The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-11
Miscellaneous Matters,

/ There ars l: 7GO post offices in Missouri
and clerk in the St. Louis post office, will
but eighteen months service, is said to have
named them all with out prompting in thirt,
minutes with the county of each.
The new Episcopal church Of st. Peter
Galilee, just erected by subscriptions of the
cottage owners Of Monmouth Beach and
Seabright, near the fishing grounds known
as Gallee, was dedicated Sunday by the
Right Rev. John Scarborough, D. D., bish-
Up Of the Episcopal diocese of New Jer-
sey.
An English writer complains that his
countrymen are ILL., prepared for the no.
weather which has been making London
uncomfortable. He believes that the
warmth might be enjoyable if people lived
in houses constructed to keep them warm
IN winter and cool in summer, and if they
could be induced to put on clothing adapt
ed to summer heat. Moreover, it is a sad
f. ct that, even while the mercury stands
amid the nineties, Englishmen stick to
their beef, mutton, and heavy buildings,
and to their ponderous porter and stout
Architect Clark. of the Washington cap
itol, will put men at work in few days to
fit up rooms in the attic of the senate wing
of the capitol for the senate library. The
ATTIC" is the floor above the senate galleries.
The plan is to construct two rooms on that
floor for books Of the library and to use
the two front rooms of the present library
for committee rooms. The main room of
the ibrrry will remain upon the third floor
and the rooms above will be reached by q
spiral iron staircase.
Says the st. Louis Republican: In his
detail Of Indian horrors that came under
his notice Mr.. Markly, the New Mexico In
dian killer, stated that in 1867 he gave an
Indian half a dollar for hair rope ten feet
in length and about the size of his little
finger. He urtwisled the end and found
that it was made of red, auburn and black
hair, which, from the length of each hair.
was evidently that of women. He ques-
toned the Indian, who told him the rope
was made from the hair of the women aud
girls slain in the mountain Meadow mas
sacre, for completely with which murder
John D. Lee, the Mormon, was tried and
shot few years ago. The place where he
purchased the rope was at Electromagnetic,
sixty miles from Mountain Meadow, where
the most narrowing and brutal massacre Of
modern times occurred.
In Africa, if the damsel don't like her
husband she has no redress. She must
submit Internationally to his will. When
she arrives at his home she is placed un-
der the care of one of the head wives, who
tells her all she must do, and unfvlds to
her all the good and bad qualities of her
husband. If she still manifestsa dislike
for him, it becomes duty for the older
wives to comfort her all they can. If she
will not be reconciled, and continues stub
born, she is whipped by one of the other
wives. and thus made to submit to the
authority of her lord and master It is un-
necessary to observe, perhaps, that this
course of discipline results in making her
good and obedient wife.
Among the weather phenomena of the
season not the lea st striking are the recent
thunder storms along the Hudson river.
They are described as terrific" and ZAP
palling, terms which are especially signi-
fcant when used in region familiar with
such sights and sounds. The accompany
ing hailstones as usual varied in size from
that OF bean to that of a hens egg, accord
ing to the imagination or impressibility of
the observer. More or less damage has
been done by the storms. The effect on
the river itself was remarkable. The vivid
and continuous play of the lightning SO far
blinded thepilots in some cases that the
steamboats, had to be stopped. These and
to the comets and to Vennor. -
1t is affirmed by the collectors of statis-
tics in regard to intemperance that in the
year 1879 their was paid out for intoxicat-
ing drinks by the people of Germany the
sum of $3.50. 0O0, 900 aud by those Of France
$3.50, 600, 900, of Great Britain, $3.50, OO0,-
coo, and of the United States, $3.50, 900, 600
making grand total of $2,7O0, OOO, 900.