The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-02-27
PITHY PARTICLES.

found no husband.
OPrux smoking is rapidly on the in
crease in California. A bill has been in
troduced in the Legislature designed to
suppress the practice.
A FRENCH chemist asserts that If tea
be ground like coffee, Immediately be-
fore hot water is poured upon it, its ex-
hilarating qualities will be doubled
A TEXAN professor has written PAM
phlet to prove that cities built of lime
stone are the healthiestin the world, and
never much visited by malarial diseases,
including yellow fever.
A SENECA FALLS father while at play
with his little son, accidentally received
thrust in the ear from hair-pin in the
hands of the latter, and has become as u
result totally blind.
In Belfast, Me-, woman lately found
gold dust in fowls gizzard. She is un-
certain whether there is gold mine in
the neighborhood, or the fowl was max
ing preparations to lay nest full of
golden eggs.
Miss BUTLER, of Pittsburg, had look
ed for man under her bed for many
years, and at last she found not one
there, but four. They wore black masks,
and left her bound and gagged when
they went off with the family plate and
jewelry.
MARSHAL IMAGINATION has offered for
sale the half Of his property in the Rue
de Bellechesse, Mt q reserve price of 320,-
600 francs. The house was the hotel of
the war minister of Louis XVI, Due de
Castries, from whom Madame MacNIahon
is descended.
of Michigan, talks very imperfectly by
reason of having lost her palate, and her
two daughters, aged eight and twelve,
can only speak the strange language they
have learned of her, though their vocal
organs are perfect.
4 STAGE load of passengers were
startled when desperate brandished
knife and swore he would kill the driver;
and they laughed when the driver saw
agely drew an old black pipe, and the
scared desperate plunged into pond to
escape the bullet.
4 FEW evenings since Mr.. Dolbear,
while driving from London to Spring
field, Ont, fell asleep with a lighted
cigar in his mouth. He was soon after
wards aroused, however, by burning
sensation and found his Oyercoat and
buggy top in blaze.
The snow was so deep IN Silverton,
Col, recently that two funerals held
there were conducted in an extremely
novel manner, the bearers and mOurners
walking half mile to the cemetery on
snow shoes. The scene is described as
having been very impressive.
SOME men saw by railroad time table
ut Warsaw, Ark, that certain train was
not to stop there. They offered to pay
the station agent well il he would some
how get them aboard, but he said it
could not be done. Then they tied II
rail ON the track, which stopped the
train, but wrecked it so effectual!y that
it could not start again.
SAMUEL WHITMAN said "Amen at
the close of the family prayers, at Way
land, n. Y, rose from his knees and saw
that John Selbeg, a hired boy, was sit
ting on bag Of choice apples. Thiswas
contrary to orders and Whiteman pound
ed the lad ON the head with a stick, de-
stroying his hearing. A suit for damage
has resulted in verdict of 81, 500.
Mr.. S. PARK BAKER, of Youngstown,
New York, reviewing the story of the
duel between jackson and Dickinson,
gives it IA his opinion that jackson had
no right to deliberately shoot down
Dickinson, after having deceived him as
to the outline of his own body by wear
ing a very loose coat. 1t appears to ,,s
that this protest comes too late to help
Dickinson.
A YOUNG gentleman in Memphis loves
girl who lives in the country, up the
railroad. Wishing to see her, he hired
horse and buggy and drove out to her
house, hitching the horse ut the door.
After while he came out, happy, serene
and delighted, walked down to the rail-
way station, bought a ticket and rode
back to Memphis, leaving his horse
hitched near the country gate.
ACCORDING to the London Truth,
when peer is created q knight of the
Garter the insignia are lent to him for
his life, and the robes are paid for ont of
the public money. They cost about
f100, and atthe death of each knight his
robes are claimed rs "perquisite" by
the Dean of Windsor. An investiture OF
the Thistle or st. Patrick comes at about
half the expense of the more important
order.
A SHOP was broken into one night; but,
strange to say, nothing was carried of.
The proprietor was making his boast OF
ii, Mt the same time expressing his sur
prise ut losing nothing. "Not Mt Ill
said his neighbor. "The
robbers lighted lamp, didn't they?"
YES" was the reply. "Well," con-
tinued the neighbor, "they found your
goods marked up SO high they couldn't
afford to take them"
The largest pier in the country will he
built Mt ROckaway aud will he completed
within three months. 1t will he sup
ported by u system OF horizontal and
vertical diagonal bracing, all riveted
work being dispensed with on account
Of exposure to salt air. Only heavy
rolled wrought-iron beams, lap-welded
tubular columns and substantial tie rods
will he used. The length of the structure
over oil will be about 300 feet.
In San Francisco the city hall is rooted
with iron plates TINT overlap each other
other like shingles. A recent high wind
got under the plates and ripped part OF
them of. On repairing the roof, which
Is of very steep pitch, the smart Alexis
of workmen thought they would come
sharp game on future storm by reversing
The order of things, and made the lower
plate lap over the upper one. Con
the first rain storm delnged
;he city building, spelling the ceiling etc.
MELVILLE PIERCE, peculiar lunatic
# western Massachusetts,, after attempt
ng to shoot himself, disappeared from
Wellheet for the third time last Septem-
Der, and remained in seclusion until last
week, when he was found in the Metho-
list church, where he had lived for some
lime, occupying the attic and making his
bed on top of the organ. A bit OF but
er, which had been stolen some time
previously, was found concealed there,
besides numerous canned and preserved
ruits and other provisions. Pierce's hair
lad grown to his shoulders and his face
vas covered with beard.
A ROMANTIC story is told by the Ban
,or (Maiue) Commercial: One day
asst week ship anchored in Booth Bay
larbor, near Lincoln, on the coast Of
hat state, and one of the crew, young
nan named Burnell, whose sweetheart
TO live near Lincoln, obtained
he captains permission to go ashore.
3urnell prolonged his visit, as lovers
Will, and set out alone after midnight 10
ow back to the ship. But the ship had
weighed anchor and sailed away. The
DOOR sailor rowed here and there in his
Efforts to find the vessel, until finally his