Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-02-28
GLEAHINoS

Barnum and Jumbo only made $780,
GOO this summer.
The London Graphite announces the
birth OF "three young children"
Long-haired men are generally weak
and fanatical, and men Of scant hair
are the philosophers and soldiers aud
statesmen of the world.
Ouida has just declared that it seems
to her most English novels are written
either for school children or police SER
geants.
The first newspaper that appeared in
France is said TO hare the date l494. A
book-worm recently discovered stray
copy in library in Nantes.
The latest telephone story is that a
young lady in Nashville bowed twice
when introduced hy tcleplnne II 3
young man IN ! distant pArt " t0s
Euclid avenue. 1 shost street M
Cleveland. is only thirty-nine feet wide
for several blocks. and as double car
tracks are to be laid in it, it 10 to be
widencd six feet.
Children are born deaf and remain so
SCNCtnA Nays. IAtt6t tudt tHclT pdICutS
and attendants wish that their children
were born dumb also, or that they
themselves had staid deaf when they
were born.
In the fifty years from 1880 to 1880
the amount OF money invested in cot
ton manufactures in the United States
increased from $40. .O0O. 900 to $685.
OO0. 600, and the bales consumed from
l94. 800 to 100000.
The old-fashioned ''shuckin's'' are
again in vogue in the cora fields OF
Georgia, muca TO the delight Of the col
Ored population and tho amusement of
the white trash who have not seen such
work festivals since ''befo' de walL''
An English firm has turned its attcn-
tion to the manufacture Of steel barrels
and casks, and is said to have met with
SO much success that wooden articles Of
that description are liable to soon be .
thing of the past.
The latest sweet thing in kid gloves
is rather startling. The gloves extend
up the arm. over the shoulders and but
ton behind. Gloves Of this kind come
high, but those who wear them can
probably do without some of the costly
clothing heretofore worn.
A wealthy New York lady presented
her pastor with surplice edged and
frilled and trimmed all over with ex-
pensive lace, and now she is mad be-
cause he won't wear it. He says it
looks too much like portion Of q we'd
ding trousseau.
Emily Faithful has quit bringing SER
want girls to this country. She found
| that few of them retained their situa-
tions over three months, some fell inl1
evil ways, and all soon became too in
dependent to thank her for her philan-
thropy.
A B,ston genius has invented y
stone.cutting machine that was shown
capable of performing in twenty-two
minutes what n small army Of men
could not have accomplished in the
| same time. The invention will. it Is
thought, work complete revolution In
the granite-cutting trade.
A woman at Morristown, MINI, went
to saloon where her erring husband
bought his whisky, and. with an ax, de-
molished the entire contents Of the
place. A revolver in the hands of the
proprietor did not deter her in the
least.
A highwayman ut Reading. Pa.
made mistake when he demanded
money or life from passer-by who had
three large mastiffs in the wagon beside
him. The highway was searched soon
after the occurrence, but no trace OF the
robber could be found.
The Rev. Thomas Guard, q highly en-
teemed Methodist pastor OF Baltimore,
wrote to one VI two sisters who had
gone to California. He meant to nd.
dress the younger, but made q mistake
in the name, aud so sent the letter to
the older. After considerable CORES
pondence he made an offer Of marriage,
and was acceptcd--by the wrong wo-
man. He got released, but was never
successful in the other quarter.
The post-mortem examination OF u
mulatto who died recently in Cincinnati
revealed brain weighing 81 ounces.
There are on record but two brains
heavier than this. that Of Cuvier. weigh
ing 64.S3 ounces. The mulatto was no.
considered bright intellectually. yet Is
described - becoming late in life,
'thoughtful and reserved" He had
been slave.
A very successful isiA 81 the Cnttress
| telephone, in combination with the Mil
likcn transmitter, was made at Boston.
the other day, over . line OF tho Rapid
Telegraph company, = distance Of Cos
| miles. Conversation was carried on for
nearly three hours, the articulation be-
ing very distinct, and powerful enough
to be heard with the receiving telephone
| 6 inches from the ear.
..Coins with holes in them are Yery
frequently found on the collectors
plate" said the Rev. Nicolas Ballais, ad-
dressing the congregation At st. Bern
ards Roman Catholic Church. Putnan
avenue. Brooklyn, recently. 1T not un-
frequently happens that gentleman
4 puts : 80 cent piece with = hole tlt0ugl
It ON the plate. The coin would not be
taken by . broker for its face valne;--
but, then, il we consider that had The
donor not had the mntiiated half slOlla,
he might not have given one cent. w
should be grateful" !"
A angular accident y reported from
the Alps Of upper Savoy. Some months
ago man felf down precipice on ths
road between Giettaz and Flumet, and
was killed. The usual wooden cross was
placed At the spot ~ memorial and
. warning. Recently party visitea
the place. and one VI them said he coslst
mot understand how tho accident could
have happened st that spot Stepping