Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-17
COUNTY, DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY,


is u thing of the past. Having regard
to comfort rather than appearance the
authorities have replaced the tight-fit-
ting garment that has SO much amused
foreigners by what is called the Austrian
tunic, comparatively loose and easy
affair, and certainly more becoming
than the former vestment. The power
full protest of the corset makers was un-
avsiling.
Too good to be true is the news from
Berlin that barber's congress there
have unanimously resolved that the
operation of shaving should be begun
on the left cheek; that the lather should
be applied with brush; that the nose
of the customer must not be pulled dur
ing the treatment and last, but not
least, that conversation on the part OF
the operator must be confined to the
busines$in hand. It is again evident
that some of the institutions Of the effete
monarchies of the old World are worthy
of imitation.
John A. Cockerill, who shot Colonel
Slayback in st. Louis is not entitled to
the rank of Colonel" and never claim
ed it. His father was Colonel in the
Union army during the war, and John
A.. then lad of IA or Is, was drum
mer boy in Sherman's army. Once on
being asked if he served in the Union
army. Mr.. Cockerill replied in his in
imitably droll way: "Yes, sir; wore
ont four drum-heads in the cause of the
Union"
In the past summer one Cleveland
man fell from boat and, being seized
with cramps, sank twice before being
rescued; afterward was struck on the
head and nearly killed by piece Of ma
chinery in the mill where he worked;
thereafter was thrown out of a buggy
upon his head and his body was run
he caught his foot in railway track
and broke his ankle. Now he is out
again, in readiness for anything that
may be in store for him.
A mechanic in San Francisco. CAL,
has perfected an arrangement to be at
tached to railway cars designed to pre-
vent anybody lying on the track from
being run over by the wheels. 1t is
plow-shaped and automatically arrang-
it falls on to and slides along the rail
pushing aside whatever it encounters.
1t has been thoroughly tested on sew
eral Western roads, and is said TO have
accomplished all that is claimed for it.
The Alaska natives are firm believers
in witchcraft. When their medicine
men fail to save the life of sick or
wounded person they accuse some men,
ber or members of the tribe with having
killed their patient by witchcraft. This
is generally fastened on the poor rela-
tives of the deceased. Unless they have
made their escape before being pro-
claimed witches by the medicine men
the accused party or parties are seized
by their tribe, tied to tree, starved,
beaten, gashcd with knives and other
wise tortured for week or ten days,
when they are burned.
The other day M. Dreyfus. the mill.
ionaire, of Paris, put in oil the leading
French papers card, stating that he
would not in future be responsible fol
any of the debts incurred by his son,
Maxine. Whereupon the young man
issued . counterblast in the form OF q
circular saying: m. Maxine Dreyfus,
in consequence of the note which has
appeared in several journals, is plunged
in the direst misery, and solicits the as
sistance of his friends. and will be CRATE
ful for the smallest contribution. Gifts
in kind will be joyfully accepted"
A Rochester. N. Y, man has hit upon
a scheme for utilizing the water power
of Niagara Falls for the generating OF
electricity to light New York and other
eastern cities. Another Rochesterian
has given much time and attention to
the manufacture of turbine wheel one
mile-in diameter He would place that
wheel in the maelstrom of the coast OF
Norway and would attach to it cables
which shall span the ocean and which.
when the wheel once starts in motion,
as it is sure to do in that wonderful cur
rent, will furnish motor power for the
whole world.