Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-14
Things in General.

Sonora, old as that state is, has not
more than 2 5000 inhabitants. and 75,-
900 of these are pure Indians. The are
about 5000 natives Of the United States
in that state, mostly SPECTATORS. Fabu.
lous sums are said to have been taken
out Of her mines, and now and then a
vase filed with gold nuggets left by the
Spaniards.
or the elk largest sugar producing
countries OF Europe, Germany this year
carries off the palm, with 800 900 tons,
or 80 per cent Of the whole. Next comes
Austria with $50 tons Franz ss:tL
425. 900, Russia with 250, 000, Belsism,
III, 600, and Holland with 2 6eT-
many hiss not only the greatest number
Of refineries, 357 out off, 04 lint the
largest also.
The chair which was used by her roy
al highness Princess Louise at the OPEN
ing and closing of Parliament, during her
residence in Canada, mas been sent to
her royal highness as a souvenir of her
~sojourn III the Dominion. The following
inscription has been placed on the back
of the chair; Presented TO her royal
highness Princess Louise by the Minis
tiers of the Dominion of Canada, advisers
DO his excellency the governor general,
the Marquis of Lorne. 1888.
The set of sapphires owned By the wife
of Mr.. Mackay, Of bonanza fame, is
valued at $500, 600. and comprises the
diadem, bracelets, ring, esrrings and
necklace, with a large pendant. The
contents other jewelry chest Ia valued at
81 900, 000.
An oleander tree near Spanishtown,
Fla, covers a space of ground thirty-six
feet in diameter; from the ground to the
topmost limb is twenty-five feet; at the
surface of the ground the trunk is diyi-
ed into twenty or twenty-five seperate
stems, the group being at least i've feet
through, and one single stem Is by
actual measurement fourteen inches
lhick-
The compiler Of English as She is
Wrote" claims I o have found In an
otherwise sober account of shipwreck
the following passage: ssThe captain
swan ashore. So did the chambermaid;
SIG WINS llculGN " u AAAEt Dt' "@@
loaded with pig iron"
While on his way from England to
Australia, Mr.. M. d. Conway, who is
making q tour around the world, saw a
very peculiar sun. One morning, he
saws, that in place of the usual orb, az
blue sun rose above the horizon
and maintained its startling color the en-
tire day.
A poker game lasting for three days
md nights was played recently at Marys-
vile, Cal. The "ante" was So, and the
pots were big. AT one tin g there was
over S 1000 in sight on the table. New
came in from time to time, and
others retired, but one man stuck to the
game pretty closely until 1t closed, and
about $500.
A prominent and prosperous farmer
IF Michigan is quoted Is saying recently
when / was a boy and trudgsa along
school 4 was taught to take S9my hat
md make obeisance whenever / net a
person. How is il now? Why, a
ia fortunate if he a. pass by q
,chool-house without being snow
There were So, 760 patients in the !u-
,atic asylums of France last year. Of
yhom about q, 900 were men and 81 1000
yomen. showing that females are the
most liable to insanity. That they are
ess influenced by treatment 10 shown
~ the fact that the average duration OF
retainer. fer men IS 20 days, Wine s Esss