The Mineral argus., 1883-10-11

~ FhAN InNb 10 AnE AEuAn Aiih WOut0 MAKE
ten trains, which, with thu ten locomotives.
would make a solid train 8 2IO feet, or near
ly one and One-hith miles in length. Tt g
other shipments of freight reported tg.
grsgaied 222 car loads, which, made up IN
% trains wuh the mil shipments. would
make a solid train of 4D7 cars and 81 loco
motives Of a total length OF two and a halt
miles.
Mrs. Phillips of Rochester, Mass, had a
! lively fight with a hen hawk that was after
her chickens, the other day. Her cloths
we're torn, and face, neck and hands severe
" lscerated by the ierccious bird. 4 fer
lighting for over fifteen MINUTES, Mrs. Phil
lips dispatched the thief With a blow from
an oak cart stake. The bird measured
win his wings %Ouispread, from tip to Dip,
six feet four inches. II is the first case on
record where a hen hawk was ever known
to battle with a human being.
The Polish congregation at Nanticoke
Pa, are trying to depose their priest
Father Gramlu 8 Recently go member
petitioned Bishop O'Hara TO remove hi m
aud on the J0th ulI, be was met al the
church door by an excited congregation,
who refused to permit him to enter ior the
celebratiol Of high mass. Tn y charge
him with financial m-ismanagement.
The opera ofM rtha at Mankato, Mimi,
recently, was a bot one, Miss Abbott was
stung once by wssps during the evening,
compallin2 her once to leave the stage, and
orc during the evening some part Of the
sceuert G Gsht fire which was promptly
exinsUished without an slarm.
John p. Howard of Burlington, VT, an
noHnees a purpose of giving a new build.
ing Tor the medical department OF the uni
VARSITY, aud using the old building for a
gvmnssi. N This will make over $780,
900 that Howard has given the university
and city in ten years.
The widow of President Fillmore petitions
a Buffalo court to appoint a new admin
%iStrator Of her husbands estate. Mr.. Cor
man, the executor, lost 800. 600 OF her
securities, and spent $25, 900 OF money be-
longing to the estate trying to recover them.
Rand, Mentally &Co, the Chicago print
ers, made a con ract with the Lumberman
newspaper to PRINT 10 pamphlets IN the IN
terest OF the lumber trade Tor other parties.
The firm has been e~njoined from It's intend
ed violation.
The Chicago Medical society held a
special meeting a few days ago to listen to
an address on modern operative surgery
from Sir William MacCOfmack, senior
surgeon OF st. Thomas hospital in Lon
don,
Two Rice's Point men claim to have dis
covered silver ore in richly-paying quanti-
ties, somewhere on the hillside near that
part Of DnlHth. They refuse to tell where
he vein is located Until they secure title to
the property.
The Hermosillo, Mex, authorities abso-
lutely relHse any information about yellow
lever At that place, or state the number of
that have taken place. The fever is
believed to be on the increase.
The postgraduate department of Yale
will take up this year the study of
roads and their growth, shipping and in
tsrnatiOnsl trade, stocks, and the effect of
on The money market.
A suit has begun against Albert Pulitzer.
by stockholders of the New York Morning
Journal, to have a receiver appointed. 1t is
claimed he sold to himself $50, 600 of stock,
par, at 10 cents.
A piece apparently solid glass which a
G~reenpoint, n. Y, man kept as an orHa-
ment exploded recently to the alarm of his
guests and the detriment OF the bric-a-brac
% his mantelpiece.
Toe Concord grape crop along the Hud- /
ION is ene-half larger than ever. Extra
boats and trains are run to freight it to Z
New York. The price is 2 cents a pound
the wholesaler. 5
Among recent seizures of baggage at the
New YORK custom house were the trunks Of I
Roswell Smith, business manager oft /
century, and OF a cousin OF Mr.. Ashmead- s
Bartlett Coutts. Z
Choices grapes are selling in California at ;
40 per ton. An acre of fair land there will
six tons, While fifteen to twenty I
per acre is not an unusual crop. !
The turnkey Of the St. Louis Jail was d. I
'ected to discharge an alleged burglar. By !
'rr.r ne let out the wrsng man, who had to [
be hunted up and rearrested. +
A suit to interpret the will or the late Em. y
ly Grace Nathan, widow of the murdered !
" YOrS banker of that name, is pending =
n The supreme court. :
The New York newsdealers are Combining T
o keep the prices OF papers up They I
hedge themselves to charge more than the Il
published prices. '
Colored people in New York have organ
zed a club snd will build a house rivslirs {
bat Of the Union league. Rufus Hatch is e
heir banker. A
A FOX hunt is to cOme of at Cote Brill o
race track, St.. Louis, Saturday. The z
humane society wants 10 stop IT, Z
About 1000 emigrants arrived in St. Paul, y
finn.. on the 26ih to BE- distributed over Ii
and Dakota.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Mueller OF Ohio. sues the N
Leader for $50. 600 damages for n
eing called a usurer. r
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