Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-12
Items Of In serest.

Items of Interest.
At last advices there were / 1909, 1872
widows in Germany supply greatly
in excess of the Remand. .*5#
The grand daughter Of Davy Crockett
is living in San Antonio in feeble health,
poor and with three little children de-
pendent upon her exertions. &. .sss .=
AVermont man, who stole a COW from
his neighbours barn, found on getting
her home that it was his own COW,
which his neighbor had stolen earlier in
the night. III. E5 s=#+.' =.
A Woodland, CAL, man took out two
accident insurance policies, and then
climbed ladder to the roof to see if the
hot weather was springing the nails
from the shingles. He will get SIS
week on each policy for the next ninety
days, and the accident insurance com
panies have barred ladders from the list
of risks In Woodland.
S.B. Wagner started to walk up
Granite Mountain from Helena, M. r.,
on pleasure trip. A heavy snowstorm
set in, and becoming lost, he wandered
around in the mountain for two days,
when he managed to find the trail, and
reached Glendale in an exhausted and
famished condition.
A large, badly spelled placard was
posted on a saloon in Ainsworth, w. T.,
last week, warning all parties not having
any visible means of support, to leave
town, and was signed "Citizens in Con-
Gus.
The little turreted apex of Mr.. Til
denis new and pa!atisl resid ence in
Grammercy Place is surmounte1l with
bold American spread eagle in bronze.
The latest refrain of the Salvation
Army is said to be: eff you can't get in
at the Golden Gate, get over the garden
WALL"
Until few nights ago Miss Annie
Sterner, of Pottsville, Pa, had suffered
from spinal disease, being unable to
walk even with crutches. She dreamed
that her health WAS restored and upon
awaking she found the dream realized.
She regards her restoration as miracle.
General Abe Budtord, of Louisville,
said In relation to the unveiling Of the
statute over President Taylor's grave:
elm case we had been successful in get
ting a military display, I had been
asked to act as chief marshal, and should
have worn the uniform suit that Gener-
al Taylor had on at the battle of Buena
Vista. But as things now 60, shall at
tend as private citizen"
King Kalakau, ofthe Sandwich Islands,
can get no groceries at the stores unless
the order is accompanied with cash.
There are eighty-seven counties in
Georgia where man cannot buy, beg,
or steal drink Of whisky, and none can
be purchased in the state excepting in
the larger towns. The people are fanat-
ical on the subject, and in Mississippi
they have gone to such an extreme that
they tax billiard tables 81, 900 apiece,
under the belief that they are device
for the encouragement Of drinking.
An clipping couple from Dutch Kills.
Long Island, supposed the parents of
the girl was in ignorance of their hiding
place. They we're greatly surprised,
therefore, when one day, about week
after the marriage, the old gentleman
walked into their abode and made them
present of 81 900, with which to begin
life in good style.
At recent family gathering in Paler-
mo, Oswego county, N. Y, there were
found to be two grandhthers, two
grandmothers, six children, one brother
three sisters, one uncle, two aunts, five
cousins, three nieces, one son, four
daughters, three fathers, three mothers,
two fathers-in. law three mothers-in.la law
and yet the entire gathering only COM
prised ten persons.
About two miles north of Grand Ledge
Mich. In the heart of a large old forest,
lives an eccentric but happy fellow
named Dick Luke. His daily labors are
devoted to the interest ola coal mine
which extends 500 feet into the side oil
hill, and wherein, by the aid of the
Pickering rays Of a lard-oil lamp, Dick
Luke has for ten years past crouched
on his side and back, and slowly picked
the treasure from the store house o.
mother earth. The tunnel is osly about
three feet in diameter, and Dicks com
panion's are his long clay pipe and pick
ak. About one and one-half tons o.
coal per day are extracted from Dick'>
one-man power mine, which is sold al
the mine for $3.50 per ton.
It is stated that large number of an
p]ications have already been received a.
the Hone Office for the vacancy causet
by Marwood's death. The oldest comes
from man who processes to care moth
ing at all for the emoluments of the Of
flee, but is moved solely by desire t
introduce refinement" into executions
Another bases his candidature on dis
tant relationship to one of the Phnni,
park murderers. It is said that in the
| village of Ecclesfeld, Yorkshire, there
selves qualified to fill the haneman'E
field Daily Telegraph adds that one o
these possible successors to Marwoot
lis using every exertion in procuring
testimonials as to competency for the
vacant post"
In August, 1881, NJ. B. Thum, of New
ark, Mich, sunk two salt barrels in ths
ground, placing the top barrel about two
feet below the surface of the ground
thus making the we'll eight feet in depth
Nothing unusual WAS discovered abou
the we'll until July, 1882, when fsh j,
large quantities were found in it. Mr.
Thum says that last year he fatted abou
$3.50 worth of pork by fish taken from
this marvellous we'll. The water il
muddy aud the fish are lively and risky
| There are no streams or lakes within
several miles of Mr.. Thum's farm, anc
the only solution is that there is
subterranean passage from some river o.
| lake to the we'll.
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Imprisoned by Bear.
From the Ogden Pilot.