Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-08-27
n EWs NOTES.

urOPe IS SalQ TO nave an aValla0l
military force of 5000, 900 soldier
NewtownI and Flatbush, Ny.
have passed bylaw taxing eac
funeral that enters the town 81.
When run to its full capacity al
Akron, Ohio, manufactory turns-ou
81, 1000, COO matches IN ene day.
Richard Chandler. of North Tru
ro. Mass proposes to go round tile
world IN a dory II feet long.
/ A snowstorm that lasted ::I,ou
fifteen minutes astoni~hed the ma
tives near Yorktown, Va, the othe.
day.
The novelty of II sleeping car viii
bathroom attached has hecn intro
duced by British Amerir u, rail.
road.
A suit over the shutting of Il dool
at Los Angeles, Cal, has rebuireG 40
outlay so far of nearly S2G0for court
costs.
A swarm of Dakota grasshoppers
stopped twenty minutes for refresh
ments and ate up fifty-acre fielc near
Fargo. 9,
An essay by Tennessee Lad con-
tanned this brilliant passage: "Hon-
esty is, like angels visits, few and
mighty scarce
A woman Attempted to sell her lialr
in Walla Walla, w. T., the other
day, claiming that she was on the
verge of Starvation.
Whom there are no prisoners in
the Whitby, Canada, iass white flag
files from the staff. The white flag
was at last up ac:our s..
A Cleveland woman kept her sa-
loon open Sunday because it was
the Fourth of Iuiy,. and was fined
SO and costs and given five hours in
the city prison
Th, General Theological Semina-
ry, of New York, an Episcopal in
stItution, holds "a mOrlgage on Wal
lacks new theatre AS security for a
loan of $95, 900.
Albert Hasscnzahl, six years old,
of Toledo, Ohio, attempted to COM
NIT suicide recently by drinking car
boIic acid b cause Ills mother refused
to lot him 90 tn q DicniC
Theatrical people have more or
less of the gamblers absolute dread
of passing heggar without giving
him something They think it will
spoil their luck if they do so.
A man working in Il California
saw-mill the other day was struck in
the throat by piece of steel that cut
his windpipc open and, fell down in
to it. He coughed it up and is do
ing well.
Beer pitcherfuI that had only
shortly been purchased, was found
right handy, in the absence of wa
ter, to extingulsh small fire in
Chicago dwelling the other evening.
An authority states that to cover
the base balls made in New York
alone the hides of about 10000
horses and the skins of as many
times that number of sheep are re-
quired every season.
The first prisoner to be placed in
the new lookup at Danbury, Conn,
pulled off the iron leg of his bed
stead, and, using it as crowb7r,
had almost dug his way to freedom
when discovered.
New Ulm, in Minnesota, is so
thoroughly German, It's mayor, coun-
ciImen and other officials being of
of that nationality, that German is
the official tongue, the municipal no.
tices, etc, being published in tina
language.
Philip PhiIgard, 16 years old, was
struck by lightning in Westport,
Conn, recently, by shaft that shat
tered an umbrella under which, he
was walking at the time. The material
of the umbrella was not burned, nor
were any marks left on the boy ex-
cept discoloration on the left cheek.
A boy was seized and thrown
through plate-glass window, i'll
Hester street, New York store, the
other night, by somebody who es-
capped before they could be identifi-
ed. The boy also seems to have es-
capped, not only injuries, but without
being questioned The store-keep-
er loses $35 by the accident.
Two young men who have been
going round Boston pilfering money
from behind counters by means of
canes, to the point of which was at
tached some sticky substance, were
detected few days ago by the ac-
tons of q pet dog, which, seeing the
cane pushed across the counter,
sprang at it, supposlng that it was
to be played with.
Abram A. Savage. of Maine, who
was engaged to Miss Chadbourn
81 years old, went to Nevada to seek
his fortune, He neglected to write,
and after several years Miss Clad
bourn married William Bassett. He