The Dickinson press., 1883-10-13
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At last advices there were 1909, 3so
widows in Germany-ea supply greatly
in excess of the Remand.
The granddaughter of Davy Crockett
is living in San Antonio in feeble health,
poor, and with three little children de-
pendent upon her exertions.
A Vermont man, who stole a COW from
his neighbours barn. found on getting
her nome that it was his own COW,
which his neighbor had stolen earlier in
the night.
A Woodland, CAL, man took out two
accident insurance policies, and then
climbed a ladder to the roof to see if the
hot weather was springing the nails
from the shingles. He. will get SIS a
week on each policy for the next ninety
days, and the accident insurance COM
panies have barred ladders from the list
| of risks in Woodland.
S. B. Wagner started to walk I'M
Granite Mountain from Helena, M. T.,
OF a pleasure trip. A heavy snowstorm
set in, and becoming lost, he wandered
around in the mountain for two DAYS.
when he managed to find the trail, and
reached Glendale in an exhausted and
famlShed condition.
A large, badly spelled placard was
posted on a saloon in Ainsworth, W. T..
last week, warning all parties not having
any Wis BILE means of support, to leave
town, and was signed "Citizens in Con.
Gus.
The little turreted apex of Mr.. Til
denis new and pa!atial resid ence in
Grammercy Place is surmounted with
a old American spread eagle in bronze.
The latest refrain of the Salvation
Army is said to be-: eff you can't get in
wall"
Until a few nights ago Miss Annie
Steiner, of P%ottsville, Pa, had suffered
from spinal disease, being unable to
walk even with crutches. She dreamed
that her health was restored and upon
awaking she found the dream realized.
She regards her restoration as a miracle.
General Abe Budtord, of Louisville.
said in relation to the unwilling of the
statute over President Taylor's grave:
I'm case we had been successful in get.
ting q military. display. I had been
asked to act as chief marshal, and should
A0NS WIN = 1kl1liOIIA EulU LudC denof.
al Taylor had on at the battle of Buena
Vista. But as things now go, I shall at
tend as a private citizen"
King Kalakau, ofthe Sandwich Islands,
can get no groceries at the stores unless
the order is accompanied with cash.
There are eighty-seven counties in
Georgia where a man cannot buy, beg,
or steal a drink Of whisky, and none can
be purchased in the state excepting in
the larger towns. The people are fanat-
ical on the subject, and in Mississippi;
they have gone to such an extreme that
they tax billiard tables $1,000 apiece,
under the belief that they are a device
for the encouragement of drinking.
An clipping couple from Dutch Hills,
Long Island, supposed the parents of
the girl was in ignorance of their hiding
place; They were greatly surprised,
therefore, when one day, about a week
after the marriage, the old gentleman
walked into their abode and made them
q present of $4,000, with which to begin
life in good style.
At a recent family gathering in Paler-
mo, Oswego county, N. Y, there were
found to be tive grandfathers, two
~grandmothers, six children, one brother
three sisters, one uncle, two aunts, five
cousins, three nieces, one son, four
daughters, three fathers, three mothers.
two fathers-in.law threemothers-in.law
and yet the entire gathering only com.
prised ten persons.
About two miles north of Grand Ledge,
Mich, In the heart of a large old forest.
lives an eccentric but happy fellow
named Dick Luke. His daily labors are
devoted to the interest ola coal mine,
which extends 500 feet into the side of
q hill, and wherein, by the aid of the
Pickering rays of a lard-oil lamp, Dick
Luke has for ten years past crouched
on his side and back, and slowly picked
the treasure from the store house of
mother earth. The tunnel is oslv about
three feet in diameter, and Dicks com
panion's are his long clay pipe and pick
y. About n and one-half tons of
coal per day are extracted from Dicks
one-man power mine, which is sold al
the mine for $3.50 per ton.
1t is stated that a large number of ap-
plications have already been re- ,eived at
the Hone Office for the vacancy caused
by Marwood's death. The oldest comes
from a man who processes to care moth
ing at all for the emoluments of the Of
fee, but is moved solely by a desire to
introduce refinement into executions.
Another bases his c%andidature on dis
tant relationship to one of the Phoenix
park murderers. 1t is said that in the
village of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, there
are several persons who consider them
selves qualified to fill the hangman's
place. The correspondent of the Shelf
field Daily Telegraph adds that one Of
these possible successors to Marwood
lis using every exertion in procuring
testimonials as to competency for the
vacant post"
In August, 1881, M. B. Thum, of New
ark, Mich, sunk two salt barrels in the
ground, placing the top barrel about two
feet below the surface of the ground
thus making the we'll eight feet in depth.
Nothing unusual vas discovered about
the we'll until July, 1882, when fish in
large quantities were found in it. Mr..
Thum says that last year he fatted about
$3.50 worth of pork by fish taken from
this marvellous we'll. The water is
muddy aud the fish are lively and risky.
There are no streams or lakes within
several miles Of Mr.. Thum's farm, and
the only solution is that there is a
subterranean passage from some river or
lake to the we'll.
Imprisoned by a Bear.
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