Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-03-27
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a belief III switcheraf tt seems lI5I
revived III Lanca ster city
Massachusetts built onI 81 q ST.
miles 81 new railway last year.
Tho moral city Of Washing 1sa1
g., is now erecting its first roller s katss
ing rink.
The Mormon high priests out numbet q
the Congregational ministers OF the
United States. t..sz.. s 1s
The INDECENT students Of Dastmonth
receive $1,000 yearly from the state Of s
New Hampshire. . 81 81
The permanent population of Wash 81
ington is estimated at 2l2, 900 and the
transient In town at 10000. j. :,=%
A fredericksburg Pa, man wears
silk hat twenty-four years old, and a Z
pair of boots fifty-two years old.
The old city of St. Augustine.
Fla, is to celebrate the 320th ami
versary of its foundation March 27-2S.
Nevada having no institution of the
kind of her own, pays for her veterans
being kept in the California veterans
| home. &# III ~
| The Battle of Bennington monument
association has voted in favor OF the
design submitted by Prof. Weir, of the
| Yale art school.
| Catholic priests in several northern
Ohio towns have denied the. commun"
ion to members of their churches who
visit skating-rinks. ~
! Emil Pearson, q young Swede, MAIN
tanned an unbroken fast for two weeks,
at the San Jose (Cal.) iutirmary. prior
to the 10th instant.
1t is claimed that refined petroleum
in tin cases exerts an influence upon
the ships needle, the same as do car
goes of iron and steel.
On several transatlantic ships tele-
phones are now used between the
bridge and the wheel-house, instead OF
speaking tubes heretofore.
According to The Nautical Gazette
nine tenths of all accidents occur at
sea during the second mates watch.
1t suggests that second mates should
be examined and licensed.
At $50 ton for grapes, wine costs
only 2 cents pint. 1t is thought that
20 cents gallon for new wine will be
the ruling price in California, at which
rate q vineyard will produce $loo
w orth OF wine per acre
In several American railway stations
clock-dials are now shown having the
hours numbered up to twcnty-tour,
and with the figures in two circles, the
inner containing the hours OF the
night, the outer those of the day.
Merchants who occupy the stores
under the arches of the New York end
OF the East river bridge 40 longer
complain of the dampncss from water
from bridge locomotives, and pro-
nounce their quarters in every way
comfortable.
The first railway guide-book was
called "Gadsby's Monthly Railway
Guide" and it appeared in 1889, its
price being three pence. Out OF it
grew "Bradshaw's, the great Euro
pean guide~book, which was first is
s'led in 1912.
London astrologer predicts q
= grave catastrophe in London in Febru.
ary and another one between the 10th
and Esd OF March. He says there vii.
be earthquakes in America in April,
and that the empire of Germany will
not survive the year.
The leading military paper of Great
Britain expresses the hope that a de-
tachment of American volunteers or
state militia will form part OF the
American exhibition to be held in
London in 1886, as there is To be o
royal military tournament at lslington
that year.
Capt. Williams, the famous police
!, officer of New York, is strong tenn
;. perance man, and urges the practice
= OF temperance upon the men il his
command. He congratulate himself
; that four of his sergeants, four rounds
. men, and two detectives arc good
! solid temperance men.
= Tho following gives the attend nce
: at the leading colleges: Harvard T.
56s; Columbia, I,418; ObcrIn, ass;
: Michigan, 1,27l; Yale, 1886; Tech
q nology, 573; Cornell, $50; Princeton,
\ sos; Dartmouth, 4O2; Vermont, SAG;
t Amherst. 1884; Lehigh, 307; Johns
;. Hopkins, 273; Williams, 253; Brown,
r 24S.
9 EARLY marriages are popular at Ten
G nant's Harbor, Me. A girl Of ~ was
+ married there Dec e. Most OF the
y girls are married between II and IS
e Years of age, and it is said to DO moth
@ ing uncommon to fud in the same
Y family parents and from one to four
s children drawing school money
o Among the meaneat Of thelts Is tho
S one perpetratcd a few nights ago in
. Atlanta, Ga, where a number Of lamps
q which were placed around an cxcava-
u ton 10 warn people of The danger were
y stolen. Although no persons were
u killed, several were injured. one
J. podcstrian falling to the bottom Of the
Il hole.
: The competent waiter never returns
y thanks for g. tip. lie sweeps it up
- with such other crumbs as happen to
:. be On the tab)ccloth and puts it into
=. his pocket With a noncbaiance which.
~ being interpreted into words, says:
- ''Oh, yes; III take it as gratuity, not
=, - as tip, and take it only to please
70 you, not that want it. an toe
=, much Of gentleman to offend YOU
~ by refusing your tribute to ny dls.In
guished worth"
Judge (to witness:) Repeat the
prisoners statement to you exactly in
81 bis own words. Now, what did he
.. say? Witness My lord, he said he
!. stole the pig. Judge-impossiole! He
- =. couldn't have used the third person
10 Witness-My lord, there was no third
~ person. Judge--Nonsense! / sup
81 pose you mean he said, Il stole the
~ pig" Witness (shocked)--Oh, my