The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15
NOCI. AM, COMMENT.
I.otta's fortune is now estimated at q
round million n-ErcHGnqe.


from a New York letter-"He looked like
piece of tape, AMI she like faded lily
Gen. Grant, when asked. if it was true
that he intended going to Europe next
summer, answered yes, providing that ne
could be released from business.
The New York san heads an editorial
sWhat Chance has Liberty in Germany" :"
About the same chance, Mr.. Dana, that
the tender icicle has in Hades.
Mime Hauk, in All Interview in the
Pioneer Press. tells about railroad acci-
dent in which her "botflr- Of provision"
were broken.
An exchange says: a British gun
boat has gone with supplies for the starry
Ing people at foao.
We have made mistake. The article
reads Sligo
Ladies' are like watchcs-preity e.., IL, h
to look at; sweet faces and delicate hands,
but somewhat difficult 10 ''regulate' after
they are set Il going -Etchange.
And they should always b. ''full jewel
led"
Mr.. Windom's er>onal magnetism
dcesu't seem to have much Influence upon
The Minnesota Legislators -Nadisonldn.
Mr.. Window has about as much per
sonal magnetism AS IL barrel OF soft soap.
Now, talking about rhymes, who can
And rhyme to Gebhardt: We pine 10
dedicate some mocking, gibing, jeering
verses to Fved, but we c mt find the
necessary rhyme. 500 reward.
Mr.. Dickey is gentleman of good ad-
dress. has already made numerous friends,
and Joined the hook and ladder company
No. 1.-Eachaage.
'Nuff ced.
An article in the Providence Dispatch is
entitled, ''Kissing Behind the Ear" We
are not posted on this subject. Now if it
was Kissing behind the door why, We
shouldn't tell anything about it.
Baptisms are numerous and Il few mar
riages are looked for by our citizens. who
like to see our bachelors III the enjoyment
or ulatIltDOiilii Ullss.-fS WI .
Manitoba Free Press.
For shame!
Difference between the new and old
versions of the New Testament.
1.-The difference here plainly displayed is
To be in debt oh, this is Hades
Bui when you owe and cannot tell
When pay yon can, thls.this is He'll"
Leonard Hayes, clerk, of 237 West
Fortieth street, who was committed to the
Tombs for intoxication, died in a cell few
hours after his commitment.-EIc
And yet most of Us had rather be sent to
iail for intoxication than for ninety days.
Billings isulimbing rapidly up the sleeps
of civilization: The Post says: THE
practice of shooting revolvers Oh the
streets at night has nearly died out, but
when an occasional shot is fired Night
Watchman Bloom is down on the shootist
like q s.thousand Of brick Another man
was fined this week for this offence"
Maria Sanders, On marrying John Bea-
bout, aged "a, at Ashland, Ohio, received
a present Of 100000 in real ettate. She
SAYS, however, that it is a love match
Exchange.
OF course.
The Billings Post has an article on
''Married Life in Turkey" Much its
readers care about married life in Turkey
What it's readers and our readers want to
know is, something about married life in
Montana. How to support a family on
three dollars and seventy-five cents a
week, for instance.
A Helena subscriber to the Independent
had his paper stolen from the box for
three days, and publishes card on the
subject. Alas, too latei The guilty party
is probably deader than mackerel. lie
naortuis niJ nisi bonuna.-Inter Mountain.
How spitefu! What's the Independent
done to you, Mr.. Inter-Aauntain?
Within two years Governor Crittenden,
of Missouri, has pardoned l2l convicts,
and Lieutenant Governor Campbell has set
eight convlcts at liberty
Better showing than Potts. But Crit
tenden is comparatively young man and
Missouri is q populous State.
The first poem written by w. D How
ellis, for which he received compensation,
was eight lines in length, and was publish
ed in the atlantic Nonhly, some years be
fore he became the editor of that maga-
zine, or had any fame as writer and an
author. He was paid twenty-five dollars
for the poem, little over three dollars a
line.-E1change.
We furnish very fair article of poetry
at prices fifty per cent. lower than this.
A large pearl has just been found in
Mexico, the owner of which says that an
offer of a sum less than $4,000 for his
treasure would be treated with perfect
CONTEMPLATION. Tribune.
This is the grand, original "pearl Of
great pirce."
A pretty evening bonnet for lady no
longer young is Fanchon or behe of red
plush or red velvet with a pompon or os-
tricn panache of the same color, and a
scarf of black Spanish lace for strings
Exchange.
And vet when a bonnet after this style
was presented to Susan B. Anthony she
was mad
The famous pianist, DR.. Hans Won Bill
low, has lately become the inmate of a
lunatic asylum, and another pianist OF
great distinction. Herr Carl Heymann, has
just been placed in the asylum for the
second time.-EIchange.
And yet some people do not believe in
Divine retribution.
When Modieska played Frou Frou in