New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
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King Kalakaua, OF the Sandwich
lslands. has new $500. 900 palace.
General s. A. Hurlbut's life is said q
have been insured for 800, 600.
OF the English-speaking people. 49,.
$4,000 are Roman catholics and IS, 600.
600 professionals.
The underground isthmus'' is what
the Pau Mall Gazette calls the proposed
tunnel between France and England.
Over 12,500, 900 feet Of lumber are ..
timated to have been destroyed by the
Pennsylvania forest fires.
A citizen Of Atlanta, Ga, has offered
tho city 100 acres of ground for . public
park. and the authorities have accepted
gratefully.
A Georgian threatens the publication
of directory of the names Of all the un-
married young ladies in Georgia who
are heiresses to 5000 or more.
Kate Fields eagerness to distinguish
between ''men and WATERS is snobbish
ana vain, the Syracuse Standard thinks.
Tor tomorrow her man might 30 Q
waiter and her waiter man,
Dom Pedro, the Emperor of Brazil,
has nearly finished volume Of travels.
entitled s'1mpressoes de Viagem.'' It 10
written in French, and is to be illustrat-
ed. f5ts
= The Broom Drill,' which will for .
time be popular in church amusements,
to the extinction of the spelling bee"
has already It's manual, published in
New York. .ss .s..... -.
Miss Louisa Montague, the SIC, OOO-
beauty has left Forepaugh's Circus, with
which she travelled last year, and hes
sued the proprietor for the sum which,
she says, he agreed to pay her.
One of the most successful hunters
and trappers of Maine has the use Of
but one arm. With that he can bring
down fox at longer range than almost
any other man in Oxford county.
A collector of curiosities two years
ago bought two pieces of enameled jew
elry at Brescia, for which he paid IL, 600
francs. He has just sold them to Z Frank
fort amateur for 100000 francs.
Traces of workshop occupied by .
flint manufacturer of prehistoric times
has been discovered by M. Cavaroz in
the Jurd, near Salines. This atelier
would appear to belong to the neolithis
epoch. - zl.
The long Black canyon In the Gunni-
son river, in Colorado, which the Don
YER and Rio Grande railroad is to pass.
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the stars can be seen from its depth in
the brightest day. In some places tho
walls are mile in height aud scarcely
more than forty or fifty feet apart. The
engineers have ii gzagggged the line across
the stream.
A case of attempted poisoning is ~
ported at Fall River, Mass, which, hap
PLY, did not prove fatal. Two lovers,
who lived at the same boarding house,
quarreled; and the girl put poison in the
glasses of herself and lover, and both
drank of the poisoned water. Prompt
medical assistance prevented serious
consequences. s.sl
A diminutive babe, weighing eight
ounces, was born to q miners wife in
Candelaria, CAL, recently. Its face 10
about the size of horse chestnut, and
ring worn upon the little finger Of ito
mother was easily pulled over the babes
foot and drawn nearly up to it's knee.
Capt. James A. Sylvester, who died in
New Orleans recently was the man who
captured Santa Anna after the battle Of
San Jacinto. At that time he was .
printer boy, and had enlisted in q Texas
regiment in the spirit of adventure. He
was walking through some high grass
after the fight, when he stumbled upon
the Mexican. ..s Wiz;
A great many migratory quail sent
over from Italy by George H. Owen,
United States consul at Messina, have
been let loose in Vermont, but they have
an unfortunate habit of flying down
south and staying there. Gen Ripley
and Judge Evarts. of Rutland, are now
trying their luck with birds from Texas,
having released $50 in the northern part
Of the town. ~
General Farm and Agricultural Notes.
Whole grain food. especially wheat,
good wheat, screenings. etc, makes the
richest and best eggs, and this must be
further supplemented with plenty Of
green food in both Winter and Summer.
and supply OF crushed bone, which 10
not merely rich, strong food, but serves
to keep the birds strong and vigorous.
This latter should be kept in q. box. un-
der shelter, where the fowls can get it
1T pleasure, while the green food acts as
tonic and prevents any possible bad
effects which might result from too high
feeding. - 80
A correspondent Of the Blacksmith
and Wheel,o1ight says: .'Ths best rem
edy that have ever found for horses
clicking or striking their hind shoes
againstths forward ones is to put on high
toe calks andlow heels on the hind shoes.
It my brother smiths are incredulous
concerning this remedy, advise them
to try it and be convinced I'D
There is no better Or surer way a
killing young trees than to expose tho
roots to tho wind, which dries them out
very rapidly. Make . note Of this, and
II you have any trees to transport, be
sure to have the roots thoroughly cover
ed with blankets or something as effect
ual. This precantion may save you the
life Of scores Of trees. 5E
Capt. ]. B. Moore, Concord, Mass. 10
authority for tho statement that gen
tleman in Salem, with plenty Of manure
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