Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-12-07
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down 81, 900 oil painting and stamped
holes i'll it.
A New YORK society lady clal ms to
have made 1925, 900 by the recent rise
in oil.
THE valuation of property in Massa-
chusetts has increased S35, 900, 600 the
past year.
THE Umatilla Indians in Oregon have
1900 acres Of land under cultivation,
and own two mills.
AT recent Vermont squirrel hunt by
two teams of eighteen men each the
winners counted 5000, to the losers
500.
No one knows the danger Of railroad
travelling more than the tramp. At least
300 Of them have been killed within u
year while stealing rides.
A MAN in Tompkins County, n. y,
thought he had discovered the secret of
preserving eggs, but after 100, 900 had
spoiled on his hands he concluded that
| he hadn't
A WOMAN in Findlay, O., has sued for
divorce on the ground that her husband
has negro blood In his veins, which she
claims she did not know when she mar
ried him.
THE season is now approaching when
wealthy philanthropists remember the
poor by spending a couple of hundred
thousand dollars on a charity ball that
nets $500. - NOrristO,UR Heraid.
A NATURAL wonder in New Jersey is
girl at the Vineland High School, who
Is making steady gain il weight OF half
| Il al
weight, at last advices, 1870 pounds.
EVERY railroad engine can be provided
with hose and tirepump to throw water
ON burning cars, but the trouble is that
an engine on its back in a swamp has all
1t can take care of. -DetrOI Free Press.
A LEAvENwoRTH woman, nearly blind,
cooked some gunpowder III quantity Of
oatmeal. The whole family died except
a boy. and he is so full OF the compound
that his aunt won't let him go near tue
! ire for fear he'll 90 off.
OVER 1000 sugar houses through
twenty. seven parishes in LOUISIANA are
now il operation. Tho welfare Ut at
least $50 00O labOrerS depends upon the
result of the present work, and sin, 900,
900 Of capital are awaiting the returns
on the investment.
A GIRL Of WaukOn, To-, being eXcc,.
slveIy fond of babies, borrowed one Of n
ncIghbor for the day. 1t fell into tir"
aud was burned 10 death. The glrl was
not immediately the cause ut the acCI-
dent, aud vet Sue was 50 gri~rri and
frightened by II that she died within al
/ hour.
Dir. T.. l.. SrURTEyANT, speaking Of
the feCuudity Of weeds, speaks OF one
vigorous purselane plant winch COLI
tanned nine branches, tine average branch
fifteen brauchletS, the average branchlct
/ 2l2 seed capsules, one average seed cap
suie seventy five SEEDS. thus making tor
an estimate grand total OF III. $50
seeds.
\ REMARKABLE bet has U,"r Won ly
W L. Travrrs, # New Iulh. Myaths
ago he bet Charles WocL~h II I s. OUp
that before the wear wa- out Denver and
Rio Granlr, which vas then selling At
81, would sell at exactly reversed IL.
ufc~. Re, ufly the stock touched IS,
and Mr.. WOerIshCtf,r paid he urj-
VUifs.
IuE wife If Josiah Dodge. cf Nor
walk, Coun., tried TO hang herself TT
equity, saying when rescued that life on
two potatoes day had grown unhea,a-
bic. The woman Is SAID to be sane.
She complains that her husband, whose
income is 81 800 year, had starved her
80 that in SIX months snr lost forty
pounds.
MAYEE's building, near the p"otottice
in PhRuix, Arizona, has been lHIuI,t IL
singular way. 4 gopher ran h, tuu-
mel INTO the ditch. The water running
through this under the house caused the
foundation to settle several inches, and
had not the cause been discovered the
house would shortly have tumhled INTO
the street.
bee ROCK" in Tehama County,
California, one Of the highest buttes in
that section, has for the past fifteen
wears been occupied by bees, who
formed mammoth hive. 1t war blasted
out last week, and the dead bees tlied
three large grain sacks. while a comb OF
honey two and half feet III thickness
was found in the hive.
YELLOWSTONE Journal: Ar heroic
deed of the knights of olden times was
that noble act of two hunters, who
walked and carried woman who had
broken her leg eighty mdes, and stop
ping but twice ON the road to eat, until
she was brought to place where sur
geon could attend her. She Is now get
ting along nicely at the Commercial Ho-
tel in this city.
A HAYsTAcK in Modoc County, Cali
fessa Sa"qfhs sSRf the Srssh
and stacked, a rain-storm coming on a
day or two afterward and thoroughly
drenching it, with the effect that smoke
began to issue from the center OF the
pile and sparks to escape from the top.
II continued to smoke for upwards OF ten
days, when the flames broke out and con-
sumed it.
A TENNESSEE law prohibits the sale OF
loose cotton between sunset and sunrise,
the object being to protect planters from
the theft of their cotton by night. Un-
der this law thirty indictments were re-
turned against G. n. Trust, doing busi-
ness near Memphis, who had been buy,
ing loose cotton at night from colored
men whom he knew had stolen 1t. Six
negroes who testified in the case were
held for perjury.
FULLY one-half of the cotton looms In
Philadelphia are idie. So far from re
galding this as al unfavorable lndl'
cation, the local papers attribute 1t to
the prosperity OF the city, which has
materially lessened the demand for cheap
cotton goods. Carpet manufacturers are
also passing through a season OF dull
ness, which can not very we'll be re-
parded IN as favorable light rs in the
case of cotton spinners.
The first lot of tacks ever made II
California have been turned out b,
works recently erected near Oakland
The manufacture of this useful article
will now continue at the rate OF about 4
ton day. Over $50 men are now at the
2 buildings, and 800 workmen will be en-
' ployed when the different manufactures
: are in full operation. Files and othel
hardware will also be made. The Hor
used is mined iu the state.