The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-02
ALL SORTS.

A Kentucky girl promised herself In
marriage to two Young men, and ap-
pointed the same dry and hour for
both. At tho last moment she a
her choice.
The whole of Russia is To subscribe
to the expiatory church to be built on
the spot where the czar was assassln-
ated, and st. Petersburg has thus far
given $5O, OOO.
In tho vicinity of Big Hole. M. T..
tho bears uncarthed II large number OF
Indian skeletons, and have strcwn the
ground with bones. 1t is probably tho
scene of an old battlefield.
The apartments OF tho Princess Jur-
icwska, in St. Petersburg, are hung
with black cloth, and she is said to dine
off black porcelain. The princess
drives daily 10 the fortress of Peter
Paul to pray ut tho tomb of the late
emperor.
The famous old English schools,
Eton and Harrow. Rugby and VIM
chester, are constantly full to overflow
ing, although their cost constantly in
creasos. Oxford and Cambridge were
never so crowded with students rs now.
Saratoga complains of u legion Of
gentcel l~Oafers, who spit over tho ver-
andas, stare ut ladies. occupy the best
seats. and constantly remind decent
people of the fact that the American
ioafer was never matched for impu-
dence.
On Dec. II last, at Stockton, one An
tone Paravagnia shot himself in the
head. The ball lodged in his brain,
and has never been extracted, but, cOn-
trary to all surgical predictions and ex-
perioncc, no still lives and is in good
hoalth.
Mrs. Catherine Hall. of Louisville,
KY, is suing for a divorce and alimony,
alleging that her husband, who is worth
$4,000 and has a large monthly in
come, refuses to supply her with u
ticient food to support life. They were
married in November, 1877.
The church organ ut Primghar was
taken TO a dance and made to grind out
t~erpsichorean music. and upon its re-
turn to tho church Preacher Beebc
bounced it out, declaring that TN in
strumont had been dciiled and could
no longer do duty in the sanctuary.
Tho work of education in Armenia
will hereafter DO promoted by II special
society. This society has just been
formed in London, and has u numcr-
GUS and distinguished committee. The
first meeting was held a few days ago
under the presidency of the late dean
of Westminster.
The ShOshone falls of the Snake riv-
or arc two hundred feet high. A few
DAYS since u boat containing n white
man and two Cinnamon was caught in
the rapids and carried like IN arrow
over the cataract. Of the boat, splint-
crs of wood were aftcrward found; but
of the men nothing.
One thousand two hundred employees
of the Old Colony railroad have been
examined for color blindness, in CON-
pliance with the Massachusetts law, and
over forty engineers, iiremen, conduc-
tors, and others have been dismissed
because they have defective sight. Oi
this number is Conductor Cowan, who
has taken tickets for thirty-twO years
and never had an accident happen to
his train.
A member of the Carleton Club, OF
London, was so uncivil to tho club
servants that they appealed to the
Governing Committee. The member
was censured, and not expelled. One
gentleman who took his part said
that no member of the Carleton Clut
should DO expelled unless he cheated
at cards or was a follower of Mr.. Glad
stone.
A month before the Guiteau crime.
tho Mobile Register gave utterance tt
the following what must nov b
looked upon as star:lingly prophetic
words: lit may not be inappropriate
to seriously advise Mr.. Garfield to SCI
to a thorough cleaning of the drains il
the White House. To q vigorous scour
ing of all copper cooking vessels
and to tho prompt confinement OF oil
insane persons stirring around Wit
firearms, and so cut of any prctext TO
too sudden a qualifying OF his sue
cesSOr."
The passage on the fine clipper ship!
from Melbourne to London, seventy to
eighty days, is only $3.50. and q writer
In a London paper suggests the cXcur
sion as u mode for families with fixed
incomes to r~ctrench. Us tho living is
good, the trip health-giving, and thoro
is no means Of spending money. 1t is
further suggested that girls might thus
pick up husbands. 49,.
Prot. Unthank. of Tucson. is alleged
to have in his possession u brick taken
from the great wall of China. The
treasure is 4Xl2x16 inches, is composed
of gray clay. and is as hard rs granite.
There arc said to DO several similar
bricks yet remaining in tho wall for
any hardy antiquarian who can obtain
them, but us there is a rigorous Chinese
law against the demolition of tho an
cient barrier, the only way to smuggle
q brick out of the country is to bring
it in ones hat. For this service some
Americans are peculiarly we'll fitted by
years of daily training.
In 1870 George Miller died in Sacra-
mento. His widow held the title to q