National Republican., 1883-10-29

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RED heels on ladies' boots are tho fashion
in London.
THERE arc only fourteen Cinnamon in New
Hampshire.
$1,000 of Edward E. Kidder.
THE Dakota lands set apart for educational
| purposes are valued at Ss2, 100000
| THE amount of money invested in cattle
in Wyoming territory is over slOO,OOO,OOO.
RAVENS have been successfully used in
stead of carrier pigeons at Coblentz on the Rhine.
TENNESSEE claims to bo tho second state
| in the union in the possession of thoroughbred
cattle.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS drew 1896, 900 out of
the government for period of sixty.nlne years In
office.
BosToN gamblers arc botting against But
lers election, and 500 to 500 that Robinson will be
elected.
A TRACT of land containing 100000 feet
Of timber has just been sold in Arkansas TO foreign
capitalists.
| NATHANIEL BARKER, who wrote "Ben
Bolt" is seriously ill., lilo is 20 years old and lives
in Lynn, Mass.
A PASTURE company recently organized In
Dlmmltt county, Tex, has $4,000 acres Of pasture
| land and sS00,00O.
A RATHER under-sized, plainly dressed,
smooth faced man, with conspicuous nose, is u
correspondents idea of Won Moltke.
THE Indians are leaving the warpath for
comfortable winter quarters provided by the gov
crnment, as usual-Maa and Express.
JOHN JACOB AsroR came over from Ger
many just 100 years ago with s25 in his pocket
and some old flutes in his carpet bug.
A PRINTER fell out of fourth story win
dow at Waco, Tex, and whipped two men who
laughed when they found no was unhurt
BERNHARDT is said to wGnt to como to
America again. She is probably only waiting for
congress to increase the volume oil the currency.
ACCORDING to the Stockton Mail Congress-
man Budd, of California is laying in ock Of
$40 undorshirts Mr. Tabor will have to attend to
business or he will get left.
GEN. BUTLER quotes Scripture in his
democratic stump speeches. The general h s not
forgotten his early training. He was
publican. philadelphia Cal.
ABOUT $4,000 tons of ice arc stored in the
houses along the Hudson river Last winter the
storage was 100000 tons, more than one-fifth of
of which remains untouched.
"YEs," she said, "Henry wants mo to be
married next month. but ! won't. am going to
put II Off until after Christmas, and then perhaps
he'll buy me n gold watch and chain"
An ingenious English manufacturer has, by
q simple and workable invention of u coiled
spring, succeeded in dispensing with the need of
driving sewing machines by hand or foot.
In Montana recently six men were shot in
one week while attempting to Jump claims. II
the inhabitants of Montana don't get to be moro
saving of their lead they will shortly be out Of
ammunition.
In Pennsylvania Miss Miller brought suit
against Mr.. Beck for breach of promise of mar
rage She said he had kissed her little moro
than 100000 times, and the jury gave her verdict
of 81 00933, or cent KISS
LEARNED man has discovered that birds
lack the sense of smell. If this learned man
should pull of his coat aud roll up his shirt
sleeves, he might in time also discover that birds
} lack n nose TO smell with.-Phiiddeiphia Call.
Now THAT the American playwrights have
foothold in Aondon, Shakespeare will have tol
"so." With Mary Anderson "the rage,' and
= "Esmerada" the fashion, 1t must be confessed
D we are getting on well "for so young acountry"
ENGLANDs new hangman, Bartholomew
Binns, is stoutly built man, about feet inches
1 in height, of fair complexion, and he has light
whiskers and moustache. He says he sought the
situation because Of tho popularity" attaching
toll
MALONE, it is said, has grown old within
Jle puSl TWO years, anu MS uulT lh lulHnluS OUT
0 and whitening. No doubt but he has put good
many crows feet into the faces OF his opponents,
and completely "raised the hair" Of not few Of
, them-BOsot Herald.
0 Mr.. ..BEECnER is about to make q study Of
4 the Mormon question. The country has long been
deslrous that some great investigator should 80
into this question long enough to enable him to
. explain how n man with twenty.nine wives can
: keep up his END of the conversation.
Il | H.
" secured seven years lease of u Philadelphia
# thcatcr and will proceed to refurnlsh it ut
q an expense of $4,000. This sudden flourish OF
n ducas induces the suspicion that Jack must have
10 recently struck three queens or u royal flush
. Chicago NelUs.
THE heaviest trout caught in Loch Leven,
. Scotland, this season weighed Az pounds, and the
. total number 900, weighed $4,000 pounds. 1t is
IL not uncommon for an enthusiastic angler to begin
% work at clock in the morning and keep two and
Is sometimes three rods plying vigorously until 10
D. o'clock at night.
d MAN going home lato tho other night
d saw bayonet in the moon, and Immediately pre-
,t dicted q war. His prediction was suddenly veri-
-, fed, for soon as he reached home his wife re-
y marked, Drunk again, eh?" and then the war
y commenced. 1t was short sharp, and decisive
10 N0yTfstolon Hadld
10 THERE is man In Warren county, Georgia,
w VINO wa III hbNOHAtth y ANtA AhilHk
1t ate war was wounded several times has been struck
m by lightning three times, lay insensiblc from one
ID shock three days, and Is now not more than 40
. years of age and is as healthy any man, aud
" weighs over 200 pounds
y THERE was story current at the time of
Queen VictoTias engagement 10 Prince Albert
that at state ball very near the period of theiI
betrothal the young lady gave her prinoeY suitoI
;" rose which he, without buttonhole In his
W close fitting uniform slit the breast Of his coat tc
ar find place for, When one is courting queen
A. money is no object.
A j. W. Brown, having become accimated
"a to the general hugeness of things in Colorado
coolly writes back to friend in Buffalo, where he
formerly lived, that while rowing for pleasure Oh
'r Niagara river he lost and carried ovel
y Niagara Falls. Ho "awoke" partly on the shore
lr on the Canadian side aud quietly went west.
u THERE are missionaries and missionaries
10 but the Mormon missionaries are the best Off anC
f. have the good of this world before they go to an
t. other, These apostles Of abundant wifery owl
n Lanks, street railways, an opera house, a nam
q moth trading post, control the Utah Central rail
way and collect 100000 in tithes every year.
u is not surprising that they ride in Pullman car