Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-11-22
NUMBER 2.
GLEANINGs,

There IRE now thirty-nine salmon
canneries on the Columbia river.
One man will ship nine thousand cords
Of tanbark from the vicinity Of Chatta-
nooga this season.
For the first time since 1866 tho Aus
tralian colonies are looking to California
for supplies Of wheat.
The Chattanooga Times says the ne
groes of that city are accommodating prop
srty. and several of them are build
ing houses to cost from $4,000 TO g.
600.
A Logan.county burglar was sent to
the Ohio penitentiary for the fourth
time, recently. Under the Kentucky laws
his third sentence would have been for
life.
A story comes from Garfield county,
w. r.. saying that John Dodd and wife
have bect,ne The pareats nf their TWEEN
Ftietk child, ! boy weighing stlitftssni
pounds.
Catching muskrats and gathering cat
tails was most profitable employment
for John Kloss. Of Newark, N. j. Now,
at the age Of 60, he finds himself worth
$40, 600.
A little boy at Mount Crawford, Va.
ran his arm through crack in the hog
pen, where it became fastened. and be-
fore help could reach him the flesh was
completely torn from the bone by the
hogs.
The poet Browning is referred to as
one of the most agreeable companions
at tho dianer-tablc in England He is
full Of fun and anecdotc and Is the first
poet on record whose raiment is always
in fashion and in the best taste.
While in many parts Of the south a
cry comes up for penny change, the Gal.
weston Aews expresses q willingness to
be satisfied for time with the nickel.
At present strect-car tickets constitute
the only small change in that Texas
city.
According to the Philadelphia Times,
an attempt is about to be made to make
use of vegetable fiber heretofore but
little thought Of. This is the fibre of the
stalks of the cotton plant. 1t is propos-
ed to manufacture from this stapletwine.
cordagc, yarns. wadding. packing. calk-
ing, paper, and woven fabrics.
The artesian well on Providence street,
Boston, has reached depth Of few
feet less than half mile. Work has
been stopped. and pumps will be put in
for a regular supply Of water. The daily
capacity of the well is estimated to b.
100000 gallons.
Joseph II. Toy, OF Simsbury, Conn,
has married Mrs. Mary Toy, widow of
his son. George b. Toy. Mr.. Toy is az
years Of age and his bride is 80. Hchas
been wdower since last September.
Mrs. Toy lost her husband last March.
The ceremony was performed by the
two sons-in-law of the bridegroom.
The newly-married couple have gone to
California.
A strong desire is manifested at Bait
imore to abolish the Peabody medals
and prizes in the public schools. The
teachers say the competition for these
rewards is detrimental to the health Of
the pupils. The mental strain upon
those competing has been known to be
SO great rs to cause physical exhaustion
and sickness.
Ed Stokes, the murderer of Jim Fisk,
not satisfied of being the proprietor Of
an esthetically furnished saloon in New
York, now turns up 10 the role Of a
wealthy philanthropist. He has advanced
$4,000 in cash to William Hamilton, a
young minstrel, with which to purchase
u third interest in the San Francisco
minstrels.
Jumbo weighs six and = half tons. He
is twelve feet high, with trunk that
reaches seven feet, and ears that spread
fifteen feet from tip to tip. His daily
allowance of food during his voyage W rs
q hundred pounds Of hay, two bushels
OF oats, one bushel of biscuit, ten or Tiff.
teen large leaves of bread. two or three
quarts Of onions, five buckets of water,
and apples, oranges, figs. nuts, cakes,
candies and daintics Of that sort in un-
limited quantities.
Mr.. Macdougall, the famous tartan
manufacturer Of Inverness, died recent
~. 1t was owing to him that Lord
Brougham always wore trousers Of shep-
herds plaid. His lordship sent an order
to Inverness for 1.-TWO pieces" of cloth,
and this being interpreted in wholesale
sense, Maedougall dispatched two large
webs, which afforded an ample supply
Of trousers for the purchaser during the
laet thirty wears of his life.