The Dickinson press., 1883-06-30
Passing Events.

The island lands of British Columbia
have been thrown open to actual settlers
ut 81 per acre. Many Canadians r set
ing on the supposed line of the island
railway. The latest advices from Otta-
wa are r%eassuring, and the Government
has reason to believe that the terms Of
the Settlement bill will be carried out.
The country is already showing signs of
great progress under the influence of the
new policy. Immigrants continue to
pour in, and spectators anticipate a
great land boom.
During the first act of "Old Ship
mates" lately in Denver, at the Tabor
opera house, quite a scene occurred. A
parrot had been borrowed. The bird.
when he became accustomed to the nov
ell surroundings, commenced to display
its accomplishments, to the amusement
of the audience. "Lamb chops or bread
ed veal?" screamed Poll, bringing forth
a loud SSH" to which the bird re-
sponded with "Shut up-you make me
tired!" following this up with a volley of
oaths. The bird had to be carried off.
The spelling match has broken out
again in Syracuse, N. Y, with the usual
ulStoVlouo AOSltGS. "A CuueI III Cu0
Syracuse university spelled "dough"
dow" a clergyman got left on 'bap-
tizable;;" Professor Kinn,, principal of
the Madison school, spelled "twelfth"
as if it were "twelvth," and Professor
German in the highschool, got stuck on
"omnivorous." 'Myrrh" was spelled
"M-i-r-r-h" by a young lady, who said
she intended to spell it with a Sd"
1t will be appropriate in the future
for Americans intending to visit China
to go by way of Washington Territory.
as there is talk of changing it's name to
Tahoma on its admission into the Union.
Tahoma means "almost to heaven" and
ought to be u fitting road to the Celes-
tia empire. Tahoma sounds very pref
ty, and somebody ought to write a poem
about it; but what is the matter with
Washington? That name is in pretty
good repute in this country, and might
be left unmolested up there in the cor
ner of the map, modestly taking a back
seat behind q regiment ofIndian names.
What is known as Valenciennes lace is
made extensively at Ypres, Courtrav.
Client, Burgess, and in almost all parts
of Flanders; and in the production of
one coupon of the fabric rarely less than
400 spindles and l 800 pinsa are employed.
In the City of Monterey, in Mexico,
by a peculiarly convenient arrange
ment, the cock pit is close to the cathe-
| dral. This insures it a good attendance.
as the great majority of those who at.
tend the cathedral services also visit the
cockpit. The brutal snort is not nut
under the ban as it ID in this country,
and some eve Of the clergy make a
common practice of attending.
81 know of no better illustration ofthe
rapid increase of city property valua-
tion," remarked Thomas kirkpatrick
the jeweler, ethan that of the Goelet
property. which l have just vacated at
Broadwa and Nineteenth street. The
two buildings which have Just been torn
down cost the Goelets 81, 500 only. They
never put q dollars worth of improve
ment on either, though land others did.
was at least SS25,OD. | paid for nv
building $4,000 and the taxes, which
often run up to ST 500 a year. A fine
building is to be erected for one of the
jewelry manufacturing firms, and the
| site is now valued at $3.50, 600" The old
mansion, in which the one surviving
member of the Goelets still resides, sur
rounded with farm fowls and animals,
and decrepit with age, is not to pass
away until the Occupant d,es.-New
York Tribune.
The Albany. N. Y. Milk Association
has established a novelty in the way of
lunch route, the working of which is
thus explained by the secretary of the
association: '"The plan we have adopt
ed is destined to become popular during
the summer months. We have quite a
number Of customers now who are
served with milk for lunch. You see
the intention is to start the wagons on
this route cut at IL o'clock, and keen
them busy till /. All telephone orders
will be promptly answered, either by
route wagon or one held in readiness.
In warm weather a business man
doesn't care about leaving his office for
lunch, and, having a bowl, spoon, and
some crackers it will bridge hun over
till supper time. We have been serv-
ing some lunch customers for a month
past, and the number kept increasing so
fast that we decided on establishing a
regular route"