The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-01-05
iTNRE AND THERE.
Manitoba received As, 1O5 im!ni-
grants in 1888.

A Carson City photographer
f:-ats slch clstD u n, vi, will take
|, to a irink Of liquor in orler to
get ths proprr pleased expression
IN the face.
Sacramento licenses gambling,
and Mayor Bro vn says that fewer
voung men are luretl into the games
than before the city derived $4,000
annually from them.
In view Of the approach Of the
first anniversary OF {iambsttas 5
leath, his trienlS propose to get up
a grand political demonstration at
Nee on Dec 31st, the day of his
lesth, and at Paris on January 9th,
he day Of the celebration Of his
.uneral ceremonies.
/: was dull day in barber
shop at Bangor, Me-, and one of
the loungsrs offered the barber rs
cents for the receipts al the dav.
The offer having been accepted.
| The lounyer went out and drunmcd
up his trien l., an tl. r,c.Ip pts az
yregate.i SO.
The El.lystone light Of the Paci-
ic is to be located on Seal Rock,
It. Georges Reef, eight milas fro II
;he shore, opposite Crescent City
Hal., and will cost $4,000. Ths
highest point of Seal Rock is "a
feet above the mean tide. The
| Il isht will be 1O0 fest higher.
The lIennepin canal is t. b.-:f
It is ever made-SO feet wide on
the water line and seven and half
feet deep. Congressman Millcrs
bill calls for ali appropriation OF
81 900 600 to prosecute the work
rhe canal is intended to promote
commerce in the central Western
States.
A company with s2,5o0,oO0 cap-
fal is lr,lna.ing to drain 1902 90
rcres in the southwest OF Fiori a
and to nlaks Gulf front of 100
miles of agricultural lands between
Lake St. Charles and Sabine Pass.
steam plouyhs, capable of plough
.ng 30 SCres Il lay, N, ,,,a arriVot or
thc work iron r.I.;aII.
The railroad hri lge over the st.
Lawrence from Morrisburg to Wal-
dington is to be two miles and a
nall long and will cross the st,
Lawrence canal with swing hri lie
53S feet long. rhe city OF Ottawa
agrees to pay S35O,OO0 of the cost,
if the railroad company will make
Il wagon road on bridge.
At the late meeting of the State
Board Of Silk Culture of California,
=. \. Sellers offered to lease hi
. We of 800 'il'b s:ry tree to the
ioar,i ii,r so lii acre. fne Euar.i
.esire to make The place an exper
lmental station and build a COCOON
cry. Tie silk reeling school is
yielding gratifying results.
An inquirer asked what he
should do with horse troubled
with periodical fits Of diazl,ess and
the editor answered him in these
words: "Our advice, based on the
pcrusal of valuable book, Every
ian his own Horse Doctor, wogr,
De t. take the horse s.uia luv, when
lc is not dizzy, and sell han. to a
tranger."
John l.. Mcmillan, who is make
NJ typc-setting machine in llIioi.
\. y. with which he EXPECTS to st
5000 ems an hour, says that aioo,-
900 was spent on the Alden type
setting and distributing machine
before it was given up as inlpracti-
cable, and that S1,OOO,0OO wa
wasted On the Page machIn whus'.
aten1 right vas nhs'!laatiy sol
Dr S1D.UO.
| GHaan Kally, who was born on
itdist, island, South Carolina,
owned Il ,,lantation and slaves
there up with war impoverished
lin. Then ne hauled lumber fnr
a iim", and a. length h, became a
street car Iriy.:r. r.. sticks to hi-
car notwithstanding his wiic's
uncle, Thomas V,'hitrilge of Balti
nore, lied the o,her day leaving
ner larg share OF s3,OO0,OOO.
The death roll OF the British
loyal Society for the last year is a
triking testi .nony to the longevity
Ut scientific men. Out of d. mem
,e"s, who have passed away, the
youngest was 55, an the oil, lest, ST
Edward Sabine, the father of thu
society, WITS in his 96th year
There was another non,ganarian
uut the >ctnganarians. on the whole
had it. There We're no less thar
tnine OF them.
The summary of the season
, which is now complete, shows very
; disastrous results. One hun Tres
nro n +, /; oil ,loa,r; ,,t ions, H. ~, .u,t ,ta,