The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-09-22
Things in General.

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From old manuscripts in the National
Library in Paris it appears thatas early as
1886 the practice of throwing vitriol was
known.
The cost Of living in New York is in
creasing. Rents and food are from twen-
ty-fve to fifty per cent, higher than year
ago.
|. In the year 1880, As, ISL, 600 passengers
were carried on the railroads in Massachu-
cts, Of which 1856, 129 entered or left
Boston by the nine railroads terminating
there
The year OF 1879 was year Of great suf-
fering In Ireland, and yet according to sta
tistics recently furnished by the New York
Tribune, one person out Of every ffty-f four
of the entire population was arrested for
drunkenness, and the cost of whisky and
beer consumed amounted to $16, 975, 900.
The Boston Investigators way of saying
He died" is as follows: He passed the
boundary which limits our knowledge of
the duration Of individual consciousness. !"
Six years ago Mr.. and Mrs. p. Doyle re-
turned to Ireland on account of the form
er's i'll health. A year ago he died, and
Mrs. Boyle returned to New York. The
other morning their son Eddie, aged three
years, arrived by express from Killarney.
Pinned on his back was tag marked, ITO
Amos Youman's, Fulton,sN. Y, q. S. A.,
agent White Star line, and also railroad
ticket from New York marked 81 ut this
passenger off at Fulton, N. Y"
The friends and late associates Of Cen
eral d. A. Merritt, ex-collector of New
York, presented him testimonial as a
mark Of their respect and expression of
their good Wishes gold watch and chain
and seal with the generals crest on one
side and cipher on the other. The testi-
monial was purchased by popular'su bscrip-
ton, no one being permitted to give more
4han one polar, although many desired 10
do so.
The will of the late e1- Congressman
John n. Whitehouse, Of Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, is a model of brevity and one which it
will be hard to pick a flaw. In BRIEF doc
ument of one hundred words he leaves his
entire property, real and personal, valued at
over 5000, 900, to his wife and daughter,
ndappoint, them his executors.
John Sheppard, on infdel of Orion, Ne
braska, built a platform alongside Meth
odist camp meeting ground and made daily
speeches against the doctrines preached by
the Methodist ministers. He was great
annoyance to the Christians and they tried
hard to convert him, but all in vain. One
day an impulsive clergyman prayed that if
Sheppard could be silenced in no other
way he might be removed by death. That
evening the infidel died very suddenly. and
it would be difficult to convince the people
Whereabouts that he was not killed in di-
rect answer to prayer.
s When Dean Stanley was professor of &C.
clesiastical history and canon of Christ
church some one raised the question in his
presence whether the proper title by which
to speak Of him was DR.. Stanley, Canon
Stanley, or Professor Stanley. He seemed
quite uninterested, but when oneOr two opin-
ions had been givenahe broke in with that
quick, eager manner Of his, ssThere is only
one appellation care to be known by. :"
'What is that" arthur Stanley"
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was quite !discon-
certed while lecturing lately at Marblehead
She had adduced the tarring and feather
ing of Fred. Greson by the women Of that
town, as narrated by Whittier, as noble
act. There was kissing. and man said he
was descended from Greson, and that the
story Of his DESERVING the starving crew
proved lie, and the women repented of
their deed. 80
The Rev. Philip Brooks, Of Boston, is
described as exhibiting an exhilarating sur
prise to the baggage smashers" at Bangor
wharf the other day. He arrived at the
wharf in a carriage. descended, asked where
the baggage master was, seized his big
trunk as if it were trifing portmanteau,
and crossed the wharf lightly to where that
lofty official was standing. It is recorded
that those who did not know the genial rec
tor of Trinity thought he was champion
"strong man."