Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-12-06
FISH-BA

A FRENCH lad employed iu cne of the
mills in Lewiston, Me-, wishing to have
day eff, cut the big belt md stopped
l 600 spindles until it could be re.
paired. I5i
JUDGE A. B. NORTON, ofIDallae, Tex,
has cane given him by Henry Clay in
1874. 1t is made from an ash tree that
was felled in that year on Clay's
grounds.
The Harriet Ross is still navigating
Lake Erie. She belonged to the victori.
GUS feet of Commodore Perry in 1872,
and the only original portion left of her
is her keel.
GENERAL WASHINGTON and General
She1mln, by curious historical coinci-
dence, issued their farewell orders to the
army on the same DAY a century apart
November l, 1888 1883.
IHE other evening, in Dublin, while
Mr.. Barry Sullivan was playing Ham
let, Just MS he cried out in the cloeet
scene ga RAT, rat" cat, who heard
him, jumped, in state of extreme tx-
citement. on the stage, to secure her ia
vorite prey.
JUDGE FISHER, of Baltimore, having
decided that man is liable in damages
for slanderous words uttered by his
wife, Mr.. Scholer, of that city, had to
pay S105 and costs because his wife had
said uncomplimentary things of Mrs.
Anna Mache.
The woman who tried TO collect toll
Of Sheridan's batteries on the Berry
vile Pike at the time Of the battle of
Winchester is still alive, ard it mikes
her feel sad. to think what the company
lost that day simply because there was
light going on down the road.
A MAINE woman offered her husband
at auction AID no one bid. Then she
put up q billy goat and SIP was offered.
Since this little domestic episode she
has been heard to give evidence of
mathematical accuracy by remembering
that two and two always make four.
The fourth year of the Harvard Annex
has demonstrated that the undertaking
may fairly be regarded as no longer an
experiment. The success of this form
of collegiate education for women is said
to be assured. A fund Of $4,000 has
been obtained by the ladies of the ex.
ecntive committee.
IT is proverbially difficult for young
ply sicians to establish themselves in
practice. The reason for this is that
young physicians do not like TO get up
at 2 o'clock in the morning and drive
eight miles over country road, and then
have to wait three years for their pay
Philadelphia CaL.
ONE THOUSAND acres of oyster plant
ing ground in Rhode Island employs
capital of 81, ,000,0 Last year it paid
Sl25, 900 in wages 10 the people
of the state; it furnished 666,5OO
bushels of oysters, worth $3.50, 500, or
s73s.56 to the acre, and it gave support
to 2. 400 persons.
YouNa Mr.. Osgood, student at the
Easthampton (Mass.) Seminary, fell
down mountain side there the other
day. After sliding forty feet be escaped
death at tue very edge of precipice.
Fires were lighted by his companions,
and men from Essthampton, hurrying
to the mountain, rescued him by means
of ropes.
AMONG the notable bridges of the
world is the one Of Langang, China. It
crosses an arm of the China Sea. This
structure is some FIVE miles long. and
has not less than 800 arches. Over tho
pillar of each arch reclines lion made
out OF single block of marble, and yet
twenty-one feet long. The roadway of
the bridge is seventy feet wide.
A KENTUCKY turkey hen stole away
during the summer and hatched her
brood in the woods. A few days ago
the turkey came home with flock Of
nearly. grown turkeys, accompanied by
half-grown partridge. Strange to say
the partridge 1s about as gentle as any
OF the barn-yald fowls, and goes up to
roost with the turkeys every night.
A NEwsBoYs' lodging house is about
to be established in Boston under the
direction o. several charitable ladies' and
gentlemen. who have had the plan un-
der consideration for some years. Il is
hoped that when the lodging house is
founded on firm basis. evening class.
es, industrial schools and other educa.
tlonal and reformatory institutions will
gradually grow out of it.
A WASHINGTON letter says the mem
bers OF the Chinese legation are very
tond OF being out-of doors. They ride
and walk continually, but their greatest
pleasure seems to be to take drive
throngh the soldiers home in an open
carnage. They are always laughing ard
chatt,ng, apparently well satisfied with
ther life IN Washington. They are also
very 'ond OF the theater, usually making
up party among themselves about once
a week. They rarely occupy box,
and usually select seats in the fourth or
nth row OF the orchestra. That they
are the observed of all observers
wherever they go does not appear to
disturb them in fha sEnhfcet aanrna