The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-20

country tor breach OF promise, they hav-
ing been formally engaged and the day
set for the wedding He says that he
discovered that she powdered, and he
did not believe that any girl who did
that would make good wife for a farm
er.
America supplies the world with Cos
samer water-proo: garments. The
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ulvir- la.. Ani l,.: nl!in.- tables
cover f"ri,' acres or rJGad. The goods
are sold in Australia anil South Africa,
in Europe and Asia, SOuth America and
in the Sandwich Islands.
1t IL told of General w. Il. Sherman
that when he was Lieutenant of artil-
lery stationed in Upper California. he
once undertook TO brew y bio bowl of
punch. He used 100 gallons of Califor-
MIA agaurdient, but spoiled the punch
by mixing it with salt water and for
getting to put in any lemon or lime
juice.
Immense reservoirs OF naphtha have
been struck at Balachana and Sabunt-
scha, in the neighborhood of Baku, in
Russia. There are at present twenty
springs in full flow. The gush is de-
scribed as extraordinary. Th" price at
present is little less than copecks
per pood, or fraction less than half
penny per thirty-six pounds English.
Connecticut is accused of stinginess
in investigating crime. A man was re-
Gently found dead under some railroad
ties, and there was reason to believe
that they were piled On him by murder
ers; but he was only y tramp, it would
cost few dollars to search out the
truth, and the matter was coolly drop
ped. This is said to be u fairly illustri-
tive case.
One of the special features of the Lon
don Fish Exhibition is to be II fish din
ner. provided Mt very low price, and
which will be served every day from IL
to 5. Some kinds of fish will be fur
nished as low as a penny. The object
of this is to introduce fish as food among
the lower classes of English, who have,
it appears, an intense prejudice against
it.
A process by which planks can be
manufactured from straw has been per-
fected, and in Chicago building six
stories high, and occupying an entire
block, is being erected for the new in,
dustry. The board is manufactured by
converting straw pulp into thin paper
like sheets, which are passed through a
bath containing certain chemicals in So
luton. They are subjected to enormous
pressure, and finally TO 2 thorough dry
ing process.
1t is alleged that careful statistical
investigation among the Good Templars
of an entire county in England has prov
ed the smoking teetotalcrs to be over
five times more liable to break their
pledges than those who abstain from
tobacco. Consequently, the newest
craze in the ranks of the hydropads is a
"thorough-going badge of blue, with q
white stripe down the middle, 1.-THE mean
inc of which is that the wearer has
taken pledge not to use tobacco.
The latter half of the present century
is period of gigantic undertakings
The Suez canal is marvel of engineer
ing skill, and in addition to the present
Panama canal and the scheme for flood
inc the desert of Sahara, it is proposed
to drain the Valley of Mexico at cost
of S10,000.000. This work will be a
continuation of that begun in the Sec
ond century after the conquest, and
when completed will completely change
the sanitary and agricultural conditions
of the valley.
In the prisons of Russia, built for the
reception of 10000 criminals, more than
100000 persons are mt present confined.
The consequent crowding, sickness. i'm
morality and suffering can better be inn
agined than described. The government
has asked for Il vote of $500. 600 to pro-
vide extra. accommodations for Nihlists
and others. Is it not possible, that, in
stead of charging the prisons. the bet
ter course to pursue would be to enlarge
the prisoners.
The '.Boston Herald Railroad. begin
ming at Sanford, Florida, and running
twenty-five miles TO Orlando, is being
extended to Kissimmee, twenty miles
further. The Herald people have al
ready expended, it is reported, about
$780, 600 on this little road, and it is re.
turning them over II per cent. in .divi-
dends in doing the business of Orange
County. When Gen. Grant visited this
state in 1880 he threw up the first spade
full of earth in the construction of the
Boston Herald Road.