The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-20
Items Of Interest.

just passed, lightning MS known tc
strike in vineyards and xiIl all the vines
several hjtndred IN number, within .
large circular space, the severity of the
shock being most plainly marked in the
center OF the circle.
An OHIO river CT ,tain, who for Ions
time was en- age in lodging L. s
marshals from pUI. - port, finally tied
up for good, saying he was tired of run.
ming floating debt
Goritz, where the remains of the
Conte de Chambord are inferred, is q
small town Of 1900 inhabitants, pic
turesQuey situated on the IsonKo, about
two hours by rail from Trieste. The
Franciscan monastery OF CastagnayiZza
is built on Hill outside the town. 1t was
there that on Nov. j. 1896, the remains
Of Charles y. were laid to rest.
Lucy Hooper writes from Paris thai
there are literally no first. class pictures
by certain famous artists TO be obtained
at any price il that city. A masterpiece
by Meissonicr, Diaz, Daubigny, or Ros
seau cannot be procured for love OF
money. Their Uest works are all in the
United ftates. "1f European purchasers
wish to bny fine modern paintings they
must go 10 America for them" she re-
ports Partisan dealer as saying. "They
had nm exhibition called that Of One
Hundred Masterpieces during the past
summer. could have gotten up q
finer one in New York"
Vermont is delighted with Gen. Hook.
er's law, under which the state govern.
ment is supported entirely by tax up.
on the gross earnings Of corpora ions.
The Culver Club OF Cincinnati vii at
any time pay 500 to the person catching
with hook and line black bass weigh
ing seven pounds.
A vessel of special and ingenious de-
sign is being prepared for SANKEY'S use
in Africa. 1t will be propelled by a
stern paddlewheel, and the hull VIII be
arranged in such manner that il can
be readily subdivided into Il number of
sections, each being ilua,able and pro.
vlded with fittings for receiving iour
large wheels. These wheels Can be at
tached to each section VII 10 atloat. SO
that 1t can be drawn out OF the water tor
transport overland without difficulty.
Each Of the Subdivisions of the hull
forms, when fitted with the wheels, q
complete wagon of itself, capable Of
carrying the machinery Of the steamer,
tner handi>e, stores, etc. it is TO he
completed by the end of this year and
will be tested ailoat under steam on the
Thames.
The Lee Association OF Mobile ask for
$4,000 for a monument to the Raphael
Semmes.
A Mexican planter employed 300 men
to Kill locusts for him. Their wages
a mounted TO S296.3S, and they killed
3l7 900 OF the insects.
The testimony taken at the Rose Am.
bier inquest will make. when tran
scribed, more than 5000 foilUs
John CARING was fixing freight car
Of the New Je.sey Central Road at Phll-
adelphia, when the train started ahead
and the car wheels run over his breast,
leaving the marks OF their passage Oh
his manly bosom. Except thai, there is
nothing the ina ter with Mr.. CARING, as
he is attending tn business as usual. Tie
car weighed 1000 ponHds.
Many sensible people think children
should he at least six years old before
starting to school.
American scientific associations are
said to be behind the European in two
respects: First, in the financial condi.
ton, second, in the presence Of the re
spectacle geltlcran who writes inter
minable essays on scientific ssubiects OF
which tie knows nothing except from
current literature.
Printers type and engravers' blocks
are now made from cclluioid.
Newspapers are not sold in France by
news boys. but by elderly women whe
are established on tne principal streets
in fancliul sentry boxes.
About four miles from Savannah ne
gro has taken up his hahitation in a
gum tree near the road. One morning
ing when he he ard some one sneeze,
any one until he lifted up his head
when to his utter aston ishment he saw
q co'ored man draw in his form up in a
large gum tree amid clothes which re.
sembled a bed. The bed is made o.!
moss and old clothes, tied on the branch.
rs Of the tree in order to give him n
firm support. Cd pieces of bla ket and
bed clothes are SO arranged that the
party can lie down with perfect ease,
swayed by the wind.