Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-11
GLEANINaa.

It ID said that Cincinnati has twSnty.
eight widows worth over SAC. 900 each,
but whether $4,000 is 4 temptation TO
marry . Cincinnati widow il another
thing.
An English railway company adver-
tises as ''nissing" seven fir>t-class. two
composite. eight second-class and elev.
Ell third-class carriages, four passen-
gers luggage vans and Il horse box.
Rea estate rifles very high in the
city Of Mexico. A building nn Cince dc
Mayo street that was sold few months
since for $4,000 has just fetched $751;
600. 1t will be Used for q permanent
bazaar of French manufactures.
A Portland, Ore. man has new mo-
tor. based upon nothing--that Is. upotf
vacuum. Another genius Of that city
has discovered perpetual motion. Mad
house circulars thankfully received by
alarmed friends.
A German who has been a Lutheran
and been sprinklcd in his infancy, was
asked. when he wished to join the Bap-
tiss church, if he had not been Baptized:
His answer was. well, now, shust 4
lcedle."
The notable thing about Charles
Pease. who died at Sinners, Conn, " as
that for years he had taken With daily
exactitnde three drinks Of whisky. three
cuns Of strong tea. aud a agoodly pill Of
opium.
Two inmates of the Jail at Portland.
Oregon. built u fire in the hands Of a
sleeping fell0w.prisoner They will
think about it occasionally while serving
the additional sentence imposed for
their amusement.
A Philadelphia bell ringer, who has
spent f0rty-tiye years in the business,
says that, in what is called ..change
ringing" it takes eight men twenty
eight hours to complete the peal. and
that full change ringing Is seldom at
tempted.
A Nevada man who has been very
de Il for years. was recently severely
rward found that he could hear per-
fecty well. He attributes his cure to
the shock. but it is too violent remedy
to be generally accepted
For forty-five years Philadelphian
has struggled through the world hear
ing the name OF Nathan Ruzanows-
kOwski. but has sought and obtained
relief at last, court granting his Pc
titiOn 10 change his name 10 Nathan
Rosenau.
A preacher in Tennessee tried to es-
tabiish church in which there should
be no members who used tobacco and
no beverage but water. and his only
congregation was an old woman who
chewed slippery-elm and believed in
catnip tea for measics.
A convict at the Nevada PenitenliSry
says he was sent 10 prison for being dis
honest, and yet hefs v.mpelicd every
day to cut ont pieces Of pastetoar.i.
which are put between tho soies OF
cheap si,oes natle there and pnlmed o0
on the innocent pubic As leather.
They tell in San Francisco Of very
wealthy woman who IL remarkably
strict in the discipline of her servants.
She defends herself by saying that she
as servant until i've years ago. and,
therefore. knows all abaut both sides VI
the subject.
Mr.. W. ". Story. the sculptor, has
been commissioned to supply stnlus
Of Chief Justice Marshall. llu is to
have S4O.OUO wherewItl,, and tM 0 yearS'
time whcrcin to complete the work.
When finished II viii be given piacs
10 the east VI the Capitol buihlinx at
Washington. .sa
a London organ-grinder rscently
nlnyad hx.f0re tie house Of Am ir.iacih1n