Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-08-12
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Victoria's coronation forty.two years ago,
all are now dead.
The work of rebuilding fremont temple
in Boston progresses rapidly. Part of the
building will be ready for use before the
close Of this month.
The second highest bridge in the cOun'
try is about being built across the MisSs-
slpp at Minneapolis. 1t is to be l,ljO
feet ,ong, with two spans of 32j feet each.
All the Mexican papers are agreed that
in case of war with the United States,
Uncle Sam would be used up in sixty days.
We must be careful how Mexico is pro-
voked.
There are more than 100000 car
wheels in use in the United States. The
average life of a wheel is eight years, and
1t requires little over ton OF pig iron to
make four wheels,
A fvc.ton sail-boat, thirty feet in length,
arrived at Stamford Conn, last week,
from Galveston, Tex, in charge Of Fred
Hall, a Stamford boy. The voyage occu-
pied forty-two days.
Emma Lee, residing on Diamond hill,
Lynchburg, Va, recently gave birth to
four children, two boys and two girls, and
all OF them were living and doing well
when last heard from.
The level of nearly all the lakes in the
far West has been rising for several years
past. Salt Lake has risen twelve feet in
twenty-five years, and Winnemucca Lake
twenty-five feet in four years.
A robin built her nest on railroad
switch near depot in New Hampshire,
directly under the signal light, and al
though about twenty-five trains daily pass
ed by, she remained and raised family.
Salt water is being distributed through
Brooklyn daily, in three-gallon cans, for
sponge baths for inyalids aud oi'iureh'
The water is pumped at night at the end
Of the iron pier, and is sold for four cents
a gallon.
Henry Britain, of Richmond, Ind,
while asleep at noon fell from BIS second
story window, struck on a lumber pie
with sufficient force to bounce him into
cistcm eight feet away, and when some :
workmen who saw him fall ran to him he
was still asleep.
A man who was kept awake hour after
hour by the barking of dog said he never
wanted 10 use a shotgun so ba in his life.
"What for-to shoot the dog?" asked the
friend. "No," he replied, "but to shoot
the fool who wrote, Ills sweet to hear the
watch dogs honest bark. "
There were 100000 tons of Ice secured
on the Kenuebec river, in Maine, last
winter, which, at $2. 30 per ton, will pro-
duce S2,O00,000. This is more ice by
100000 tons than was ever secured on the
river before, and the total crop OF the state
is estimated at 1900 900 tons.
The Veronese surcoat is the Partisan
form of the Jersey. 1t is made Of net
work of fine silk, and closely follows the
figure. 1t is woven OF all sizes TO suit var
ious figures, and fits to Il marvel. To
render it more dressy, and also more mys-
terous, it is embroidered with beads.
A Waterbury, Conn, officer the other
day called at house and asked if the
family had any dogs to be registered.
"No, sir" was the prompt reply. He
thcreupon initiated dogs bark so eiIec.
lively that he started up three dogs that
were in the cellar, thus disclosing their
whereabouts.
Sheer linen is Icing made into large
collarettes, almost as broad as n fchu, al
edged with embroidery. They are roand
at the back and are pointed low in front,
being quite open at the throat. Square
linen cuffs, or else those made of two folds
of the linen, are trimmed to match with
embroidery, and are then worn outside
the sleeves,
At the recent queens's ball In London,
considerable changes were noted in the
style of wearing the hair. Many ladies
had their hair powdered with gold dust.
Natural flowers were worn rs pockets,
necklaces, and bracelets. Some Of the
short sleeves were composed of double Z
rows of roses. Great quantities of lace
were worn.
1t is common now IN the English me-
tropolis to meet with young men who are
prematurely round-shouldered and walk
with bent knees and sort Of crah-like
movement. Riders of the so.called "steel
horse" may be interested to know that this
urgracoful appearance has been named
the "5icycle back" in honor Of the pastime
that causes it.
The people of Bound Brook, N. j., are
suffering from ma'arial fever, nearly every
family being afflicted with the epidemic.
Attempts have been made to conceal the
fact, for fear that 1t would drive awsy
business men from New York, whc board
with their families in the village each
summer. The cause OF the malaria seems
to be large mill pond situated on the
edge Of the town.
Fashionable toilettes for outdoor fetes
in England are of white Indian muslin
dresses made short and trimmed lavishly
with lace; the hodices are lined with pom
ceau silk, and there is ponCeau bilting
round the edge of the skirt. The quality
of the muslin is exceedingly fine. The
tabiler is gathered or drawn atd the
quies at the sides are alternate bands Of
muslin and lace.
Rice corn weighs 60 pounds to :
bushel, and it is stated by some farm
who have raised it that it will largely
out-yield common corn. 1t is excellent to
feed to stock, as it does not get go hard.
Grasshoppers and worms do not feed upon
it, and it is remarkable for standing
drought 1t should be planted in hills
three and half feetby one foot apart.
Western farmers should try it.
Fans intended for day use, and differ
ing widely from evening fans are quite
show. They are this season neither too
large nor too small, but that desirable
size, the happy medium Oriental taste
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