Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-04-23
dLEANuNGs.

GLEANlNGs.
/! Mr.. Buckle. temporarily editor of
the London Times, is only thirty years
old.
Miss Hattie Wilcox. Of Newark, N.
J.. was frightened to death BY savage
Twenty young ladies Of ono church
In Phila.lclphia have been married
within two months.
Tho Temperatures OF the hold OF the
vessel in which bananas are slowed
must be kept at SO degrees.
In 40 colleges Of this country there
are $4,000 students. OF this number
l4OOO are church members, 1.4OO hav.
Ing joined during the past collegiate
year.
Henry Irving with his entire compa-
ny visited Niagara Falls recently. 81
was. J" ho says, .ssifnply as.ounded and
eur.
Lord BATS hss eivcn % order to Miss
Edmoaja a. Edwards, the American
negro sea:p.ress, % execute 4 marble
sessas of sks Virgin Mary for ono OF his
chspsl&
ACleveland newspaper thief has a
dog trained 10 the work. who goes to
the doors where the papers arc left
and brings them to his waiting master
in the street.
In . recent lecture Mr.. Ruskin said:
~ you want TO show yoLr country
friends how tho sun looks in London
toy. throw II bad bnif-crown into ba-
sia Of dirty water"
Round dinner plates hold their own
against tho recently introduced square
ones, but the moderate sized square
vegetable dishes seem to be preferred
to the old-fsshioned oval or oblony
ones.
The endowment fund Of Washington
and Lee University, Virginia, is INV
t4O0, zoo. and at least one-half Ct it has
been gwen BY northern men. A per-
sisent a, ,rt Is being made TO increase
the endowment to 41.OJO. co.,
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
Is TO put weather Signals on its trains
for the hcnefit Of farmers. Red aud
Llue suns. rcd and b.ue crcscents and
red and blue stars will ind cue the
sorts Of weather that are predicted.
Slip knitting needle into your pock-
OF, says a we'll known dairyman, and
when you 70 TO y meal dip It into the
milk pitcher. II any Of tho mix all.
heres to the needle il is pure. but il it
does not the au.d 10 adulteralcl with
water.
In reply to . recent invitation to do
liver lecture before the Msnhatlnn
Temperance Association in Cooper
Union, P. 7. Barnum writes frcm his
homo in BriLxsport: Friend G Ubs--
have finished lecturing forever in this
world. Truly yours, P. I. Barnum."
The cost Of tho Washington monu-
ment thus far has been $9S7.C0 and
the @l50.U0J on hand will hnish II dur
ing 1854. The project Of its erection is
moro than half q century old, but the
government wisely look It in hand in
1876. and since that it, progress has
been satisfaetory.
|ssaln& lsas Yesa 95aay. ~ knno1nn
figures reoenily published. thero are
moro than 800 rag dealers, and the
pickers VINO are mo .ly Italians, gather
$4,000 year in the streets and
roads, while the money real. .zeL for
cotton rags one in the Unilcd States
II put at $22.0O0. 600 per annum.
A fashionable lady in New York has
sent card aruund TO her frien.is TO AM
nounce ''the birth Of fOuc children to
my favorite dog--their intended names
will be Juno, Titan. Hercules and Co
Hath. This" )" says the Gvaph;c. was
either good satire. or the very acme OF
the present dog-loying fever"
It 10 not known by every one, says
the Independent, that in spite Of the fine
dramatic p.cturc OF the burial Of Sit
John Moore drawn in Wo.fc's famous
poem. Rev. Mr.. Seymour, who was the
officiating clergyman on the occasion,
expressly states that SIR John was bur-
led In broad daylight and with consid-
at G '~"mOnv.
1hs man who discovered the key y
- ancient Aztec writings was formcr-
y employed on the New York Tribune,
and acquired tho talent he has used to
such good advantage In dcciphering
Grceley's manuscript
'.Ah! 1t was gale" said Mrs. Rams
botham; ''it shook our house by the
seaside. and couldn't help murmur-
ing to myself ~ lay awake. the words
Of the old song, you know. my dear.
Cease. Rude BorSx. ="
Some genius has invented machine
% play pianos. This will iill long
felt want When two young people Of
<pnTanaifa aaY Nrn In eha unri0r in fh0
evening the old lady doesn't begin 10
saunter in until the piano stops.
No Moro Advertising Tor Him.
..Mr. Jones'" said the reporter. Il
saw m advertisements in morning pa
per for the owner OF m umbrella left
IN your saloon 70 call and"
..Ths:'M do. lis gone. and you'd
better 70. too" he sugsestiyely added.
giaring savagely At the reporter across
tho bar.
..Grcat Jumping Joseph. will they
never stop c,m.ng?" ne asked. turning
" tho youn man at the end Of the bur.
..You ara the forticth man who has
called here to-day about that miserar
Slc old cotton umbrella" he added.
addressing tho reporter. 'sTnere have
been m u hers to-day for that umbre;-
Ia who were never in nv p.ace before
lawyers, doctors. politicians, and di-
vinny students. Til never advertise
another umbrella as long ~ liv... be
said 10 the bartender. - likilad. |. hia
Times. =
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