Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18
General COMBINATIONS.

1t costs Maine $4,000 annually in
bounties for bears.
The late James Irvine left to his
only son, among other property, $780,
900 acres OF land in one body in Los
Angeles county. This large domain
Mr.. Irvine bought jointly with an
other man in 1857, paying at therate
Of 3712 cents per acre. In 1875 Mr..
Irvine bought Que his partner for
$25O,OOO. He has since been offered
81 100000 cash for the property.
There is a valley OF 10000 acres in
the tract worth $1OO an acre or ST.
100000 for the valley. Some small
farms have been carved from this
portion and sold at this figure. On
the tract is coal mine which is yield
ing an untailing supply OF coal OF good
quality for locomotive purposes, and
is under lease to representatives OF
the Southern Pacific Company. There
are between 10000 and 10000 sheep
and several thousand cattle upon
this land. The actual cash value OF
the whole land is about 100000.
A western debating society discuss
ed the question of female suffrage, and
a suffering orator in the negative
wound up his argument with this clinch-
er: II d d-defy any one to point out
a woman in this city or c-c-country
that could be sheriff. Would a wom-
an turn out in the dead OF night to
track and arrest q, m-m-murderer? I
say n-no! Ten to one she would elope
w-with h!m!' He sat down amid thur
ders OF applause.-Boston Journal.
Gen. Benet. OF the army, holds that
a repeating shotgun capable of deliv'
ering six rounds of buckshot in some.
thing like ten seconds is an excellent
mob-queller when in the hands of dis
ciplined troops. A Gatling gun ar
ranged to play "Hail Columbia" on
the hand-organ principle is also said
to be a valuable implement in hasten
ing the retreating quickstep OF crowd
of superheated Anarchists.
A traveller in the west says that it
is the rule for men of the plains, and
particularly for cowboys, to speak
cOntemptuously Of eastern "duIes."
But, in fact, most of them are as much
the slaves Of fashion as any one.
They have an expensive suit Of a white
white felt hat, pair Of fancy leather
chapareros Or overalls, French heel
boots and red silk handkerchief.
Fancy ornamented pistols take large
part OF many Of the cowboys earn.
ings.
Another effective advertising scheme
has been invented in England. A
leading confectioner was ordered to
put up 10000 tin boxes OF candy,
Theoretically sealed, with an advertise.
ment OF a cheap watch in each box,
and in some Of the boxes, in addition
thereto, coupon emitting the finder
to one OF the watches. On the occa~
sion of the Oxford and Cambridge
boat race, the 10000 water-tight
boxes were thrown into the river, to
be dived and grappled and raked for
by everybody who thought it worth
while to take so much trouble to get
the sweets, and possibly watch. No
little excitement and talk was caused,
and the object of the enterprisirg
watch vender-the getting of much ad.
vertising-was fully attained.
When Anarchist Spies got through
denouncing the railroad monopolies
and advising the striking laborers to
kill, burn and destroy until their de.
mands were complied with, he sat
down and wrote this polite note to
the Michigan Central: "Will you be
SO kind as to give my wife pass to
Buffalo, and oblige yours, very truly,
A. S. Spies.'' This is unpleasantly
suggestive of cheek, and yet it has on
the whole more Of the elements Of
leadership about it than Herr Most g
1 crawling under the bed.
| Fourteen hundred black fish were
driven ashore by"men in boats atwood
End, Provlncetown. The fish were
| speared and sold at public auction at
an average OF 81. 21 apiece, the gross
proceeds being nearly SIS, 600. This
amount was divided among the men
engaged in the catch, each received
about $50. The average amount OF
oil from each fish is one barrel. This
is the first school of black fish which
has been seen in that locality for q
number Of years. !.