Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1880-12-16
NO28.
ALL SORTS.

OF indianapolis, have failed for $780,
Gen. Grant has purchased additional
real estate ut Long Branch at cost of
$4,000.
Mr.. George Williams, the colored
member of the Ohio legislature. has
written book.
Mr.. Pinneo. of Greeley, COL, proposes
to challenge MissJewett, of Minnesota,
to ride a race agains.. his daughter III
Denver.
The late Sanford r. Clifford, the
New York artist, left an estate valued
at over 100000, without counting his
pictures.
Mr.. Peter Cooper says that he would
have the United States build railways
in Mexico with the deposits in postal
swings banks.
Gen. Grant has been elected an hon
orary member of the Boston Middle
sex club, and has accepted the compli-
ment in a letter.
The custom collections at Milwaukee
for November were $19,275.29, an in
crease of so per cent over the CORES.
ponding month last year.
The Boston Journal of Commerce
publishes Il lot of dyeing receipts; but
none of them beat the old way of fool
ing with an empty shotgun.
Herr Wilhelmj is quoted as saying
that he will return to his home on the
Rhine next May. His concert tour
will end in California in April.
NJ. de Lesseps has had a fall from
his horse, which, while hunting Stun
bled over stone, but he escaped with
slight bruises and is conyalescent.
At a party in Dubuque the other
night, a young lady pulled the nose of
her gallant because he neglected TO
dance with her us often rs she thought
proper.
At the late election, J. ii. Smdefur,
Of Mitchell, sold his vote for $5, and
got on a spree, which terminated in
death, the other day. from delirium
tremens.
George Parks, the first MAJOR of
Grand Haven; A. E. Hastings, a Pres
byterian clergyman of Detroit, and
Oliver Perrin, a bank president of Gin
cinnatikare dead.
The daughter Of eX-Gov. Hubbard.
Connecticut, who ran away with her
fathers coachman and married him, is
now Il seamstress in Hartford, Coma.
and her husband drives a hackney
coach.
The evening schools lately started in
Milwaukee, Us Etn experiment, ;tre pTog-
;ag a grand success Over one thous-
ana six hundred pupils are enrolled,
and the number swells with every
meeting.
Gov. Gray, OF indiana. issued his first
pardon, the other day, to a young man
named Clark, from the governors OWL
county, Randolph. sentenced to one
years Imprisonment for the theft Of Il
$6 pistol.
Mr.. Elijah B. Cornell, brother of
the founder of Cornell university, and
a widower, more than 20 years old,
was married recently at Ithaca, n. y,
to Mrs. Hicks Hillicker, The wedding
caused much surprise in Ithaca.
The American public will be sur
prised to learn that subscriptions for
the Panama canal project are pouring
in at Paris ut q rate which insure.
success. De Lesseps reports that
every country in Europe is taking part.
When Yankee is struck by thund-
erbolt and knocked end ways clear
across ten acre lot, the only regret he
feels upon recovering conciousness is
the disheartening fact that he can't
capture the bolt and exhibit it for
money
"The banks of France is IL govern
ment institution, the government hav.
ing the appointment of the governor
of the bank and majority of its
directors. It's circulation is $466, 1885,
600. It's capital is $36,500,000 and it
has 81 branches"
A story is told of minister who
| made call on a friend Of his, and
seemed never likely to cease his con
versation, when the dreadful child of
the friend aforesaid stepped up to heI
father and whispered quite loud enough
to be heard by the visitor, "Papa, didn't
the gentleman bring his amen with
/ him?" This raIniptls US of a minister
$40 ,-.~o.1ecustomed to maxi s-1Arx
long calls, and being seen approaching
the house of friend one day, the lady
of the house, busily occupied at the
time, sighed out, Il hope Mr.. X. is not
going to make one of his long calls. :
Her little girl ran to the door and ac-
costed him with-..Mother hopes you
are not going to make one of your long
calls to-dayf'
A local Talmage held series OF
meetings near Amsterdam, Boletourt
county, Va, in which he was quite sue
cessfuI. At the closing service of the
meeting he rose for his farewell ad
dress. He spoke of ssthe great ingath
ering of souls" at a place of so LITTLE
tendency to religion; of the man,
sheayes that had been garnered whenc'
he had heard only leaves could come
Walking rapidly back and forth gesticu
lating furiously, he woke the echoe
for miles around. Waving his bon
hands above the awe-struck t?) congre
CATION, ne shouted: Il have done
good work here? j am like the celt
brated Napoleon who upon an occasio
of great success exclaimed: SIC senat
| tyrGnssis i came. / saw and cor
queredn'
MORO Lake is the Dead Sea of CaiIfo
MIA. Its excess of alkaline salts makes
froth like a tub of soap-suds on wind
3 day.
/ A gentleman being twitted by . frIel