Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-01-31
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Il 3 reported that sheep taken from
Vermont To Texas fell of in the pro-
duction Of wool after the first year.
William Schroeder drank ten whisky
cocktails in five minutes to win a wager.
At Denver, and his life was only saved
by the use Of a stomach pump and gal
yan:c battery.
A New York pastor who is given to
bursts ~ 6sgurasiye e~lcgnence says that
this country is ..bounded on the north
by an iceberg and on the south by .
banana"
A solicitor in England has obtained .
verdict Of $10. 600 against o town ~
compensation for personal injury caused
by drinking impure water supplied by
the corporation.
"A kiss from my mother made me q
painter" said Benjamin West, after he
had won fame and hung his pictures in
royal academies. When she looked at
his first boyish sketch she praised it.
A school girl Of Skowhegan, Me-, who
was whipped for not telling what case
followed q transitive verb or PROPOSE
ton, brought suit against her prosecutor
and was awarded 1870 damages.
H~orseshoes made Of three thicknesses
a green rawhide compressed il . steel
mold are used to some extent in Eng
land. They weigh about . quarter -
much as an iron shoe, and are said to
wear longer.
At the time Of his death, which hap
pened last month in California, Daniel
Murphy was the largest land owner in
the world. He owned 1900 acres in
Nevada and 5000, 900 acres in the State
Of Durango. Mexico.
There are in San Francisco four pala-
tial houses worth together more than
$4,000, 600. Their owners, EX-GOVERNOR
Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mrs. Mark
Hopkins and Mr.. Cotton, represent
about $3.50, 900, 600. The magnificent
structures stand unoccupied about ten
months Of each year.
Mrs. Banning, Of Dunlapville, Ind,
ran away from her home and husband
and left behind her . note saying: .Hire
: girl and stay with pa this winter and
always, il you can. I left some Canton
flannel. Get some one to make the girls
some underwear. Don't think l went
away with any one, as l went alone.
Don't let aunt live with YOU"
II Mrs. Langtry Is to set us some fash
ions. simplicity bids fair to be a charac-
t~eristic. But If simplicity Is 70 prevail
In her toilets. perhaps she will not be
generally followed, for we have not all
her very good reason for it. But there
are as many pretty ome who dress
more tEan they need rs there are plain
women who must dress to be attractive.
Probably the smallest and younges,
sea lion in captivity is the one now in the
geological garden in Philadelphia, Pa
He Is only 8 weeks old. When about 4
weeks old, he appeared one morning
with q glossy coat OF grease. up t
that time his coat OF hair was rather
tough and non-repellant, and not at al
calculated to shed water. The mother
Is teaching him to swim.
In Homer Bronson's garden. in Wa
terbury, Conn, was buried the arm h.
lost last August, He complained tina
the arm felt tired and cramped, but h,
experienced instant relief when, with
out his knowledge, the arm was ex
humed and reinforced in q differen
position. Three times the severed liml
has been moved to give relief to the sui
ferer, and each time successfully.
The following from the Denver Tri
buue is entitled to the entire bakery ant
all its contents: Bill Nnckells. q pros
pector, fell down a prospect shaft fort,
feet deep, right into q nest OF blacl
snakes. Most men would have died o
fright, but Nuckells was not that sort o
man. He tied several Of the snake
together and started them'u up the side O
the shaft, tying on a fresh snake ms fas
as the rest went up. Pretty soon tn
head Of the snakes got over the edg,
and started down hin. Nuckells KEEP
tying on fresh reptiles until he had use'
up i couple Of hundrcd-every snak
there was in the shaft. BY this tiuse til
crowd OF snakes on the outside VIII
strong enough to pull him out ii tn,
aft. and he soon reached Maids ranch