Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-09-28
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~ DCCl SuuleCl Is utlIlDuluDlt ululllli u
C rotten wooden payements.
= -Four years ago last Friday 120 per-
! sons died at Memphis of yellow fever,
= and The Appeal says it was the darkest
! day in the history of that CITY,
:, While ringing the school-bell in
e Franklin county, Georgia. the teacher
was instantly killed by the bell falling
G from the tower and striking him on the
4 back of the neck.
I A patent has been issued from the
= Texas land Office to Richard King, the
cattle man, conveying to him title TO
1856 square leagues, or over half mil
lion acres of land.
The Mexican consul at San Francis
60 is returning to their native country
many MeXieans, who, like hundreds Of
other nationalities, can not find means
Of support in that city.
The recent decision of the supreme
court of Florida, making all railroad
property in the state liable TO taxation,
will add about $j,0OOO0O TO the taxa
bic property Of the state.
1t is stated that block Of crcoso;cd
pine, in use in the street pavement in
Galveston for seven years, was re-
Gently examined and found to have
lost but IN eighth of an inch.
Mad-stones appear TO have a market
value in North Carolina, where local
paper records the sale of half interest
in one for 50, adding that cloudcd IL
tie lesscned the value of the share dis
posed Of.
The Isracltes Of Cincinnati propose
the establishment Of fund by the levy
Of a head tax of 81 upon each male OF
their faith over - years of age, to aid
their poorer brethren in settling on
government land as farmers.
Greene county, Kentucky, boasts OF
a citizen yet in the prime of life who is
said to be the father of twenty-seycn
children, twenty-five of whom are liy
ing. and fifteen of whom are married.
He also has SiNty-tivc grandchildren.
Mr.. Wing, of Mendon, N. Y, lost Il
horse the other day in a singular man
ncr. a mouse gnawcd n hole from the
mangerinto the glain bin, and through
it the grain rushed into the feed trough.
The horse fcasted through the night
and died the next day.
Robert Funk, of Jackson township
Cambria county, Pa, was attacked on
the public road few days since by .
bald eagle The bird was captured af
ter making a desperate resistance, ant
found to measure six feet two inchc
from tip to tip OF wings.
When the war closed party in Gcor-
gia owned one hundred thousand con-
icdcratc bonds that have been lying in
the safe for seventeen years, and re-
garded as worthless. The other day
he took them TO Atlanta and sold the
pile for $3.50 in currency.
One of the hardest woods known Is
the desert iron-wood tree, which grows
in the dry washes in Arizona. Its spc.
cilic gravity Is nearly the same rs that
of the lignum Vita, and its black heart
is so hard, when seasoned, that ii will
turn the edge of an aX, AMI can scarce
ly be cut with 4 well-tempercd saw.
A Cincinnatian has written q pam
phlet rccounting the events of "thc war
of 1856 between the United States and
Great Britain. The result Of the war is
the defeat of the United States. The
object Of the pamphleteer is to arouse
attention TO the fact that the national
defcnses have been neglected and the
army and navy pcrmittedto become in
efficient.
The San Antonio Express reports
case at the hospital there. A Mexican
was brought in some time ago who was
bitten by Il centipede. The leg ON
which he was bitten was treated and
cured, but since then the man has be-
gun to drink spirits, and the old wound
has broken out afresh, and the gan
grcned flesh is now dropping off the
leg where the centipede touched
A cnrious-looking specimen of the
bovine race was exhibited on the streets
of Greensboro, n. c., recently, The
animal is Dcavonshire bull calf, 8
months old, with n tail and hide SINH
lar to those of an elephant The calf
is about the usual size, and apparently
well and hearty. It's hide is entirely
destitute of.hair, lies in heavy folds like
an elephants, and is of about the same
color. The tail is short and spikeo.
The Norwich Comm Bulletin says;
"The water at Poquetannoc cove was
phosphorescent one evening last week,
and a trail or light seemed to follow
the darting fish as they shot through
the water, The phenomenon was SO
unusual that the people went off in
boats to witness it. Several who were
upon the water in boats declare that
the fish were so numerous and the light
in the water so prevalent that tho bot
tom was Illuminated, and crabs and eels
could be plainly seem
1t is crime under the laws OF the
United States to sell intoxicating Ii
ouors to the Indians, but the question
has been raised in California whether
this was intended to cover tho sale of
mild native wines. There is u dis
tinction between this statute and en-
actments prohibiting the sale of intox
icating liquors generally or on Sundays.
At any rate, in case that has been
prosecuted in San Francisco, on COM
plant of Indian Agent Lawson, Judge
Hoffman, of the United States court,
expressed grave doubts upon the SUBJ
iect drinking little weak wine,
he said, sis not the liquor contemplate
ed by the law" and the district attor-
ney expressed the opinion that it was
a strained proceeding "to pick up q
man for selling a bottle Of wine to a
thirsty Indian, who is travelling thirty
or forty miles away from civilization.
to consume with his food" The ques-
ton is one, however, that is yet to be
made the subject of an explicit de-
cision.
The Texas and Pacific railroad, says
an Ell Paso correspondent, has been
built by Chinese cheap labor. Several
hundred Celestials are employed and
lay the track at the rate of four miles
per day. Those who misbehave ar
taken into box-car and souRdly
thrashed. They were sent from China
to an agent in San Francisco, who ad-
vanced the money for their transporta-i
tion, $50 per head He charges them
so much per cent on the fare. They
are his property and are hired out by.
him. This IA on the same plan as pc