New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-02
GLEANINGs.

The trades unions of England have a
membership of 100000; those of the
United States, 247 900.
A Cohoes, N. Y, couple were mar.
ried the first day they met, and divorc-
ed on the third.
A murderer in Kansas Jail charges
5 cents for look, and is thus doing
thriving business.
An Albany peanut vender discovers
that he loses 400 peanuts day by
people taking one as they pass by his
corner.
The late J. P. Hale, Of New York,
left $1O,0O0,000, much of which sum
goes to a cousin who can neither read
; nor write.
Experiments in determining the
height and velocity of clouds, by means
Of photography, are being made in
England.
Florida newspapers have their joke
about the swamp lands. Some OF them
say that the lands are to be sold "by
the gallon
A Cincinnati physician has examined
40 of the best whistlers in the city,
and finds them sadly lacking in mental
development.
The engineer in charge of the gov
eminent works at Key West has fished
up copper cannon of the fifteenth
century. 1t belonged to the early
Spanish invaders.
Dried apples are used in Kentucky
for making apple-jack, but the beverage
must be stored in stone jugs or glass
bottles, as it will eat out OF wooden
barrel
The Santa Barbara Independent adj
vocates division of California and an
nexing the southern part, including San
Luis Obispo to Arizona, forming new
State.
The United States has 164 doctors to
every 10000 persons. In England the
proportion is to 10000; in France, 3;
Germany, 8 and a fraction; Hungary
and Italy, 6, and Switzerland z.
Judge Hoover, who once upon time
was Chief Justice of Arizona, is now
chief waiter in restaurant in Southern
| California. Judge Sattherthwaite, also
| of Arizona, is now doing tinker's jobs
for living.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Avalonche
says that census of Southern editors
shows two Captains, seventeen Majors,
Generals and 1926 Colonies. There
are no privates and no officers below
the rank of Captain.
A Mississippi paper says that while
some persons were boring an artesian
| well in Lee County, that state, they
found a log 1926 feet under the earth,
| which was in fair state of preser-
walton and resembled poplar.
The treasurer of Carroll County,
Ark, placed $1,000 in an old boot for
safe keeping, placing the boot in pile
of rubbish. Now he is trying to
negotiate with the man who stole the
boot.
A cane brought over in the May
flower by William White, the father
of Peregrine White, the first white
child born in New England, is now in
possession of CaptainWilliam White, of
Yarmouth, Mass.
A rose farm is new industry in
Alabama. Two gardeners have three
acres in rose trees. This year they
sold $4,000 trees to parties at the
North, and had orders for $4,000 which
they could not fill. They bring about
$50 per 100.
Kwang Lee the young Emperor Of
China, devotes three hours a day to
studying the language of his country,
but otherwise does nothing except
ride in the Imperial Gardens. He
will assume the reins of government
personally on the 31st of next July, his
fifteenth birthday.
The walls of Canton, China are OF
sandstone, capped with brick. They
are twenty feet thick and from twenty
five to forty feet high. There are
twelve outer gates, through which
boats pass into the moat east and west
The gates are all shut at night, and 8
guard is stationed near them to pre-.
serve order.
One night in the early days of San
Francisco a party of men were winding
members dashed the liquor from his
glass, and said: Il dash it away for
| ever From this incident the Dash.
away Society was formed, and it die
incalculable good in the cause of tempe
rance ana charity.
An exchange editor, who has been
keeping track of what the newspapers
have being saying about cities, state:
that Chicago and St. Louis are the mos
abused, New York the most talked Of
Boston the most respected, and Phila
delphia the most praised. No on
hears Of Cincinnati, he says, excep
when the Mclean Halstead fight il
going on.
Here is a copy of letter received
the other day by firm in St. Joseph
Mo-: 81 would like to travel and sci
glassware for you. I am sixteen ant
a half years of age. I have got cheel
to sell goods. The way to sell good
is to show the man your goods and tel
him your price. Write soon and stat
salary that you will give and expenses
and tell me in what section of the coun
, try you want me to work in"
Jewelry-making is the big bushes
of Providence, r. I. There are 18
manufacturing establishments, employ
/ ing about $500 hands, and turning GU
: $5,775,975 worth Of goods annually
e The manufacture began soon after tn
AcVOlutlOu, anu Ill 4OOO LucIc WeT
, four establishments. The city ais
, makes 81 per cent. of the screws use,
;, in the country, and 2,340,000 pieces Q
prints during the year.
: A banker at Osakis, Mimi, has bull
house which lie thinks will defy tn
e tornado. All the corners of the hous
r are acute angles, giving this architect
y ural freak the contour of q star. Fror
the highest point OF the roof the gutter
sink suddenly, making great depres
d sions. This angularigy was, it is said
!, inspired by the bankers wife, VIII
= lives in constant dread of storm. Th
: corners were made very sharp, to spli