Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-05-02
GLEAyINas.


T1 New Orleans labor unions num-
bcr lDn thousand members.
lnCalifornia there were over 43,O00..
O0O }ounds Of wool produced last season.
Alississippi farmer, who lives near
Sare has not bought barrel OF meat
for rty wears.
II SALARY Of the governor OF Novada
has Len reduced from $6,OO0, TO 5000
ayser.
N Gould says that it would take a
rapt writer eight hours day to an.
swe Ne begging letters he receives.
Asrecent- modification of the usury
law ~ South Carolina allows 10 per
cent Interest under special contracts.
Naariy el4.0OO.OO0 worth Of cattle arc
now grnxing in what six years ago Was
absolutely Indian country in Texas.
There il said to be more drstiiu,ion in
TorOnt6 this winter than last. owing to
il.S xnaent Of paupers to the county
BY yths English workhoase authorities.
4 A Halifax merchant insists that many
mistakes are made in figuring through
using short pencils, which cramp the
fingers.
Some one recommends giving young
colts the milk Of the COW for drink in-
stead II water. rs mares rarely give oil
the milk the colt requires.
The late Samuel Hill. of Northampton,
Mass has given directly to that town
for educational purposes more than
$l0C.0OO.
The faculty of Amherst College. Mass.
Achusetts. has forbidden its students to
take part hereafter in intercollegiate
athlete contests.
The London High Court Of Justice
has recently dccid q that a railway car
riage is "an open and public place,
where gambling is penal"
A lady in Fort Wayne. Ind, has 4
coon for household pet The animal
wears dainty siver-plated collar about
three eats.
The largest fruit seller in New Orleans,
on being asked what b came Of all the
cOcoanut shells, replied that be sent an
nna.ly l.5OO.OW to New York to be
ground up with black pepper.
GEN. j. b. Gordon. Of Georgia, wears
. suit Of white woolen clothes given him
in England by Capt. Mayne Reid. The
wool was grown On the back of Reid >
own sheep. and woven At his own order
for the gallant ex-confederate.
It is = little singular thai crowd Of
thousands Of persons in Detroit stood
still and listened to the crazy address of
| . violent lunatic who brnnishrd q huge
revoiver in each hand and threatened
10 kill any man who touched him.
Mr.. James Pawn, the novelist. once
earespomded with the editor Of an AM
erican magazine. and tod some gcu,.e-
manly ..ciub stores." One day he r..
ceived letter from the proprietOrs OF
the magazine delica,ely limiting that he
was corresponding with lsdy.
John q. SAKE, the poet, is still an in.
valid ., his sos's home in Albany. H.s
disease is neuralgia, accompani.:<1 6y
chronic dyspepsia. causing mr.t, pain
and physical rmacia,ion. lis mind.
however, is unimpaired, .xssa he reads
much aud talks as briisish,,y ~ ever.
/ A rooster recently ssasertcd his native
BARNARD. near Narrenton. Va. 10 live
in the wootl- ,,i.l n flock Of wild turk
eys. He e.S.yys~s rs usual every morning,
iocaiir si,e flock for his late owner. VITO
has '5.ast wild turkey rs often rs he
~.shts it.
+ A number Of merchants of Bergen
have purchased the right 10 cut large
blocks of ice for shipment from the eu-
or,nous glacier Fonor-Savartisen in
Norway. Its distance from the sea is
only about two mics. The glacier ID
l20 miles square.
In answer to the curious question Of a
correspondent, scientific journal says:
"lt Is impossible for man to kin him
sell by simply ho'ling his breath, for
the automatic efforts to inspire proves
too strong for the will t., resist; but the
head miynt be held under water until
unconsciousness supervcnca, and the
automatic effort TO inspire would then
be in. t,..ctnal. and death woald result
Vanity Fair tells = story Of how An.
thonv Trollope once heard two novel.
reading youths in . wayside inn discuss
ing one Of his eternal characters. HI
arose. ackuow,ed red himself to be the
author and promised to go home and
kill the character. In the following In.
stallment she died Of apoplexy.
Mark Twain failed to answer lettel
written to him by Sergeant Ballentine
After waiting reasonable time the lat
ter was 80 exssperated ~ not receiving
IN answer that he mailed Twain shee
Of paper and postage stamp as gen
tie reminder MIR Clemens wrote bach
on a postal; Paper aud stamp i.ceived
please send an envelope"
In town not many miles from Bos
ton man stepped into neighbor'i
house where he Saw .he head Of tht
family lying upon his back un the ho0
and his vile standing over him. - b,
thought, with threatening air. IL,
was about TO withdraw. when the pros
trxte man shouted; Come along in
Steve; she is only chalking me out ,
pair Of pants.
Tho New York Sun has sensible
subscriber, who wishes tho paper hap
py New Year, and writes: "rhers Cal
be NO gu .stion that the Sun il edite,
with higher order Of judgment thai
any paper hare read. Ii was the fire
that hiss absolutely refused ever to &C
cept any OF ms contributions. When
did that | felt il was worthy Of m,
beartv support
Tire iron will OF Prince Bismarck.
IL said, is rapidly breaking down. NJ
long ago, according to report more 9
less apocryphal, he said with much bi
terness: ..if il were not for me, Ii
world would have seen three great wal
less, and $4,000 men, who died in the
bloom might have lived, and how man
. parents, brothers. sisters. widows wcul
have been spared their grief and tears!