The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-16
PASSING EVENTS.

Cravats and scarfs are made Of pa
per by o Berlin manufactures.
1.-THE Hopping Disciples Of the
Devil" is the name Of dancing club
in Texas.
New York proposes to introduce the
London fa.hion Of hiring empty houses
for balls.
Over three hundred dwellings, have
been built in Montgomery. Ala, dur.
ing the past twelve months.
Eight little bootblacks, who had
beat their way from New Orleans, ar
rived at Los Angeles. CAL, recently.
Tho Washington Territory Insane
asylum contains nj present 149 in
mates-110 men and thirty-nine wo-
men.
Tho United States possesses IN Itsl-
ian population Of 10000. Of whom
over 10000 reside in the city Of Now
York.
Malarial fevers arc greatly preva-
lent in Toronto, Canada. and there
have lately been numerous fatal cases
Of typhoid. :
, Of the 276 students at John Hopkins
university l40 are graduate stu
dents" from nearly eighty different
institutions.
Al. tho New Orleans exposition the
electric lights alone cost about 81, $50
per day tho music e25O. and the po-
lice about $3.50.
Tho Methodist Episcopal church Is
going to start another university In
western Missouri or eastern Kansas.
A Kansas citizen offers $500, 900 II they
will call it by his name.
There IL great suffering and loss Of
stock on the north and south sides Of
the Red river. in Louisiana, caused BY
floods from recent rains. At least five
thousand head of stock wcro lost.
A horse requires at least 400 cubic
feet Of fresh air per hour. Tho Eng
lish army regulations allow In new
stables. to each horse, sos cubic feet,
and 100 square feet Of floor space.
The Gem Social club is tho cuphon-
iOus name Of an opium den OF largo
dimensions recently established in
Philadelphia. White men are tho
gOdfathcrs Of tho infamous resort.
The flaxsced crop of the past season
In this country is said not to exceed
GsOOO uUSUcISs IIICcS uav0 IuukCu
from e1.68 in May to s1.33 in NOvem-
Der. and the average price for tho
year was Sl.46.
When house is to be let in Mexico
the owner sticks an old newspaper in
the window. II isn't very tasteful and
seldom improves the appearance OF tho
house, but it is economical and is un.
derstOOd by the community.
Sylvia DubOicc, a negrcss aged 116,
lives in destitution on the bleak sum-
init Of the Sourland mountain, in Hun
tcrdOn county, New Jersey, in a little
frame cabin. with one room, hardly
large enough for the swinging Of q cat.
In the New York pilot service there
are nineteen boats, with 1873 licensed
pilots, all but two Of whom are in ac-
tive service. During 1884 6.Oi5 vcs-
sells were pilotcd in and out of the har-
Dor at a total cost to the vessel owners
of S415,51345.
A handsome grotto, formed OF rich
gold and silver bearing ores, has Just
been erected in the Colorado section
of the New Orleans exposition. The
walls are composed of specimens from
$50 mines, some Of the specimens hav-
ing an assay value Of $1,000 a ton.
Not long since the Anchor line tried
the experiment of direct line from
Calcutta to New York via the Suez ca
nal, and it has been SD successful
that the fleet will be increased. The
cargoes consist of linseed, indigo,
hides, jute, and coffee from Ccylon.
A young married lady of upper
Manhattan" says The Nail and Er.
0ress who has hcen adIictcd IN naint
ing her lips as well as her cheeks and
eyclashcs, is now under medical treat
mcnt to reduce the size of her lips,
which have become 'hOrribly enlarg-
ed'' by chemical poison.