Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-02-14
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We caught cured and consumed go.
OO0.OO0 worth Of fish in 1880.
A whale ship arrived recently at Shet.
laId from North Greenland with 200
bottled.uosec whales aud 500 seals ON
board.
A Boston paper mas discovered that
Oscar Wilde can eat peaches out Of .
paper bag, on the street, more Esracefu!-
" than any other man in America.
Young men bicyclers around Boston
60 armed with torpedoes charged with
cayenne pepper for protection against
barking dogs.
The drum. which was abolished In the
French army by General Fare, has
been restored by General Billot, the new
Minister Of War.
Governor Bloxham, Of Florida, n.
ports that one Of the most marked in.
dustrial features Of that State ID the ton.
dency toward small farms.
There are In Ohio II. 274 more boys
than girls within tho ages prescribed for
attendance In the public schools. the to-
tal number Of boys being 362, 1885.
At the seashore, - usual. one wave
from . woman's handkerchief will con.
tinuet : attract mor attention than hum
dreds Of waves from the ocean.
II II said the sunrise and sunset guns
fired periodically at the United States
military posts costs the government
els, $50 . year.
There Is an apricot tree In Fresno
county, CAL, that measures sixty inches
around the trunk three feet from the
ground. 1t 10 estimated that there 10
not less than . ton Of fruit on the tree.
why In such . hurryf" said . man
70 IN acquaintance. ..Sir," said the
man, Il have bought . new bonnet for
my wife. and fear the fashion may
change before | get it home"
The sardine disappeared from the
coasts Of France fully three years ago
and has not been seen there since. Yet
sardincs are just - plenty In the mar
ket y ever, which leads one to believe
that We do not have sardines At all.
An interesting phase OF society life il
seen when . young mar goes to call on
ayoung lady and his setter dog follows
him and waits outside, each passer-by
oeORDtUk w ACN4 viz URIu0 u0 SuO EOkl8Is
This happened in Lowell.
The arm Of Bertholde's statue 70 lib.
erty," which has held its fameicss torch
In Madison Square, New York, since
1875. b being removed for shipment 10
Paris. whore it viii be put upon the
statue. which il nearly completed.
Farm laborers arc said to be 20 scarce
In Montana that 90 and $50 . month
Il in vain offered for them. Farmers
arc forced to let their cows browss about
on the meadows with full udders, be-
cause they cannot get help enough 70
milk them.
The common affection experienced in
the birth OF the two-headed girl has
been counter balanced BY the birth ut
Brownsville. Neb.. OF . one-headed girl
with four perfect legs and four perfect
arms. Thus does the whirligig Of time
make al things even.
A Laramie man who was divorced
from bis wife explained the circum-
stances in these words: II allus liked
Sal purity well, but she he'd Z habit Of
jabbin' her feet under me nights. an 4
was Just like sleepin' On . CON Anak
fstting His Mark High.
Soon .s.er the late Horace Maynard
entered Am....rst College he put on the
door Of his room : l...e letter v. Its
presence exposed him to questions and
ridiculc. but, paying no atte,.....on to
either, he kept the letterin its place. ii
the end Of four years graduation day
aBM aud Mr.. MAYNARD wAs RupOinted