Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-22

THE Electoral College is the only one that
doesn't confer degrees.
A COUPLE were recently married at New
port after courtship of thirty. five years.
THE big steamers on the Hudson and East
rivers are now called Excursion death traps"
THERE is still 1926, ,95S.37 of fractional
currency in circulation, exclusive Of $780,
934 lost or destroyed.
LYMAN fRUMBULI, nominated by the Dem
ocrats for Governor of illinois, voted for the
back salary grab in Congress, and pocketed it.
A BANGOR, Me-, barber has been arrested
for cutting mans hair on Sunday. He got
off with a moderate fine, but it was close
shave.
GAMBETrA is described as the glove, of
French politics, in consequence of his over
whelming logic and eloquence in behalf of
general amnesty.
FROM the Philadelphia Chronicle it is learn
ed that the first duty of the mother is to raise
her children, while il is the business of the
police to pick up her husband.
So far the present year a total of 1870
miles of new railroad have been constructed
in this country, against 561 miles reported at
the same time IN 1879, - in 1878, $40 in
1877, and 1871 1873.
STOREY, of the Chicago Times, declares
himself opposed to both Hancock and Gar
field. If such thing were possible, says the
Omaha Republican, this would go far TO in
sure the election of both of them.
THE Memphis Aoa5anche says a society is
needed in Tennessee for the repression of an
exec utive and supreme court incompetent
to afford moral support to the laws against
murder organized in the hip pocket.
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G. Thompson, who was mainly instrumental
in enticing the national convention to Clncln-
natl, but is now replaced on the national com
mittee by editor Armstrong of the Cleveland
P2Gindealer.
A MANIA for visiting the sewers of Paris is
now 'the thing" for tourists to be infected
with. They can be visited only twice a
month. and during the past four months, out
of 1900 applications, only GAO were responded
to by the authorities.
TT is officially announced that during the
last ten wears 247 British soldiers and sailors
were flogged, receiving 9,173 lashes 1t was
popularly supposed that this degrading pun
ishment had been abolished in the British
army and navy.
In the breach of promise suit of McPher-
son against Warnie, at Shelbyville, Ind, the
that no woman of fifty-seven, which was the
plaintiffs age, could possibly form romantic
love for any man. The jury sustained that
theory by their verdict.
IT is stated that the late John llitf held
range over 15O miles long, extending from
Greeley east to Julesburg and from the Platte
many miles south. Of this tract he had pur-
chased 10000 acres. He employed forty or
fifty herders, possessed 10000 cattle, and
shipped annually 1000 beef animals.
SENATOR VANCE's bride wore for the mar
rage ceremony wedding dress of brocaded
satin, trimmed with lace and pearls. Her hair
was dressed with roses and violets, and the
veil was arranged to drop, not over her face,
but backward. Solitaire diamond ear-drops
were the only jewelry worn by the bride.
SALT LAKE Iri6une: The Southern
friends of Senator Bayard are not in very
pleasant humor over bis defeat by Hancock
at Cincinnati. They attribute large share
of the result to Ben. Hill, who devoted him
self upon Bayard for the latter's opposition
to the committee report which Hill brought
in recommending the unseating of Kellogg.