The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-04
6littering f3eneraliHes.

The city OF Cincinnati, by tax levied
upon the citizens, raised over SIS, 600, 900,
and built tho Southern railroad. The pa
pers there declare now that its managers
are discriminating against Cincinnati, and
are charging relatively lower rates south
than TO the city," and that receipts of wheat
over the line to Cincinnati have fallen off
nearly two-thirds since last year.
A bride died in San Francisco last week
under peculiarly sad circumstances. With
the consent of her parents she had been
mar ried to an estimable young man at her
fathers house. The marriage was kept q
secret, to indulge the innocent whim of the
Ia dy, who wished to surprise her friends by
TIE announcement of her wedding recep-
ton. Buta day or two after the wedding
she fell down stairs and was SO selio ,sly
injured that she died. The cards that had
been prepared for her reception were sent
around among her acquaintance summon
ing them to her funeral.
At the grand gala dinner at Vienna the
Prince of Wales kept up a lively converse
ton with Princess Clementine, the young
est daughter Of the King of the Belgians,
lestingly remarking after while: "One of
4nese days, Clementine, we shall all come
together again to celebrate your wedding. T"
The young princess blushed and turned
abashed to her father. The prince followed
her eye and said, alphabetically: Il beg
your pardon, Leopold; who knows but she
may yet be my daughter in hw?" To which
the king nodded smihngly.
Aquestion HAVING arisen at the Washing
ton postofice whether package Of pub
lie documents addressed by label to Hon.
Roscoe Conkling, U tica. N. Y, was mail'
BILE without payment of postage, the matter
was referred to Asst slant Attorney General
Freeman of the postofice department for
his decision. Judge Freeman to-day de-
cided thst senator Having resigned is en-
titled under the act of Match 3, 1879, to
the same privileges as one whose term of
Office has expired, and may therefore send
and receive public documents free of post
age until December next.
William Symington. employed by Lord
Dundas, constructed the Charlotte Dundas,
and to him the merit is due of having first
used practical steam engine" to drive q
vessel against wind and tide The newspa-
pers of 1901 announce that on the LIST of
July ian experiment took place on the Riv-
or Thames for the purpose of working a
barge or any other heavy craft against the
tide by means of steam engine on q very
simple construction. The moment the en-
CINE was set to work the barge was brought
about, answering her helm quickly, and she
made way against strong current, at the
tate of two and a half mil as an hour"
The Charleston, S. c., Ne,cs speaks as
follows of two interesting memorials of the
siege of that city: "The two battle flags
which were displayed at Fort Sumter during
the great sixty days ::bombardment, willie
Capt. Huguenin was in command Were sent
away with his private baggage on the night
preceding the evacuation, and are now IN
the custody of the Washington Light In
fantry and the Sumter guards of this city.
The flag which was set on the last day that
the fort was held, and was lowered on the
evening of the 18th, upon the firing of the
sunset gun, and which had never been fired
at by the federal batteries, was turned over
to Capt. Hugenin's brigade commander,
Col. Alfred Rhett, at Stra Wberry Ferry,
where Capt. Hugenin reported to him for
duty"
The change in the riding habit worn by
the Princess of Wales has been the sub
ject of much talk and discussion among
ladies' in England, and may be interesting
to horsewomen here. The new riding hab-
it is made with a short skirt gmed to the
knees, so that the position of the rider is
safer in the saddle, being .unencumbered
with the heavy folds and useless length of
drapery hitherto worn. The skirt cannot
be blown about, and is thus prevented
from revealing the foot and ankle, which
can never look graceful when stretched
over the SIDE Of the horse to reach the STIR
rup. The skirt worn by the princess is not
much longer than an ordinary drawing
room costume, and light, easily raised by
the wearer without the danger of causing q
stumble which so continually happens