The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-05
[ Items Of General Interest.

Items OF General Interest. n
Leading citizens Of Keokuk Ia, I'M,
tend Is remove the remains Of Keokuk,
the Indian chief, to q point near that
city, and erect 9 suitable monument to-
his memory.
4 Atvicksburg, Miss, wells sunk Out
200 feet reach the Cult level, and an
abundance of excelient water, with fine
sand and sea shells, is found. y
Andrew d. Smith Of Rohrersyille,
Nd, while searching for potatoes in his
garden, noticing hole Of peculiar shape,
Acute pain was followed by q copious
flow of blood. Hs had been bitten by Q
arge copperhead.
Frederick Haas. confined in the Nor
ristown. Pa, asylum for the insane. was
sane, the physicians for the institution
acknowledging his sanity, but IL re-
quired writ of habeas corpus to get
him out.
The monuments of luther to be I'M
yelled at Madgeburg celebration on Nov.
10, represents the great refor ner as
looking up to heaveo, his head uncov.'
cred, his left hand pressing against his
heart, IN the right the Bible. At his
feet lies the papal bull.
The English papers state that Mr..
Arthur st. George, theilnYentor OF q tel
ephone, has perfected continuance
which is supplemental tn the telephone,
and will enable every description OF
conversation carried on through the in
strument to be not only recorded but
reproduced at any future time.
The English sparrows, which are eat.
on in Philadelphia for, reed birds, are
considered a great delicacy. The flesh
of the sparrow is darker than tn 1t of the
reed bird, but the Philadelphia cooks
say that only those who have never eat
en- any thing but reed birds can tell the
difference.
It's said that the cochineal trade has
been nearly ruined by the discovery Of
anil;ne dyes. Until very recently this
trade was the mainstay of the island Of
Tenerifte, the cochineal depending upon
the cultivation of the cactus plant, which,
aniline, is no longer the remunerative
business that it formerly was. The fail
ure of the trade has affected all classes
of society, the rich as we'll as the
poor.
The secretary of the Will iamsburg IN.
" gas company has received contri-
button to the conscience fund from
boy who writes as follows: "When I
was small boy used for the fun of it
break the glasses in your street lamps.
should have known better. and I did.
but anyhow broke them. have since
been converted to the religion of Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, and his spirit
tells me to pay for those panes of glass.
So | most cheerfully send you SIS. which.
[ think, will cover everything"
Gen. John Hodglon, one of the wealth.
lest and most respected citizens of Du-
buque, died, aged SO. He was one of
the negotiators of the Ashburton treaty.
A brother and sister, who belong to
the Danish race, are living near Sioux
Rapids as man and wife. They have
family of deformed children in conse-
Quence.
An attempt to introduce silk culture
into Scott county has failed, owing to in
ability OF the projectors to pay more
careful attention to the raising of the
worms.
It is claimed that vault to be con-
structed for safe deposit company in
Cincinnati will be the largest burglar
proof vault in the United States. 1t is
to be Al feet 8 inches long, 81 feet inch
wide, and s teet in height, inside meas
urement: In addition to the other locks
there viii be time lock connected with
two separate movements-one to work
in case the other fails-and by means Of
ments should stop. the time lock would
then present no obstacle to opening the,
vault after properly setting the other
locks. It is claimed that this does
away with the chief objection to time
locks.
A Berlin journal speaks OF the injuri-
GUS effect OF greasy water on steam boii-s
ers in south Germany, where the water
frequently contains magnesia, which
substance is also contained to a much
slighter extent in the waters of the
Rhine. The fatty acids form with the
magnesia totally insoluble soap. BY,
making the experiment on small scale,
white powder viii! be seen floating on
the water, and on putting the finger into
the water this powder envelopes thSl
finger and protects it from being wetted.
Even when the water is not greasy.
magnesia has an injurious effect. as ex-
perlence has proved in the case Of wa.
lers containing much carbonate OF mag
nesia.
The river Witham in England has
just been the scene of a novel contest.
More than 500 anglers entered the lists
to compete for valuable prizes, the
fisherman who caught the largest fish
Wilhelm a certain time to Obtain. the first
prize. At given signal all the anglers
cast their lines into the water, and the.
keenest rivalry was shown by the con-
tingents of fishermen from different
towns. Several of the contestants pre-
sented abnormally large fish, on which
they based claim for the prize, but it
was easily shown that they had resorted
to the old trick of buying them, and thew
were ignohininiously debarred from
the contest.
In the British Cabinet there are three
regular total abstainers- William
Harcourt, Sir Charles Dixie and Mr.,
Chamberlain. Sir w. Harcourt is q
member of the Red Ribbon Order. Mr..
Gladstone tastes little wine, Russian tea
being his favorite beverage. Mr.. La
houchere is a total abstainer and Mr..
Parnell very rarely touches wine. Lord
Derby is the only member of the minis-
try who, like Pitt, Fox, Canning and tho
old heroes, loves good bottle.
g For Sale"
A Detroiter who advertised horse
last week noted down the objections OF
all who called to look at the animal, and