The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-11

gongs calling guests to theological
meals
Snow has repeatedly fallen all over
southern Europe, once OF twice as far
south as the streets Of Palermo. 1t is a
curious fact that both in the Northern
and Southern h~emispheres and on the
Eastern and Western continent the
last t~welvemonth was one Of heayy snow
fall.
Twenty graduates of Dartmouth Col
lege, New Hampshire, had a reunion and
dinner in San Francisco, CAL, on the
evening Of March q. There are sixty,
hG3 Dartmouthmen on the Pacific coast,
representing classes from '43 to 20.
A South Carolina Judge, IN passing SEN
tence lately, remarked that n~inety-nine
out Of every one hundred persons upon
whom he had had in his circuit to pass
sentence were comparatively youngpeo-
pie. Especially In crimes OF an infamous
character the criminals were IN near
ly every instance quite young, and al
most ALWAYS of the coiored race. 1t was
| rare that he had to pass sentence upon
those who had experienced the restraints
Of slavery aud who had been made Tree.
There has been several failures of late
| at Winnipeg. Rents are very high, and
| it is said there are &4,000,tE worth of
! buildings under contract this spring,
and, as already 1000 emigrants have ar.
rived, while thousands more are on the
| wav, these failures are considered but
~exigencics OF frontier BODYBUILDING. The
| resent advance in the dHty on agricultu-
/ y,1 i,,,lo,1n ~ &c md thu InapOQEAd FrnIUhf
rates on the Canada Pacific cause great
indignation among the farmers, who as
usual, when things go wrong over the
border, talk about annexation.
A st. Petersburg telegram says: "A
statistical report en- suicides in Russia
has been Issued. It appears that some
1000 persons in each year make away
NTH Themselves The greatest Number
| Of cases occur in the district of Moscow,
| after which comes st. Petersburg, War
saw, and Irdkursk. During the last
five years Z ,7l3 cases have been regis-
tered. Suicide in the Russian army, as
in that Of Germany, has been or the in
crease during the last few years.
The Lancaster New Era says that q
citizen of Pennsylvania may leave $1,000
or 81, 600, 600 to his family, wife, or
| children. and the law takes no cogni-
zance of it, but if he leaves so much as
| 500 to a public charity the laws of the
| state promptly dock the bequests five
[ per cent.
The auction sale ofseason tickets for
the forthcoming dramatic festival in
Cincinnati has closed. Twenty four
hundred and f~fty-three seats have been
sold for q total sum ofS6I.6 20. 0fthis
sum the premiums amounted to $50, 2S3.
The average premium is $l2.35. The
sale has produced several thousand dol
lars more than any previous auction for
| Music Hall, and there are still ,267 seats
TO be sold without premium.
The development Of fossil remains at
the Nevada state prison quarry contin-
ues to be mere and more interesting.
Scarcely a blast is made which does not
disclose new and strange tracks, osseous
remains of fossil ivory. The vegetable
indications are numerous and interest
Ing, as arc the many specimens of CLAIMS
aud other mullnsks.
The wives of some OF the most promi-
nent men of Condersport, Pa, have
formed Il society iii opposition to the
Masonic order. They have determined
to hold their meeting on the same eve.
ming as the Masons, at as late an hour,
and will endeavor 10 reach home in the
same state of set-em-up-ativeness as
their lords and masters:
The Farmers Jugs OF Colo.
a few days ago, at his residence on
the Benton road, some eighteen miles
from this city, Mr.. John Peck passed
| from mundane trials and tri5ulations.
| Mr.. Peck was seventy eight years old,
and was we'll known as a gentle, frugal
old farmer who enjoyed tie unqualified
respect and esteem Of the neighborhood
in which he had passed so many years
of usefulness. He was the father of
seven sons and daughters, all Of whom
have grown 10 the estate of man and wo-
manhood. Just before his death he
| called his youngest son to his bedside,
and after some remarks of an advisory
nature, stated that he had saved 81 900
in gold for each Of his children. He at
| tempted to tell the boy where he had
concealed it. but before he was able to
| conclude his story the grim
messenger appeared and the spirit Of
the old gentleman passed to its reward.
A search for the hidden treasure dis
covered two jugs with the necks knocked
Off, in which Mr.. Peck had been accus-
toned to drop his savings. One was
concealed in the smoke. house and the
other in the stable. Together they were
found to- contain some $500 in gold.
Those who are acquainted with Mr..
Peck are firm in the belief that the rest
Of the money goe spoke OF is hidden
somewhere abouty the premises, but q
very rigid searchs,as failed to find Il up
70 this writing. -Padrcah Ky. News