, 1880-08-23
Intelligence Items.

Intelligence Items.
General Grants income is reported
to be 50, 600 year.
The census gives Minneapolis, Mimi.
population of 4, 1913.
The present British Parliament con-
tains about $50 neutrality-suspicious..
Georgia has one patch containing
three a.d half million watermelons-
The Chicago Tribune now spells
have "hav," and fsvorite without
an 9.
John Bright thinks Gladstone's ten
ure of Office is likely to last five or Six
years.
A vein of gold four inches thick has
been opened in one of the streets OF
Dahlonega, Ga.
The walters at one of the hotels ut
Rye Beach, N. H., this summer are all
students at Dartmouth College.
The New York Herald says that every
hot Sunday at least q quarter of mil
lion people visit the various excursion
resorts in and around New York?
Faribault, Mimi, lays claim to hav-
ing the oldest horse in the country.
1t is q forty six year old nag, descend
ant of the original Justin Morgan. ,
President Grevy has granted par
dons and Communications of sentence
to more than 800 common law Grim
inals in the home and colonial prisons.
The Grand Encampment of Knights
Templar, of the United States, will
hold the twenty first triennisl conclave
in Chicago. commencing August 17th.
The height of the summit of Mount
Diablo has just been established by
Professor Davidson, of the Coast Sur
vey, at 8, ,S48 63 feet above the tide
level.
| The Lord Mayor of London has had
the courage to prohibit the use of to-
bacco within the limits of his official
residence. His ambition will not end
in smoke.
The Milwaukee (Wis) Christian
Statesman says that when New York
smiles, laugh pervades the country.
and when she puts on a sour face, the
Mississippi Valley has dyspepsia"
The new oath for the French soldiers
contains no reference to the Deity or
Republic. 1t will be sworn on the 14th
of July, and is as follows: "In tho
name OF the regiment, 1 swear on my
honor to remain faithful to the cOnsti.
tuition, and to defend this flag until
death"
What a cloud of witnesses to tho
value of the Normal College in this
city will be the three hundred and
| ffty-six young ladies who, arrayed in
garments white, recently received IL
censes to teach from President Hunter,
of the Board Of Education III New
York Paper.
The immigration received at the port
of New York during the first six
months of 1880 shows larger total by
900 than the same period in 1872,
which until now had stood as the high
est figure of the past twenty-five years
The total for the past six months is
TT 600, or more than three times the
number of those who came during the
same period last year.
A farmer in Benton township, Cass
county, few days ago, found in one OF
his fields written contract which had
been made between two parties at
Wheeier's Grove, Pottawattamie county
1t is supposed that the paper was car
ried there by the recent storm, the dis
tarce travelled being over forty miles
SHE VISITED PRINTING OFFICE
She came into the Office smiling and
aradiantly beautiful. George, ahand~
some young typo, and she were en-
gagged; and George had case. About
a galley of solid nonpareil on his case,
which he was about to lock up and
prove. George, blushing like girl.
Ahook her hand and called her his lovely
darling. She eyed the galley and
smiled sweeter than ever.
"Doddv, DEAR" she said, still eyeiag
the galley of nonpareil, 'are those
the things you print with ?"
Yes, darling p said Doddy, feel
ingly.
She swept her taper, jeweled fingers
over tie matter, squabbling the entire
galley.
"Bless you, my darling!' said George,
chokingly, the sweat pouring down his
face.
"Why, Doddy, DEAR said she, cts
all in little pieces, amt it ?"
Eyes, love-" said George, gently
taking her little hand and leading her
towards the door.
"Good-by, darling, he said.
"By-by; be sure to come tonight.
"Dear me, she soliloquized, "hov
George loves me He nearly sobbed
when I touched those funny little
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