Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-08-20
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received Slo0,O from a lady who does
not allow her name to be published.
The Atlanta Constitution says the noun
tain districts of Alabama, Georgia, North
Carolina and Tennessee are full of people
who, for one purpose and another, have
become Mormons.
The city of Winnipeg, the capital of the
British American Province of Manitoba,
across the line from Minnesota, now has
population Of 10000. Ten years ago it
was small trading village of a few hun
Gred people.
The managers of a leading Boston jour-
nal, desiring to change the appearance Of
the paper and supply the composing room
with new type. collected copies of sixty
three of the finest looking newspapers in
the United States, and classed them ac-
cording to their typographical beauty.
When his ''Bricks Without Straw was
completed, Judge Tourgee gave his wife
the copy right, expecting that she would
obtain but small sum from it, but so great
was the sale that from the proceeds of it
his wife was able to buy their present home
at Chautauqua Lake. After they had refit-
ted and got comfortably settled the Judge
claimed the right to name their new home.
It was granted and he gave it the name of
"Thorhelm, which, being translated means
fools home"
It is reported, in London that the en-
press of Russia has left that country, and
is at the present time In Germany, and her
| journey was kept a secret to avoid the nj
hilists, and that she will soon be found at
her own home at Copenhagen. Her majesty
has been for weeks in q state of nervous
terror which must have taken most of her
strength from her. Her influence upon her
lord is everywhere admitted to have been
bad. She has fed his alarms and increased
his disposition towards repression.
Captain Marshall, assistant quartermaster
has been ordered to Fort Levenworth to
superintend the construction of buildings
for tie new military school established
there. The school will be for instruction
IN the cavalry and infantry branches OF the
service, and will be similar in it's general
conduct to the artillery school at Fortress
Monroe, It would have been established
some time ago, but the condition Of affairs
bling of troops in any sufficient number at
a single point.
A correspondent of the Boston Journal
relates that friend of his who wanted
government Office was much elated on
dent Wilson. The correspondent contin-
ues: II told him that I would would lay
his papers before the secretary of state the
first time had occasion to visit his depart
ment. found the secretary quite olsen
gagged, and he took my young mans Papers
and looked them over carefully. When he
came to Vice President Wilson's letter he
broke out in quite merry laugh. I inquired
what he found that was SO pleasing. Why.
said he, I will lay you wager that I can
produce to you from the files of this depart
ment five hundred just such letters from
the good vice. president
The Shaw Memorial School in Charles
ton, S. c., transferred to the school COM
missioners of Charleston by agreement with
the trustees of the Shaw monument fund,
has received from the city since the trans
fer in July 1874, nearly $45,0 900, while Mrs.
Shaw has continued her private gifts from
time to time.
No wonder Europe is amazed at the way
this country has been paying off its debt.
The figures are startling even to Americans.
At the end of the war the national debt
per capita was $685., and the annual in
terest burden 1920. Now the debt per
capita is $37.74, and the annual burden
$1.56. In the last sixteen years the people
have paid ST., 1854: 435, 900 interest on the
public debt, and $756. 1896 on the prin-
cipal, or on account Of the debt altogether,
50, 523 ,092,3 1896.
Aletter from Springfield. ILL.,, to the
Chicago NeaDs decla1 es that the illness Of
Mrs Lincoln is imaginary. She returned
to Springfield last November, and the most
noticeable feature connected with her ar
rival was the extraordinary amount Of bag
gage she brought with her. This consisted
Of sixty trunks, which, according to the
railroad officials, weighed about eight thou
sand pounds, In these trunks is contains
cd remarkable collection of ordinary PCS
sessions Of the most miscellaneous chaaac-
ter.
That new comet is coming, head down
and tail up, for the earth. Thank heaven
1 wa'va a clear conscience anyhow