Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1885-07-17

v. 20
VOL. l3, NO 6.
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Idaho will build a capitol at cost of
$4,000. $ts&
Minneapolis charges $1,000 for circus
license. AZ H.
Fully 1900 Mormons settled in Arizona
last year. ~ 81.
Leather wheels are made in France for
railway carriages.
The wheat crop of Italy amounted to
114,OOO,OOO bushels. s5
The number Of colleges in the United
States is set down at 370
Omaha, Neb., claims to be the best paved
city in the United States.
DR.. Glen, the California wheat king, is
said to be worth $2,OOO,0OO. - .,s..,
Paper is now used in the manufacture of
lead pencils instead of cedar. s..
In 1884, 60,O0O,OO0 gallons of water were
used in extinguishing fires in London.
The interest bearing national debt of
Great Britain in 1884 was $3,2OO ,OO9,OOO
Out of the word i1comprehensibility
Connecticut lady made 2,24S different
words.
Earthquakes in north Japan are more
numerous and severe in winter than in
summer. . -.-- .-u.
A pair of English sparrows have built
their nest within the glass shade of one of
the electric lights in Bridgeport, Conn.
Bishop Mcnamara, of the Independent
Catholic church, was arrested in Brooklyn
the other day for hitting a man on the
nose who disturbed his meeting.
The father Of Bayard Taylor, who died
the other day, had never seen canal boat,
locomotive or street car. He thought
wheelbarrow good enough for common
folks.
Mathew Arnold is said to have pro-
nounced Mrs. Josephine Mcdonald, the
wife of ex-senator McDor aid, of Indiana,
to be the most beautiful woman in the
world.
Henry Ward Beecher says that in his
dreams he has stolen like rascal, but
when not dreaming he doesn't remember
to have stolen anything beyond apples and
melons.
81 have no idea, for didn't 60 under the
table," was the answer of husband to
his wife's question, How were the ladies
dressed at that swell New York dinner
you went top .-.. '..
Richmond, Va, has novelty in the way
of vigilance committee. 1t is composed
entirely of ladies, married and single, and
their special mission is to seek out wife
beaters and cowhide them.
According to the New York Times, hail
stones measuring seven inches in diameter
fell in that state the other day, and banked
up along the fences like snow drifts. The
mugwumps are getting discouraged.
Mr.. Boale Holmes, of Heathfield, Sussex
England, has reached the ripe old age of
106. He was born in 1873. At this ad-
vanced period of his life he enjoys his
pipe, his glass of ale, his chat and shady
seat.in the garden.
A Chicago dispatch gives the information
that the Northern Pacific railroad company
has entered in to competition with the Pa
cific mail steamship company and the
Central Pacific road. The Northern Pa
cific will have the advantage of the short
est route
Little eight year old Kitty Stephens, of
Poughkeepsie, New York, was buried last
week, in accordance with the provisions of
her TWILL" in white, with her doll, dressed
in white, in her arms, the casket, flowers,
hearse and horses being white, and five lit
tie girls in white acting as pail bearers.
The Western Druggist says there is a
largely increased demand for the. gum of
the eucalyptus tree, on account of its effect
in removing scales in steam boilers and in
preventing rust and "pitting." Extensive
eucalyptus forests are to be planted in Cal
ifornia with the object of supplying the
demand. <..
A grand piano just presented to Princess
Beatrice is an unique affair. It is in a
black case, ornamented with gold. The
sustaining pedal enables the player to pro-
long the sound of one or more of the notes
on the organ principle. The piano has so
elastic touch, that all the graduations,
from the most subdued whisper to the
greatest fortissimo passage, can be accom-