Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-15
nlsCfLLANEOUs.

The city of Vera Cruz, Mexico. has
purchased in New York fine steam
fire-engine.
A collection of portraits Of the SEQ
retaries of the Treasury has been begun
in Washington. For each OF these
portraits the Government pays about
$500.
"A man in Marshall County, Tenn,
over 80 years of age, has never seen
either q railroad or . steamboat. he 10
a good farmer and attends closely to
his own business. He has lived within
five miles of q railroad for several years.
There is q new way Of getting rid Of
insurance agents which, unfortunately,
is calculated 30 increase their number.
In Bridgeport, Connecticut, such vis-
itor was handed note, with the remerk
that they were all too busy 10 talk with
him then, and that the note would ex-
plain all. He took the note and went
away and opened IL. Is contained ~,
with the explanation that they consid-
cred it cheaper to pay him that amount
than have him talk to them.
"A Hartford lawyer remarked TO .
colored man who begged ten cents OF
him for q chance in . policy game:
"Put the money on IL and 1, rs the
juries in most of the murder trials lately
have been standing that way" The
negro departed in Q meditative mood,
and when he next met the lawyer A.
tonished him by drawing out roll OF
greenbacks amounting to e136, and
informing him that he had won this BY
betting on IL and 1.
An International Exhibition OF
earthenware, chalk, cement and gyp-
sum industry is to be opened ut Berlin,
from June % to August 10, 1880. Among
the rules the following directions are the
most important: The objects must be
made directly or indirectly of brick,
tiles, earthenware, chalk, cement or
gypsum. The price for space Is fifteen
marks per square metre. An exhibition
agency will carry out all commissions
given by exhibitors for small payment.
Prizes will be given in each section.
Says the Winona (dinn.) Repu6li-
can: The cost of going to law over
trifling sums has been we'll illustrated in
the term of court just closed. In the
dog case of VIM. Gage against Nick
White the Judgment for the plaintiff was
only S., while the costs and disburse-
ments are figured up at $94. In the
case of Richman against the Shooting
Society, a judgment of only % was
awarded to the plaintiff, while the costs
are about sos or $40. In the note suit
from Beaver the amount involved was
only S25; costs over 800.
"A beautiful mirage appeared re-
Gently about o'clock in the morning to
the north Of Long Prairie, MINI. The
whole of the Long Prairie Valley and
pinery seemed 10 be lifted up into tho
clouds, and presented a grand pam
Drama. One Of the most striking feat
ures was the columns of smoke emitting
from the farm houses-more than
hundred in number-the white columns
of which curled up into the air and
seemed as plain to the eye as they would
at the distance Of half q mile, though
they were from eight to twenty miles
away.
There is An occasional light in tho
darkness of the imperial palace Of
a joke Is not unknown. Tho
road from the palace to the fortress
along which the Gear drives daily being,
very bad, an aged relative of his Majes-
ty determined to give him an agreeable
surprise by having 1t put in good con-
dition. It was done, but before the
Gar had chance to try 1t, he received
an anonymous letter warning him not
discovered that the writing was that Of
one of the miscellaneous younger men,
bers of his own family, and the poten-
tate is reported to have been much
by the joke.