The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
o ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Coney Island is said to be more popu-
lar with foreigners than any other
American waterng-place.
The Territory of Montana has already
produced upward of Sl47 100000 in
gold, and $4,000, 600 in silver.
A temperance lecturer in Georgia
estimates that liquor costs the people OF
that State Sl5,000,000 annually.
The people of Zurich, by vote, main
tained the idea that involuntary vaccin-
alton is good for the general health.
The government is pressed for storage
room for silver dollars. 1t can build
vault in our pocket free of charge
HaUen Register.
The assessed value of land in the chief
cities of Iowa is as follows: Des Moines,
So, ,593, 900; Dubuque, So ,533, ,3Ll4; Daven-
port, So, $50, $40; Burlington, So, ,709, l02;
Keokuk, $2,O46 582.
DR.. T. S. Cobbold, microscopic, says
that it is curious to find that the hearts
OF birds as well as of carnivora, are
crowded with nematoid insects.
Atmospherical knowledge is not
thoroughly distributed in our schools.
A boy being asked "What is mistp"
vaguely replied, IAN umbrella"
"Soldiers must be fearfully dishon-
est" said Mrs. Partington. 1t seems
to be an Occurrences every night for
sentry to be relieved OF his watch"
1t is reported from Sheffield, England,
that heavy orders are daily coming in
from both Scotch and east coast ship
builders tor light steel-plates. The in
production Of steel into ship building is
causing an important and growing
trade.
"If you are quiet, honest citizen of
Galveston, how did these skeleton keys
and brass kuuckles happen to be in your
coat pocketsph II reckon, Judge, me
and the policeman must have changed
coats in the scuifie. We were very
much excited y GnlUeSton Ne1OS.
A San Francisco manufacturer has
received from the interior Of the State
an order for pair of boots which, il
the number in use ran so high would
be eighteens in size. They will be l74
inches in length and in width. The
man who is TO wear them is small, eX-
cept as to his hands and feet.
Two thousand seven hundred Len
are now being employed in the Baldwin
locomotive works, Philadelphia. Ten
locomotives are on AN average turn ed
out weekly, 254 having been completed
this year. Orders are being filled Tor
railroads for South Australia, New
South Wales and many places in North
and South America.
She had pretty diploma tied with a
pink ribbon, from one OF our best young
ladies' colleges. In conversation with a
daring and courageous young man, ii ter
he had detailed the dangers and delights
of riding on a locomotive, she COM
pletely upset his opinion OF independent
education of the sexes, by inquirlng,
How do they steer locomotives, any
howp" Ms
Two men at Peoria, ILL.,, tied their
horses tails together and started them
in opposite directions to SETTLE bet as
to the strength OF the Orutes. But a
quarrel arose before the trial took place,
and the angry owners agreed to pull
r each others noses instead. Both lost
for they were fined $40 each in a police
court.
The following document was drawn
, up by q lawyer at Joliet, Ill, and signed
by the husband: Received from
J $40, in consideration of which hereb!
rcnounce all right and ritle to my Lawful
{ wife, and from this day hencetorth sh'
E is the charge of said---, and torfeit
all claim on me for support"