your Own Stories" 1t Is quarto volum
with thirty spirited pictures and as man
blank ruled pages on which to write storie
suggested by the engravings. The publish
ers offer three money prizes for the three bes
complete sets Of stories written by childre
under fourteen years old. The young com
petiton must send their work to the publisf
srs before July next.
The engineer Of . train near Montrea
saw, . large dog on the track. He was barb
ing furiously. The engineer blew his whii
tie at him, but he did not stir, and crouchin
low, he was struck by the locomotive an
killed. There was bit Of white muslin o
the locomotive, and it attracted the attentio
Of the engineer, who stopped the train an
went back. There lay the dead dog and
dead child, which had wandered on to th
track and gone to sleep. The dog had give
the signal to stop the train and had died at h
Epost. ..r I'M.
i --At the last meeting Of the Balloon Soc
! ETY. Of Great Britain the recent voyage out I
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