Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-09-08
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a new lrOnclad OF the largest size lB
to be built in Germany for the Chinese
government.
California is the favorite state of
Italian immigrants, being wine coun-
try with a mild climate recalling that
of Italy.
Jean Massie died at Nevada City,
Col, last week His blood was found
to have turned into 4 colorless fluid,
resembling water.
\ Norwich, Conn, man who was la
Paris recently found no trouble in pay
ing his hotel bill with United States
national bank notes.
The friends and admirers of the
greatest Jewbaiter in Germany, Herr
Reuppel, have nominated him for the
reichstag from Berlin.
The Belleville voting district at Paris
is tie nest of revolutions in France.
Since 1913 every revolution first bud
ded among the Bellevillians.
A magistrate at Cornishville, KY,
acquitted a deliberate murderer on the
ground that the deed was done to prop
erly avcnge a brothers death.
The track of the Canada Pacific
railroad is laid for a distance Of ll5
miles west of Winnipeg, and the grad
ing will be finished to Brandon by the
10th Of September.
The hippOdrome IN Paris recently
started running-matches for ladies', and
ut Mines the organizer Of the bull
fights has engaged women instead OF
men to act as matadors.
The Jewish population of Vienna Is
reported to have more than doubled it.
self 0ccm ding to the recent census,
within the past ten years, In 1870 1t
was 30 300. 1t tisnow 1900.
a boy was found dead in well at
Dallas, Tex, few days since. He
had been missed three days, and dur
ing that ime the family had been
using the water from the well.
The Maine Beet Sugar company had
to make 1921 separate contracts In
four different states TO get 1000 tons
of beets last year. Some of the roots
came from the Mohawk country.
The official language )f the Trans
vaal is to be Dutch, and no other will
be allowed in the law courts. This
will, of course, place the British resi-
dents and natives at disadvantage.
An eagel was shot in California re-
Gently, measuring ten feet from tip to
tip OF its wings, while in the act Of
carrying off lamb. This is claimed
to be the largest bird of the kind ever
killed on the coast.
The Montreal chief of rolice is said
to have impressed his men, in recent
lectures on the discharge of their duties,
that they We're to be omnipresent, ON
niscient, polite and never ask for an
increase of wages.
1t is probable that the southern part
of the territory Of Utah will supply
enough antimOny for this country.
The ore mined about l40 miles from
Salt Lake City yields from GO to 65
per cent of antimony
Allegro girl, aged IA years, residing
on Il plantation about twelve miles
from Lake Providence, La, gave birth
to three children on the 18th inst
all boys. One was black, one white.
and the other mulatto.
The ice factories at Houston, Tex,
have allowed a quantity of ammonia,
used in the manufacture Of ice, to es-
cape into Buffalo bayou, and millions
of fish have been killed. The surface
is covered with dead fish.
Twenty years ago prominent actor
at London theatre thought himself
fortunate if he made $50 IA week.
Now, every young gentleman with a
good figure and stock of fine clothes
expects half that sum for nights
acting
1t is the big watermelon season with
the Florida Press. The st. Augustine
Press has one weighing forty-ive
pounds. The Brooksville Crescent
goes it better with one weighing fifty
one pounds, and the Jacksonville Un-
ion crows loudly over ifty-nine
pounder.
\ careful computation of the sugar
and rice crops of Louisiana, for the
season ending Sept. l, 1881, shows 21S,-
3li hogsheads Of sugar, 1926, ,O29 gal
Ions of molasses, and 266,65S barrels of
clean rice. This is the largest crop of
both sugar and rice grown in the state
since the war.
Mai. Benyaurd, of the United States
engineers, says: "That while at the
mouth of Red river the other day he
had made observations which satisfied
him that the Mississippi was cutting
for itself a channel to the gulf through
the Atchafalaya river, which would in
no great time become its outlet, and
New Orleans would be left in a shallow
stream"
A new feature in English parlia-
mentary life was noted lately by the
appearance of person in the lobby,
who accosted members and solicited
their vote on behalf Of Mr.. Ritchie's
motion with respect to the French
commercial treaty. This conduct was
much resented by several members,
who threatened to bring it under the
notice of the speaker.
An ingenious system to insure people
who may lose their keys against a
fraudulent use of their keys, in case
their ownership is indicated on label,
has been adopted by London lock-
making firm. Attached to the key
ring or chain is label, which bears on
one side the address of this firm, and
on the reverse, "5s Reward. No"
A register is kept by the firm, on which
is inscribed the number, name, and
address of each purchaser.
A puzzle solved: Two Irishmen
were poring over the news of one of
our city papers, and coming to the
heading --latest" and Immediately fol-
lowing it Every latest" one said to the
other; "Ah, sure, Tim, will ye be af-
ter explainin' what this means?' EAR
rah, bedad," said Tim, "an' it's meself
that can explain that to ye. Sure the
latest is what comes in time to be
printed, and the very'Satest is what
comes after the paper is out"