The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-27

U0UCE01 1I0E081OYss0s .
The prop srty Of the Princeton 1asv
logical Seminary ID estimated at u ,SS0,-
698.
There were recently shipped to Eng
land go, ,oOO worth Of cattle from Hart
tord County, Md.
Massachusetts heads the list Of states In
wealth per capita. averaging $3.50. The
individual wealth OF Hreat Britain 10 the
hiahest in the world, France coming
next and the United States third.
Nashville has passed city ordinance
against fortune telling. An assrologiss
told an aldermsn that he was 10 marry,
q widow worth $l6O,OOO. he m~sriisu ~
ofic Who is In deot to the tune oi SoUVs
and he dosen't want to see any one e!se
basely deceived.
Our national paper currency is COW
cred with poison. Half dozen women
in the Treasury department are suner.
ing from poisoning by arsenic, as rrsult
Of handling the new Greenbacks. Iney
moisten their fingers to iac,ii!ate the
counting. and the moisture brings ont
the arsenic in the green co'ori"g.
Fully one half OF the visitors to STRAIT
ford on Avon are said to be from the
United States.
At one of the colored churches I'm
Charlotte, N. c.. on a recent Sunday
evening, a woman shouted 30 enerseti-
caly that she dislocated her jaw. max
ing her mouth stand open to its fullest
capacity. She left the church and went
through the reefs with her mouth
wide open. followed uy the greater parS
Of the congregation, in search oi doc.
tor, and one being found the unhinged
member was forced into its place.
The New, ort correspondent OF the
Boston Transcript tells and says she be-
lieves this story: "A circular has been
sent to very many clergymen, bv New
York wine firm, setting forth the merits
OF is liquors and wines, with prices ny
the cast, etc. At the end OF the circu-
lar il reads: ". BIO avoid Suspicion,
every Gaze sent you will DO plainly
marked Canned Peaches
The Russian minister Of instruction is
being petitioned for the restoration Of
corporal punish hment in the schools Of
that country. The reason 70: that is
that. corporal punishment being forbid
den. bows are confined ior "a hours ON
bread and water diet, and subjected to
other like severe and degrading pun
ishments.
Chicago is much inclined to observe
the advice: "Look up-not down." Ac.
corling to q respondent, in the
course of he next three years Chicago
will possess the tallest as we'll as the most
imposing business structures OF the
world. In the past year ten six-s.ory'
SIX seven-story, two eight story one nine-
story and one ten-story structures have
been erected. At present the hignest
building is Il sugar refinery OF Twelve
stories, while five or six more OF that
hight are proiecteu.
1t seems as if tue hight OF Jenkinsism
was reached in u newspaper account OF
chilIren's party at Saratoga. The Sum
mer Season, pink sheet, gave an &C.
count of the costumes In the tollO wing
style: "Rosiin Belts Of Pniladelphia,
| one year and half old, wore blue satin
and Eva Sonthgite was nan dsoUe ~ c'aS
| in pink satin and white Spanish lace,
plack slippers and pink stockings"
"Ah. here are some interesting Stats.
tics" said Mr.. job shuttle, as he wiped
his eye glasses. 1T seems that twins
occur only once in every eighty.nine
births, AMI triplels occur only once In
| 1914 births, while bankruptcies only once
IN 37ll26 births. Great Jinks, what q
| family man must have before he can
be the happy father Of Quadruplets!--
Hartford Post.
The River Witham in England has just
been the scene OF novel contest More
than 5v any ers catered the lists TO
compete for valuable prizes, the finer.
man who caught the largest fish withir
certain time to obtain the first prize. At
a gwen signal all tie anglers cast their
lines into the water, and the keenest
| rivalry wa, shown by the conlingents of
| fishermen from different town. Several
of the contestants presented abnormal
| ~ large fish. on which they based q
claim Tor the prize, but II was easily
shown that they had resorted u the old
trick OF buying them, and they were ig-
ANONYMOUSLY debarred IRON the contest.