New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-11-09
ALL SORTS.

A man on Cumberland Mountain,
Tennessee. is shipping wild ferns to the
north and realizing good profit.
Bogus silver dollars are in circula-
tion in San Francisco. They are Of
darker color than the genuine, and
somewhat less in weight.
A water monster is said to inhabit
the Mokelnmne river above jackson,
Cal. The Chinese are in mortal terror
over it, and say that the creature has
killed one of their number.
'Great jimmy, Spraggles! What's
the matter with you? I've never seen
you looking 80 completely worn out"
''Why. the fact is. don't feel exactly
right; to tell you the rock-bottom truth,
I'm just back from the seaside"
Arizona has waterfall. It is box
Canon, about fifteen miles from Flor
ence. The wall on one side of tho
canon rs of solid rock. perpendicular
to height of 800 feet. Over the top
Of this wall pours sheet Of water st
least sixty feet wide.
Cologne cathedral having been I'm
ished. the restoration of that of Aix-la-
Chapelle Is proposed in preference to
Strasburg Minister. That at AK, .
beautiful basilica, dates back to Char
lemagne. and Is far richer than Cologne
in it's archaeology and associations.
Young ladies at West Point who have
cadet fever supply their military idols
with cigarettes on the sly, which no
doubt tho cadets, by reason Of circum-
stances, consume on the sly. A friend
in need is q friend indeed. especially
about the time smoking is in order.
A lady who lcctured in Deadwood on
''Esthetic Culture was astonished at
the immense crowd that turned out un-
til she learned that the people supposed
that '.Esthetic Culture'' was some kind
of new mixed drink.
The manager of the bull-fights at
Mines, France, for the purpose of add.
ing q new sensation to the spectacle.
has engaged women instead of men to
act as matadors. 1t is to be hoped that
he will find it pro6tless experiment.
The 10000 wax candles in the 700
rooms of the imperial palace at Berlin
are instantaneouly lighted by . single
match, the wicks being connected with
thread Of gun cotton which ignited
at one end. springs to its work through
out the house.
The Jesuits continue to prosper in
England. It is stated that tho Imperial
Hotel at Dover, very large building,
which has been unoccupied for several
years. has been purchased by the or
der, and will shortly be converted into
Jesuit college.
A real estate operation worth men.
tioning was the sale In New York of
10000 acres of woodland, situate in
the mountains Of Georgia. to party Of
English capitalists, for 100000. The
buyers Of the property are now in New
York for the purpose Of purchasing
$500. 900 more Of these lands.
A young gentleman, dressed up in
buttons for the occasion, whose usual
avocation was brushing boots, being
told to announce the names of the var.
ious guests q they arrived at Mrs. Tib-
ble's party, called out in unusually
stentorian tone: The man with the
hystersr'
It is suggested that the open space
in front of Trinity church at Boston be
laid out as public square and called
Garfield square. The citizens like the
idea, and one Of them offers to sub
scribe $500 toward placing on the pro-
posed square statue of the president
Prof. George H. Cook, state geolo-
gist of New Jersey, has come to the
conclusion that Cape May and Cumber-
land counties are slowly. but surely,
settling into the sea. From facts in
his possession, he estimates that the
surface has sunk about eight feet dur
ing the last one hundred years.
The sale of 23O, 900 acres of land in
the Santa Rosa district of Caohuila,
Mexico, has been made to David Mack
eller, of Australia, who q few months
ago, with . party of friends, went and
personally inspected the ground. He
intends making q sheep ranch of it.
He will stock it with 100000 of sheep.
This is one of the largest enterprises
of the kind that has ever been inaug.
urated.
Humboldt lake, which usually
spreads over several square miles, was
completely dried up last year, and
it was found that it has no subterra-
mean outlet Now it is larger than it
aoo;nat tho amhanEmant At Rrown'a
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Perkins, q street car conductor, who
recently failed to pay his debts, stole
money from his employers, ran off with
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