Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-22
Things in General.

Mr. j. S. German, OF West Troy, N.
Y, has given $4,000 to Williams COL
lege for the establishment of a chair of
theology, and that the venerable JOAN
q. Goodrich, of Stockbridge, Mass. has
added to his previous benefactions the
gift Of cranberry patch in New JERSEY
that promises to be worth $4,000.
The new Carthusian monastery in
Sussex, England, which has just been
consecrated, is the largest establish.
ment Of the kind in existence, covering
nine and half acres of ground and
measuring half mile in circumference.
1t is the only Carthusian monastery in
commodation for the brothers turned
out Of France.
The loungers sround the depot at Ell
Paso, Tex, were surprised to see a live
COW lying complacently on the pilot of the
locomotive which brought the express
in. The animal had been caught up ten
miles back, and, instead of being thrown
of, she was lodged on the pilot between
the stays, where she stayed When
helped off she showed no signs ofiniury.
but started out in Search of pasture.
aAoGuCl pACSS VI tilc True CTC5S mas
come to light, this time in poitiers,
France. 1t was sent to noted saint
some time in the sixth century by the
Emperor's Justin from Constantinople.
1t is known 10 be genuine, because a
copy Of the Emperor's letter to the
saint is said to be somewhere in exis-
tence. besides which it is said to have
been the means of miraculous cures at
various times. 1t is, however, totally
different variety OF wood from any of
the other piecers of the true cross, which
is in itself mysterious circumstance.
The largest prison in Europe is the
house OF detention at Berlin, which has
just been completed. 1t comprises six
separate buildings, to which have been
transferred all prisoners awaiting trial
in the city. The main building for men
contains 1872 separate cells, besides dor
mitories for 1874 prisoners, rooms for
turnkeys and sleeping accommodations
for lis attendants. The interior is con-
structed Of iron and so arranged that all
the corridors look out upon the central
hall, which commands view of the en-
trance to every cell. The prison for
women contains 20 cellsand fifteen large
dormitories divided into sections, each
containing bed which can be locked up
when its occupant has turned in"
DR.. Brown-SeQuard was about to vivi-
sect young monkey before the fash
ionable company in Paris, when the ag-
onized howls aud means of the poor
beast disturbed the spectators, and the
doctor coolly prepared to sever the ami
mails vocal chords with his desecting
knife to silence its protests against his
cruelty. But young woman in the lee
ture room charged upon the professor
with her umbrella, and punched his
head with considerable effect. The po-
lice we're called in, and the champion Of
protest did her honor. Vivisection in
the investigation of physiological prob
lens may be justified, but the torture of
a poor beast to crafty curiosity, or for
the illustration of lecture is simply in
fernal.
Sir John Lubbock in the Nineteenth
Century makes a statement which is
hard to realize. Down to the year 1924
the English government gave to the tax
payer a notched stick as a receipt. The
about five feet long, which were notched
understood to mean 80 many pounds,
shillings and pence, or fractions thereof.
When the amounts We're thus notched,
the stick was split, one part being kept
by the tax payer and the other by the
government Immense numbers of these
old tallies were slowed away in the
vaults of the old house of commons, and
it is said that they were probably the
cause of the fire which destroyed it.
Another piece of the true cross has
come to light, this time in Potiers,
France. It was sent to noted saint
sometime in the sixth century by the
Emperor Justin from Constantinople. 1t
is known to be genuine, because copy
Of the emperor's letter to the saint is
said to.be somewhere in existence, be-
sides which it is said to have been the
means of miraculous cures at various
times. 1t is, however, totally differ
ent variety of wood from any of the 9TH
er pieces of the true cross, which is in
itself mysterious circumstance.
Professor Goodwin, of Hazard, is to
be made an LII. d by the University OF