Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-05-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Baseball bats begin to fly.

The South will soon make an expert
ment of cultivating ginger.
Buffalo gnats are getting to be very
numerous in north Louisiana.
Bishop Green, the Episcopal bishop
of Mississippi, has celebrated his Odd
birthday.
A freight train enters New York
every fifteen minutes, having thirty
loaded cars.
Daniel Webster's two grand-nieces
are employed in the government offices
in Washington, ID. G.
Everybody is looking around for
summer quarters; even the fly has be-
gun to put on his specs.
An exchange says: "Boston dairy
men give milk for &c quart" Thisis
little discouraging to the cows.
Generally speaking, outside of the
legal fraternity there is not great
deal of clothing to he found in Il law
suit.
The words, (Which of you by taking
thought can add one cubic unto his
stature?" were written before the days
of plug hats and modern millinery.
Ernesto ROssi, the Italian tragedian,
is to make an American tour next sea-
son. lie is to give one hundred per-
formances, and will receive $500 Il
night.
A new mammoth moth measuring
3! inches from the tip of wings, and
displaying the richest solferino and 9th
er tintS, was recently discovered at
New Orleans.
A performance of "Unce Toms CAP
in" at Griffin, Ga, few nights ago,
was brought to premature close in
the first act by shower of stale eggs
from the gallery.
A committee has been appointed in
Boston to receive subscriptions for a
fund, the income of which may bo
used as pension for the widow of the
hero of Harper's Ferry.
Sir John A. Macdonald, the Cana.
dian premier, is &c years of age, was
admitted to the bar at the age of 70,
and has represented Kingston in Par
Lament thirty-seven years.
The prince of Naples, the crown
prince eof Italy, is so sicklyand puny that
it is feared that he will never ascend
the throne of his fathers. His father
and mother are double first cousins.
If poor merchant should marry an
eytravagant girl, would his book-koeper?
If she should neglect to sew on his but
, tons, would her dressmaker? And if
t she refuse to put on her own clothes,
would her hairdress?
The Rev. Mr.. Titus, of indianapolis,
challenges anybody to take the mega
tive of the following proposition in
! public discussion: "ReSolred, That 1t is
right for minister to take all the peo'
!; pie are willing to give him."
, y mlk-white. red-breasted robin is
exciting considerable interest among
q, citizens of Sewickley, Pa, where she
! has been discovered building nest as
sisted by male robin of normal color,
i save that he has Il white head.
7 The contract price for the Lee mon
= ument in New Orleans is S26,474. The
! contractor has already been paid, as
the work went on, Sl9,l96, and there
:. is So, ,32S cash on hand or subscribed,
S leaving but 1880 to be raised.
' The New York Herald announces
|, an increase of 2,303 in the death rate
q of New York city for the first three
! months of 1881 over the deathSate of
! the first three months of the previous
! year, and says it is a natural result of
filthy streets.
E President Garfield and wife supply
their little disciple" church with flow
I ers each Sunday. The president is
Y very sociable with other members of
f the congregation, while Mrs. Garfield
a charms everyone with her gentle man
1cr and indy smile.
MY utetlren," said western minis
b Ter. "the preaching of the gospel to
. some people is like pouring water over
l. q sponge-it soaks in and stays. To
I others ii is like the wind blowing
d through q chicken coop, My expert
ence of this congregation is that it con-
tains more chicken coops than spong-
.Cs,"
4 man Of suave manners and busi-
nessliie speech Jared sumptuously for
a week in Philadelphia, and was taken
10 the hest shows, at the hands of
wholesale merchants statesmen, OF
whom he bought heavy bills of goods,
;but did not return to pay for or take
away the merchandise.
Ten iron giants for the Pennsylvania
railroad company will be built this
summer at Altoona. They Will be
much larger and more powerful than
Ordinary passenger engines, and are TO
he built for the particular purpose Of
making up time on portions OF the
road where there are long stops.
The University of Vermont and the
State Agricultural college form one in
stitution, and have together the pres ent
wear 221 students, of whom l43 are
medical students. Deducting from the
rs students remaining, those who are
studying agriculture, the number left
10 pursue the classical course would
~ seem to be small.
A New Jersey preacher, who was
Annoyed by the ladies of his congrega-
lion turning about in their seats, paus.
Id in his discourse to say: Ladies, II
Won will give me your attention for a
few moments, will keep good look
out on the door, and if anything worse
.. than man enters 1 will warn you in
time for you to make your escape
SD The waste of material in coal mining
IS enormous. 1t is estimated that only
two thirds of the coal in workable
veins is taken out; there is a further
loss of 25 per cent in the preparation
% and delivery. The Reading Railroad
company has spent 100000 in the at
be tempt to utilize waste coal by burning
ed Il in locomotives constructed for the
Ill purpose.
Several specimens of fossil woods